Inquiry Services Team
Appalachia, Atlantic, Florida, Northeast, Southeast:
Setareh Vahdati-Shams Svahdati-Shams@bahai.us
(847) 425-8604 (text or call)
California, Northwest, South Central:
Nicole Zamir Nicole.Zamir@bahai.us
(847) 733-3408 (text or call)
Four Corners, Northern Plains, Prairie States, Heartland, Midwest:
Kimberly Kurrus Kkurrus@bahai.us
(847) 733-3433 (text or call)
*IMS technical assistance:
IMS-help@bahai.us
NEW: Downloadable PowerPoint Training slides for Coordinators to use:
-Need help with IMS?
Drop-in to ask your questions.....
9/2025 NEW SCHEDULE
FRIDAYS 11:30 am. to 12:30 pm. CENTRAL TIME
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82449098186?pwd=RG9hbVcwVjdmU0xxSnlqc0dVRU9NQT09
Meeting ID: 824 4909 8186
Passcode: 026365
Or email ims-help@bahai.us anytime to ask a question or set up a one-on-one help session at your convenience!
You may wish to add these drop-in sessions to your calendar!
Quick Start Guides
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IMS Training Video Part 1: Overview, Resources, Implementation Preparation (10:13)
Overview (0:40)
Resources for assistance with IMS (1:14)
Enabling pop-ups (4:49)
Signing in (7:09)
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IMS Training Video Part 2: Dashboard, Responding to Seekers, Logging Follow-up (29:22)
Left Hand Menu (01:22)
Find the Inquiry Services Resources Site (01:24)
IMS: Drop-in sessions/Quick Start Guides/Column headers explained.
'?' contacting support (2:50) -(not working please email IMS-Help@bahai.us)
'Welcome" your name-circle with initials (3:25)
Email Authentication (3:35)
Time zone change (4:59)
Tour of the Dashboard (7:02)
Tutorial (10:33)
Responding to "Talk to a Baha'i" (16:32)
Tour of the Inquiry General information
Sending an email from Inquiry (18:01)
Exporting single Inquiry (21:22)
Adding an Interaction, status changes (24:38)
Setting Reminders (25:35)
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IMS Training Video Part 3: Emails, Grid Views, Events, Resources, Contacts: (27:32)
Emails: Authentication, how to send mass emails and create templates (00:00)
Navigating Grid-Views- sorting, filtering, saving custom views, exporting-Excel/ Reports (09:19)
Events-Creating and inviting (16:33)
Resources-Coverage during absence/Email Templates (21:56)
Contacts-Adding local Contacts (25:40)
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IMS Training Video Part 4: Requester Record Tour (28:31)
Requester Types: General, Seeker, Registrant, and Member (00:31)
Changing Type manually
Changing Status manually(3:38)
Archiving records
Request record vs Inquiry record (06:10)
General tab details (06:53)
All Inquiries tab (08:04)
Area Agencies (08:29)
Interactions (10:07)
Setting a Reminder on the Requester record (11:08)
Emails (13:02)
Events (13:33)
History Log (14:10)
Registrant record (15:46) and (17:51)
Exporting to Word or pdf (16:11)
Re-Assigning Records (16:52)
Merging Duplicates (21:50)
How to Create a new Requester and Inquiry at the same time (26:58)
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..And for Regional and Subregional Coordinators re: Registrations:
IMS Training Video for (Sub)Regional Coordinators re: Registrations) (11:47)
www.bahai.us/contact/become-a-bahai/ form (.24)
If registrant lives in LSA community: Pending Members in eMemership2 (1:28)
If registrants live in community with no LSA: Area Agencies to find ATC, Auxiliary Board members, and others, how to indicate 'Verified' to Enroll (2:59)
How to change Registrant status to Still Seeking (5.00)
Inability to edit Registrant Records forarded to Assembly or Membership, or Enrolled except Adding Interactions (5.56)
Pulling a registrant out of an Assembly's eMembership pending members list and re-forwarding manually (6:48)
Changing a Seeker to Registrant (8:39)
Creating a View to see Registrants needing Verification (10:07)
Quick Start Guides
Interactions
Events
PLEASE NOTE: You must email Event invitations after creating the Event in IMS. (The creation of an Event does not generate an invitation).
IMS Grid View Column headers explained:
Note: When a seeker or registrant fills out an on-line form, a Requester record is created along with an Inquiry record. The information on the RQS Requester record is primary and the information on the INQ Inquiry is secondary. Consequently the columns on each of these grid views in IMS differ.