This Frequently Asked Questions page provides answers to the common questions asked about the HPT Connections website. Click on a question to display the answer.
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No. Everyone interested in HPT and the field of Performance Improvement is encouraged to join this social network community. We have members from all over the world. Yes, we do differentiate between members of the ISPI international society and everyone else (including local chapter members). However, Guests comprise almost a third of our community membership and are an important facet of our growing community. When you sign up, choose ISPI Member if you are currently a member of the international society (remember, this is different from local chapter membership). Otherwise, choose Community Guest when joining.
We encourage you to create a complete personal profile (including a photo of yourself), as it will help you establish your identity with other community members. Also use your profile to help manage your community connections, messages, groups, content, as well as your preferences for each.
When you are logged in, there is a menu along the right side of most pages called My Profile. Click on these links to:
- Enter information about yourself that you want other community members to know
- Manage your membership in the groups you join (as well as easily message the group if the group settings allow)
- Add links to other social network profiles you may have
- Track your community event registrations and community blog subscriptions
- Post entries to your own personal blog (based on your thoughts, interests, professional needs, etc.) or post photos you'd like to share ustomize your profile preferences
- Manage your community connections with people you have established ties to
- Post your resumé / CV for others to access
- Invite friends and colleagues to join the HPT Connections community using the "Tell A Friend" link
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Certainly. All email notifications can be turned on or off from the My Preferences link on any HPT Connections page that displays the My Profile section on the right side. You can set the following email notification preferences:
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Allow other members to view my connections
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Email me when I receive a connection invite
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Email me when one of my connections updates their profile
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Email me when one of my connections uploads a new photo
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Email me when someone in my primary group updates their profile
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Email me when someone joins a group of which I am a member
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Email me when someone uploads a photo to a group of which I am a member
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Email me when I have unread messages older than 30 days in my inbox
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Email me when new messages arrive
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Finding people in the community is easy. You can use either the:
* Community Search box (found on the top right of the homepage or top left of most other pages)
* Member Search (found in the left navigation menu of all pages)
The Member Search allows you to enter the search criteria, such as name. Note, for example, that if you enter the beginning of the name, all people who have the same beginning will appear. For instance, if you enter "Mil" in the last name field, you could get both "Mills" and "Miller" among the results. You can also search by group and location too.
If a person listed is a member of ISPI, but have not yet joined HPT Connections, he or she will still appear in the results. Click on the option to send them a message, inviting them to join the community.
When viewing a person's profile, you can send them an invitation to connect if you have a tie to them (a friend, co-worker, colleague, etc.) or message the person if you don't know them but would like to.
You can click on a number of the items in a person's profile to search the community for members who have the same attribute (or begin with the same characters, or must contain the same text selected). For example, this could be used to quickly discover all the people in the HPT Connections community from a certain city or country.
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Once you join HPT Connections, you can:
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Maintain your profile
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Establishing your HPT Connections identity
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Discover and connect to friends, both old and new
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Participate in multiple groups, or request to create new ones on various subjects
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Collaborate within these groups to share and expand your human and social capital
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Enhance the experience of live events, such as workshops, seminars, or conferences
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Discover volunteer opportunities within ISPI
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Conduct ISPI business (for committees, task forces, or other initiatives)
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...and so much more!
Click here for a more detailed description.Guests can participate in almost every aspect of the HPT Connections community, though there are a few things limited only to ISPI (international society) members only. We plan to add more exclusive ISPI Member features in the future.
The HPT Connections community is what we make it, so the participation of each and every one of you is vital to its success. So, please join us in creating a dynamic HPT community online.
Groups are administrated by one or more Group Administrators, and may be either:
- Open - the entire community can view the group (with Guests only able to access selected groups)
- Private - only group members can view the contents
In either case, you have to join a group (using the icon along the top of the group page) in order to add content to it (blog postings, photos, etc.). You may request, and have, membership to many groups. Access depends on whether the group:
- Allows instant access to all membership requests (such as the Conference groups)
- Requires approval from the group's Group Administrator
- Requires that you be invited to join the group (such as the Board of Directors).
Note: Only Group Administrators can add new blogs, albums, or pages to a group.
Furthermore, groups members may be able to send different types of communications to the other members of the group (chosen by the Group Administrators). Group members may be able to send:
- A bulk e-mail directly to the outside e-mail address provided by each group member
- An internal community message to all group members
If you have a question about how Groups work, or how to use the functions of a group, either contact the Group Administrators or click here to e-mail the Community Administrators.
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In a group, you can add photos, participate in blog discussions, upload/download files, collaborate using wiki pages, and read group news. Remember that in order to participate, you have to join the group.
To find and join a group from the HPT Connections home page, click the Groups link on the left navigation pane to bring up a list of group types. Within these group types, you will see a list of the groups and a little information about each one. To join a group, click on the “Click here” to request permission to join the group. You will receive a notification when your request to join is completed.
Yes -- community members can form a variety of groups of their choosing. Creating your own will require time and dedication to be successful. For a number of reasons, only Community Administrators can create new groups. Therefore, we need information from you about the group you want to create. This is submitted on a New Group Request form.
Click here to go to the New Group Request form. Once approved we will notify you of your group's creation so you can finish its setup.
There are several ways to stay informed of what's happening in the HPT Connections community.
- Group Blogs Notifications: You can turn on notifications of new postings to group blogs to which you subscribe. To turn on notifications of new postings, navigate to the group's page, click the Blogs icon under the Group's name, click the group name, and then click the subscribe button so it is green. You may click on it again to turn off notifications of postings—it will appear red. Click on the red X to unsubscribe from the blog.
- Do you use an RSS reader? After navigating to a group's page, click the Blogs icon under the Group's name, click the group name, and then click on the orange RSS feed icon. Add the link as you do for other feeds in your RSS reader.
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What are the community rules and how do I report inappropriate behavior?We firmly believe that this community should be an open forum for balanced discussions. Yet, this is also a professional community, so we ask that you please be civil, reasonable, and helpful in your participation. Off-topic, inflammatory, or otherwise inappropriate posts will be removed at our discretion. If you encounter questionable comments or behavior, most pages in HPT Connections have a
Report Abuse link at the top. Click on the link to email the Community Administrators. Please provide specifics of the inappropriate comments or behavior that you observed.
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