Association for Coaching

A short guide to getting started with ACconnect

How to log in

ACconnect is Single Sign In, which means that if you are logged into the main AC website as a member, you will automatically be logged in to ACconnect.

If you are not logged into the AC website, follow the instructions below:

1. Click on ACconnect
2. Click on the green "Sign In" button on the top right.




3. Log in using your normal AC member log in.

You will then automatically be logged into

If you cannot remember your password, see the instructions below on how to reset it.

• Go to https://www.associationforcoaching.com/login.aspx
• Put in your username and password.
• If you can’t remember your password – click here
• If you can’t remember your username or do not receive the password reset email, please contact enquiries@associationforcoaching.com

 

When using ACconnect for the first time you will be asked to agree to the Community Guidelines & Etiquette and Privacy Guidelines. These guidelines can also be found on the very top menu under Community Etiquette.

 

Accessing your Profile

To access your profile, click on the profile image in the top right of the page so that the pop-up box appears and then click on the profile button.

 

Changing or Uploading your Profile Picture

To change or upload your profile image click on the Actions button below your profile image in your ACconnect profile so that the pop-up box appears.

Please note: changing your profile picture in ACconnect does not change your profile picture on the main AC website and vice versa.

 

Update your profile

The information from your member profile on the Association for Coaching website has been pulled across to ACconnect and the following areas have been prepopulated:

• Your Name
• Organization
• Membership Type
• Country
• Coaching Categories
• Services
• Accreditation Level

 

Profile information such as contact details can be changed on the main AC website. This can be accessed by clicking on the pencil next to Contact Details

  

 

Your Professional Overview and Interests can be edited directly in ACconnect by clicking on the pencils next to the fields indicated below:

 

 

Your profile helps other members find you so you can start engaging with other members.

 

Changing your Privacy Settings

To change your privacy settings, click on My Account and then Privacy Settings.

 

 

From here you can tailor your privacy settings to one of the following options:

• Public
• Members Only
• My Contacts
• Only Me

Join Communities

The list of Communities can be found here where you’ll be able to see all the communities that you can join. There are two levels of communities:

1. Main Communities - 14 community types
2. Sub Communities – special interest sub-communities which fall under the 14 community types.
   




3. If you click on ‘Browse Communities’ the list of all communities will be displayed.
4. Please click here to download a full list of Communities.

Please have a look around and then join any community that is of interest by clicking on the Join button on the right hand side of the community you wish to join. See the example below.

You’ll be prompted to specify how you want your messages from the community’s discussion group to be delivered to you (in real time, daily or no emails).

If you don’t see a “Join” button on a community, you either already belong or the community is private.

Communities

 

Community Subscription Options

When you join a community, you will get a pop-up showing the Community and Discussion Options you can select.

 

 

Once you have made your selection on your notifications, you can then click yes, join the community.

Notification Settings

You can also amend your Notification Settings from your profile page, by clicking on My Account and selecting Community Notifications from the drop-down.

 

 

Here you will be able to choose the following for each of the communities you belong to:

1. Real time – you will receive an email message each a time a message is posted from each of the communities you belong to.
2. Daily Digest – you will receive one email every day from your communities, with all the previous day’s messages included.
   
3. No email – you won’t receive any emails and will need to log into ACconnect to see the threads and discussions.
   

 

Email Preferences

You can amend your Email Preferences from your profile page, by clicking on My Account and selecting Email Preferences from the drop-down.

 

 

 

Privacy Controls

You can control what other members can see on your profile by going to My Account and selecting Privacy Settings:

 

 

Here you can view and change your Privacy Settings. We have already set your physical address and email address as private, only viewed by you.

 

Engage in Conversations

ACconnect is a Membership Engagement Portal where all AC members can create private, secure communities to drive interactions, knowledge sharing and engagement among members. We encourage you to get value from the platform by starting and participating in conversations.

Each community has an online conversation board where you can connect with other members with shared interests in a safe environment.

You can browse all conversations in one of two ways:

1. Go to Latest Conversations to see the discussions in all communities, both your communities and those posted in public communities.
2. Go to a Community and click on Latest Discussions to see the latest conversations.

How to start a new conversation

There are two options on how to do this:

1. Go to Latest Conversations, and you will see a green button on the right hand side called Post New Message. Click on this and you will be taken to a new page when you can choose the communities in which you want to post your message. Each community also has a unique email address. You can save that to your address book and easily start a new post like you would a regular email.
2. Go to a community, and then click on the Discussion tab to see the latest conversations.

You can add an attachment to a discussion and add a tag.

Conversations

 

Make Connections

There are two options on how to do this:

1. Connect with members of groups that you belong to by going into the group and then clicking on the Members tab. From here you can click on Add as Contact.
2. Go to the Directory on the main ACconnect menu and use the search fields to find members by name, country, locations covered or accreditation level and then click on Add as Contact.

Make Connections

 

Discussion Signature

To amend your Discussion Signature, go to your Profile and click on Discussion Signature in the My Account tab

 

Access Resources

In your communities you will see a tab called ‘Library’:

When you open this tab you will be able to see resources such as documents, videos, templates that relate to that community.

If you are not sure which community might have a particular resource, you can enter search terms in the main search box, much in the same way you might enter a search term in any search engine in the search bar at the top of every page.

 

Adding a new resource:

If you would like to add a new resource, go to “Add to a Library”. Here you can upload documents of your own, either directly to a community library or by including them in an attachment to your post.

Add to a Library

 

Support

Visit our Support page for any questions might have and you can always contact globalservices@associationforcoaching.com if you still need help or have any questions.

Support