PeopleMatter: How do I Send a What's Happening Message to Team Members? (video)

Overview

The What's Happening News Feed is a great way to send messages to your current Team Members.  Here are a few items to know about this feature:

• Managers and Administrators can send What's Happening Messages from the Home tab within PeopleMatter.  
• Managers can send What's Happening Messages to Team Members for the locations they have access to. 
• Administrators can send What's Happening Messages to Team Members at all locations.
• Team Members can view this information when logging into PeopleMatter on a computer.
• At this time, the What's Happening feed is not a part of the new Dashboards and you will need to turn off the Dashboard in order to access it.  

To send a What's Happening Message:

• Click WorkSpaces.
• Under your organization's name, click Administrator.
• The Administrator WorkSpace or HOME tab will appear.  
• What's Happening appears in the middle.  Click in the box that says, "What would you like to share with your team members today?
• Type your message.
• Notice you can create a Spanish version of the message.  Important:  PeopleMatter will not translate this information for you; you will need to enter the text in Spanish if you choose to use this feature.
• Click Share.

• Your message will be sent to the Team Members within the locations you have access to.
• Team Members can view the messages within PeopleMatter on a computer.

Who can see the What's Happening News Feed? 

Team Members who have a PeopleMatter account can see the What's Happening News Feed from the Employee Home WorkSpace:

Managers and Administrators can see the What's Happening News Feed from the Administrator Home WorkSpace:

As it relates to PeopleMatter Administrator Roles:

• If a Primary Admin, Financial Admin, or Business Admin creates a message, it is seen by ALL Team Members because these roles have access to all locations. 
• Primary Admin, Financial Admin, or Business Admin can see all messages created by other administrators because they have access to all locations.
• If a Human Resources Manager or Business Unit Admin creates a message, it is seen by all higher administrators and ONLY the Team Members at the locations they have access to. 
• Team Members cannot create messages.

Who can delete a What's Happening Message?

In order to delete a message from the What's Happening News Feed, you must either be the creator of the message or have administrative rights higher than the creator.

Example:

• I am a Business Unit Admin and I added a message for the location I have access to.
• As the creator, I can delete the message.
• An individual with Human Resource Manager access or higher may also delete the message. 

To delete a What's Happening Message:

• Click WorkSpaces.
• Under your organization's name, click Administrator.
• The Administrator WorkSpace or HOME tab will appear.  
• What's Happening appears in the middle.  Messages sent previously will display.
• Click X next to the message you want to delete.

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