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    Community operations glossary

    • Community Operations

      The unified management of a restaurant's donation requests, guest recovery, and reputation protection as a single, measurable workflow. Community operations treats the community-facing side of restaurant management as an operation — not a series of one-off decisions.

    • Community Goodwill Lifecycle

      Avantly's four-stage framework for managing the full arc of a restaurant's community relationships: Request, Give, Recover, and Protect. The lifecycle treats community engagement as a continuous process with measurable outcomes at each stage.

    • The 10-Minute Window

      The critical period immediately after a guest leaves a restaurant where they are most likely to post a negative review. Avantly's SMS reputation protection is designed to intercept unhappy guests during this window by providing a private feedback channel.

    • Tracked Digital Voucher

      A unique, single-use digital compensation issued to a guest following a negative experience. Unlike paper comps, tracked digital vouchers record redemption data — whether the guest returned, when, and at which location — turning every recovery attempt into a measurable data point.

    • Guest Recovery

      The process of identifying guests who had a negative restaurant experience and actively working to bring them back through a structured follow-up process. Effective guest recovery requires tracking what was offered, whether the guest returned, and what the outcome was.

    • Donation Request Management

      The systematic intake, review, approval, fulfillment, and tracking of community donation requests across a restaurant group. Effective donation request management ensures consistency, prevents duplicates, and enables ROI measurement.

    • SMS Reputation Protection

      A proactive reputation management approach using automated SMS messages to intercept unhappy guests before they leave public reviews. Guests who report negative experiences are routed to internal recovery workflows; guests who report positive experiences are directed to public review platforms.

    • ROI of Community Giving

      The measurable return on investment generated by a restaurant's community donation program — typically measured as the ratio of donation value to reservation revenue generated by donating organizations.

    • Founding Partner Program

      Avantly's early-access program for qualifying multi-location restaurant groups. Founding Partners receive dedicated setup support, preferential pricing, and direct input into Avantly's product roadmap in exchange for active platform engagement.

    • Approval Routing

      The automated process by which Avantly directs incoming donation requests to the appropriate decision-maker based on location, request type, or organizational rules defined by the restaurant group.

    • Multi-Location Dashboard

      A centralized management interface showing community operations data across all locations in a restaurant group. The dashboard provides both group-level and per-location views, allowing operators to maintain oversight while giving individual locations operational autonomy.

    • Redemption Alert

      An automated notification sent to restaurant management when a tracked digital voucher is used by a guest. Redemption alerts confirm that a guest recovery was successful and allow management to follow up if appropriate.

    • Recovery Rate

      The percentage of tracked recovery vouchers that are redeemed by guests — i.e., the percentage of unhappy guests who accept a comp offer and return to the restaurant. Recovery rate is a key performance indicator in Avantly's guest recovery module.

    • Sentiment Routing

      The process by which Avantly's SMS feedback system directs guests to different outcomes based on their reported experience. Guests who report a positive experience are directed to public review platforms; guests who report a negative experience are routed to internal recovery workflows.

    • Private Feedback Channel

      A digital form — accessed via SMS link — that allows unhappy guests to share their experience privately with the restaurant before resorting to public review platforms. Private feedback channels are the core mechanism of Avantly's reputation protection feature.

    • Community Intake Form

      A branded digital form through which community organizations submit donation requests to a restaurant group. The intake form is the entry point for Avantly's donation request management workflow.

    • Duplicate Prevention

      A feature in Avantly's donation management module that flags when an organization has recently received a donation, preventing the same organization from being donated to multiple times across locations without the restaurant's knowledge.

    • Operational Generosity

      The practice of managing community giving as a deliberate, tracked, and measurable business operation — as distinct from informal, ad-hoc charitable giving with no record of cost or return.

    • CASL (Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation)

      Canada's primary anti-spam law, which governs commercial electronic messages including email and SMS. Avantly's SMS communication workflows are designed to comply with CASL requirements.

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