Sloan C My Aln Social Networking

1. Sloan-C MyALNSocial Networking

2. http://myaln.sloanconsortium.org/user/login You will receive an invitation with a link and a Username and Password Login Can change Username & Password Login

3. Goals Connect our conference attendees before, during and after the event to: Discuss the sessions & topics of interest Customize your schedule Find & connect with colleagues at the event Set up meetings with each other Tweet about the event publically Send messages to other attendees or all Visit our sponsor Fan pages

4. Home Welcome message Sponsors Logos & Fan Pages for sponsors, link twitter page Search For attendees by name, company, industry, city, state Follow: will see all that they post; “mutually following” allows seeing each other’s schedule Blogs Co-chairs and track-chairs Help FAQs Basics

5. Messages: These are all messages to you @Replies Reply to specific user type @ followed by the person's username in the message. Message appears on your public feed & in the @Replies tab of the user you sent the message to - also visible to anyone following you. Example: "@username See you in March!" Sent All Messages (public and private) that you send Direct Messages “Private” message: use a "d" before your message. This message will only be visible to you and the person you're sending the message to. Note: You can only direct message people who are following you. Example: "d username See you in March!" Everybody See all Messages

6. My Upcoming Events Search people function Twitter – find friends checks registrants for Twitter usernames you are following Following: View all RSS Message Feeds View all of your sent messages sent, received & replies, and all messages Messages – Sidebar

7. Set Message Notifications Option Set reply msg. to non-spam Social Notifications When a person follows or private messages me, email me at: my email address Schedule Notifications: input your email address to get notified when events change (time, location, etc.) Twitter Notifications twitter username & pswd. Sends your msgs. to your twitter account Message Notifications

8. Upload Photo Password Reset Contact Info Public Profile Shows schedule Profile

9. Who I’m Following Who is Following Me Mutual Following Following: can view their messages To find people to follow use Search You may “Unfollow” people here Contacts/Follow

10. Pre-set groups for discussions Topics of interest Particular session at the event By discipline, like Higher Ed, K-12 Any suggestions? Groups

11. Shows all of the sessions you have selected for each day of the event. To de-select a session click on the X at the right of the session and it will be removed. My Schedule RSS Feed Shows timeline and descriptors of all of your scheduled sessions Calendar Icons You can send your schedule to Outlook, Google and to your Outlook inbox My Schedule

12. Click on the calendar day you want to see Choose “Track” or All Can also choose date on pull-down Choose the sessions you want for your calendar by clicking on the box at the right of a session Go to My Calendar to view selections Full Schedule

13. Personalized Page Messages Profile Groups Upcoming Events Search functions Notification Options Personal Content Bundle MyALN

14. On your smartphone browser go to http://mysym.sloanconsortium.org/user/login Log in See your schedule, messages, etc. Use on Smartphone

15. Questions?