1. GET TO KNOW NCURA'S PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING PLATFORM: COLLABORATE AND SOCIAL MEDIA Presented by: Stephanie Moore, Community Curator, NCURA

2. Benefits of being a Collaborate member? Connect with a community of like-minded colleagues Get access to resources for your programs, funding and professional development Enhance your professional status through sharing and dialogue Allows you to have access to live topical information right when you need it. Get Involved and search latest Volunteer Opportunities.

4. A professionally written and completed profile that includes up-to-date information about your skills. This helps members to engage with you based on common networks and interest. Including key achievements, examples of projects and value added skills towards the top of your profile will further maintain the member’s attention and create that positive first impression. Don’t forget to include a picture. This will help to humanize your profile and provides a visual cue that there is someone “real” behind the name. Remember that your picture is a representation of you!! Selfie Time!! Share your professional experience!

6. Your Expertise can be Helpful!! Share your expertise! Upload and share your templates and guideline amongst peers. Participate and answer questions posted to community discussions. Want to find a member or connect with a institution? Collaborate membership directory is a great way to connect with colleagues! Build relationships and find peers in your Region! Search by Expertise?? Access member searchable Demographics, Expertise and Responsibility feature to enhance your professional profile and network.

7. Collaborate Directory “Search and Connect with other Members” Build relationships and contacts list called Connections Advanced and Basic Search Tools to find members Send direct messages to contacts

8. Join a Community!! Academic/Medical Center Departmental Administration Compliance Community CRA Study Group Departmental Research Administration Community Electronic Research Administration Community Financial Research Administration Community Funding Opportunities Community Global Community Pre-Award Research Administration Community Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions Community Research Development-Education Community Service Center Community Subcontracting Community Trainers/Training

9. Connected Community Features Each community will house the following features: Directory- allows members to connect and maintain relationships with other industry colleagues. Discussion Groups- allows members and groups to control and mange their own listservs and archive messages online. Real time, instant, and active responses of an email listservs Resource Library- allows members to upload and download files and publish their own content to build interactive libraries.

12. How to Get Involved Visit http://collaborate.ncura.edu/VolunteerOpportunities for the current open volunteer opportunities

13. Get Involved! Serve and Volunteer!! The Collaborate Community committees are a great way to get involved in volunteering with NCURA. Call for Volunteers for Collaborate will be in November 2015 For information please visit Volunteer Central for opportunity description.

14. Thank You!! If you have any questions or comments please contact me at: Moore@ncura.edu (202) 466-3894