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NPMA Special Interest GroupsNING Website
Cheri Cross, CPPM CFNPMA Director of SIGs & Chair, SIG Governing Board
Jessica Dzara, CPPANPMA 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.
GETTING STARTED
1. Sign up at http://npma-sig.ning.com/
2. Enter email, password, and verification word.
3. Enter profile information and press Join button.
4. Click SIGS menu.5. Select the SIG you would like to join.
6. Click the Join button.
SIG PAGE NAVIGATION
Discussion forums for asking and replying to questions and comments.
DiscussionForums
Add Discussion
View Topic
“Like” Topic
Reply
View Responses
Resource pages for accessing reference documents.
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 option to email all members of the SIG.
Send Message
Send an email to all members of your SIG.
Invite button to invite new members to the 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 feature to lookup information on a specific subject.
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.
HTTP://NPMA-SIG.NING.COM/
