Create an organization
Set up a community — name, slug, join policy, categories and logo — and what to change later versus get right now.
Choose New Organization. It's four short sections, and most of it can be changed afterwards.
Details
Name — what your community is called. Required.
Slug — the URL-friendly version, auto-generated from the name and shown as /organizations/your-slug. Lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens only.
Description — what you do and who it's for. This is what someone reads when deciding whether to join, so write it for a stranger rather than for people who already know you.
Website and Location are optional. Location helps people find you locally, so fill it in unless you're genuinely everywhere.
Join policy
Three choices, and this one is worth thinking about:
- Open — anyone can join immediately
- Request to join — an organizer approves each person
- Invite only — no public way in at all
Start more open than feels comfortable. A brand-new community with approval required often sits empty, because nobody can see what's inside and nobody's around to approve. You can tighten it the moment it needs tightening.
Categories
Pick 1 to 5 categories that describe you. These feed discovery — how people stumble across you without knowing your name. Choose the ones that fit rather than filling all five.
Logo
Click or drag to upload. JPEG, PNG or WebP, 5 MB maximum.
If it's rejected, it's one of those two rules: wrong format, or too big.
After you've created it
Settings → Organization holds everything again, plus a few extra switches:
Private organization — hides it from search and discovery. Only members can find and view it.
Public member list — when on, anyone can see who's a member; when off, only members can. A reasonable thing to turn off for a support group or anything sensitive.
You'll also see Status (Active) and whether you're Verified.
One thing to be careful about
Changing the name will regenerate the slug.
So renaming your organization changes its web address. Any link you've shared — in an email, on a poster, in another site's directory — stops working.
Settle on a name before you start handing the link out. If you must rename later, expect to re-share the new address.
Next: create a ring
An organization on its own has nowhere for events to live. Events belong to rings, so your next step is at least one ring — even if it's just one to begin with.
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