SGI are extending their Community functionality by offering Members an account in their introNetworks facility.

When you Submit your details an account will be made in both SGI website and introNetworks databases - meaning you will be able to use the same username and password for both accounts.

You will intially be posted to the introNetworks website to complete your profile. When you have completed this task - please return to SGI website to complete your SGI People profile and you are set!


Not sure?

Contact: SGI web support team


What is introNetworks?

introNetworks is in the business of building relationships.

No matter what your industry, developing quality professional relationships is a cornerstone to success.

Our innovative technology enable you to efficiently connect with the people and content that is most important to you. introNetworks' web based, interactive communities allow you to:

• Save time by managing more relationships with less effort
• Easily connect with people and content relevant to your business objectives
• Build a quality contact database by searching and filtering results by company name, job titles, industry, business focus, geography, and much more.

There are three primary components to an introNetwork: the Profiler, the Pin View Display, and the Message Center.

Profiler

Users enter information about themselves in the Profiler. This information ranges from general contact information to specific items that help describe the person. Our Visual Matching Engine™ is then used to match users to each other based on the keyword (tagging) information they entered in the Profiler.

The Sandbox

Part of the Profiler is a patent-pending visual innovation that allows users to select words (keywords or tags) that describe various professional and personal attributes. This is called the Sandbox because interacting with the words is similar to playing in the sand -- words are dragged in and positioned anywhere in the Sandbox depending on their importance to the user. Where you place the word from right to left is used by the Visual Matching Engine.

Pin View Display and List View Display

The Pin View display provides a visualization of who in the introNetwork system is most similar to you. Matches are displayed in a scatter graph with the individuals sharing the most information (as entered in the Profiler) with the user located nearest the center and then radiating outwards as the individuals become less similar to the user.

Individuals are portrayed graphically and the user can click on a pin to read more about them. Clicking on a user brings up an introCard, which contains information entered from the Profiler.

By clicking on the List View tab at the top of the interface users can see a text list of the names that are represented by Pins in the graphic display. Clicking at the top of any column will sort that row appropriately.

Find and Filter Connections

This advanced search feature help users to find the connections that are most important to them. Users can perform an initial search by contact information, keyword selections, and dropdown menu answers. Favorite searches can be saved and recalled later. The initial results can be filtered in real time in order to further refine the display. As users filter by keywords, menu items, and sliders, pins whose profiles do not meet the selections will be eliminated. Hitting the Clear Fields icon at the top of the panel will restore the display. These searching features work together: users can utilize both searching methods and make selections from all three tabs in order to quickly see which people possess various interests and beliefs.

This is one of the most powerful uses of the introNetwork system--isolating the group of people you most need to meet.

Message Center

Users of the introNetwork can use the system to easily send video and text messages to one another using the Message Center. The introNetwork is a closed system, so the messages stay within the network. However, a separate email message is sent to the user's normal email account when they receive an introMail alerting them to check for new messages in the introNetwork. Users can quickly send messages to their favorite people by utilizing the Contacts list.

About introNetworks, Inc.

IntroNetworks, the Company, was formed by Mark Sylvester and Kymberlee Weil to build on the tremendous success of the introNetwork application that was developed for Macromedia, for an initial deployment at the TED Conference in 2003. After the rousing success of the system at that show the Company productized the Rich Internet Application and has used it for over 100 conferences, organizations, corporations and associations. The software won the Best Application Award from the Flash Film Festival as well as the Communication Arts, Best Information Design Award, and the prestigious World Wide Technology Watch Award from the European Incentive Travel and Business Meetings Association.

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