How To Get Started

book posted by Agent Pugsly Fri, 2006-11-17 14:03

http://www.empowerthyself.com/files/images/underconstruction.jpgWE'RE STILL IN ßETA
A lot of curious people are overwhelmed the first time they look at empowerthyself.com. It's a beta under construction, and we have a lot of work to do before it is properly organized and welcoming to new people. Still, if you're patient there is a lot of value here already.

Here's how you can get started:

  1. Create an account. You can read a lot without logging in but to really participate you need to register.
  2. Talk to us. Contact Alex, introduce yourself and ask 20 questions. lxpk@empowerthyself.com. Use the web contact form. Post a comment this story.
  3. Explore. Empowerment is under construction so there's a lot of confusing and incomplete content but you can see where we're going with things.
  4. Profile. Look over some of the ideas in the Ideapedia.  Find ones you personally have opinions or thoughts about.  Click "Add Personal Idea" and add this idea to your own ideas.  Name it whatever you wish and include your own take on this subject.  By doing this you contribute to the idea naturally while letting us know a bit more about what motivates you!
  5. Groups. Look over the list of groups and subscribe to any that you think you may already be apart of!  If you subscribe to a group all ideas and campaigns posted to that group will come to you via your subscription notification settings or rss feeds.  Groups are not so much a commitment as an interest in reletave subject matter.  Get ideas by watching what your peers are doing!
  6. Contribute. Do you have ideas and skills you'd like to contribute? The Empowerment is an open and participatory project. Get in contact with us and let us know you're interested. We need web developers to build the Drupal system and writers to create content.  Don't be shy about adding information!  

Explore Ideas

Explore the Ideapedia to find ideas you like. You already know what you are interested in and passionate about. Let the rest of us know as well!

Adding Personal Ideas

When you see an idea you like, click the Add to my personal ideas button next to its title to add it to your profile. If you have an idea that isn't listed in the Ideapedia feel free to post it!

You can write your own words here about what the idea means to you.

You can also add personal ideas of your own without linking them to a larger group idea. Just leave the "Idea Group" field blank.

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