Overview

This is the suggested wording updates to the Community Join page.  Below is the new text and a screenshot and link to the current join page.  The goal is to make the Join process very easy and also provide some motivation for why a person should join (WIIFM - What's In It For Me).

Instructions 

1. Please use the Comment button at the bottom of this page to provide your feedback.
2. For now - please don't comment on the aestitics - just content (aestitics will come during implementation).
3. Look for ways to compress the wording and clarify instructions.
4. Look for the WIIFM, the hook to induce participation (should not be a problem to get people to login for subscriber-only access - but we need participation to build momentum).
5. Look for wording that can be mis-understood or hard to understand from a non-USA perspective.

Related links

Product Management Interest Group,   Community hub discussion thread,   Join page

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Welcome to the nGenera Community!  

The purpose of this community is simple - interact with professionals to solve real-world business issues through an amazing combination of technologies collectively referred to as Web or Enterprise 2.0.

Joining the nGenera Community is simple and it gives you a "back stage pass" to extensive global talent within nGenera and a broad range of renowned thought leaders across public and private enterprises.

You get back more then what you put in.

Communicating in an open and constructive manner will be rewarded with considerable, tangible benefits and positive outcomes. Follow the instructions below and enjoy the benefits of online collaboration.

Instructions:

1. Enter info: fill in the information shown at right.  Those fields marked Required must be entered.
   [Hint: this is a professional community.  We highly recommend that you answer all fields honestly - even optional ones.]
2. Account ID: please use your "professional" e-mail address - this will be your account identification. Your membership account may provide access to subscription-only content or services.
   [Hint: your e-mail address will not be displayed to community members if you choose not to disclose.]
3. Review policies: Please review the Terms of Use and Privacy and Security information. These documents contain important information regarding participation and policy.
4. e-Mail set-up: to prevent system generated e-mails from being flagged as "Junk Mail" by your e-mail reader (e.g. Microsoft Outlook), please add this e-mail address to the "Safe Senders List": ngenusers@ngenplatform.com
   [Hint: system generated e-mails are never "spam" - they are for account activation, password reset, invitations from colleagues to join an "Interest Group", and optional notifications when someone replies to your post]
5. Click acknowledge: Once you've read the policies and configured your e-mail reader, submit your profile by checking the box to "acknowledge Terms of Use", and finally click on the "Sign Up" button that displays after checking the acknowledgment box.
6. Activate: to thwart spammers, the nGen Collaboration service will send an account activation e-mail to the e-mail address that you provided. Finish registration by reading this e-mail and following the directions therein. This step is necessary to confirm your identity and activate your account.

Need assistance?

• Click here for a detailed description or
• Watch our video tutorial about signing up.
• For instructions on how to add an e-mail address to your Microsoft Outlook Safe Sender list, Click Here.

[the text below is optional - but it gives us a marketing opportunity when members join any nGen hub] 

nGen Collaboration is the technology foundation for nGenera Corporation, the leading enabler of On Demand, Next Generation Enterprises (NGEs).  Whether public or private, local or global - flourishing in today's challenging, real-time, always-on environment, every NGE:

• focuses on delivering a differentiating and valuable customer experience
• combines a modular business architecture, agile processes and agile talent to operate and innovate on demand
• manages analytically and experiments continuously
• nurtures a collaborative culture that permeates all of its relationships - among employees, customers, partners, and thought leaders
• provides information systems and technology that work and feel like the Internet

Existing Join Page