Welcome to WISE Connect, our community platform and an exclusive member benefit. This is a supportive community intended to foster connections and facilitate professional growth. To ensure the best possible experience for all, please acquaint yourself with these important guidelines for participation.
By joining and using this community, you agree that you have read and will follow this code of conduct. You also agree to reserve discussions and content to those which are best suited to this platform, including asking peers for advice, sharing insights and participating in conversations.
You may leave the community at any time and will lose access when your membership expires. In order to preserve an environment that encourages both civil and fruitful dialogue, we reserve the right to immediately suspend or terminate membership for anyone who violates these rules. Messages promotional in nature, solicitation or spam of any kind is not permitted and will result in the revocation of your membership without warning.
Community Roster
As a member of this community, you will automatically appear and be searchable in the community roster. If you do not wish to participate, click on “I do not agree” and you will return to the previous page.
Rules
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Respect the purpose of the community. Use it to share successes, challenges, constructive feedback, questions and goals instead of products or services that you provide. If you’ve found a product or service helpful, please share your experience with the group in a respectful way.
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Protect confidentiality. Comments that reveal personal information will be removed.
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Job postings are prohibited. Learn more about the WISE Job Board.
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Respect intellectual property. Post content that you have personally created or have permission to use and have properly attributed to the content creator.
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Focus on the content of posts and not on the people making them. Please extend the benefit of the doubt to newer members; there’s no such thing as a stupid question.
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To uphold its intent, do not utilize this community to “call out” others. Should you have a specific need or complaint, please reach out individually to the appropriate person. If you need assistance beyond direct one-to-one communications, please contact us.
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When posting items in our collaborative environment, please indicate if the item is not available for reuse. It’s also advisable to contact the owner of any material if you would like to reuse it.
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Use caution when discussing products, classes, or services. Do not promote or discredit others. Information posted here is available for all to see and comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
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Post discussions that are promotional in nature to the WISE Marketplace. Use it to share products, services, events and resources that you have found helpful in a respectful way.
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All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, discriminatory or illegal content are strictly prohibited. Do not post anything that you would not want the world to see or that you would not want anyone to know came from you. Bullying and abusive language are not tolerated.
Etiquette
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Do not send administrative messages, such as “remove me,” to the group. Instead, use your dashboard and preferences to change your settings or to leave the community.
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If you belong to multiple communities, post your message only to the most appropriate one. This helps ensure all messages receive the best response by eliminating "noise."
Legal
This community is provided as a benefit of WISE membership. WISE is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. We disclaim all warranties with regard to information posted in this community, whether posted by WISE or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall WISE be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.
Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without the permission of the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that he or she owns the copyright with respect to such material or has received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants WISE and users of this site the nonexclusive right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print and use such information or other material.
Messages should not be posted if they encourage or facilitate members to arrive at any agreement that either expressly or impliedly leads to price fixing, a boycott of another's business, or other conduct intended to illegally restrict free trade. Messages that encourage or facilitate an agreement about the following subjects are inappropriate: prices, discounts, or terms or conditions of sale; salaries; profits, profit margins, or cost data; market shares, sales territories, or markets; allocation of customers or territories; or selection, rejection, or termination of customers or suppliers.
WISE reserves the right to terminate access to any user who does not abide by these guidelines. Should a post be deemed inappropriate, WISE reserves the right to edit or reject the post.
Privacy and Terms of Use
WISE’s privacy policy and terms and conditions apply to the community.
Questions? Contact us.