Publish your eXtension Profile

A number of you are using social media applications such as blogs, Twitter and Facebook to interact with your clientele. Extension Information Technology has added a new feature to the NCCE Employee Database and Directory to provide a way for you to share selected information, including social network identities, on your NCCE Employee Directory listing and county staff pages.

An eXtension ID is required to use this feature because the information comes from your eXtension profile. The types of information you can enter into the profile include contact details, interests, and social network identities.

By default, your eXtension profile is viewable by anyone who has an eXtension ID. eXtension recently added a 'Public Profile Settings' option that enables you to make some or all of your eXtension profile information viewable by the general public.

If you would like to link to your public eXtension profile from your NCCE Employee Directory listing, you may now do so simply by adding your eXtension id to the NCCE Employee Database. If you are a county extension employee, doing this also adds the eXtension profile link to your listing on the Staff page of your NCCE county web site.

Step by step instructions are included below and within the NCCE Intranet . We also have several short Elluminate sessions scheduled on this topic. For a complete schedule of upcoming web-based training see: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/admin/wiki/index.php/Online_Training

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Instructions:

Step 1: Set up your eXension People Profile

1. Log in to http://people.extension.org.
2. Click on the 'Personal Profile' link to create or edit your profile

Step 2: Make your profile public, if desired

1. Click on the 'Public Profile Settings' link to choose the settings
you prefer to make public
2. View your public eXtension profile at
https://www.extension.org/people/username (Replace 'username' with your
eXtension id)

Step 3: Add your eXtension id to XEMP

1. Log into the NCCE Employee Database to edit your entry
2. Add your eXtension id. The eXtension ID field is at the bottom of the first section.
3. Submit the form to save your changes

Step 4: Check it out

1. Look yourself up in the NCCE Employee Directory
2. Click on the eXtension logo image on the right of your name to see your public eXtension profile

Note: The link on the county Staff page will display after the database updates overnight.

Information presented here is provided as a general information resource. Any mention of commercial products is for information only; it does not imply recommendation, endorsement nor support by Extension IT.