40 Tips Leveraging the New APICS.org to the Benefit of Your Organization, Members, and Customers! 1

Find What You Need! 1. Use the new search functionality on APICS.org to access everything from dictionary definitions to courseware tables of content Find where you need to go with the complete content outline at the bottom of the home page Check your APICS membership status when you log into to the new website.

Industry Content & Research 4.Add content to your website by linking to ours. 5.Create a PDM based on APICS research. only-research 6.Use archived APICS magazine Case Studies, Membership Matters, and Building Blocks to support proposal writing. magazine/archived-articles 7.Demonstrate the value of APICS membership to nonmembers by promoting APICS magazine content this-issue

Industry Content & Research 8.Demonstrate the value of APICS membership to members by promoting the free practitioner research. overview/members-only-research 9.Research presentations by looking at related articles. magazine/related-articles/ 10.Consider becoming an APICS magazine author. magazine/magazine-contacts

Career Resources 11.Tell your APICS members about Career Packs and Competency Models – they are free! development/careers/career-packs 12.Help your APICS members find jobs and local employers find talented new staff through the Career Center. development/careers/career-center 13.Encourage APICS members to build a better résumé. development/careers/career-data

Events 14.Get your courses and events in to the Partner and Event Finder ASAP! Over 20 pages have a box to click to find local partners and events. APICS spends thousands of dollars every month on Google ad campaigns attracting people to our site. If your information is not listed in the Partner and Event Finder, you are missing out!

APICS Courses 15.Search tables of contents to find where specific content is covered. 16.Get your courses into the Partner and Event Finder so individuals can access your offerings via the Learn Locally box Help your customers decide what course is right for them by linking to the What course is right for you? questionnaire. development/courses/which-apics-course-is-right-for-me

APICS Certification 18.Link to the CPIM and CSCP demos and increase the number of leads you receive. development/courses/preparation/cpim-courses/cpim-demo 19.Get your courses into the Partner and Event Finder so individuals can access your offerings via the Find Local Events box under Certification Maintenance. development/certification/maintenance/professional-development

Supply Chain Channel 20.Direct your members and customers interested in pursuing CSCP and CPIM to communities on the Supply Chain Channel to discuss benefits and share tips Let your instructors know about the SMR Instructor community to share tips, case studies, and teaching strategies Create your profile on the Supply Chain Channel so members know how to connect to you.

Supply Chain Channel 23. Find APICS members and send messages through the online directory on the Supply Chain Channel. ndaMember/ 24.Find APICS members from specific companies and send messages through the online directory on the Supply Chain Channel. ndaMember/

Social Networking 25.Direct your APICS members and customers to APICS related social networks by linking to 26.Tweet about your events, activities and have your tweet displayed on the APICS home page Share APICS YouTube channel videos on your website

28.Go to the social networks page and click Be an APICS fan and like APICS. You will connect with other APICS people Connect to 32,000 in the APICS community by connecting to APICS via LinkedIn Setup Linked In and Facebook pages for your organization. Its easy! (Also consider Google+) Social Networking

Membership 31.Linked to better more compelling information about APICS member benefits at 32.Extend member benefits and keep individuals in the community Be on the look out for people who want to get involved (individuals will connect with you through ).

About APICS 34.Connect your local media to the APICS Newsroom or access our press releases to make the local connection at 35.Send worthy candidates to apply for APICS scholarships at 36.Check out the new Corporate Services site to get ideas when creating proposals to corporations.

My APICS/Shop APICS 37.Click My APICS from the home page to access the features as an officer you use the most including Order History, Partner Connect, CBOX, Update Your Profile, and Leadership Central Go to Order History get a complete record of your orders and shows you shipping status When entering a typical order for your organization, save your cart. You can use it as the base of your next order.

And 40. Coming soon - Templates that partners can use to update the look and feel of websites.