Dear member,
The following are some of the business and social networking opportunites that we are working on for you:
1. LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business networking website set up by Reid Hoffman, an Oxford graduate. On the site, the Oxford Alumni Association has its own group - which allows our members to learn about and to contact each other online.
As an exception especially for Oxford Alumni this service is provided to us for free. (Because we are a high quality group of the sort that LinkedIn wants to attract.)
To sign up for LinkedIn, click on the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/register
2. Tribe.net
Tribe.net is a social networking website which enables its members to read about each other's interests, participate in online conversations, and post opportunities for other members ranging from real estate to jobs to things for sale.
At Tribe.net, we have created a persona for the Secretary of the club which you can see here:
http://people.tribe.net/secretary-oaany?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Person%5Ba0067ba0-02d5-48a3-8b64-600389b1bf0d%5D&r=10352
We have also created a tribe called Oxford Alumni Association of New York. Click on this link to see it:
http://oaany.tribe.net/?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5B29196645-54c8-401f-bbd3-dcb0218d9025%5D&r=10352
If you like the tribe community, please also link up with the secretary, and join the Oxford Alumni tribe.
3. Flickr.com
Flickr is a service that allows its members to share pictures.
Our Oxford Alumni Association pool allows our members to easily post pictures that are relevant to our members, and to evan have those pictures appear on our website.
Joining Flickr is free. Once you are a member, you can join the Oxford Alumni Association pool and post your own Oxford photographs for our members.
To go to flickr, click here:
www.flickr.com
To see the OAANY pool, click here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/oxalumny/pool/
You should know two important things about these efforts:
Firstly, all of the services we describe below are opt-in only. In other words, you have to actively join in order to participate. Otherwise, the services described do not know that you exist, thus respecting your privacy.
Secondly, the services are all free to our members.
These efforts are the result of my desire to build our New York Oxford community by providing as many opportunities as possible for us to learn about each other and to interact with each other.
I hope that these services are helpful to you and that you will use them. If you have any feedback, questions of other comments, please feel free to email me at: president@oxalumny.org
or to leave a comment on this blog.
Sincerely,
Guy Spier
President, OAANY
