Based on feedback from both members and volunteer leaders, each affiliate, section, and coalition now has a dedicated community in 51³Ô¹ÏConnect. These communities can be used to communicate news and updates to your network’s members.
Guidance on using 51³Ô¹ÏConnect to communicate with your network’s members is .ÌýÌý
Please follow these guidelines:
If you have information to share with members of your network, please use your community. There are three ways to share news in 51³Ô¹ÏConnect communities:
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- As a standard discussion post — posts are shared with community members as either part of the daily digest or in real-time, depending on each member’s individual settings)
- As a blast email — option available to community admins only; blast emails are sent to each community member’s inbox in real time)
- As an announcement via the announcement widget — option available to community admins only; announcements are included in the community daily digest email)
- Please contact your staff liaison or current community admins if you need help adding or removing community admins.
If you would like your news items shared with all 51³Ô¹Ïmembers, we recommend posting it in the . All members belong to this forum.
If you would like a news item shared in the 51³Ô¹Ïweekly e-newsletter The Source, please submit it via this .
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- News items shared in The Source must include URLs to direct members to specific a webpage where more information is available.
- News items should be 150 words or fewer.
- Requests must be submitted by COB Tuesday to be included in the newsletter the same week.
Questions? Please email communications@acha.org.
Please note: While the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 sets forth requirements and restrictions for commercial electronic mail messages (i.e. those that advertise or promote a commercial product or service), this procedure applies to non-commercial (transactional/relationship or other) messages.
