This article is best for:
- Global Admins
- All Accounts
Announcements Overview
Help your teams to feel more connected to important company initiatives with Bonusly announcements!
The announcements tool let's you share important updates and initiatives with your teams directly in Bonusly, no extra tool needed! Announcements coupled with Bonusly Incentives are a great way to promote and encourage company initiatives such as completing a required training or responding to a survey.
Announcement Permissions
By default, all global admins have the ability to make announcements.
Global admins can grant access to other users to make announcements by editing their admin permissions on the on User Accounts page.
If users are given this announcement permission, they will be able see the "Announcements” button in the give box at the top of the home page.
Global admins can access and manage all Announcements from the Company>Announcements page.
The 'Active' table shows all posts currently displayed to all Bonusly users. Admins can edit active announcements to modify any details as well as “Delete” the announcement which will immediately take down the post.
The 'Previous' table shows all announcements that have been made in the account’s history. Admins can only “View” previous posts but cannot modify or complete any other actions on past announcements at this time.
Admins can make a new announcement by clicking 'Create new'. This will bring them back to Home and the default ‘Make announcement’ modal will be open.
Creating an Announcement
To create an announcement, click on the Announcements button.
A new Make announcement window will pop up with fields to relevant information.
Users must fill in the title, description, start date, and end date in order to post an announcement.
By default, the announcement start date is the current day—but it can be changed to a date in the future to schedule an announcement in advance.
Edit copy and add links to Bonusly destinations and/or external sites in the description box. To add a link, highlight the text you want to link, click the link icon, paste the url, and “OK.”
Posting an Announcement
To post an announcement, complete all fields in the make an announcement window and click on post in the bottom right corner.
Announcement posts will appear on Home below the give box.
Posts will show the author, post date, title, and description.
If there are multiple posts, users can navigate through each using the arrow button. Announcements will be organized from newest–oldest from left–right. This order cannot be modified.
Users can also collapse the announcements area.
Managing Announcements
Users can manage any announcements they have authored for both their scheduled and posted announcements.
Clicking on Manage Announcements in the bottom left link will open the ‘Manage announcements’ window with 2 sections: scheduled and posted.
Clicking on the announcement card will take users directly to the ‘Edit announcement’ modal.
For scheduled announcements, admins can modify all inputs: title, description, start date, and end date.
For posted announcements, admins can edit the start date to today or a future date. All other inputs can be changed as expected.
Scheduling Announcements
Admins can schedule an announcement to post on a future date. To do this, enter a future in the start date field.
If you change the start date from current day to a future date, the button in the bottom right will change to “Schedule.”
Note: Users must enter an end date to schedule an announcement.
The announcement will be posted based on a user's local time. Scheduled announcements will be posted based on the user's timezone. If a user’s timezone is not specified, the announcement will be posted based on their company’s timezone.
Once an announcement is scheduled, admins can modify the announcement by clicking clicking “Manage announcements” on the ‘Make announcement’ modal, then selecting the scheduled announcement you want to change—this will open the ‘Edit announcement’ modal.
Refer back to Managing Announcements for instructions.
Incentivizing an Announcement
If you have a special initiative you'd like to increase participation or engagement around, you can add an Incentive directly to your Announcement.
You'll have the option to link directly to an Incentive you've already created, or you can select the "Create a new incentive" link to head to your Awards, Celebrations, & Incentives page to make a new one!
Select your Incentive from the drop down menu and save your changes.
You'll see the "Claim Incentive" button appear on your Announcement.
Users can click this button to directly claim the Incentive from their homepage.
FAQs
What do Announcements permissions for non-global admin users entail?
Announcements permissions allow non-admin users to make Announcements posts. Non-admin users will only be able to edit the posts they make and will not have a Company>Announcements page. Only global admins are able to view, edit, and delete active announcements made by any use.
Can you modify the order Announcements are shown in?
Announcements will be shown in chronological order. While users will be able to scroll through Announcements, the order cannot be modified.Can I view previous posts or re-post old posts?
Global admins can view previous Announcements on the Company>Announcements page. While you aren't able to re-post a previous Announcement, you can copy and paste any relevant information in order to create a new post. Admins are also able to delete old posts.
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