Getting Started on NAHCR’s Online Community
Enhance your NAHCR member experience by following these steps to help others discover and connect with you, engage in meaningful discussions about topics that matter to you, and establish your presence in our online community. For a video tutorial on how to access and use the online community, please click here.
Log in:
Your login credentials should be the same as your credentials for nahcr.com. When you go to https://nahcr.connectedcommunity.org/home, click “Log in”. You can reset your password by clicking on the “Forgot Password” link. If you don’t have an account, click “Create an account.” If you need to update your email address, contact info@nahcr.com.
Profile Set-Up:
Tell us about yourself: Visit your profile page, upload a profile picture, and add some information to your profile so it is easier to find and connect with others who share your professional interests.
Profile Settings
Customize your profile settings: While on your profile page, click on the tab for My Account. Here you can set up how you want to receive emails from the community, how much of your profile you want visible to other members, design the signature area that appears under your discussion posts and more. If you have any questions about what a certain setting means, please email info@nahcr.com for help.
Email Delivery Options: Your frequency can be in the form of a daily or weekly digest (a single email each day summarizing the hottest topics in your community), or stay informed in real time with instant alerts.
Build your contact list: Select Directory from the top navigation bar to find friends and colleagues belonging to NAHCR. Creating a contact list helps identify relationships and build searchable networks. Our Advanced Search option offers further parameters for making connections.
Join the Conversation:
Posting a Message:
1. Select “Add” next to the Latest Discussions or “Post New Message” if on the Discussions page.
2. You can upload attachments (attachments will automatically be added to the specified community library).
3. You can @mention specific NAHCR members.
*You can save a draft of the post. The system will also automatically start saving your message once you start adding content. You can schedule a post to go live at a certain time. To access your scheduled posts and drafts, go to Profile > My Contributions tab > List of Contributions.
Reply to a Discussion:
- Reply: Reply to the entire thread.
- Reply Privately: Sends a private response to the member’s community inbox.
- Mark As Inappropriate: If a member's post clearly violates the NAHCR Terms and Conditions, you can flag it to be reviewed.
Share a Resource:
If you are on the community homepage, you can access the library by clicking on the Library tab.
You will notice that there are two different ways to view the community library content (list or folder). The default view is the folder view. Use the icons to switch the view.
To add a new library item, select "Create New Library Entry". Complete the required fields on the library entry form: Title, Library, Description, Entry Type. Based on the Entry type you select you will need to take additional steps after you select next.
What now?
- Let us know you're here: Say hello and share what you are hoping to gain by participating.
- Ask questions: What do you want to know more about? Have a question about anything from professional development to everyday problems? There's someone out there with the answer!
- Share ideas: Is there a hot topic you want to discuss? How about a lesson you've learned that might help your fellow members? Start a discussion thread to give others a peek inside your world or to demonstrate your expertise on a topic.
- Give feedback: Use your knowledge and experience to answer other members' questions. Just click Reply to the right of any discussion post, or comment underneath a library entry.
- Spread knowledge: Check out our useful Resources, such as the Resource Library, to see what others have uploaded and keep the sharing going.