Dear colleague,
Thank you for your interest in joining North Africa Advisers’ network of experts and executives interested in the region. We have been in business for a long time, essentially advising clients on North Africa’s business and politics since 1996. We have done that through our flagship publication The North Africa Journal and a series of activities, from conferences to private briefings. However, we have now identified the need to formalize a platform that would enable a new way of delivering cutting-edge research and analysis, while enabling the creation of a network of experts and executives.
We would like to invite your to join us as an Adviser. There will be many benefits, including obtaining consulting projects, establishing links with companies, networking with peers, and many other benefits.
The process of joining is simple and follows two steps. Just fill out this form with a dozen question about your profile, or simply attach a bio (resume) to this secured email system. Once completed, your profile will be sent to an Administrator to insure that spam and unsolicited registrations are removed, or entered by us if you send us your bio. Then we will manually build your profile and notify you so you can make the necessary changes. We will also ask you for a photo to accompany your profile. Note that your email address and contact information will not be made public. Once in the system, feel free to befriend other members and then you can decide what to share with whom.
The purpose of this network is twofold. The first is to facilitate the identification of expertise on behalf of customers who seeking help. The second is to establish and strengthen relationships among experts, on one hand, and between experts and companies. As we continue to expand and interest in the region grows, we are looking for experts to undertake consulting projects. We hope this network will help us and our customers identify the proper experts. We also have job openings within our company, which will soon be posted for those network members seeking full-time employment.
In addition to providing you with business opportunities through consulting and projects you can contribute, our site enables Analysts to interact with other members in new ways that enhance business relations. Features include:
-> Your profile: Your profile will be visible to other potential colleagues and employers. Your profile fields will appear on the signup page when you registers. By doing this, new members can partially fill in their profile and be ready to go upon first login.
-> Blogging & Analyzing: All Analysts are allowed and encouraged to create their own blogs. Blogs are the best way to get visibility about your expertise. Links to your blog are available within the network. Once on your blog main page, accessing your blog can be made through the links located on the top of the right column.
-> Private Messaging: Private messaging works like internal site email. Analysts can message people on their ‘friends’ list as well as forward and reply to received messages. Each Analyst will have their own individual Inbox, Sentbox, and Drafts folder. They will be notified of new messages by a new message count as well as email notifications if enabled.Sending of messages to multiple friends, as well as site wide messages by an administrator are also possible.
-> In-Network Friends: Analysts in the network can be connected together by one Analyst adding another as a “friend” and then the other member accepting the friendship request. Each Analyst has a visible list of their friends on the site. Friends lists are browsable and members can click on each friend to see more information – or add them as their own friend. Profiles are not restricted as a whole.The ability to search for members by and piece of profile information is also included in with the built in members directory.
-> Groups: Groups in North Africa Advisors are a gathering of members, wires posts and forum topics. Any member Analyst can create a group in the system. They then become the group administrator giving them heightened privileges within that group. Every group includes a place for group information, and the latest group news which can be kept up to date my group administrators. Groups also include a group forum, and wire where group members can engage in discussions. These features can be selectively enabled by group creator.
-> Forums: The forums component allows groups to create and manage their own forum activity. Group members can post and reply to topics all from within the group’s page. Forums are not specifically tied to groups, they are generic, just like the wire. Forums can be attached to any content within an installation.
-> Activity Streams: Activity streams aggregate all of your activity across system. All of your connections activity is also recorded so you can check what others are doing on the site. Every component can make use of the activity stream component, which means any sort of activity can be recorded. Wire posts, blogs posts, new friendships and blog comments are among the most popular activities recorded.
Connect now and welcome aboard.
