Announcements
• inCircle allows members to announce just about anything from job opportunities to requests for information to upcoming events and group invitations.
• Announcements are matched to people based on the information in their profile. For example, an announcer can announce an event in New York to people who live in or near New York. Or an announcement for a request for information about a company can be matched to people who work at that company.
• Announcements are a powerful way for members to leverage their entire community without spamming people.
• Members can turn announcement categories on or off based on their interests and can indicate which profile fields they would like to use to have announcements matched to them.

Career Advancement
inCircle offers several ways for members to advance their careers.
• Members can connect directly with premier companies looking to hire people like them. The inCircle Recruiting program gives members access to the staffing teams at many Fortune 1000 companies.
• We have partnered with Monster.com to expand the companies participating in the inCircle Recruiting program.
• Exclusive job opportunities are also available in inCircle offered by members in the community and 3rd party companies.
• Additionally, members can leverage the network to find mentors, seek career advice, learn about a new industry or connect with members in their area of practice or industry.

Member Profiles
Member profiles within inCircle include career background, social interests, contact information and the member's involvement in the community.
• The career profile includes current position, work history, educational background, skills, certifications and associations. Members may also upload a pdf or Word doc of their resume and can add external links.
• The social profile includes a brief description, demographic data, hobbies, travel interests, languages, favorite movies, music and books, sports and sports teams.
• Contact information includes phone numbers, street address, email address, website, IM username and blog feed.
• The profile also includes the member's friends within the community, any groups the member has joined, and journal entries and albums created within the community.
• The profile also includes networking options including what they are willing to offer the community (ie. career advice, career opportunities, introductions, etc). and what they would like to receive from the community (ie. career advice, career opportunities, meet new people, etc.)

And Much More
• Search: Members can search a directory of members by keyword, name, employer, major, degree, class year, job function, industry, location and what members can offer and what they would like to receive.
• Groups: Members can search and join existing groups. Any member can also create new groups. A group includes a discussion forum, albums and events. Groups can be open to the community or invite-only.
• Events: Members can promote events and collect RSVPs from within inCircle. Full-featured Admin Tool: View a live performance report, update member records, add new members, view help and training documentation and much more.

LSBA inCircle Home Tab Help

The home tab provides easy access to a variety of features of the community. A user can view:

• My Inbox
• My Announcements
• My Profile
• My Friends
• and My Events

My Inbox

Contains messages sent and received from other members along with any member invitations and referral requests.

   Messages

Contains messages sent, received, or saved from other members in the community.

How do I view messages that I have sent/received from other members in my community?

1. Navigate to My Inbox.
2. Click on Received or Sent within the Messages section to view messages that you have sent or received.

   Invitations

Allows a user to view all invitations he or she has sent or received. Note: Until a user Accepts an invitation that he or she has received, the user will not appear in his or her network. Any pending friend requests that a user has received will be in the Received section.

My friend has told me that they have invited me to his or her network. How come he or she is not in my network? NOTE:
A friend request does not automatically include that friend as part of your network; a user must accept the invitation.

1. Navigate to My Inbox.
2. If there are any outstanding friend requests, a user will see a number in ( ) next to Received. This number indicates the number of outstanding friend requests.
3. Click on Received. Accept any/all friend requests.

How can I view all the invitations that I have sent?

1. Navigate to My Inbox.
2. Click on Sent. A list of all sent invitations with detailed information on status, request date, and acceptance will be displayed.

How do I withdraw an invitation?

1. Navigate to My Inbox.
2. Click on Sent.
3. Click on Withdraw. A user can only withdraw an invitation if the status is pending.
4. Click OK to withdraw the invitation.

   Referral Requests

Users can ask and provide other members of their community with job referrals. If a user is interested in referring qualified candidates for a position at his or her company, he or she must fill out the company information section.

How do I view a listing of all my sent or received job referrals?

1. Navigate to My Inbox.
2. Select either Received, to view requests for referrals from other users in the community, or Sent, to view all of the requests that you have made to other members for referrals to positions in their companies.

My Announcements

Contains various announcements consolidated or spread across various axes for ease of browsing. The announcements that are displayed are filtered based on the announcement settings as configured in My Account.

How do I message the individual who posted the announcement?

1. Navigate to the My Announcements section.
2. For all announcements that have an envelope icon next to them, click the envelope icon and fill out the message that you wish to send.

How do I block an announcement from a company or individual?

1. Navigate to the My Announcements section.
2. Click the question mark icon and then select Block Announcer.

How do I flag an announcement for inappropriate content or incorrect categorization?

1. Navigate to the My Announcements section.
2. Click the question mark icon and then select Flag this Announcement.

My Profile

Contains various profile relevant information: career, contact, friends, groups, journal, blog, albums, and about me.

How do I flag an announcement for inappropriate content or incorrect categorization?

   My Career

This section of the site allows a user to specify current and past employment history, along with educational information and a resume.

How do I edit the information in the My Career section?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Locate My Career. Click on Edit, located in the upper-right-hand corner of the My Career section.
3. Edit any existing information that is listed by clicking Edit next to the corresponding job or add a new job position by filling out the New Job Postion fields. (Only fields with asterisks (*) are required).

How do I remove a job from my work history?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Locate My Career. Click on Edit, located in the upper-right-hand corner of the My Career section.
3. Identify the job that you want to remove from the list of Job Positions.
4. Click Remove this Job.
5. Click OK to confirm and remove the job.

How do I add a new job position?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Locate My Career. Click on Edit, located in the upper-right-hand corner of the My Career section.
3. Fill out the appropriate Details fields. Note: Job Title and Employer are the only required fields as indicated by the asterisks (*).
4. Optional. Add Location Information by clicking Add Location Information.
5. Check the checkboxes next to I still work here and This is my primary job if this is your current and primary job.
6. Fill out any of the additional fields.
7. Click Save and Add Another Position.

How do I add additional degrees?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Locate My Career. Click on Edit, located in the upper-right-hand corner of the My Career section.
3. Select the Education tab.
4. Enter degree information into the fields in the Other Degrees section.
5. Click Save.

Note: Currently, our product only specifies the first degree next to a user's name. Additional degrees can be seen only when viewing a user's profile, but are not displayed by default

How do I add/upload my resume?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Select the Resume tab in the My Career section.
3. Click Update your resume.
4. Paste a text version of your resume into the text field.
5. Click Save.

   My Contact Information

This section of the site contains various methods for contacting a user: via internet, phone, or address.

How do I change my contact information?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Click Edit in the My Contact Information section.
3. Edit any contact information.
4. Click Save.

   My Friends

This section lists all the friends that are part of a user's network.

How do I view all my friends?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Click more friends in the My Friends section.

Or...

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Click X friends located in the upper-right-hand corner of My Friends section.

Note: X is specific to the number of friends a user has in his or her network.

Or...

1. From the Homepage, navigate to the My Network section of the page.
2. Click X friends or Y friends of friends to view user profiles. Note: X and Y are based of the number of friends a user has in his or her network.

Or...

1. From the Homepage, select the Home tab.
2. Select My Friends.

   My Groups

is section contains a listing of all groups that a user belongs to.

How do I see a listing of all the groups I belong to?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Located My Groups section.
3. Select the more groups >>.

How do I view group relevant information, such as members, settings, posts, events, or albums?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Located My Groups section.
3. Select the more groups >>.
4. Click on the group you are interested in; this will bring you to the Groups section of the site.
5. On the left-hand side of the page is group relevant information broken down by categories: Posts, Events, Albums, Members, and Settings. For all categories, with the exception of Settings, there is a corresponding area on the page.

   My Journal

A user can create and maintain an online journal to share the events that are occurring in his or her life.

   My Blog

This section of the site allows users to attach a blog to their profile. Users can specify a compliant blog feed URL (RSS).

Why doesn't my blog work?
Most likely, the blog URL that you specified is not RSS compliant.

  My Albums

This section allows users to create albums to share with members of your community.

How do I create an album?

1. Navigate to My Profile.
2. Located My Albums section.
3. Click on Upload an album.
4. Provide a title and a description in the appropriate fields.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Browse to browse for the desired photo.
7. Optional. Add a caption.
8. Click Add.
9. Repeat steps 6-8 for each photo that you wish to be in the album.
10. Click Finish.

My Friends

This section contains a listing of all friends in a user's network. A user can specify different sorting schemes and view options to get a different listing of friends in his or her network.

How do I choose different sort criteria when viewing friends in my network?

1. Select the desired sort option from the "Sort by" drop down.

My Events

This section shows all upcoming network events. Additionally, users can create events and announce them to other members that are part of the community.

How do I create an event?

1. Navigate to My Events.
2. Click on Create Events button.
3. Fill out all appropriate fields. Not all of the fields have to be filled out, but fields with an asterisk (*) must be filled out ( Event Title, Start Date, Description)
4. Click Next.
5. Identify the group of people that you wish to send the event notification to. If a user wishes to announce the event to individuals in the community that match specific criteria, he or she should fill out the fields in the Announce it to your community tab. Depending on the criteria that is defined, the number of users who will receive the event announcement will vary. The number of users who will receive the announcement can be previewed in the Receiving this Announcement textbox in the upper-right-hand corner of the page. Once the appropriate matching criteria has been defined click Announce it.
6. If a user wishes to send the event announcement strictly to friends, he or she should select the Notify Your Friends tab. Select appropriate friends and click Send.

How can I filter the events that I am viewing?

1. Navigate to My Events.
2. Specify filters for network relationship and date relevance. Filters are applied via drop-downs that located in the middle of the page.

How do I delete an event?
Note: A user can only delete an event that he or she created.

1. Navigate to My Events.
2. Identify the event that you want to delete.
3. Click on the Event Title.
4. Click on the Delete link next to the event title.

How do I edit an event?
Note: : A user can only edit an event that he or she created.

1. Navigate to My Events.
2. Identify the event that you want to edit.
3. Click on the Event Title.
4. Click on the Edit link next to the event title.
5. Modify any fields for the event.
6. Click OK.

How do I respond to an event?

1. Navigate to My Events.
2. Identify the event that you want to respond to.
3. Click on the Event Title.
4. Specify whether you will be attending the event.
5. Optional. Click on Add a comment and enter a comment. Click on "Bring a guest" and specify the number of guests that you will bring.
6. Click Respond.

How do I comment on an event?

1. Navigate to My Events.
2. Identify the event that you want to respond to.
3. Click on the Event Title.
4. Locate "Comment on this Event".
5. Fill out the Subject and Comment fields.
6. Click on Add Comment.

How do I change the demographic that my event is targeting? Unfortunately, you can't edit an existing event and change the demographic that the event is targeting. In order to specify a different group of users, delete the existing event and create a new event with a revised targeting criterion.

LSBA inCircle Groups Tab Help

This section of the site allows users to find groups, create groups, or actively participate in groups that they belong to.

Home

Provides the vast majority of the groups functionality and information. From here a user can view groups, create albums or posts and open or close a group.

How do I view the groups that I belong to?

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. On the left-hand side of the page is a My Groups section that lists out the groups that a user belongs to.
3. Optional: Click on any of the groups to view the details for that group.

How do I close/delete a group?
NOTE: A user can only close/delete a group that he or she created.

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. Identify the group that you wish to delete in the My Groups section.
3. Click on the group.
4. Select the Admin link from the list of options under the group name. (The Admin option is only available if a user created the group or is a group admin.)

How do I create a post in a group that I belong to?

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. Select any of the groups from the My Groups section.
3. )Click on the Posts link located beneath the group name on the left-hand-side of the page.
4. Click on the New Post button.
5. Fill out the Subject and Message fields.
6. Click Post.

How do I create an event/album in a group that I belong to?

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. Select any of the groups from the My Groups section.
3. )Click on the Event/Album link located beneath the group name on the left-hand-side of the page.
4. Click on the New Event/New Album button.
5. Fill out the respective fields.
6. Click Post or Finish depending on action.

Can I receive email notification triggered off group activity?

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. Select any of the groups from the My Groups section.
3. Click on the Settings link located beneath the group name on the left-hand-side of the page.
4. Specify the situations for which you would like to receive an email notification.

Find

Allows a user to search for groups.

How do I create a group?

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. Select the Find subcategory under the Groups tab or from the Groups homepage click on Find Groups.
3. Enter keywords and click Search. Alternatively, a user can also search by category or location. Click on any of the categories or locations listed.

Create

From here, users can create groups.

How do I create a group?

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. Select the Create subcategory under the Groups tab or from the Groups homepage click on Create Group.
3. Fill out the Name, Category, and Description.
4. Optional: Enter location information.
5. Click Next.
6. Fill out group permissions for Posts, Events, and Albums.
7. Click Next.
8. Optional: Specify a group profile photo.
9. Click Next.
10. Define the announcement criteria to identify which users in the community will be notified about the creation of this group.
11. Click Announce It.

What's New

Contains information about recent activity in a user's groups

How do I view the recent participation in my groups?

1. Navigate to the Groups tab.
2. Select the What's New subcategory.
3. A user will be presented with table of statistics describing the new posts, events, albums, and new users that have occurred in groups that he or she belongs.

LSBA inCircle Discussions Tab Help

This section of the site allows users of a community to have discussions on various topics categorized across seven different forum categories: housing, general, job, for sale, advice, sports and tickets.

How do I create a new topic in a forum?

1. Navigate to the Discussions tab.
2. Select one of the seven forum categories listed on the left-hand-side of the page.
3. Click the New Topic button.
4. Fill out the Subject and Body fields.
5. Click Post.

How do I comment on a topic in a forum?

1. Navigate to the Discussions tab.
2. Select one of the seven forum categories listed on the left-hand-side of the page.
3. Identify and click on the post which you wish to comment on.
4. Click Comment on this topic..
5. Fill out the Body of the comment.
6. Click Post.

LSBA inCircle Account Settings Tab Help

Account settings allow a user to specify various important settings. Account settings are accessed and specified via the My Account link located in the upper-right-hand corner of the webpage. My Account allows a user to specify settings based on the following categories: Send me an email when, announcements, update my email addresses, company settings, change my password, and people I have blocked.

Note: Communities that use an organization designated login will not have the 'Change my password' option and will have to contact their organization in order to do so. Communities that are not on the job platform will not have the 'Company Settings' option.

Send me an email when...

Allows a user to specify under which events he or she would like to be notified via his or her primary email (specified in the Update my email addresses section)

I do not want to be notified when someone in my network creates an event:

1. Uncheck 'Someone in my network creates an event'.
2. Click Update.
   Note: Birthdays are considered events. If you do not wish to receive birthday reminders you will have to uncheck 'Someone in my network creates an event.'

I do not want to receive any mail from my group/s or I want to specify when I should get an email:

1. Click the Edit link to the right of the desired group.
2. Check or uncheck various boxes to obtain desired email notification configuration.
3. Click Update.

Announcements

A user can specify which categories - group invitations, event invitations, looking to hire - he or she wants to receive announcements from their Announcements section. Users can also configure inCircle to receive announcements based on educational background, professional background, and location criteria.

How can I stop announcements for group invitations?
Uncheck 'Group Invitations'.

Update my email addresses

This section of My Account enables users to add additional email addresses and also specify a primary email address; the email address to which all inCircle email will be sent. Note: In order to make an email address a primary email address, it must have a status of Verified.

How do I add another email address?

1. Type the address your wish to add into the Add an email address field.
2. Click Add.
   Note: A verification email will be sent to the new email address.

How do I verify an email address?
Prerequisite: Email must first be added to the listing of emails.

1. Click Verify this email link in the Status column; this will send a verification email to the email address you are verifying.
2. Login to the email account that you sent the email to.
3. Locate the verification email in your inbox. The email will be titled [Your community inCircle].
4. Open the email and click on the Verify Email button. This action will open a new window with two options. One option, OK, indicates a simple confirmation that the email address that a user was verifying is now verified, while the other option, Change to Primary, allows a user to specify the newly verified email address as the primary address.

What is a primary email address?

A primary email address is the email address to which all inCircle messages will be sent.

How do I change my primary email address?

1. Select the radio button that corresponds to any of the Verified email addresses listed.
2. Click Update Email Addresses
   Note: For communities where the university or organization does not designate the login, the primary email address is used as the username. So, changing the primary email address will also change the username.

What is a primary email address?

A primary email address is the email address to which all inCircle messages will be sent.

How do I delete a listed email address?

1. Check the delete checkbox adjacent to the email you want to delete.
2. Click Update Email Addresses

Company Settings

Allows a user to view a listing of companies he or she has expressed interest in. In addition, this section allows a user to block individual companies from announcing job opportunities for which he or she is qualified.

People I have blocked

This section contains a list of all users that have been blocked. Blocked users will not be able to communicate with you through messaging or email, regardless of their connection to you. Blocked users can be unblocked at a later time.

How do I block a user?

1. When viewing a user's profile click the Block link.

How do I unblock a user?

1. Navigate to the People I have blocked area of the site.
2. Identify the user you want to unblock and click Unblock.

LSBA inCircle People Tab Help

This section of the site allows users to browse or search for people in their community. For browsing, InCircle randomly generates five widgets based off data in user's profile. For searching, users can enter searchable text into the Find People: field. Users have the ability to refine the search by narrowing the search criteria by specifying class year or any of the other drop-downs in the Find People By section.

Browse

Users can browse for other members in the community.

How do I browse for members in my community?

1. Navigate to the People tab.
2. Select Browse.
3. A randomized set of five browsing categories will appear.
   Note: The more complete a user's profile, the more specific and focused the browsing categories will be.

Find

Users can search for other members in the community.

How do I search for other users in my community?

1. Navigate to the People tab.
2. Select Find.
3. Enter all relevant search criteria into the various fields in the Find People By section. Filling out more fields will result in a more specific search.
4. Click Go.

LSBA inCircle Careers Tab Help

This section of the site contains career information. Users can interact with other members in the community by asking them about their current job or role and also seek career advice. In addition to interacting with member of the community, users can browse for career opportunities.

How do I search/browse for jobs posted by other users?

1. Navigate to the Career tab.
2. Select the Jobs subcategory.
3. If browsing for jobs, select the browsing category to view the listings. If searching for jobs, enter keywords and location and click Find Jobs.

Post a Job

This section of the site allows users of the community to post a job to target other members of their community. Once the job is posted, other members of the community can refer the job within their networks.

How do I post a job?

1. Navigate to the Careers tab.
2. Select the Post a Job subcategory.
3. Fill out the appropriate fields.
4. Click Post My Job.

Companies

This section of the site allows users to view a listing of companies that are offering job opportunities to members of a community.

How do I know what job roles a company is looking to fill?

1. Navigate to the Careers tab.
2. Select the Companies subcategory.
3. Filter the list of companies based on the job function, industry, and location you are interested in.
4. Browse the list of companies and select the company of interest.
   If you are a new user take a quick look at the three step process of How it works and carry out the steps if interested.