Your organization’s website enables you to coordinate your activities and communicate with your membership directly through your website dashboard, without using a separate application.
- To contact members through your website dashboard, click on the “Membership” tab on the vertical Dashboard menu at the left side of the screen.
- Click on the “Members” tab.
- To message specific members, use the Search functions to narrow down your results to only the people you want to reach. (To learn how to use the Search functions, see the “Filter the Member List” section of these instructions.)
- Click on the “Members Actions” button and choose “Message Filtered Members.”
- In the “MESSAGE MEMBERS” window that opens, activate the toggle switch for the type of messaging you want to send, including text, e-mail, and system e-mail messages.
- You can e-mail everyone in your membership simultaneously because every member’s e-mail address serves as their username. However, users must opt in to receive text messages from your organization, so you only can text those people who have agreed to receive that form of communication.
- If you’re sending a text message, type directly into the “Your Message” box that opens when you activate the toggle switch for this option. Your message must be 160 characters long or shorter.
- System messages address specific conditions, including password resets and alerts to members who have signed up but never logged in. To preview the “Reset Password” system message, click on the “preview” link next to the checkbox that selects this message type.
- E-mail messages can include any content you want to send. If you’re sending an e-mail message, type your subject into the “Email Subject” box. Enter your message text into the window below it. Use the controls above the message window to add or remove text, incorporate a link in your message, or format your content with styles including bold and italic text. (For an itemized list of these controls, see the Style Controls for Text Widgets page in these instructions.) To include a file up to 15 MB in size, click on the “Browse” button to locate the item you want to attach. To link to a file in your Document Repository, click on the “Go to your document repository” link above the message window to open your Document Repository in an adjacent browser tab so you can use the “ACTIONS” column’s “Copy File Link” icon to capture the link in question.
- Click on the “Send” button to send your message to the designated members. If you change your mind and don’t want to send the message, click on the “Cancel” button, press the “Esc” key, or click on the “X” in the top right corner of the window.