Getting started in the National Theatre Wales Community

Hello! Welcome to National Theatre Wales community.

Once you've signed up, there are a few things you might want to do to get going in the community.

• Get your profile sorted!
• • Please use your real name
  • Upload a photo so we can recognise you if we see you!
  • Write a little bit about yourself in the "A little about me" box in your profile information
  • Choose your personal Email settings to control how many emails you get from this site
  • You might also want to set your Privacy settings to suit your personal preferences.
  • Here's a tutorial on changing your profile page
• Introduce yourself, make friends, create your network and build the community!
• • Head on over to Catherine's forum thread Introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about yourself and your interest in theatre.
  • You might know some of us already, so head over to the Members page, find your friends and add them - you'll find an "Add as friend" link underneath their photo on their profile page.
  • You can post comments to your friends' wall and we've got a direct messaging service here too. If you want to get in touch with people using private messages, you'll need to be their friend
  • Invite some of your friends - just go to the Invite page and you can send invitations out using your webmail, address book, Ning accounts or email.
  • Get involved and help create the future of National Theatre Wales!
• Blogs
• • Share your thoughts and ideas, your work and creativity, your communities, companies, productions, events, projects... anything you like!
    
  • You can use our blogging system for writing, photographs, videos and sounds - together we can document and celebrate our community and everything we do.
  • It's easy to start a blog - just hit the Blogs link and add a new blog post.
  • Carl has written a really handy guide to blogging so take a look at that. If you've got any questions, just ask someone!
  • Read the comments, get into the debate and respond! It's quick and easy to find great conversations and join in with comments.
• Forum
• • Head over to the Forum and get stuck into the conversation - there's lots to talk about here!
  • You might want to start your own discussion too - it's easy to do. We just ask that if you start it, please own it - please stay involved with it.
• Groups
• • We've got some great groups here at National Theatre Wales Community. Please feel free to join in!
  • Groups are where we can get together in interest groups and share more focussed work, information and discussion, so find some that match your interests and get involved.
  • Groups have their own comment walls, discussion forums and mailing lists, so think of them as 'rooms' in the community.
  • Here are some links to some great groups you could get take a look at:
    • Writers
    • Creatives
    • Actors
    • Technical
    • Theatre Design
  • There are Theatre companies, readers groups and others to explore, so just take a look around the groups page.
  • If you'd like to create a group, go ahead! When you fill in the form, it'll go to admins here are NTW.
  • We'll take a look at the group idea and we'll probably just approve it.
  • If there's a way we can help with the group idea, or if there's an issue such as duplication, we'll get in touch.
• Help
• • If you're stuck or you have question about the website which is not answered here, send a private message to Carl or Tom who will be happy to help.