Adding and sharing Stories in Bambu
Contributors, Managers and Admins can add Stories in Bambu. Where a Contributor can add a Story for approval by a Manager or Admin, Managers and Admins can add Stories directly to Bambu without approval.
Stories can be links, original posts or photo attachments.
This article contains the following sections:
Adding stories
You can use links, original posts or media to create internal or shareable stories.
To add a Link as a Story:
- Click Add Story at the top of Bambu. The Add New Story popup appears.
- Paste in the link you want to use for your Story. The Content window opens.
- Select a Curator from the dropdown, if applicable.
- Click Shorten Link to use your chosen Link Shortener.
- (Optional) Include a note to accompany the Story.
- (Optional) Enter in a few message ideas that include approved vocabulary and branding to make sharing Stories even easier.
- (Optional) Select Internal Story to disable sharing and keep the Story just for your team.
- Click Save as Draft or Add Story. If you’re a Contributor, click Submit for Approval.
If you’re a Contributor, you can update additional settings:
- Select the Curator you want to attribute the Story to. This is great to use to attribute Stories to an exec or if you’re adding a Story on behalf of someone.
- Select a Start date and End date for the Story to appear. This is great to use for very timely Stories promoting an event.
- Select Feature Story on top so it’s the first thing users see.
- Add the Topics this Story should belong to. You can add up to 15 Topics.
- Add any Tags that are relevant to the Story.
To add an original post as a Story:
Note: Original Posts are internal only and a great way to share updates that are only relevant to your employees.
- Click Add Story at the top of Bambu. The Add New Story popup appears.
- Click Create post. The Edit Content tab opens.
- Enter your content and customize it using the editor.
- Toggle to the Preview tab to see what your Story looks like and make any adjustments.
- Click Continue.
- (Optional) Include a note to accompany the Story.
- Select the Curator you want to attribute the Story to. This is great to use to attribute Stories to an exec or if you’re adding a Story on behalf of someone.
- Select a Start date and End date for the Story to appear. This is great to use for very timely Stories promoting an event.
- Select Feature Story on top so it’s the first thing users see.
- Add the Topics this Story should belong to. You can add up to 15 Topics.
- Add any Tags that are relevant to the Story.
- Click Save as Draft or Add Story.
To add a media attachment as a Story:
You can create photo Stories or video Stories. You can upload videos for either internal Stories or to post to LinkedIn.
- Click Add Story at the top of Bambu. The Add New Story popup appears.
- Click A media attachment. Your File Explorer appears.
- Locate the photo or video you want to use and select it.
- (Optional) Include a note to accompany the Story. Note that the title of the Story in Bambu appears as the title of the video you share to LinkedIn.
- (Optional) Enter in a few message ideas that include approved vocabulary and branding to make sharing Stories even easier.
- Select the Curator you want to attribute the Story to. This is great to use to attribute Stories to an exec or if you’re adding a Story on behalf of someone.
- Select a Start date and End date for the Story to appear. This is great to use for very timely Stories promoting an event.
- Select Feature Story on top so it’s the first thing users see.
- Add the Topics this Story should belong to. You can add up to 15 Topics.
- Add any Tags that are relevant to the Story.
- Click Save as Draft or Add Story.
Sharing a story
To share a Story in Bambu to LinkedIn or Twitter:
- Navigate to your For You tab.
- Click the Story in the list you want to share. The share popup appears.
- Click the icon of the connected network you want to share to.
- Enter the text you want to share with the Story or use a suggestion.
- Click Post.
To share a Story in Bambu to Facebook:
Note: You don't need to connect your personal Facebook profile to Bambu in order to share Stories.
- Navigate to your For You tab.
- Click the Story in the list you want to share. The share popup appears.
- Click the Facebook icon.
- Click Copy To Clipboard to select the Message Idea you want to share to your personal Facebook page.
- Click Continue to Facebook. Facebook opens in a new browser window.
- Paste your copied Message Idea text and make any updates.
- Select if you want to post to your Feed or to Your Story.
- Click Post to Facebook.