What is issociate?

Social networking for members of professional and industry associations

Designed specifically for the members of professional and industry associations, issociate is a social networking site that is:

• more discerning
• more discreet
• more powerful.

Why professionals don’t like other social networking sites

There are several reasons why professionals and their associations haven’t embraced other social networking sites:

• too social
• too few professional members
• too easy for people you don’t know to make contact
• declining an invitation can give offence
• accepting an invitation can indicate unintended approval
• accepting an invitation gives access to personal details
• declining access to one denies access to all.

issociate addresses all of these issues.

More discerning social networking for professionals

issociate is only open to professional and industry associations and their members. This exclusive membership significantly reduces frivolous invitations from “friends”. The business focus of the site also encourages more professionals to see online social networking as a legitimate way to develop their networks, pursue their interests and advance their careers.

More discreet social networking for professionals

issociate lets you enjoy the professional benefits of social networking while retaining control over who has access to your personal information.

Classify your contacts

To give you greater privacy and discretion, issociate lets you classify your contacts in three ways:

• Personal Contacts – people you consider your friends
• Business Contacts – people you know professionally
• Acquaintances – people you don’t know very well and whose access to your personal information you want to limit.

Instead of rejecting an approach outright, you can classify someone as an “Acquaintance”. In this way you can avoid giving offence:

• without appearing to give your seal of approval
• without revealing all your personal details
• without giving access to all your contacts
• and without anyone but you knowing how they have been classified.

Control who sees what

issociate lets you make available – or curtain off – various elements of your personal and professional information, including:

• your job title and organisation
• your contact details
• your CV
• your professional associations
• your Personal Contacts, Business Contacts & Acquaintances

issociate lets you decide who sees what.

More powerful social networking for professionals

issociate offers a superior social networking experience for the professional for two reasons:

1. The calibre of our members – on one site we bring together the best minds of your profession and other leading professions.
2. Functionality – issociate hasn’t been designed to allow people to share holiday snaps, favourite music or banal observations. It’s been designed to meet the needs of professionals and includes powerful networking, communication and collaborative tools.

issociate is social networking for professionals who want less social and more networking.

issociate for professionals

issociate provides a discreet place where professionals can:

• develop contacts
• raise their profiles
• find groups
• discuss issues
• get answers
• influence policy
• learn about events
• stay in touch.

issociate for professional and industry associations

issociate provides a vibrant, cost-effective forum where professional and industry associations can:

• facilitate networking
• communicate with members
• encourage event attendance
• stimulate debate
• canvass opinions
• unify a geographically disparate membership.

Free trial

If you’re a professional association contemplating your social networking options, and would like to learn more about issociate, register for a 60 day tree trial or contact us on + 61 2 8324 2013.

issociate – where professionals associate.