Connect Online Community

Kick off Discussion Examples

Now that you’re pumped up and ready to take action, check out the following examples that other customers have used in the past. Remember that any time you need assistance you can contact Sengii at help@sengii.com or schedule a training meeting at https://sengii.com/meeting

Welcome to GWSCPA Connect!

As a member of GWSCPA, you are receiving this message via our new online community. We hope you will use Connect to stay in touch with colleagues and peers.

For now, we will only be launching one group, the Open Forum, which includes all 3,500+ members. All members will be set to receive immediate emails when any new discussions/replies are posted.

You can post and comment on discussions either in the Connect platform or directly from these emails. To share resources and links, view news and update your profile you must login to Connect.

To login, you will use your www.gwscpa.org login and password. If you don’t know yours, you can contact staff or you will be prompted to click to receive a verification code instead.

Once logged in, you can make updates to your profile and settings.

Please also view the Terms for site etiquette guidance. Be mindful that whatever you post will be seen by the entire membership. If you prefer to send messages to just one member, you may also do that via Connect.

If you wish to change your settings to receive a daily or weekly digest instead of immediate emails, there is a User Guide available on the landing page that can walk you through that, but staff will also be standing by to assist at 202-347-3050 or wmekonnen@gwscpa.org

If you know a fellow GWSCPA member who did not get this message, please tell them to whitelist emails from noreply@connect.gwscpa.org to fix that.

These are trying times, so we hope you will reach out to each other, as we are all in this together.

Welcome!

Welcome to DSCPA's online community! For many of you, this will be the first time you've interacted on a forum like this. It's easier than it looks! If you haven't yet had a chance. please review the email that we sent earlier today.

Have you had a chance to log in and update your profile? If not, just log in (using your DSCPA login credentials) and go to My Account.

You can find your Groups under My Group Pages. All posts will appear in the Open Forum.

To post a new discussion in the Open Forum, click Discussions in My Groups. All posts are sent via email to your inbox. From the email, you can post a new discussion or reply to a post. You can also reply to a post in Connect. You have the ability to adjust the frequency of emails to your preference.

So let's give it a try! We'll start with an easy question - what is your favorite color?

Welcome to LeadingAge CA Connect!

Good Afternoon LeadingAge California Members:

We are excited to announce that we have transitioned from Google Groups to a new platform called LeadingAge CA Connect. LAC Connect does everything the former Google Groups did plus much more. A brief brochure and User Guide are attached to this message for your reference to get you started. This exclusive online community designed especially for us. LeadingAge CA Connect provides an easy way to interact with other senior living and care professionals across the state, discuss issues and benefit from our extensive base of shared knowledge. You will also be able to access staff subject matter experts, who can respond to your questions and provide you with the latest policy changes and compliance resources.

Be sure to check out and join (if you have not already been automatically added) the Discussion Group that best matched your professional interests:

Affordable Senior Housing Forum
Assisted Living Forum
Skilled Nursing Forum

NOTE: You may never need to interact with the platform online, but if you want to find past messages or attachments, or adjust your delivery settings, go to connect.leadingageca.org. You don’t need a password to log in online. You just enter your email address and it will immediately send you a 4 digit code. Once your logged in on that computer, you should stay logged in until you log out.

You will continue to receive email notifications from Group Discussions like you did with the Google Groups. And just like the Groups, you can respond to a post by replying via email or via the online interface at http://connect.leadingageca.org.

Please feel free to contact us at info@leadingageca.org with any questions or concerns.

Welcome to FICPA Connect!

Good Afternoon Florida State Tax Section!

The FICPA is updating its Listserv software to a new platform called FICPA Connect. FICPA Connect does everything the Listserv did plus much more. Watch this short video, http://www.ficpa.org/AboutConnect, to see what FICPA Connect can do and feel free to play around with the new features.

You will continue to receive email notifications from Group Discussions like you did with the Listservs. And just like the Listservs, you can respond to a post by replying via email or via the online interface at http://www.ficpa.org/connect. Use your FICPA.org login to access FICPA Connect.

We will be introducing you to some of the new features of FICPA Connect over the next couple of weeks but for now, you can continue to use it just like you use the old Listservs. Please feel free to contact us at webmaster@ficpa.org with any questions or concerns.

Board of Directors Example: Welcome to Connect - Please respond prior to the Board meeting

We truly appreciate the commitment of time and talent made by our volunteers, and especially our board of directors. What motivated you to accept a position on the board? What value has your volunteer experience delivered to you personally or professionally?

[this elicited some very interesting responses we’re not authorized to share; note that providing a call to action (CTA) is very effective for engagement - also setting a deadline]

Open Forum Welcome Example

As Chair of the MICPA, I am proud to introduce you to our exciting new social platform, MICPA Connect.

Please join me and other members in this exclusive online community designed especially for us. MICPA Connect provides an easy way to interact with other CPAs working in every aspect of business, discuss issues and benefit from our extensive base of shared knowledge.

This exclusive online community is designed especially for MICPA members. Click here now to join the discussion and get Connected!

Regards,

Robert M. Johnson, CPA, CGMA

2018-19 MICPA Board Chair

Open Forum Welcome Custom Invite Example (Code)

Hi $@SESSION(FirstName)@$,

As Chair of the MICPA, I am proud to introduce you to our exciting new social platform, MICPA Connect.

Please join me and other members in this exclusive online community designed especially for us. MICPA Connect provides an easy way to interact with other CPAs working in every aspect of business, discuss issues and benefit from our extensive base of shared knowledge.

This exclusive online community is designed especially for MICPA members. <a class="target" href="$@REQUEST(RAWURL_WEBSITE)@$services/doauth.aspx?auth=$AuthToken$&authid=$AuthID$&ReturnUrl=$@ENCODE(URL,$@CONCAT($@REQUEST(RAWURL_WEBSITE)@$,/data/listoverride.aspx?tdid=1&tlid=,$ListItemID$,&gcode=EmailOptInOut&gid=1&ReturnUrl=%2fgroups%2f,$ListItemID$,%3Femc%3DCongratulations%2C%20you%20have%20been%20signed%20up%20to%20receive%20emails%21%20%20Use%20the%20Discussions%20tab%20to%20post%20a%20new%20discussion%20or%20reply%20to%20an%20existing%20one.)@$)@$">Click here now to join the discussion and get Connected!</a>

Regards,

Robert M. Johnson, CPA, CGMA

2018-19 MICPA Board Chair

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CTCPA Coronavirus Conversations Opt In Invitation (code)

Hello $@SESSION(FirstName)@$,

Many of you are probably curious about what your peers are doing and how you can better help your clients. To give you a safe space to share your concerns, questions, and recommendations, we've established a "Coronavirus Conversations" group in CTCPA Connect.

You are invited to be a member of the $@SESSION(HOSTSERVER.shortname)@$ $ListItemName$ group. Do you want to receive emails from the group?

<a class="target" href="$@REQUEST(RAWURL_WEBSITE)@$services/doauth.aspx?auth=$AuthToken$&authid=$AuthID$&ReturnUrl=$@CONCAT($@REQUEST(RAWURL_WEBSITE)@$,data/listoverride.aspx%3Ftdid=1%26tlid=,$ListItemID$,%26gcode=EmailOptInOut%26gid=1%26ReturnUrl=%2fgroups%2f,$ListItemID$,%3Femc%3DCongratulations%2C%20you%20have%20been%20signed%20up%20to%20receive%20emails%21%20%20Use%20the%20Discussions%20tab%20to%20post%20a%20new%20discussion%20or%20reply%20to%20an%20existing%20one.)@$">Yes! I'm interested in this group.</a>

<a class="target" href="$@REQUEST(RAWURL_WEBSITE)@$services/doauth.aspx?auth=$AuthToken$&authid=$AuthID$&ReturnUrl=$@ENCODE(URL,$@CONCAT($@REQUEST(RAWURL_WEBSITE)@$,my/profile#tabto-tabs-4)@$)@$">Click here to manage all of your notification settings.</a>

If you do not want to participate in this group, no further action is required.

Welcome to the State Tax Committee's Online Forum!

Good afternoon!

We are completing the final steps to implement a private online community exclusively for members, allowing you to ask questions, share resources, and stay connected with your fellow members from wherever you are. The community will allow for participation via our website as well as directly through email posts and replies.

We are launching the community with several pilot groups who will test the system, give us their feedback, and serve as champions when we open participation to the full membership. And you as the State Tax Committee are one of those pilot groups! In exchange for your feedback and testing, you get to experience the online forum a full month before the CTCPA membership.

I've attached a quick start guide to get you going. Please follow the steps on that guide and start posting! We're excited to hear any and all feedback you have and hope it's a great resource for you.

Any questions, feel free to contact me at 860-258-0229 or melissat@ctcpas.org; I'll be checking in with you every couple weeks as well.

-Melissa Thompson, Community Manager

NAA Connect!

Good Morning from Minneapolis, Association Executives:

I am happy to be sending you this message through the new communications platform that will allow all of the association executives in the federation to connect with each other. Simply by sending an email to AEs@connect.naahq.org you can ask your question or share your great resource with all of your colleagues.

So I know what you’re thinking—"No more email!” But I also know that not one of you would turn away from a request of a colleague if they needed help and you knew you could assist. So this is an experiment, and we will see how it works. Here are a couple of things I am hoping you will do for me as we launch this:

You are currently signed up to receive emails in real time, but if this platform starts getting used often and it becomes too much, you can change that to a daily or even weekly digest of emails (although weekly won’t let you provide a very timely response to your colleagues, it is better than unsubscribing).

You may never need to interact with the platform online, but if you want to find past messages or attachments, or adjust your delivery settings, go to www.connect.naahq.org.

There is no password to log in online. You just enter your email address and it will immediately send you a 4 digit code. Once your logged in on that computer, you should stay logged in until you log out.

Please use this platform mainly for asking questions of your colleagues and sharing resources. NAA will not be using this as a marketing channel or to send out reminders, etc. (we can find you other places) and the only people in this group are the AEs and the Association Resources team (including Kevin Watkins).

Depending on how this goes, we may create groups based on size (by resource director) for more targeted questions, but we don’t want to start by over-segmenting.

I’ve attached a v-card that you can download so that this address is in your address book.

If this works, we can create separate groups for others on your team like the education folks, your GADs, etc. (and you can be in those groups or not at your choosing).

Let’s see what happens next! And thank you for allowing us to experiment on you!

Thank you,

Ron

Welcome to the New [Community Name]

We are thrilled to introduce the revamped Connect, your all-new digital community brought to you by [Org name]!

Today marks the official launch of the new version of Connect, a significant upgrade to our existing platform. Over the past five years, Connect served as our hub for email and news distribution, Q&A forums, and resource repositories. While it has been a valuable service, your feedback has inspired us to enhance the user experience further.

We’ve listened to your feedback and used it to offer a completely reimagined Connect platform that not only keeps the functionalities you have come to expect from [org name] but also offers a host of improvements. Navigation is now more intuitive, ensuring a seamless experience whether you’re logging in, connecting with peers, or posting messages.

While I know you’ll see some great improvements, this group will continue to function the same as it always has. You will be able to receive and reply plus post new questions in the community via the platform OR email.

For questions on using the platform now – please contact [email].

Let’s Get Started

Please check out your profile and set-up preferred email notifications.

Customize your notification experience!

You have options when it comes to the emails you receive from Connect.

You can set how you receive post notices and when! Under “My Profile” you can select whether you want emails at all or if you want them in real-time or in a digest format, and can set this at the group level specifically. To set these preferences:

Click “My Profile” on the left menu of Connect,
Click “Update Profile.” Review this profile information as it was transferred from our previous platform. I know my bio needed fixes.
Click on the “Notifications” tab and update your settings by using the dropdown menus. If you want to use the website exclusively and never want to receive an email from the system, choose the “Disable All E-mails” option.
Set your preference to Individual Emails, Daily Digest, or Weekly Digest messages.

We hope you will come to visit Connect to see all of the new features we’ve added as a benefit for you, our members. Please click here to visit our Quick Start Guide.

[Org name] new platform, Connect, is an exciting opportunity to grow our community. We hope you'll join us!

Welcome to [Org] Exchange

[Video introduction]

Hello [Org name] Community,

We are excited to have you all participate in the new online community, [Org name] Exchange. [Org name] Exchange, powered by Sengii, does everything the previous ListServ did plus much more.

We know you all are eager to get back to sharing knowledge and information with your fellow members. Check out the [Org name] Exchange Quick Start Guide, which provides the basics on getting started. I’ve also included info on accessing and posting via email and the website below.

If you were previously subscribed to ListServ, you should be active in [Org name] Exchange with your prior notification preferences (i.e. real-time/immediate or daily digest). For those who weren’t recently subscribed to ListServ, you are added to the community with a daily digest email notification, which can be easily changed if you prefer not to participate (instructions in quick start guide).

Members can also access the archived discussions through the [Org name] Exchange website. Instructions to access are in the quick start guide. Please note that the last week of discussions (November 22 through November 30) is not accessible yet but will be available in the next couple of weeks.

Participate & Post via Email

To start a new post to the All Community group (all member group), send an email to community@exchange.[Org name].org and include the topic in the subject line. Remember, the email must come from the one registered with your [Org name] membership account. To reply to a post via email, hit reply in the notification email received and type your response.

Logging in to the Website (Use this to access the archives)

Visit https://exchange.[Org name].org to access the [Org name] Exchange website or click “[Org name] Exchange” under the Member Center menu on the [Org name].org website.
Click “Log In” in the top right corner of the webpage.
The best way to log in is to click the “Website Login” button under [Org name] Member Login, but you can also request an access code to gain access as well.
For Website Login, use the username and password associated with the [Org name] website. If you don’t remember your password, use the “Forgot your password?” link.

Once your credentials are accepted, you will see a Welcome message and letting you know that the website would like to access your basic profile. Make sure to click Submit and you will be taken to the home page.

For Access Code Login, an email with the access code will be sent to the email attached to your account.
On the [Org name] Exchange home page, you can start a new discussion in the section located under the sliding banners or you can search, view, and reply to recent discussions under the “Recent Discussions” header.

Posting & Responding on the Website

To Start a New Thread: Once logged in to https://exchange.[Org name].org, you can start a new discussion in the section located under the sliding banners on the [Org name] Exchange home page.

To Respond to a Post: Once logged in to https://exchange.[Org name].org, find and click the subject of the discussion you want to respond to under “Recent Discussions” on the [Org name] Exchange home page. From there, you can choose to reply to a previous post directly (privately), with quoted text (with prior post content), or to all (reply).

Contact [name] or me at [phone number] or via email at info@[Org name].org if you encounter any issues and we will respond as soon as possible. We look forward to having you all participate in the [Org name] Exchange.

Sincerely,