Community Engagement and CommunicationPurpose
1.2. Ensure event details, invitations, updates, and reminders reach parishioners across multiple channels, offering a seamless RSVP workflow, data collection, and follow-up for fostering active community participation.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Manual request by admin to notify community about a new event.
2.3. Response or action submitted via RSVP form.
2.4. Set time intervals for automatic reminder notifications (e.g., 24 hours before event).
Platform Variants
3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: SMS API — Configure to auto-send event invites and reminder texts to contact groups upon event creation.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API — Setup automated event announcements and RSVP confirmations via personalized email templates.
3.3. Google Calendar
• Feature/Setting: Events API — Auto-create calendar events with RSVP links and sync with attendees’ calendars.
3.4. Microsoft Outlook
• Feature/Setting: Calendar Events — Integrate RSVP collection through event invitations embedded in Outlook calendar entries.
3.5. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Campaign Triggers — Send automated event reminders and follow-ups to segmented lists based on RSVP status.
3.6. Eventbrite
• Feature/Setting: Event Creation & Registration API — Automate event listings, ticket availability, and instant attendee confirmation emails.
3.7. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks — Auto-post event announcements and RSVP links to designated community channels.
3.8. Zoom
• Feature/Setting: Meetings API — Schedule virtual events and auto-send invitation links with RSVP processing.
3.9. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Messaging API — Broadcast event notifications and receive RSVP responses via direct chat.
3.10. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: API — Collect and update RSVP response status in real-time for event organizers.
3.11. Facebook Events
• Feature/Setting: Graph API — Posts, notifications, and RSVP collection for community event pages.
3.12. Telegram Bot
• Feature/Setting: Bot API — Automate event notifications and interactive RSVP with command options.
3.13. ZoomInfo
• Feature/Setting: API — Sync attendee profiles and validate contact information for invitations.
3.14. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Automation — Update participant records and trigger event invitation workflows.
3.15. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Marketing Cloud Journeys — Programmatic event invitation, RSVP tracking, and personalized follow-up.
3.16. Microsoft Teams
• Feature/Setting: Bot Framework — Push event alerts and RSVP buttons directly in chat channels.
3.17. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Custom App/Notifications — If Abbey runs a store, integrate event invites in order and account notifications.
3.18. SurveyMonkey
• Feature/Setting: Webhooks/API — Collect RSVP responses through embedded surveys and auto-export data.
3.19. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflows — Automate reminders, RSVP confirmations, and status updates within marketing pipelines.
3.20. Intercom
• Feature/Setting: Custom Bots — Trigger event notifications and capture RSVPs during website visits.
3.21. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation Scripts — Track attendance list, status changes, and send reminders based on fields.
3.22. Discord
• Feature/Setting: Bot API — Automate event alerts and interactive RSVP reactions in community servers.
Benefits
4.2. Increases participant turnout and engagement with multi-channel automated reminders.
4.3. Provides actionable data and attendance history for post-event analysis.
4.4. Minimizes communication gaps, ensuring all parishioners are timely informed.
4.5. Streamlines follow-up and community engagement, reinforcing Abbey’s event-driven mission.