How to invite others

(1) Send an URL and message

The simplest way to invite others to join our network is to send them our website URL. Copy and paste the following link, and send it in an email:

http://researchcooperative.org

You can also send a link to the URL for our site introduction and welcome page, choosing one of the languages shown under our About menu (see here).

Most people will be able to find the Sign Up box at the top right of the main page. Or you can tell them to look there. Our URL can also be posted to listserv groups or other networks (if you belong to any) with your own explanation of how the Research Cooperative might be useful for others.

Here is an example invitation message to send with the URL; you can copy and paste this into your own email, or into our form (see below):

"Dear XYZ,

This global NPO network might be useful for you. It offers many networking choices for editors, translators, illustrators & researchers. You can join here.

Sincerely, ZYX"

 (2) Use form provided by the Research Cooperative (see screenshot below).

The main menu above includes a tab called 'Invite'. You can only see this if you are already a member of the Research Cooperative, and have signed in using your email address and password (forgot your password?).

You can invite one person or many people - from an electronic address book, or by personally adding each email address.

You can import addresses from a Facebook, G-mail, Yahoo, or MSN account (see the image below), but don’t worry:

• Our system does not save your account password
• You choose which people to will receive the invite

Please consider how your own contacts might like to use the Research Cooperative, and highlight this in your invitation message (200 characters or less). See example message above.

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(3) Share link to the "Sign up" page, using your own email account.

After signing in to the Research Cooperative, go to the Invite tab in the main menu above. The following option is shown at the bottom of the Invite page:

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If the person you send it to clicks on the link, the following Sign Up page should appear.

In this case it says "Peter Matthews invited you to join... etc." in the second line (see image below).

You have to sign in, and use the Invite tab in the main menu, to get a link that has your name attached to it.

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Thanks for your patience. It takes time to get familiar with a new network.

You can experiment by sending an invitation to yourself, like I did.

When you are happy with a method, please send invitations to anyone who you think might like to join the Research Cooperative!

We welcome students, researchers, teachers, volunteers, learners, companies, publishers, and all people involved in research communication, scientific publishing, and the production of educational literature.