The CPA Congress community is an online space designed to extend the social aspects of CPA Congress. We recognise the CPA Congress experience is not just about attending technical sessions, it is also about meeting peers, discussing challenges, sharing solutions and establishing relationships that may lead to successful business opportunities in the future.
The CPA Congress Community gives you the opportunity to extend this experience beyond the day or two you spend at the event in person. The Community is an online space designed to allow people with similar interests to discuss what is important to them. The CPA Congress Community has five major segments:
My Page
As a member of the CPA Congress Community, your have your own unique My Page. This is a place where you can post information about yourself, including industry, location, professional interest and who you are interested in connecting with.
Community Members
This a list of all of the members of the community. Use it to browse or search to find other people who share the same interests, face the same work challenges, or want to chat about the same things as you.
(Note: You control how much of your profile is visible to the rest of the community. If you don’t feel like sharing your profile information, no problem, you can make your profile private and simply watch what is going on around you.)
Community Forum
This is the central place to join the discussion in the CPA Congress Community. This discussion forum will provide a central place to discuss your CPA Congress experiences or anything of interest to you.
Community Groups
A range of groups has been created to make it easier for professionals with similar interests to connect and share. Each group displays a list of the other members of the group, a central ‘wall’ that will allow you to make comments to the whole group and a discussion forum dedicated to the group’s topic.
The groups have been created around employment sectors and areas of interest. If there is a topic you think is missing, let us know and we will create it!
Photos
This segment of the community allows you to post your view of CPA Congress. Notice something interesting? Take a photo with your camera phone and email it in to the CPA Congress Social Network to share it with your colleagues.
That describes what it is, but why should you join? I will discuss this in part two of this post, early next week.
Mick Leyden
Project Executive – Knowledge Exchange
CPA Australia
September 24, 2008 at 1:05 am |
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