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Badges let you recognize and motivate members by awarding visual achievements. Completed a training course? Badge. Five years of membership? Badge. 100 volunteer hours? Badge. Members see their badges on their profile, and it creates a culture of recognition.

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Do I need badges?

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How badges work

Badges are organized into types (categories) and individual badges within each type. You create the badge system, then award badges to members — manually or automatically.

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Badge types (categories)

Create your own types at Settings → Features → Badge Types.

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Creating badges

Settings → Features → Badges → Create Badge

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Awarding badges

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Manually

  1. Go to a member’s Profile → Badges tab
  2. Click Add Badge
  3. Select the badge
  4. Add notes if needed (e.g., “Completed CPR training on March 15”)
  5. Save

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Automatically

Badges can trigger automatically when:
  • A course is completed (linked to the Courses module)
  • A certain number of events are attended
  • A volunteer hours milestone is reached
  • A membership anniversary passes
Automatic badges work best for quantifiable achievements (attendance counts, course completion). Manual badges work better for subjective recognition (outstanding contribution, leadership excellence).

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Where badges appear

Configure badge visibility per badge or globally in the module settings.

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Building a badge system

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Example: Scouting organization

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Example: Professional association

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Common scenarios

Make badges meaningful — tied to real achievements, not participation trophies. Announce badge awards in newsletters or discussions. If badges represent genuine accomplishments, members value them.
Start with 5-10 covering your most important achievements. You can always add more. Too many dilutes the value — if everyone has 30 badges, none of them mean anything.
Not directly. Badges are awarded by admins or triggered automatically. Members can’t self-assign. This maintains the integrity of the recognition.
Use a consistent style — simple icons with your org colors. Free icon sets (like Heroicons or Phosphor) work well. The key is consistency, not complexity.
Yes — go to the member’s profile, find the badge, and remove it. The member is not notified automatically, so communicate the reason if appropriate.
  • Courses — Award badges for course completion
  • Events — Track event attendance for badges
  • Members — Member profiles where badges display