How to Calendar Your Committee's Event & Submit It for Publicizing

In order to minimize event conflicts and to help us keep track of our events throughout the year, please check that a date is free before you plan an event & calendar each of your committee's events once confirmed. 

Instructions on how to create events on our APABA Silicon Valley calendar:

Platform:  www.gmail.com
Username:  calendar@apabasv.com
Password:  (Please check with your Committee Co-chairs or the Internal VPs)

Once you have logged into the account, the instructions are as follows:

  1. Click on "Calendar". New window will pop up.

  2. Check that your desired event date is open. If so, click on "Create".

  3. Enter title of Event in place of "Add title".

  4. Change the date, time, and location of the event by clicking on appropriate spaces.

  5. Under Description, please indicate (1) the committee in charge of the event, (2) any items that you would like to reserve for your event, and (3) the name, email address, and cellphone number of the person who will pick up and return the items on behalf of your committee. Please note the 24-hours pick-up and return requirements as described here.

  6. Under Add Guests, please enter the following: “2025 Exec Board + Membership&Comm”. (This will notify the Executive Board, the Membership & Events Committee, and the Communications Committee.) [If you are having any trouble with this step, as an alternative, please enter the following email addresses: officers@apabasv.com, membership@apabasv.com, communications@apabasv.com]

  7. Click Save. New internal window will pop up.

  8. Click Send.

If there are any issues, please contact the Internal VPs (ivp@apabasv.com).

NOTE: The instructions above are for calendaring the event in APABA Silicon Valley’s internal calendar only. The event will be publicized on the APABA Silicon Valley website, newsletter, and/or social media channels once you have submitted the Event Submission Form (see instructions below). By submitting the Form, the Communications Committee will then have the necessary information to publicize the event on the various media platforms.

Instructions on how to submit events for APABA Silicon Valley’s website, newsletter, and social media channels:

  1. Complete the Event Submission Form below.

  2. If you have an image or a flyer you want to attach with the event, please email it to communications@apabasv.com.

  3. If you are experiencing problems with the form, please try a different browser. If that does not work, please contact communications@apabasv.com.