Tips for creating News streams
Before you create a News stream, consider the following questions.
- Does absolutely everyone need this information?
- News streams created for everyone display information on the News page for all registered community users. If you work in a large organization, this could include all people across a wide variety of job roles, divisions, and locations. If you're confident the information is relevant to all of these users, follow the instructions in Creating News streams for everyone.
- How much traffic is generated by the place or blog I want to share content from?
- The place you select for a News stream should not be too noisy for the intended audience. For example, if your Sales group sometimes contains social chatter, consider creating a more controlled group or blog that contains only key communications, and use that one for the News stream.
- Who needs this News stream?
- You can define audiences by selecting individual people, by filtering on profile fields, or by selecting a user permissions group that is defined in Jive. The last two choices may require some preparation on your part: to make sure you're using profile fields consistently or to create any permissions groups you need for targeting an audience. Note that the system-defined groups in Jive (under ) cannot be used to target audiences. You can use any custom-defined groups shown on the page. These groups may be created manually or synced from an SSO provider.
- What are some examples of News streams I might create?
- For a detailed example of how you might create News streams for your community, see All About the News Feature on Worx.