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Sending a broadcast in Campsite takes just a few steps - write your message, choose who receives it, and either send immediately or schedule it for later. If you’re an Assistant, your draft goes to a Manager for approval before anyone sees it. The composer works the same way on web and mobile, so you can put out an update from wherever you are.

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Compose and send a broadcast

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Open the composer

Navigate to Broadcasts in the sidebar and click New broadcast, or select the compose button (pencil icon) in the top bar. The broadcast composer opens over your feed.
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Write your message

Use the rich text editor to craft your broadcast. The toolbar gives you access to:
  • Bold and italic formatting
  • Bullet and numbered lists
  • Hyperlinks
  • Headings for longer announcements
Keep your subject line clear - it’s the first thing recipients see in their feed and in the email notification.Choose urgency: Low (routine), Medium, or High. Medium and High posts stand out with stronger colours in the feed and on the detail page.If you have pin permission, Pin to top keeps this post above non-pinned items. Only one broadcast can be pinned per organisation; pinning a new one unpins the previous. You can optionally set Pin until so the pin clears after that time (HR can also run Unpin expired on Broadcast acknowledgements).If you have mandatory permission, mark the broadcast as mandatory and optionally set an acknowledgement deadline. People teams can review who has not read it yet under Broadcast acknowledgements (/hr/broadcast-acks).Notification emails render the same basic formatting (bold, italic, lists, links, and headings) so the message stays readable outside Campsite.
If your broadcast mentions a specific date (for example, an event date or deadline), Campsite will automatically surface an Add to calendar prompt to recipients. No extra steps required on your end.
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Choose your audience

Under Audience, choose Specific (one or more departments, optional team) or Org-wide (everyone in the organisation, when you have permission).
  • Specific: select the departments that should receive the post. The first selected department is the lead (shown on the post and used for any team filter).
  • Org-wide: reaches all active members. You need org-wide send permission on at least one department (set by an org admin under Admin → Departments).
Assistants submitting drafts pick a single department for the post label; a manager reviews before anyone receives it.
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Schedule (optional)

To send at a future time, toggle Schedule send and pick a date and time. Scheduled broadcasts appear in the feed with a Scheduled status badge and won’t be delivered until the chosen moment. You can edit or cancel a scheduled broadcast before it sends - see Edit a broadcast below.
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Submit for approval (Assistants)

If your role is Assistant, the send button reads Submit for approval instead of Send. Clicking it forwards your draft to a Manager in the relevant department. The broadcast will not be delivered until a Manager or higher reviews and approves it.You’ll receive a notification when your draft is approved or rejected. If it’s rejected, it returns to Drafts with the reviewer’s note. Open it, choose Edit, revise the content, then Submit for approval. The post still will not appear on the feed until an authorised reviewer approves it.
You cannot publish by editing a pending or rejected broadcast. Only a Manager, Senior Manager, or Super Admin with approval permission can send it to the audience.
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Send

Managers, Coordinators, Senior Managers, and Super Admins see a Send button (or Schedule if a future time was chosen). Click it to publish immediately. The broadcast lands in subscribers’ feeds, emails each targeted member a branded copy with an Open broadcast link back into Campsite, and sends a push notification to mobile devices - all at once. Replies and poll votes stay in-app; when someone replies, the broadcast author (and nested parent authors) get a short email and push so they know to open the thread.

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Unread counts and the feed

Once sent, your broadcast appears at the top of every recipient’s feed with an unread indicator. The sidebar badge updates in real time. Recipients can mark broadcasts as read individually or clear all unread items at once from the feed controls. Scheduled broadcasts appear in your own feed with a Scheduled label so you always know what’s queued to go out.

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Edit a sent or scheduled broadcast

You can edit a broadcast after it has been sent - for example, to correct a typo or update a date. Open the broadcast from your feed and select Edit. Recipients who have already read the original will see an Edited indicator on the message. Creators can also delete broadcasts they wrote:
  • Drafts, submissions waiting for approval, and scheduled posts can be deleted at any time
  • A published post can be deleted by its creator for one hour after it sends
  • Org admins and people with department delete permission can still remove posts from Admin → Broadcasts
Editing a sent broadcast does not re-trigger email or push notifications. If the change is significant, consider sending a follow-up broadcast to alert recipients.
If your role needs approval before publishing, Save changes on a pending post keeps it in Awaiting approval. It does not publish the post. Use Submit for approval on a draft to send it back to reviewers after a rejection. To cancel a scheduled broadcast before it sends, open the broadcast, click Cancel schedule, and confirm. The draft is preserved so you can reschedule or delete it.