News Releases

Overview

The News Release feature is a great way to publish press releases, event summaries, and business news to your website and/or Member Information Center. Your members can submit a News Release for your approval through the Member Information Center, or you can create a News Release on their behalf from your Dashboard.

Once you set a News Release to "Approved", it will be live in the News Releases section of the MIC...

Figure: News Releases in the MIC

or the News section of your website.

Figure: News Releases on a website

Instructions for Members: Submitting a News Release

1. Member logs into the Member Information Center.
2. Select News Releases from the left side menu.
3. Click Add News Release.
4. Complete the on-screen form and click Submit for Approval.
5. Click Back to List at the bottom of the screen.

Figure: Submitting a News Release in the MIC

Instructions for Staff: Approving a News Release

1. Login to your Dashboard.
2. Below the left-hand menu, click the Task List item titled News Releases. The pending News Release items will be shown.
3. Click the title of the News Release so that you can make any changes needed (such as editing the content, setting publish start and end date, assigning a category).
4. When ready, change the status from Pending to Approved and click Save. Once the status is Approved, then the release will show on your site beginning on the Publish Start Date.

Figure: The Task List

Instructions for Staff: Creating a News Release

1. Log in to your Dashboard at http://chamberlogin.com or http://app.memberzone.com

2. On the left-hand menu, click News Releases

Figure: The News Release "Home" screen

3. Click the Add a News Release button