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You've created your first nomination period in Bonusly, great job! Now what? It's time to spread the word about the program to your teams. Proactive and targeted communication can help promote participation and engagement with your nomination program.
Nomination notifications
Creating and saving a new nomination will automatically send in-app notifications to the people you've made eligible to submit when the event opens. Notifications send reminders on the start date and on the end date of the nomination period.
You can view notifications on your Bonusly home page by clicking on the notification icon next to your avatar.
When users click the in-app notification, they are automatically directed to the appropriate nomination submission form.
Sharing a link to a nomination submission form
On the Admin Settings > Recognition > Nominations page, find the row of the nominations event you'd like to share. Then click on the three dots on the right hand side to see additional actions.
Review submissions - opens the results page to review current submissions
Edit - allows you to make changes to the nomination program. (Changes are dependent on the status of the nomination event learn.)
Share link with users - copies the url to the submission form to your clipboard to paste and share directly with others.
Using Announcements to communicate your nomination event
A great way to get the word out about your nomination event is by including it in a Bonusly announcement. You can use the Share link with users action from above to copy the submission form URL and paste it into a new Announcement.
From the givebox on the Bonusly home page, click on Announce to create a new announcement.
Don't see the announce button? Admin permissions are required to create announcements. Check with your Bonusly admin to learn more.
Next, paste the link into the description input directly or by using the link icon in the editing tools.
If the nomination is only for a certain group, you can target the announcement to a specific group by adding a team handle (location, department, team, everyone) into the Who should see the announcement post field.
When users click this link in the announcement, they will automatically be directed to the appropriate nomination submission form.
Learn more about creating and managing announcements in Bonusly in this article: Announcements
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