❖ Heads up! This article is intended for advanced program managers. If you're a site manager, click here. Program facilitators cannot send email blasts. If you're a program facilitator looking for information about reviewing your programs, click here.
Want to send several or all of the volunteers in your program a quick email? You can with Email Blast! Here we cover:
How do I send an email blast?
To get started:
1. Go to Communication > Email Blast from your dashboard.
2. Use the User Filter to select who you want to send the email blast to—it automatically includes all of the volunteers in your Program. 
- With the User Filter, you can search for users by User Data or Volunteer.
- User Data: Select this to filter for volunteer information—e.g., user tags, skills, causes, etc.
- Volunteer: Select this to filter by Opportunities volunteers have responded to or are on a waitlist for, etc.
3. Add a Campaign Name.
4. Select your From email.
- While you can add a verified email address here, we recommend using the no-reply@galaxydigital.com address.
5. You can update the From Name as needed.
6. Add a Subject.
7. Use the editor to customize your message with color, images, links, and more!
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8. Insert the necessary template keys as necessary. 9. Click Send Email Blast.
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ⓘ So you know: You can also see what the message looks like to volunteers by clicking Send Me A Test before you hit send! What are template keys?
Template keys are a great way to experience your site's automation benefits while still personalizing your messages! For example—if your template key says First Name—it automatically replaces it with the recipient's first name.
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