INFORMS Open Forum

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best, 

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best, 

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best, 

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best, 

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best, 

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best, 

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best, 

Hi Andrea, good question. The structure of the new site is a little different. On your home page, on the left side, you will find Open Forum in your My Communities Quick List. Your home page also has an activity feed that will include posts from the Open Forum. Just click anywhere you see 'Open Forum' in that list and it will link. Alternatively, you can use Communities > My Communities in the top navigation. 

For anyone wondering - all members have access to the Open Forum, you don't have to join it specifically. Just being a member of INFORMS gets you in.

Today I'm excited to unveil the new and improved INFORMS Connect platform! This reflects a streamlined look and feel, as well as updated functionality. This falls into the "You asked, and we are delivering" bucket. Our goal was to keep what members told us they liked and improve the areas that members asked us to improve.    

• Your homepage when you're logged in now looks different, but the same features are still there. On the menu bar you will find access to your communities, discussion posts, the directory, and events. Further down the page you'll see highlighted content from around INFORMS, Quick Links, and more.
• In your activity feed and under Discussion Posts on the menu bar, you'll now see all the posts from all your communities in one place. This will save you time navigating around the site and will make sure you don't miss news and conversations.
• You have control how often you receive email from Connect. Just go to Profile > My Account > Community Notifications. Next to each community is a drop-down list where you can choose to receive email from that community in a daily digest, in real time, or not at all (you'll still be able to see those posts when logged in, as described above).
• We're now asking members to share job announcements only in the Available Positions community, rather than the Open Forum. All members automatically have access to this community. If you don't want to see job postings, simply leave this community notification setting on No Email. If you're interested in job postings, change that setting to Real Time or Daily Digest. Importantly, we strongly encourage you to use the INFORMS Career Center instead of or in addition to the Available Positions community. The Career Center offers much wider exposure to active job seekers as well as additional career-related resources.

 The staff will be sharing some FAQs and tips on how to use this platform in the coming days. In the meantime, take a few minutes to explore the site and feel free to reply with any questions. 

While I still have your attention, I would love to give kudos to the INFORMS members who helped test out the system and to the membership, marketing, and IT staff teams who made this happen.  

All the best,