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Your SME Connect member profile page is where other members can learn more about you, your expertise, background, company and technical areas of interest. A full and complete profile (with a photo and bio) ensures you’re perceived as an authentic and credible manufacturing professional. When you reach out to connect with another member, having a full profile influences whether your invitation to connect is accepted.
Note: These instructions are also available to download in PDF format.
The information within your profile is largely made up of the information SME houses in its database about you and any other information you wish to share with other members. How much or how little information you share and make visible to others is entirely up to you.
- Navigate to your profile page by clicking your profile image, which you’ll find along the top of your browser window in SME Connect.
- Upload or change your profile photo by clicking on the “Change Profile Photo” link.
- Click the “Edit” link to add/update your bio.
- Click the “Save” button to save any changes.
Note: The information within your areas of interest, general information, SME membership and employment sections can only be updated through your SME.org account. Please visit SME.org/update to make any changes to these areas of information. After logging in again, your information on SME Connect will be updated. Not seeing your updates? Contact smeconnect@sme.org for additional assistance.
ADDING A PROFILE PHOTO
A photo really helps to personalize your profile. Research shows that a complete profile page, with a photo, is tied to the perceived competence, likability and influence of the subject. When choosing your profile picture, think about the tone you want it to convey and what it represents in this professional community made up of engineers, technologists, researchers, educators and students.
Uploading your profile picture:
- On your profile page, click on the “Change Profile Photo” link to open the file upload window.
- Click on the “Choose File” button and navigate through your computer or device to select an appropriate profile image (optimal dimensions: 252x252 pixels square)
- Click on “open,” and your image will automatically start to upload
- Once the image has uploaded, add a title and a short description
- Choose “make this my profile picture” and choose if you wish to share it in the public photo gallery by checking/unchecking the “Share in Gallery” option
- Click on “Update” and your photo will be added to your profile page
- Your profile photo can be changed as often as you like ― just follow the steps above.
BIOGRAPHY
Use the
biography field to tell community members who you are and your accomplishments. You may also wish to reference any honors or awards you have received, and (briefly) outline some of your recent professional positions, volunteer roles for SME and other organizations, and all related industry experience.
YOUR GENERAL INFORMATION
Your general information, i.e. name, email address, postal address, etc., is made up of information held in SME’s member and customer database. To update any of this information, please visit
SME.org/update. Please also note that some of the information within this section is visible to only you and the community manager. It is not visible on your public profile page.
MEMBER BADGES
Through your member profile area,
badges will automatically be assigned based on the various SME roles you have (i.e., Member, Chapter Officer, etc.); activity badges (VIP, Profile Complete, I'm Connected, etc.); and President's Circle member (received when a member sponsors 10 or more dues-paying members). The
dashboard page is your personalized homepage* where you’ll find a preview of the latest topics and activity within our discussion forums; quick access to the chapters/committees/communities you’ve been assigned/joined and any members you’ve connected with.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Each chapter, committee and community contain a list of events; a discussion forum as well as a blog written by volunteers; and photos, videos and documents shared by other members. Once you’ve joined a chapter/committee/community, don’t forget to visit the chapter, committee or community’s “Subscribe” button to apply notifications (Instant/Daily/Weekly) settings so receive notifications for any new activity and content within your chapter, committee or community.
Adding your industry and technical areas of interest to your account helps others to know which areas of manufacturing you’re interested or working in. Update your areas of interest on
SME.org/update.
EMPLOYMENT
This section contains details of your current job title and employer. This information is housed in your
SME.org account area. We encourage you to keep your employment information up-to-date through
SME.org/update.