JewishGen Talks: How to Utilize the JewishGen Discussion Group Effectively
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How to Utilize The JewishGen Discussion Group Effectively.
This one-hour presentation is for anyone who is using or thinking about using the JGDG, the most widely used Discussion Group in Jewish Genealogy. Topics will include:
- What the JGDG is all about.
- Ways the JGDG can help you.
- Advantages of the new JGDG platform.
- Discussion Group Rules and Guidelines.
- How to join the JGDG.
- Group settings.
- Options for Group Message delivery.
- How to change an e-mail address or message delivery.
- Two ways to post a message.
- How to find archival messages (back to 1998!)
- Hashtags: how/why important to use them.
- How to “mute” hashtags to only get certain messages.
- How to create an automatic signature.
- How to reply to a message individually or to the group.
- Why messages are rejected or deleted.
- Success stories from the JGDG.
- Need help or are confused? Who to contact.