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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. How to Get Started

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

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

9. 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)

10. How to Get Started

11. How to Get Started
Click on document link

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

13. Your Profile Page

14. Profile

15. Profile Page

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

17. Adding Contacts

18. Adding Contacts
Add Contact(s)-green plus sign

19. Adding Contacts

20. Adding Contacts

21. Adding Contacts

22. Your Inbox
Shows all of your activity

23. Blogs

24. Communities

25. Communities-library

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

27. eGroups home page

28. eGroups-Post a Message

29. Post a Message

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

31. Resource Library
Click Resources on left side of page

32. Resource Library

33. Add a document

34. Add a document

35. 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

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

37. Search Results

38. My Documents

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

40. Chris Blake, Associate Director
Questions?
Contact
Chris Blake, Associate Director
IACLEA
(860) , ext. 565