Sharing news in your 360Alumni community

Share timely updates through discussion boards, homepage headlines, Email Marketing, and social sharing. Choose the channel that best fits the audience and context of your news.

Choose where to post news

You and your community members can share updates in several places:

• Discussion boards: Post updates on the homepage, in a Group, or in a Campaign. Use the space that matches the topic and audience.
• Homepage Headlines: Use headlines for prominent announcements that community managers want members—or public visitors—to see.
• Email Marketing: Send News & Announcements directly to selected members or lists.
• Social sharing: Share Events, Opportunities, Asks & Offers, Campaigns, and Groups on external channels.

Turn on Homepage Headlines

You can display Homepage Headlines to logged-in members, public visitors, or both.

1. Go to Customize > Homepage > Homepage Headlines.
2. Turn on Homepage Headlines for the audience you want to reach.
3. To change the feature name shown on your homepage, click the pencil icon and edit the title.

Create a Homepage Headline

Create and manage headlines from the admin area.

1. Go to Admin > Manage > Homepage Headlines.
2. Click Create a Headline.
3. Enter the headline text.
4. Add a link to the relevant page in your 360Alumni community or another site.
5. Upload an image.
6. Choose whether to send a notification when you publish the headline.
7. Click Create.

If you send notifications, members who are subscribed to Homepage Headline notifications will receive them.

Set default headline notifications

Set your default when you establish the community and  publishing headlines so active and unactivated members receive the notification preferences you intend.

1. Go to Admin > Customize > Notifications.
2. Find Homepage: New Headline.
3. Set the default notification preference for your community.

Members can still adjust their own notification settings.

Send news by email

Use Email Marketing for announcements that need to reach a specific audience, such as a Static List, Smart List, Group members, or membership segment.

Before sending, confirm that your default preferences for News & Announcements are set correctly.

1. Go to Admin > Customize > Notifications.
2. Review the default preferences for News & Announcements.
3. Update and save the settings as needed.
4. Create and send your message through Email Marketing.

Share content on social media

Cross-post community content to help extend its reach beyond your alumni directory and member community.

The share function is available on:

• Events
• Opportunities
• Asks & Offers
• Campaigns
• Groups

Use the share option on the item you want to promote. You can share it by copying the link or through email, WhatsApp, text message, LinkedIn, Messenger, Facebook, and X.

For the best results, use a clear title, a relevant image, and a short description that tells people why they should click through to your 360Alumni community.

Related articles

• Configuring your community home page
• Setting default Notification Settings for your community
• Sending an email campaign in 360Alumni
• Creating & managing groups
• Approvals for user generated content and bulk messages