Your survey responses in September indicated that “Networking with Members” was a major benefit of being an APS member.  We’d like your input on potential ways to interact online.  Our web site can become a platform for education, information and advocacy that any member can use.

Please take a few minutes to respond to this survey about additional ways for APS members to network electronically.

An online networking opportunity would offer an interactive, user-submitted network connecting colleagues through personal profiles, blogs, groups, and photos.

A blog is an online journal that’s updated on a regular basis with entries that appear in reverse chronological order. They typically contain comments by other readers, links to other sites.

Please take a few minutes to respond to this survey about additional ways for APS members to network electronically. Please click the Submit button at bottom after you enter your responses.
  


1. Please indicate your age range (select one):
  

under 30
30 to 42
43 to 59
60 or over


2. Are you currently a member of a social or business networking service? This example page is from FaceBook. Please indicate which ones you belong to, or indicate others below:
  

FaceBook
LinkedIn
MySpace
Ryze
Spoke
Other - Please list all  


3. Online Networking Preferences - Social networks are beginning to be adopted by healthcare professionals as a means to disseminate peer-to-peer knowledge. Online networking sites can provide a variety of ways for users to interact, such as Blogging, Online Discussion groups, File sharing, ListServs, Instant Messaging, Text chat, Video, Voice chat, etc.

Please select the top two methods you think would be most important to you in terms of online networking:
  

Blogging - (or web log) is a website that provides commentary or
news on a particular subject; with the ability for readers to leave comments in
reverse cronological order.
Discussion groups - An online forum holding discussions and posting user
generated content in chronological order or as threaded discussions
File sharing - where the files are stored on and served by personal computers
of the users, usually following the peer-to-peer (P2P) model
ListServs - group distribution of messages on specific topics via e-mail
Instant Messaging - online real-time communication where peers are notified
when the user is available, busy, or away from the computer
Text chat - one-on-one or group text discussion, usually in
a chat room on a specific web site
Video - online display of video clips uploaded by users
Voice chat - live voice communication using the Internet
Video chat - live voice communication with video display of participants
Other - please indicate:  


4. Your Use of Blogs - A blog is an online journal that’s updated on a regular basis with entries that appear in reverse chronological order.  They typically contain comments by other readers, links to other sites, etc. Please indicate your current use of blogs
  

  Your Use of Blogs
Use daily Use Weekly Use Monthly Use infrequently Never use
Do you regularly read blogs?
Do you contribute/write a blog?
Do you comment on blogs?


Please add any Comments on the use of blogs here:
  



5. Please indicate which of the following APS SIG ListServs you belong to:
  

Nursing
Pain & Disparities
Pain Rehab
Palliative Care
Pharmacotherapy
Psychosocial
Basic Science


6. If you are a SIG member, which methods would you prefer to use to communicate within the group? Please indicate all of them here:
  



7. If APS were to offer an online networking service in our Members Only section, please indicate how likely you be to use it or not use it:
  

Definitely would use
Probably would use
May or may not use
Probably not use
Definitely not use


Are there other ways APS could help facilitate online networking among members? Please indicate add any other comments you think would be helpful here: