The short version
- Write a notice once — deliver it to the portal, email, and SMS together.
- Target the audience: whole building, a tower, owners vs tenants, or a single floor.
- Schedule ahead, auto-translate into 10+ languages.
- Track read receipts and require mandatory acknowledgement on the ones that matter.
The problem with how most buildings send notices
Most strata committees still send notices the hard way: a sign taped in the lift lobby, a group email that lands in spam, a printed letter under doors. Each method has the same fatal flaw — there's no confirmation anyone actually received it. When the notice is a social reminder, that's annoying. When it's a special levy, a by-law change, or a fire-safety inspection requiring access, it's a genuine governance and liability problem.
Committees also burn hours on the mechanics: re-typing the same message for email and print, chasing translations for a multilingual building, and fielding "I never got that" complaints. TowerDesk removes the busywork and the uncertainty.
How TowerDesk's notice system works
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Compose once, richly
Write the notice with formatting, links, and attachments (PDFs, plans, agendas). No more re-formatting the same message three times for three channels.
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Choose exactly who sees it
Audience targeting sends to the whole building, a specific tower or stage, owners vs tenants, or a single floor or group of lots — so a notice about level-3 works only reaches the residents it concerns.
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Schedule it (or send now)
Publish immediately or schedule for a future date and time. AGM packs, quarterly updates, and planned-works notices can be prepared in advance and released automatically.
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It reaches everyone, in their language
The notice appears in each resident's branded portal and is pushed by email and SMS, auto-translated into 10+ languages so nobody is left out.
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Track who's seen it — and require sign-off
Read receipts show engagement at a glance. For critical notices, switch on mandatory acknowledgement so residents must actively confirm — giving the committee a defensible, time-stamped record.
Built for how committees actually operate
Notices in TowerDesk aren't a bolt-on — they sit inside the same portal as your emergency broadcasts, the strata roll, AGM and meeting tools, and the maintenance system. That means the committee works from one canonical resident list, and every notice is archived with its audience, attachments, and read data for a complete communication history at audit time.
For the wider picture, see how TowerDesk improves building communication across every channel, or read the before-and-after comparison of a building's communication without versus with TowerDesk.
See it on your own building
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Frequently asked questions
How does TowerDesk help strata committees manage notices?
TowerDesk gives committees one place to create, schedule, publish, and track notices. You write a notice once with rich text and attachments, choose the audience (whole building, a tower, owners only, a single floor), and it's delivered across the resident portal, email, and SMS. Read tracking shows who has seen it, and auto-translation reaches residents in 10+ languages — so committees stop relying on noticeboards and BCC'd emails that nobody confirms receiving.
Can we prove residents received an important notice?
Yes. Every notice records read receipts, and you can mark a notice as requiring mandatory acknowledgement — residents must actively confirm they've read it. This gives committees a defensible record for levy notices, by-law changes, works notifications, and AGM communications.
Can we schedule notices in advance?
Yes. Notices can be drafted and scheduled to publish at a future date and time, so committees can prepare AGM packs, quarterly updates, or planned-works notifications ahead of time and let them go out automatically.
Can we target notices to specific residents?
Yes. Audience targeting lets you send to the whole building, a specific building or tower, owners vs tenants, or an individual floor or lot group — so residents only get notices relevant to them, which keeps engagement high and complaints low.
Do we need to translate notices ourselves?
No. TowerDesk auto-translates notices and emergency broadcasts into 10+ languages, so a single notice reaches your whole community in their preferred language without the committee doing any manual translation.
Is there a record of past notices?
Yes. Every notice is archived with its publish date, audience, attachments, and read/acknowledgement data — giving the committee and managing agent a complete, auditable communication history for the building.