The world is a social place. With the advent of social media and other avenues to interact online, people turn to the web to communicate, learn and interface. With online member profiles (Meet our Members), the NASPP has opened the door for you to get to know more about our member population – both personally and professionally. If you are an NASPP member and haven’t yet created a profile, I’ll use today’s blog to highlight the reasons why you should do this now!

5 Reasons to Create Your NASPP Member Profile

1. Put a face to your name. I can’t say how many times I’ve heard someone’s name, or heard them speak on a webcast, or had a name thrown in the hat for some idea. Putting a face with a name only helps people to get to know you better. Even if they don’t “know” you, they know you. Or, at least they feel like they do.

2. Self manage your information as it changes. Okay, so you change jobs, get a promotion or add a credential (CEP, anyone?) to your resume. You can self manage your profile details on the NASPP web site and your updated information is always there for the industry to see. Your profile is available to non-members, too, so keep that in mind when you meet that recruiter who may want to learn more about you by searching online. Keep everyone up to date on the status of “you”. You can even take the profile quiz again to “refresh” your answers at anytime, which can be interesting.

3. Let people get to know you personally, and you them. The profiles aren’t limited to just industry specific content. We have lots of “get to know you outside of work” questions in our profile quiz that help you get to know the whole person. Wondering what kind of personal information we incorporate? Take our “Name that Member” quiz below!

4. The member profiles show up in Google searches. Yes, it’s true. I tested this feature firsthand. I started with the first name on our member profile list (in alphabetical order) – Inta Abele of Charles Schwab. Her NASPP profile came up in the top 6 results from a Google search of her name. We all know people do it – they want to learn more about someone and Google them. So why not show the span of your affiliations and brand by having your NASPP profile show up in the results?

5. Build your brand. Building your brand is really a culmination of the above points. Getting your name and face out in the industry, showing that you’re engaged with industry organizations, and letting people know you more personally, all lends to creating the brand called “YOU”!

Have I convinced you to create your profile yet? We have over 100 member profiles on our site, and each week we “feature” a different member on our home page for the entire week! Be sure to update your profile if your contact information changes (click the “submit” link in the Meet our Members section of our web site to edit your profile.)

Name that Member

I thought it would be fun to do a quick guessing game about some of our members. Here are some interesting facts gleaned from some of our existing member profiles. Can you put the name to the fact?

1. Which member would be a U.S. History teacher if he didn’t work in stock compensation?

2. Which member cites her “investigative skills” as the one thing she couldn’t do her job without?

3. Whose favorite vacation idea is to ride her Harley to San Francisco?

4. Who would be running an auto repair shop if she didn’t work in stock compensation?

5. Who loves to play tournament poker in her spare time?

6. This person has been an NASPP member for 21+ years!

It only takes a few minutes to join the ranks of profiled members – why not do it now?

-Jennifer

Answers:
1. Joseph Purdy, Jr. 2. Susan Berry 3. Christina Howell 4. Inta Abele 5. Karen Stroup 6. Ed Burmeister