Announcement channels are one-way broadcast channels. These channels are a great way to share company-wide updates as only team admins can share messages in them.
When you create a new team, Flock automatically creates an Announcements channel and automatically adds all team members.
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Only team admins can create and manage announcement channels.
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Create an announcement channel
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- Click on the Announcement channels section.
- Click the Create Announcement Channel button.
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- Add a name and description for the new channel.
- Specify user groups that can view and join the channel.
- Optional: If you want to automatically add all team members to this channel, select Make this channel auto-join and then For everyone in the team.
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- Optional: If you want to automatically add team members in specific user groups to this channel, select Make this channel auto-join and then For specific user groups.
- Specify user groups that should be automatically added to the channel.
For example, if you are creating an auto-join channel for all “NY Product Managers”, once you select the user groups “Location = New York” and “Function = Product Manager”, the relevant team members will be automatically added to the channel. A few months later, when you hire another Product Manager in the New York HQ, s/he will be automatically added to this channel!
- Optional: Specify if you want team members to be able to mute/leave the channel.
- Click Create Channel and you're good to go!
