Message from Captain Stubing

Hey, gang

Just wanted to send a note and make sure everyone got their email invitation to join the Compass Alumni networking website this week (occasionally, such things wind up in spam folders and the like). If, for some reason, you didn't receive one, please email me and I'll try again. The site's usefulness really increases as more people join so we're really hoping for a good turn-out.

For those of you who have already signed up (at post time, nearly 40 and counting), here are a few suggestions to make the site more useful and efficient:

1. Invite some people to be your "friends" by using the "Add as friend" tab under their picture on their profile page. Managing your friends (including accepting friend requests from others) is done using the "little person" icon in the upper left-hand corner of any page. Becoming friends (besides being kind of friendly-like) allows you to connect more easily using the Message Center, accessed by clicking the "postal letter" icon in the upper left-hand corner of any page. It's a pretty smooth way to communicate back and forth so feel free to send me a test message if you want to see how the system works (I should already be in your "Address book").

2. Create a sub-group for the folks you went through Compass with by using the "Groups" tab and following the "Create a New Group" prompts. Include the date you attended the program together (or some other form of identifying details) so your peeps will know where to find you and then invite anyone already on-site to join (or even encourage those not yet signed up to do so).

3. Go ahead and post under the discussion Forums. Ask for networking contacts in your field of interest (in the Networking Opportunities section), post a job you think might be of interest to someone else (in the Job Postings section, naturally), write a brief summary of someone you know (or, better yet, yourself!) who's working on purpose (in the People on Purpose section), and just let fly with something random in the Flotsam and Jetsam category.

I personally offer a prize of one of them fancy coffees as a reward (sorry, Marshall) for the first person who posts something in the Forum section.

Other than that, I hope you'll continue to peruse the site features, connect with some new people (ie. try the "Search" function at the top-right of any page to find folks with similar interests, Myers-Briggs, or career aspirations), and let me know if there's anything I can do to help out.

Keep your eyes peeled and fingers at the ready, all.

~CB