Welcome to our next Community Tech Tip, where we’ll take a closer look at the Groups on myRICS community and how you can use them to create a more personalised experience that's relevant to you.
When you first sign up for myRICS community you will automatically be added to the Members Lounge group if you’re a Qualified Member or candidate. This group serves as a space for all members and candidates to share their thoughts, ideas, and connect with each other– if you’re having trouble accessing it please get in touch with the Community Team. This is a great place to start a conversation if you’re new or just unsure where it fits, but as you get more familiar with myRICS community we’d encourage you to make use of the more specialised groups if you’ve got a question that covers a specific area.
All groups are broadly set up the same, they’ll each have a group home page showcasing the latest content in the group including discussion posts and library entries.
The Threads tab is where you can browse through all the discussion threads. There’s no algorithm sorting the content so it’s easy to go back and find older conversations using the filtering options.
The Library tab is where you can browse the files that have been uploaded to the group
The Events tab is where you can view upcoming events – if you’re a member of the group these will also be displayed in the Upcoming Events panel on the home page
myRICS community also contains specialist
discussion groups, focussed on things such as areas of the profession or geographical regions. You can search for groups that align with your interests or professional needs, or simply
browse through the full list of groups to see if anything catches your eye. For those of you who are not RICS members, you can engage with these sector-specific groups.
The content from your groups will be compiled into the News Feed but if you want to quickly access a specific group you can do that through the My Groups Quick List panel.
When you join a group you will also be given the option to sign in to an
email digest, this is a daily email that keeps you updated on all the recent activity in the group. This is a great way to ensure you don’t miss out on anything interesting without having to manually browse the community every day. You can change these settings any time to suit your needs, and there are also options for consolidated digest if you want to keep email traffic down to a minimum. We’ve explored these options in more depth in the
Group Notifications section of the
Getting Started page so do check that out if you’d like more information.
Hopefully that's made the structure of myRICS community a little more clear. In the next Tech Tip blog we’ll be covering followed content and keeping up with your conversations