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Conference and Retreat
Training Video
Conference & Retreat Module Training
To learn how to use CampSite's Conference & Retreat Module, watch the training below.
Admin User Permissions
User Permissions (Events / Conference and Retreat)
For general information on managing user permissions, please read our Admin user permissions article.
Events / Conference and Retreat
The permission settings for the Events and Conference and Retreat modules are identical, so the information below applies to both modules. Also, if you have both modules, the permissions will be combined as pictured in the screenshot below.
After the Events / Conference and Retreat module is enabled for a user, you can grant the following permissions:
Basic
- Admin: Permission to access the Admin settings for the Events / Conference and Retreat module (i.e. access to the "Events / Conference and Retreat" tab within the Admin settings page and all the settings therein.)
- Edit: Permission to edit information within the Events / Conference and Retreat modules (i.e. guest/group profile data).
- Delete: Permission to delete group / guest profile pages.
Group + guest notes
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Admin: Permission to create + manage Events / Conference and Retreat notes categories, and designate which users have access to view and create notes in those categories.
- To allow an admin user to view notes on your guest / group profiles, go to Admin > Events and/or Conference and Retreat tab > Notes: Groups or Notes: Guests > double click the pencil icon to edit the appropriate Notes category > Select the admin user > Edit category > Save changes.
Financial
- Financial read: Permission to view basic financial information (such as transactions and payment methods) on group + guest profile pages.
- Create charges: Permission to post new charges to a group or guest's account.
- Create discounts: Permission to post new discounts to a group or guest's account.
- Create payments: Permission to post new payments to a group or guest's account.
- Create refunds: Permission to post new refunds to a group or guest's account.
- Create credits: Permission to post new credits to a group or guest's account.
- Reverse transactions: Permission to reverse and also void transactions of any type they have permission to create (as selected above).
- Delete transactions: Permission to delete transactions of any type they have permission to create (as selected above).
- Financial management: Permission to create and manage financial information on a group or guest's profile, such as editing existing transaction details, adding/removing payment methods and payment schedules, and accessing "financial notes."
- Financial reports: Permission to access all Events / Conference + Retreat financial reports on the Financial dashboard.
- Financial admin: Permission to make global changes to financial items (Invoicing and Auto pay; Registration discounts; and Transaction categories)
Advanced reports
- View + manage Advanced reports: Permission to access the Events / Conference + Retreat advanced reports page (i.e. create and save reports; manage advanced report categories).
- Send e-mail from Advanced reports: Permission to send a mass e-mail to everyone generated in an Events / Conference + Retreat advanced report.
- Export spreadsheets from Advanced reports: Permission to download data from an Events / Conference + Retreat advanced report as a spreadsheet.
- Mass field editing in Advanced reports: Permission to use the "Edit" button in the Events / Conference + Retreat advanced report toolbar to mass edit group / guest profile data.
Conference and Retreat Menu
Events/Conference and Retreat Calendar
Use the Events/Conference and Retreat Calendar to view a calendar of all events / packages created in your database.
- Select which items you would like to show on the calendar. The calendar defaults to showing Events and Packages.
- By clicking on the title of the Package or the Event title the User will be presents with more info concerning the selected item.
- Once the Package or Event has been clicked on a new modal will open to display on clickable info about the package or in the case of Events the ability to generate a guest list for the selected event.
Meal Report
- Set the date range for the report.
- Choose whether or not to include 'Pending Packages'.
- Choose to have one days meals per page.
All of the dates included in the packages will be presented even if they do not have meals associated with them.
- Print a copy of the report.
- Export a spreadsheet of the report.
Group and Guest Advanced Reports
Select either guest or group. For this example we'll choose "Advanced Reports: Guests". (Both are very similar)
- If you have any saved reports, you can select them from the dropdown. In this example, we will create a new report.
- You can choose to include all guests or select individual Events. (be sure that you select the year that you want.)
We'll create a report with the event Family Picnic, and the fields of Last name, First name, Group name, and Guest ID.
Under Guest info choose Group name and Guest ID. (First name and Last name will be choose by default)
Close the window to return to the report.
Additional columns have been added to the report.
- Click and drag a field to re-order the columns on the report.
- Double-click the red minus sign to remove a field.
- Click a column header to sort data alphabetically or numerically.
Filters
Any reportable field can also be added as a filter, which can be used to narrow down the results of your report.
We will add a filter to our report so it only includes female Guests.
- First select "Gender" under Guest info.
- Once under the filter for gender select Gender "is", "is not", "is blank" , "is not blank"
- Choose from male, female, both or other gender categories if your camp has set it that way.
- Click "Add filter".
- Displays the results for male guests.
- E-mail the male guests.
- Export to a spreadsheet.
- Share saved report with other administrators.
- Generate documents.
- Generate labels.
- Download profile photos for all individuals on the report.
- Edit registrant data on the report.
- Click "Save as" to save the report and re-use it in the future.
- Advanced Reports Management.
Group Profile Page
Group Profile: Financial Tab
After a package has been created you may want to create package invoices for the client.
If you set up payment installments for your package they will show here, however you will need to double click on the pencil icon to transform them into actual invoices. (you may also add extra invoices if you so choose)
Generating Invoices
After clicking on the pencil icon (or the Add invoice) you will be allowed to either generate the invoice with the credentials you choose in the installment set up, or select new dates and amounts.
Transactions
After a Package is created for a group the rate is sent to the "Charges and discounts" section under the transactions tab.
- Double click the "i" icon to open the charge.
- Currently this section only applies to the Events module.
- Currently this section only applies to the Events module.
- Currently this section only applies to the Events module.
- Reverse the transaction, or delete the transaction.
Making a payment functions the same as it does elsewhere in CampSite.
- Select "New Payment"
- Payment method.
- The event category currently does not apply to packages, but do select a category, amount, and description.
- Input the amount you choose above.
- Submit the payment.
Group Profile: Forms Tab
Creating Group forms
- Choose whether to create a Permanent or Yearly form and click the corresponding link.
- Permanent forms are only completed once, and the responses provided are rolled over every year. Yearly forms must be re-completed for every year the group attends.
After creating a form,
- Double click to edit the form's settings.
- Double click to preview the form content.
- Double click to print all submissions that have been received for this form.
- Click the name of the form to edit the content of the form.
For more information on creating forms, please refer to the Camper forms article.
Viewing a Submitted Events form on the group profile
To view a specific group's submitted forms, go to the group profile page and click the Forms tab.
Viewing forms
*It should be noted that if your camp is in the middle of rolling over to the next enrollment year, meaning you have completed Step 1 of the enrollment Wizard but not Step 2. Then only forms for the current year will display on the Events Dashboard. Once Step 2 of the enrollment Wizard is completed then forms for the next year will display.
Click the name of a form to open the Form viewer.
Guest Profile Page
Guest Profile: Basic Info Tab
- Guest information.
- Basic info for the guest: address, google map location, and mailing labels
Guest Profile: Forms Tab
- Create new form categories and assign existing or new forms to them. Please see Camper forms for further explanation on how to create and manage forms.
- Move or copy a form within the selected category and move it to a new categorical destination (i.e.permanent, yearly).
- Add new Permanent, or Yearly forms. Be sure to click on the individual forms in order to add questions to them. (make sure to select the year you want the form to apply to if creating a Yearly Form)
Events forms from the guest profile
Guest forms appear within the Forms tab and are organized into Permanent and Yearly. You can use the Forms tab to track the submission status of Forms.
Guest Profile: Notes Tab
Add a new note
- Click "+Add a new note..." to create a new note.
- Select the category you would like to place the note in.
- Type your new note.
- Click "Submit" to save.
1. Change category and/or edit text.
2. Click "Submit" to save.
Guest Profile: Files Tab
The "Files" tab allows you to upload documents to a Guest's Profile.
Select the file you wish to upload.
Creating and selling packages
Creating a Package
To create a package begin by clicking on the Action menu and scrolling down to "Create package for 20xx"
Basic Package Info
- Set a package name.
- Set a start date and time for your package (this will display on the Events Calendar).
- Set an end date and time for your package (this will display on the Events Calendar).
- If applicable list the number of adults.
- If applicable list the number of children.
- If you have set up a package template you may choose it. ( you set this under Admin>Events>Package Templates)
- If you want the group leader to be able to see a pending or signed package from their Dashboard click this. (clicking this will allow them to sign their package agreement from the Events Dashboard)
Package Details
- You can either set a flat rate for the package or per attendee rate which can be split in to adult and children rates.
- Add different facilities from your options list. ( You can set rate type and amount)
- Add different equipment that you offer. (You can set quantity and rate type)
- Add any meal plan that you will be offering. (You can change the number of days served which defaults to the number of days the package is for. Also, you can change the number of people, but once again it defaults to the number of people included in the "Basic package info". You may set the rate type, as well.)
Also, if you create a package and another group is already renting a facility or a piece of equipment a warning will be displayed. If you hover over you will see is says "This facility/equipment is booked for another package during these dates: Name of the group that has it booked". This does not prevent you from renting just wanting you that you maybe overbooking.
Finalize package
The outline of the package agreement. Here you can check to make sure everything is correct before you submit it.
- You can set a deposit for the package if you choose. Also, add a payment method and charge a group's deposit.
- You may set up installments based on fixed amounts, or by a percentage of the total.
- When set click create package, and a charge will be added to the group profile transaction page.
Editing a package
If you need to print a package agreement, confirm a signature, or make updates to an existing package you can do this under the group profile>year>yearly info>packages.
- Create a new package. (This functions the same as when creating a package from the "Action menu")
- View/print a PDF version of the contract agreement.
- Change the status of a package from pending to signed, and/or choose to allow a group leader to see this from their dashboard.
- Click on the package name to edit details.
- Double click on the red circle to delete a package.
Viewing reserved packages on the Events Calendar
After a package has been created you can view the reserved dates on the Events calendar. Go to the Events tab and find Events calendar in the dropdown.
Events Dashboard
Accessing Packages from the Dashboard
Once logged in click on the Packages tab at the top of the Dashboard.
Unsigned Packages
Select which package you would like to view.
- Download your groups package details.
- Agree to package terms (package terms can be set under Admin>Events + Conference and Retreat.
- Physically sign.
- Then submit by hitting the "Sign Package" button.
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