Participate Engage LearnShareNetwork ASME.org Update November 2012

2 FIRST PRIORITY FOR ASME.ORG REDESIGN WAS IMPROVEMENTS IN USER EXPERIENCE INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE VISUAL IDENTITY RELEVANT CONTENT Contemporary look and feel; inviting to browse Simplified navigation, browsing and searching Since March 2011 launch: 71 topics Over 700 articles

NOW FOCUSING ON ADDING ONLINE COMMUNITY FEATURES Goals:  Facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing, and position ASME at the center of engineering discussions  Foster networking  Make participation in ASME communities convenient and easy; participants can get involved: - Whenever they want - As much or as often as they have time  Attract and engage a larger and broader range of engineers – younger, more diverse, and from more places 3 Build an online community by adding interactive features to ASME.org and give engineers and others reasons to be engaged with ASME.

WHAT’S HAPPENING  Adding Community/Social Networking features and functionality that will benefit:  Individual Participants  ASME Groups  Other changes: - Improvements to the Home Page and sitewide navigation - New approach to the About ASME sections of the site  A two-stage release is planned: - Private Preview – January - By invitation only - Public Launch – February  A marketing and communications campaign will start in January and run through calendar

KEY COMMUNITY FEATURES FOR PARTICIPANTS 5 Once users register to become ASME.org Participants, they will have the ability to showcase their experience, network with other engineers, and share their knowledge. FeatureDescription Personal Profile Each registered participant will be able to create a personal profile that describes their interests, experience, education and credentials Participants can import their data from LinkedIn or ASME account to streamline profile creation Privacy settings so participants can decide what information they want to share DashboardPersonalized activity center including ability to manage online activities, receive notices and alerts, and follow activity stream Can add other Participants to personal network and follow their activities Can send messages, and share links and comments with personal network Can see current activities and updates from Student Section and other ASME groups to which the Participant belongs DirectoryBased on Participant profile information Easy to browse and search based on industry, technical interest, location, education, or professional status CommentingParticipants will be able to comment and share insights on ASME.org articles.

KEY COMMUNITY FEATURES FOR ASME GROUPS Groups Directory will make it easy to find ASME Groups. Every ASME Group will have a Profile Page: Information about the Group Activity stream Announcements and alerts from leadership What’s being shared by participants Comments from participants Group leaders and group administrators will be able to: Send alerts and announcements Share files and links Invite participants to join their group Stimulate interactivity and community activity 6 A platform supporting interaction, collaboration and communications -- making it easy to build and sustain an active community.

WHAT YOU SHOULD DO During the Private Preview period in January, we encourage you to: Look for the Invitation s and other communications Register to become an ASME.org Participant Create an information-rich personal profile Set up your dashboard Become familiar with all the social networking features 7 Become power users and start planning to use the new community features.

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