How to Create Announcements

Make sure important announcements are seen by the whole team. Employers are able to send announcements at a company level.

When creating a new announcement, all users in the selected "Audience" will be notified via e-mail. Also, employers can pin an announcement to the homepage of their team's individual Homebase dashboard.

Note: Announcements cannot be deleted, but can be unpinned and disappear once acknowledged.

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Creating a New Announcement

Note: As of 05/01/2025, Announcements cannot be made and previously created ones cannot be viewed if "Allow employees to message one another" is toggled off under the Team Management section in Settings. For more info, see here.

1. Sign into your Homebase account and click the Messages icon in the top-right corner.
   1. Note: You can only create Announcements using Homebase on your web browser.
2. Click Announcements and then click New Announcement at the bottom of the right pop-out drawer.
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3. Select the Location, Audience that the announcement will be sent to, add a Subject, write a message, add any attachments, then choose you would like to pin the announcement to the Dashboard and if the Announcement will require your team to acknowledge if they have read it or not.
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Important to Note

• Attachments are not displayed directly on the announcement. There will be a link to access the attachment.
• If you have an active Announcement for the selected location(s), this Announcement will replace it on the Dashboard
• Employees who receive the announcement are required to click an acknowledgment button after reading it.
• When Require Employee Acknowledgement is selected when creating announcements, all participants will have the option to Acknowledge Receipt. Once the Announcement is Acknowledged, the Acknowledge button will disappear.