What are groups?

Groups are a great way to attract and connect with like-minded peers who share your interests.  Search the many great groups on a diverse array of topics or start your own.

What  are some groups that can be made?

Create a group for the PAs or Admins in your company, your city, professional organization, up-coming events, your level of expertise, create a group for personal interests, creating for YOUR interests.

What does DeskDemon’s Groups have that is different from say LinkedIn or MySpace?

Each Networking website has its own unique features  and reasons to use.   DeskDemon’s advantage is our audience of peers.   You will find group members that can relate to the issues you are interested.  In addition to our audience we also offer the most comprehensive features available.  These features are tailored to what an admin group may use to communicate effectively.  Groups can have a private space to schedule events, share expertise with articles and discussions, real time chat with fellow members, share photos and videos with your group members.

What are the Features of DeskDemon’s Groups?

• Group Details  - This is where you describe your, who are you targeting.
• Members - Members can view others in their group.  You can invite other members to be your  friends, send messages back and forth or just view their profile.
• Photos - Upload photos only your group can view.  An example would be if you have a meeting or lunch and take some photos.  You can share them here.
• Videos  -  Share your videos or link to one of the popular video sharing websites.  
• Files  - Files is another private place for you to post your files and documents.  Maybe you have handouts for a meeting, or a flyer on an upcoming lunch, this is an area where only your members have access.
• Articles - This is the same as Content on the main nav bar where you can create your own section of expertise using our Page application. Create your own How To Section, your own tips, your own advice on soft skills. But within the group module, your content can only be seen by your members.
• Discussions - An message board to discuss matters.
• Events - You can schedule events, such as a group chat meeting or events and meetings. It is a calendar to share important dates and information.

Instructions for Creating a Group

• Log on to the DeskDemon Network
• Click on My Apps  in the Dnet navigational bar
• Drop down to Groups
• Click on Create New Group
• Fill out all the fields of the Create New Group form

1. Group Name
2. Describe your group and if you are looking for other members
3. Choose your category
4. Do you want your group is a search results - this can be a very private group between you can a client, it is up to you to choose the level of membership
5. Choose who can invite members
6. Choose if you want to manually approve members or have them join automatically. A company group may want to keep it within their company and choose to approve and monitor members, but a general group may enjoy a large membership and automatically accept members
7. Decide who can see the group.
8. Choose if you want your members to be able to comment.
9. Choose the level of membership and posting permissions for the discussion board.
10. Decide who can upload pictures.
11. Decide if you want tagging on your photos.
12. Upload a Group Photo - this will be what shows in the directory, highly recommended
13. Your new Group should be listed.

Once you create a group, decide if you wish to promote it.  The biggest tip I can give to make a group successful is to try and keep it active.  Post discussions on your group topic and encourage participation.