Nafme Executive Recital Forum

NAfME Executive Recital Forum

Introduction: The NAfME Executive Recital is an online forum for NAfME leaders. It allows you to carry on public conversations online, and it enables you to easily correspond with each other without having to maintain e-mail addresses or be aware of individual position changes within the leadership. The Executive Recital will always have the most recently-reported e-mail addresses of our leadership.

Currently, the following individuals can be contacted through the recital: NAfME Executive Staff, NAfME National Executive Board, NAfME State Presidents, State Presidents-Elect, State Executives, Division Boards, Societies and Council Chairs (President’s Cabinet)...

Your ability to post messages to these groups and receive messages from other users depends on the level of access assigned to you by NAfME. You may not be able to post to all groups, but you can send emails to any member on the Recital.

How to Use the Recital:

1) Open your internet browser, go to the address bar and enter “http://execrecital.nafme.org” and hit enter. (There’s no need to type “www.”)

2) The browser will take you to the NAfME Executive Recital Forum and it should look like this:

3) Enter your E-Mail address and your Member ID and then click “Login.” You should see something like the following: 4) After you log in you can post discussion topics by using the following steps:

a) Choose the group to which you would like to post a topic and click that link. (This example uses the “General Discussion” group but the process is the same for all groups.) Note that you will only see the groups for which you have been granted access.

b) You will see a list of topics that have already been created and it should look similar to this: c) To post a new topic to this group click “new topic”

d) This will take you to the screen where you can add a topic and it should look like this:

e) Here you can name your post, add the content you want in the post, and submit the post for discussion.

f) Note: it is helpful to include in your text to whom the message is being sent, i.e., “Dear State Executives” or “Message for State Presidents”

g) If you want to be notified via email about replies to your topic, you can check the box that says “Notify me when a reply is posted” and it should look like this when it is checked:

h) Click “attach files” to include word documents, pdfs, etc. Please note that the maximum size for attached files is 3 MB.

i) Hit “Submit New Topic” when ready to post

5) To reply to a post, follow these instructions:

a) Choose the group that your topic is under and then choose the topic to which you would like to post a reply and click that topic to open it. It should look similar to this:

b) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you should see something that looks like this: c) Type your reply in the box and when you are ready to post click the “Submit Quick Reply” button to post your reply. It will appear in the thread at the bottom below the original post

What happens when you post a topic or a reply to a post? The individuals who have access to the group you have selected will receive an e-mail that includes the text of your post and any attachments you included. They can also see your post if they log into the Recital.

You can also use the Recital to send e-mail to everyone in your groups without posting on the Recital. Click “Email” in the top bar and you should see something like this:

Add your content, click the group (s) you wish to email and hit send. You can also email individuals outside your group by clicking “Select” and checking off your desired recipients:

Note: The functionality of the Recital depends on your keeping NAfME updated of changes to your e-mail address. Be sure to update your NAfME membership record whenever you have an email address change and also notify Patricia Sweeney at NAfME at [email protected].

Questions about using the NAfME Executive Recital Forum? Contact [email protected].

Updated June 18, 2015