Add/Edit Advisory Board Members

Departments/centers are responsible for gathering advisory board member information and headshots.

• The minimum information to display includes member's name, position, and company.
• Biographies and headshots are optional but should be used consistently for members of an advisory board.

If you would like to make changes to the AIS Advisory Board, you will need to create a web ticket with your requested edits. The web team will make these changes for you.

The instructions below are for adding/editing members of the following advisory boards:

• External Advisory Board
• Wisconsin Naming Partners
• Wisconsin Business Alumni Board
• Risk Management and Insurance Advisory Board (Emeritus and Advisory Board members)
• Grainger Center Advisory Boards (Executive and Alumni)
• Erdman Center Boards (Executive and Academic)
• Hawk Center Boards (Equity Portfolio, Fixed Income Portfolio, and Placement and Networking)
• Nicholas Center Board (Advisory and Emeritus members)
• Center for Brand & Product Management Board
• Graaskamp Center Board (Patron, Sustaining, Corporate, AREIT, and Emeritus members)
• A.C. Nielsen Center Boards (External and Executive Committee)
• Bolz Center Board
• Weinert Center Boards (WAVE and Advisory)

Quick Links

Training and Access

You must receive training from the web team before you will be granted access to edit advisory board members.

To request advisory board access, please email webteam@wsb.wisc.edu with your request and the following:

• Your first and last name
• Your netID (this is not a number)
• Your status (student worker, staff, or faculty)
• Which dept/center advisory board(s) you need access to edit

Login to WordPress

1. Go to business.wisc.edu/wp-admin (bookmark this page for easy access).
2. Click "Sign in with your Net ID" button. Login using Duo.
   1. Typing in your Net ID with the associated password will not work on this login page.

Add a New Advisory Board Member

• From your WP dashboard, select Board Members in the left menu.
  • If you don't see this option, you will need to request access from the web team.
• Click Add New at the top of the page.

Adding your content

Board member bio pages should only have the following blocks/elements (do not add other media/blocks):

Title = Name (required)

• Add the board member's first and last name where it says "Add Title".
  • Make sure this is spelled correctly because it will become part of the URL for the board member's profile page.

Biography (optional*)

*Advisory board biographies are optional, but you should be consistent with all of your board members. (Either all members have a bio or none of them do.)

• You can ignore the message that says "Type / to choose a block" and click on it to add a cursor and start typing your content. Or you can copy and paste your text from another document.
  
  • Hit the enter key to begin a new paragraph.
• Formatting the text:
  • Highlight the text you want to format.
  • A small toolbar should appear above the selected text.
  • In this toolbar, you can choose to bold or underline your text.
  • Do not change the text color – the available colors don't match our brand colors.
  • Likewise, do not change the text alignment – this is so that all board member bio pages have the same style/layout.

Meta - Board Member 

• First Name (required)
• Last Name (required)
• Position (recommended)
• Organization (recommended)

Board Member Images (optional*)

*While headshots are optional, please be consistent. It is recommended that you provide headshots for all board members, or none of them. 

The following requirements must be met in order for a headshot to be displayed on the WSB website.

Images must:

• be full color and high resolution (at least 72ppi)
• be jpg or png files
• be at minimum 500 pixels (px) wide and 500px tall. The preferred image width is 2000px.
• have ample space around the person's face so that the web team can crop the image as needed.

The web team reserves the right not to display images that do not meet our quality standards.

Gather and Submit your Images

1. Request and gather your images.
2. Open a web ticket and attach your images along with a message explaining that you would like the images to be cropped and added to ____ advisory board.
3. The web team will review the images and let you know if any do not meet our quality standards. 
4. The web team will crop the remaining images into squares and upload these images to WP. We will add them to your advisory board members on the site.

Category (required)

In order for a board member to appear in the correct advisory board(s), you must select the category/categories.

• In the righthand menu, select the "Board Member" tab.
• Be sure Uncategorized is unchecked and pick the correct advisory board category/categories from the list.
• Reach out to the web team if you don't see the category you need.

Saving, Previewing, and Publishing

• On upper right side, click Publish to make your content public.
• Other options:
  • If you need to leave the page and come back before you publish, click Save Draft.
  • To see what the board member profile page will look like, click Preview, then Preview in a New Tab.

Edit an Existing Board Member 

1. Navigate to Board Members in the left menu.
2. Find the board member you want to edit in the list or search for it on the upper righthand side. Click on the person's name to edit their information or image. 
3. Make your changes and be sure to click Update in the top right corner to make those changes live. 

Training Video

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