--- title: How to Send an Announcement - Beta description: Easily send announcements in MakeShift to employees via push notifications. 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Select **Announcements** located in the top navigation bar.  ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-39-56-0595-PM.png)   Click the green **New Announcement **button. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-39-39-0658-PM.png?width=224&height=57&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-39-39-0658-PM.png)   *Announcements can be sent to groups by following the next steps:* Select the **Groups **tab. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-39-20-6661-PM.png?width=380&height=337&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-39-20-6661-PM.png)   Click in the first box and scroll through the first dropdown menu to choose if you would like to send this announcement to the entire company, an entire location, or a single department.  ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-39-03-5628-PM.png?width=401&height=357&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-39-03-5628-PM.png)   Select the **Employment Type** you would like to send the announcement to. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-38-49-3322-PM.png?width=318&height=284&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-38-49-3322-PM.png)   Enter the Message you would like to send to your employees. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-38-27-2399-PM.png?width=471&height=148&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-38-27-2399-PM.png)   Click the green **Send to Groups **button. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-38-07-9674-PM.png?width=171&height=59&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-38-07-9674-PM.png)   *Announcements can also be sent to specific individuals by following these steps:* Select the **Individuals **tab. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-37-16-5803-PM.png?width=370&height=289&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-37-16-5803-PM.png)   Select the individuals you would like to send a message to, by choosing them from the Individuals drop down menu. Enter the message you would like to send to your employees. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-36-43-7535-PM.png?width=433&height=136&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-36-43-7535-PM.png)   Click the green **Send to Individuals **button. ![](https://support.makeshift.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-36-37-2924-PM.png?width=206&height=60&name=image-png-Feb-14-2023-05-36-37-2924-PM.png) --- At this time, the above article is for beta users only. 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