BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Church Posting//Social media volunteer onboarding//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Church social media volunteer: four week onboarding X-WR-CALDESC:Eleven sessions across four weeks, then a monthly number, a m onth four check, and a quarterly access review. Dated for August 2026. Dr ag them onto your own weeks. BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-01@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260804T190000 DTEND:20260804T194500 SUMMARY:Week 1: sit down and watch DESCRIPTION:Forty-five minutes beside whoever runs the account now. Who th e account is talking to\, the three questions a stranger asks in fifteen seconds\, and why members are not the audience. Access granted at the end : read-only\, plus Contributor on the photo library. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-02@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260809T100000 DTEND:20260809T102000 SUMMARY:Week 1: first capture\, three shots DESCRIPTION:They go alone with the capture card. Shots 1\, 2 and 3: the ro om from the back during a hymn\, hands\, and the welcome table before any one arrives. Frames land in the shared photo library. No access changes. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-03@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260811T190000 DTEND:20260811T194500 SUMMARY:Week 2: read the rules out loud (with an elder) DESCRIPTION:An elder runs this one\, not the outgoing volunteer. The five approval questions\, the consent list\, what happens when a member dies. Access granted at the end: task access on the Page\, a named scheduler se at\, one shared password vault collection. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-04@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260813T190000 DTEND:20260813T193000 SUMMARY:Week 2: first scheduled post\, watched DESCRIPTION:One caption written in the room: the time\, the street address \, one sentence a stranger can parse. Reviewed before it publishes. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-05@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260816T100000 DTEND:20260816T102000 SUMMARY:Week 2: second capture\, six shots DESCRIPTION:Shots 1 through 6. Still no faces except by accident\, and acc idents get cropped. They report which shot they could not get and why. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-06@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260818T190000 DTEND:20260818T193000 SUMMARY:Week 3: three posts\, unwatched DESCRIPTION:Batched in one sitting. Read after they publish\, not before. Access granted at the end: Instagram through the Page\, Editor (Limited) on YouTube\, Content manager on the photo library. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-07@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260820T190000 DTEND:20260820T193000 SUMMARY:Week 3: comments and messages (with an elder) DESCRIPTION:What gets answered\, what gets escalated inside an hour\, what gets hidden\, and the sentence to use when somebody asks for money in th e messages. They leave with a written list of the four messages they will forward instead of answering. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-08@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260823T100000 DTEND:20260823T102000 SUMMARY:Week 3: third capture\, all eight DESCRIPTION:Shots 7 and 8. Asking one person for permission out loud\, and photographing the setup and the mess. One name added to the consent list \, asked in person. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-09@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260825T190000 DTEND:20260825T194500 SUMMARY:Week 4: run the week alone DESCRIPTION:Capture\, pick five assets\, write three captions\, schedule\, close the laptop. Nothing new is granted in week four. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-10@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260827T190000 DTEND:20260827T192000 SUMMARY:Week 4: the one number DESCRIPTION:Profile clicks to the service times page\, read and written do wn with last month beside it. Follower count answers nothing. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-11@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260827T192000 DTEND:20260827T195000 SUMMARY:Week 4: write the handover document DESCRIPTION:Started now\, in week four\, not during the last week of servi ng. Every field they can answer today. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-12@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20260901T190000 DTEND:20260901T190500 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=1TU SUMMARY:Monthly: read the one number DESCRIPTION:Five minutes. The number\, the change\, one sentence about why . Reported to an elder. Nothing else is decided in this slot. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-13@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20261103T190000 DTEND:20261103T193000 SUMMARY:Month 4: is the approval rule actually being used DESCRIPTION:An elder reads the last three posts that went through approval and asks who approved them. Task access widens only if the five question s have really been asked. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:cp-social-training-14@churchposting.com DTSTAMP:20260729T120000Z DTSTART:20261110T190000 DTEND:20261110T192000 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;INTERVAL=3;BYDAY=2TU SUMMARY:Quarterly: access review DESCRIPTION:Read the access map out loud against the real list of names on every account. Anyone who has stopped serving is removed the same day. U pdate the handover document while you are in there. URL:https://churchposting.com/resources/growth/training-a-church-social-me dia-volunteer/ TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR