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Get connected day!
Hi all!
Welcome to all our new members, and here's our first Get Connected Day post for 2011.
The purpose of the Get Connected post is to provide a place where you can introduce yourself if you'd like to widen your connections.
What to do...
Comment to this post (use the comment form at the bottom of the page) with a short note about yourself and who you're looking to connect to. Easy!
If you see someone with experience similar to yours, who you'd like to connect to, then just click their username (in their post) and you will end up on their profile page. Then all you need to do is look on the left side of the page under their picture and you'll see an "add contact" link and follow the prompts.
Why connect to others?
One of the good things about connecting to others, is that all of their blog posts will show up on your homepage in a reading list. So if you haven't visited the site in a few days, you'll still see what everyone is up to!
Important note
Remember to check your own privacy settings on your "edit" page. There's no need to reveal anything personal or private, but if you want others to connect to you, you should make some of your My Profile settings "public" so others can find out a bit about you (eg. 'my story', 'about' me' and 'breast cancer experience').
If you're not sure what to do, you might like to read this post on how to change your privacy settings.
Have fun!
Di
(if you want to go back and browse the old 'get connected posts' to find out a bit more about our members, just click on the 'get connected' tag).
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Hi Ree -- what an interesting experience you're having with the Furry Brazilian implants. It's great to hear your updates.
I just wanted to give you a heads-up that when you post on this blog post, people may not find it as it was started back in January and new people may not visit here.
I think what you have to say would be of interest to lots of our members, so you might like to make a post in your own blog each time you have an update. That way they'll show up on the "All posts" page (which is here: http://www.bcna.org.au/node/all/blog/network ) and everyone will find them.
It's totally up to you what you do, though -- just letting you know what might give you the widest readership. If you're not sure how to make a post in your blog just let me know and I can help you out. :)
-- Di