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NPMA Special Interest Groups NING Website. Cheri Cross, CPPM CF NPMA Director of SIGs & Chair, SIG Governing Board Jessica Dzara, CPPA NPMA VP Membership & Member, SIG Governing Board. Agenda. About SIGs About NING site How to Get Started Navigating the NING site.
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NPMA Special Interest GroupsNING Website Cheri Cross, CPPM CF NPMA Director of SIGs & Chair, SIG Governing Board Jessica Dzara, CPPA NPMA VP Membership & Member, SIG Governing Board
Agenda • About SIGs • About NING site • How to Get Started • Navigating the NING site
Special Interest Groups Benefits • Specific discipline or organization knowledge • Networking • Sharing new methods • Problem solving
About Special Interest Groups • Participation is voluntary and complimentary • Currently six SIGs in organizational & functional areas • Contract Property • Federal Property • State and Local Government • University, Colleges and Other Non-Profits • Property Inventory • Excess Property and Disposition
What is the NING site? • New platform for SIG discussion forums. • Interactive forum that integrates with social media.
Why Change? • Previous forums had limited capabilities. • NING site offers more flexibility to expand our SIG program.
Additional Features • Discussion forums with search capabilities • Polling • Resource pages • Email SIG group • Event posting • Chat feature • Accessible via mobile apps
What about the old forums? • The previous forums will remain active in view only mode.
4. Click SIGS menu. 5. Select the SIG you would like to join.
Discussion forums for asking and replying to questions and comments.
Discussion Forums Add Discussion View Topic “Like” Topic Reply View Responses
Resource Pages View links to available resource documents for your SIG.
Events listing for events that are related to the SIG program.
Events View events related to the SIG program.
Send Message Send an email to all members of your SIG.
Invite Invite new members to join your SIG.
Chat feature to communicate with other members that are online.
Chat Click on a name to have conversations with other members that are currently online.
Polling feature available from the Home page to start and answer polls with real time results.
View a Poll From the SIG Home page, click View Results.
Start a Poll From the SIG Home page, click View VoxBox. Click Add New Poll
Start a Poll (continued) Enter Question Enter Possible Answers Click Add New Poll
Search Enter criteria Press Search Again View Results
My Page View and update profile View latest activity, friends, events, SIGs and more.
Mobile Accessibility Download the NING mobile app to access the SIGs from any mobile device.
Questions Cheri Cross, CPPM CF crosscl@ornl.gov Jessica Dzara, CPPA jdzara@sunflowersystems.com