Presenter: Chris Blake, Associate Director A New Way to Connect with IACLEA Members Southeast Region Meeting February 18, 2010 Presenter: Chris Blake, Associate Director

Presentation Outline Why IACLEA Connections? Benefits and Features How to Get Started Creating Your Profile Connecting to Members Posting Resources Questions?

Why IACLEA Connections? List serve feedback Membership Services Task Force Recommendation: improve web based services Exploration of discussion groups, chat rooms, etc. Higher Logic solution

Why Higher Logic? Online social networking developer Integrated solution combining best features of list serves, web, threaded discussion groups in one place Empowers members to form their own networks, generate their own content based on current needs and interests Avectra business partner-ties into myIACLEA membership database

Benefits & Features Networking: Post your profile so members can find you and you can form networks Solve problems: Connect with other members to discuss hot topics and solutions to current challenges Handy resources: Post and find documents, best practices, model policies, discussion threads when you need them

How to Get Started http://community.iaclea.org/IACLEA/IACLEA/Home

How to Get Started Enter myIACLEA User ID and Password Click Go

How to Get Started IACLEA Connections Home Page Click on Profile (upper right) or Directory (left side menu) to go to your Profile

How to Get Started First time you login: Review and Agree to Code of Conduct (rules and etiquette) Review IACLEA Connections User Guide; click on link at bottom, then click on document link Review IACLEA Connections Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How to Get Started

How to Get Started Click on document link

How to Get Started You can either open a document or Save to a folder on your Server

Your Profile Page

Profile

Profile Page

Profile Page Create Profile Click on edit contact info Edit Bio, Certifications, Education, Interests Allows you to connect with members who have common interests

Adding Contacts

Adding Contacts Add Contact(s)-green plus sign

Adding Contacts

Adding Contacts

Adding Contacts

Your Inbox Shows all of your email activity

Blogs

Communities

Communities-library

Connecting to Members-eGroups Go to Home; Click eGroups (Forums)

eGroups home page

eGroups-Post a Message

Post a Message

Settings-how you want to receive emails Click on My Subscriptions on left side Select settings and click Save at the bottom of page

Resource Library Click Resources on left side of page

Resource Library

Add a document

Add a document

Add a Document-Step by step Step 1: Enter Title and Description Select Library Click Save Step 2: Upload your File(s) Select file-browse to file on your server Enter file name Click Upload Step 3: Add tags or keywords Click Continue

Search for a Document Go to Search Library on left side of page

Search Results

My Documents

Summary-IACLEA Connections Online service exclusively for members Connect with members Form your own networks Share resources Build a member-centered resource library Retrieve email threads and resources when you need them

Chris Blake, Associate Director Questions? Contact Chris Blake, Associate Director IACLEA cblake@iaclea.org (860) 586-7517, ext. 565