Building a Stronger Community with Directory Connect

A critical ingredient in the recipe for making a successful thriving community is connecting power. A community built with connecting power provides a conduit enabling an easy way for community members to seek out and find other members with similar interest and ideas. This conduit helps form relationships that build the backbone of a community making it useful and long lasting. With this goal in mind, Couto Solutions developed Directory Connect, the ultimate connecting power add-on for Telligent Community. By adding this Couto Solutions’ Building Block to you community, you can:

• Create Custom Tailored People Search Forms for Your Community

  • You get to choose what fields appear on your search forms
  • Search fields can be almost any member profile field you have created
  • Easily positions the fields you add to your search form
  • Configure what roles can access each search form
  • Set the search form priority to ensure that people with the right roles get the right search form

• Choose which Profile Fields to Return in your Search Results

  • You get to pick the field data returned from the search
  • Each search profile can have different data returned in the search

• GEO Search Comes Standard with Directory Connect

  • Enable your members to find other members in their area
  • Set limits on the radius members are allowed to search within
  • Each role based search form can have different search limits

• Locate People Through the Directory Hub

  • Sift through all members in the community one by one via the “ALL” tab
  • Find the most active user in the community via the “Most Active” tab
  • Connect with the most recently active members via the “Recent Activity” tab
  • Reach out to the newest members of the community via the “Newest” tab
  • Connect with people in real-time via the currently “Online” tab

• Send Targeted Emails Based on Search Results

  • Enable Administrators or Moderators to send out target emails to members based on search results
  • Send emails to everyone in the community or a select few that have specific profile data

• Generate Export Reports Based on Search Results

  • Enable Administrators and Moderators to export membership data based on their targeted search results
  • Choose the profile fields that can be exported per search profile
  • Manipulate exported data in excel to learn more about your community