ApproveThis manages your Communi App Integration approvals.

When Bureaucracy Meets Community (Spoiler: The Good Guys Win)

Let’s get real – approvals suck. But they’re the necessary evil that keeps your community from accidentally announcing a company-wide pizza party during a layoff. Enter ApproveThis and Communi App. One wrangles your approval processes into something that doesn’t make people want to quit. The other helps communities actually talk to each other without drowning in Slack threads. Together? They’re the tag team that lets you vet content faster than a TikTok trend dies.

Why This Combo Doesn’t Just “Work” – It Actually Fixes Things

Communi’s great at getting your people talking. ApproveThis is great at stopping them from saying dumb stuff. Connect them through Zapier, and you’ve got guardrails that don’t kill momentum. We’re talking:

• No more rogue announcements: That intern’s meme-filled community update? It gets stopped before HR does.
• Job ads that don’t embarrass you: Auto-flag those “must love Excel” typos before they go live.

Best part? Approvers don’t need a Communi license. So when your CFO needs to sign off on budget-related posts, they’re not paying for another seat they’ll use twice a year.

Real Teams Using This Without Faking It

The Nonprofit That Stopped Oversharing

Imagine: A mental health nonprofit using Communi to share resources. Their old process? 3 email chains and a carrier pigeon to get legal approval. Now? New posts in Communi auto-trigger ApproveThis workflows. Legal gets it in email, clicks approve/deny, done. They caught 12 compliance issues last quarter without a single meeting.

The Tech Startup That Hires Without the HR Headache

Early-stage SaaS company. Every job ad in Communi used to need CEO approval. Now, ApproveThis auto-routes engineering roles to the CTO, marketing to the CMO. CEO only gets pinged for exec hires. Result? 60% faster hiring… and a CEO who finally took a vacation.

Your “I Actually Have Work to Do” Setup Guide

Step 1: Zapier is the middleman here. Log in, pick your triggers.

Step 2: Connect Communi triggers (new announcement, job ad, etc.) to ApproveThis’ “Create Request” action.

Step 3: Set who approves what. Pro tip: Use Approval Thresholds so anything under $500 doesn’t bother the VP.

Step 4: Test with something low-stakes. Like approving the office plant watering schedule.

Features You’ll Use More Than Your Standing Desk

Vacation Delegation: Your HR head’s hiking the Appalachian Trail? Approvals auto-shift to their second-in-command. No “out of office” chaos.

Calculated Fields: Automatically flag posts mentioning competitors if your brand guidelines prohibit it. Because manually checking every “we’re better than X” post is how sanity dies.

When to Use This Combo (And When to Skip It)

Do This If: You’ve got more than 20 community posts/month. Or if “who approved this?!” is your most-used phrase.

Skip It If: Your entire approval process is a sticky note on your monitor. (But come back when you get sued.)

The Quiet Perks Your Team Won’t Notice (But Will Love)

That marketing intern who keeps trying to approve their own blog posts? Approval Groups mean it needs their manager’s OK too. And when sales posts a “limited time offer” without checking inventory? Real-time tracking shows who rubber-stamped it… so you know who to glare at in All Hands.

Bottom Line: Approval Processes Should Be Seen, Not Heard

Communi keeps your people connected. ApproveThis keeps them from connecting in ways that’ll get you trending on Twitter for the wrong reasons. Together, they turn “approval workflow” from a soul-sucking HR term into something that just… works. Without the drama.

Next move? Get ApproveThis, connect it to Communi App via Zapier, and start approving stuff in less time than it takes to microwave lunch.