Overview
Send your CMS news stories directly to parents and community members through Email, Text, Voice, and Social media channels without leaving your news publishing workflow. This eliminates the need to recreate content across different systems.
How to Cross-Post Your News Story
Step 1: Publish Your News Story
Create and publish your news story in the CMS as you normally would.
Step 2: Access Mass Communications
After publishing, you'll see a Mass Communications option on the news announce page. Click this button to transfer your story to the Mass Communications dashboard.
Step 3: Review and Send
Your news story will automatically appear in Mass Communications with the appropriate channels pre-selected and content formatted for each channel.
Automatic Channel Selection
When your news story transfers to Mass Communications, these channels are automatically selected:
Email
Text
Voice
Social media
The App channel is left unselected since your news stories already appear in the app automatically from the CMS.
Content Formatting by Channel
Your news content is automatically optimized for each communication method:
Your headline becomes the subject line
Recipients receive your short summary
Includes a "Click here to read the whole story" link
Text Messages
Recipients get your short summary
Includes the direct link to your news post
Voice Calls
Your headline becomes the spoken message that callers hear
Social Media
Content is formatted appropriately for social posting