How to use your new account

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How to use your new account!
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To begin Enter a Login Name. You will use this
name whenever you log into TIA Connect. If you do
not enter a login name, your email address will
be your default login.
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Next If you were assigned a password, enter and
verify it. You can change it later. Otherwise,
create and verify your Password. Click Enter
when you have completed all fields.
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The Dashboard / Profile accordion menu opens by
default when you log into your TIA Connect
account. Your name, job title, company name, and
photo or pin type display. You can click the My
Profile sub-accordion menu to access your profile
for editing or click Sign Out to exit TIA Connect.
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From the Dashboard / Profile accordion menu,
click My Profile to access your introCard data.
Your Contact Information page displays. You can
review or edit this information. If any fields
are dimmed, they are display only contact
Jessica Mizell at mizell_at_tianet.org if you need
assistance in editing these.
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Next, click complete your Tags. Tags describe
your professional and personal qualities and
match you with others in your community. The more
words you select, the better the quality of your
matches. To select a tag, click it or drag it
to the appropriate box. You must select at least
one tag per list. For optimum results, select
several words from each category. You are allowed
up to ten tags per column. Note If you do not
select any tags you will not be able to be
located or matched to others.
Place the most important tags at the top of their
boxes. A percentage value displays which
indicates the importance of each word. Higher
values indicate greater significance. Drag tags
to arrange them in the box. To remove a tag from
your box, drag it back down to its list.
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Next, Provide more detailed information about
yourself. For Talk to Me About, enter three
words or phrases in the textboxes that tell your
matches more about you. These three entries will
appear at the bottom of your introCard.
Use the pull-down menus and text boxes to add
additional information. To access all the menus,
use the scroll bars on the right.
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Complete by adding photos, files, website links,
and video with other users. Be creative, but
remember that this information will be viewed by
the TIA Connect community.
When you are done, click Finished to see your
matches in Pin View. Click Previous if you want
to return to More Details. You can return to this
page at any time to make changes. Now you can
begin searching for others, check out the TIA
calendar, find out what is going on in your
committee, contact others, and join a forum/blog!
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Use the Connections / Search accordion menu to
view your pin matches, specify your search
criteria, and save searches. You can access this
menu from the left-side panel or from your
Profile by clicking Show My Connections. You
can set a single search parameter or combine
multiple parameters.
Note that unless you clear a field, all searches
are cumulative that is, all criteria displayed
are used to search for your matches. Match
results can be displayed in the Pin View scatter
graph or in the List View report format. In Pin
View, note that the matchs pin type must be
selected in the Legend in order to display.
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Or choose the List View option to receive a list
of matches
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Groups is the new communication tool to be used
by Committees. If you have not joined a
Committee, go to www.tianet.org to review the
list of committees and join one today!
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View the Calendar accordion button to display a
monthly calendar. The current day is shaded. This
calendar displays both personal events that you
enter and global TIA events.
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Use the Message Center / Contacts menu to display
your message inbox, sent messages, contact list,
and blacklist.
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Join Forums to discuss topics and post comments
with other users in the TIA Connect community.
You can communicate with all users, not only your
matches. The forums use threaded discussions with
posts on the same topic grouped together for
review and discussion. Because the posts are
organized chronologically (earliest to latest),
you can easily follow the threaded discussion.
TIA will define the topics. You are welcome to
post comments.