BrainStormCentral.org FAQs

What is BrainStormCentral.org?
BrainStormCentral.org is an online gated community - for professional and corporate members of our BPM, SOA and BA peer-to-peer exchanges.

For Whom was BrainStormCentral.org created?
BrainStormCentral.org is a community for Professional Members of BPMInstitute.org, SOAInstitute.org and BusinessArchitectureInstitute.org. Upgrade or join as a Professional Member today.

What will BrainStormCentral.org do with my registration information?
From time to time BrainStormCentral.org may contact you with information about topics in which you have indicated an interest, but your personal information will never be shared with a third party. BrainStormCentral.org will sometimes collect non-personal, aggregated information about the composition of the community to better shape BrainStormCentral.org content.

What will other BrainStormCentral.org members do with my information?
Other members of BrainStormCentral.org might contact you within the community to get you involved in a group, discuss common professional challenges, or share ideas and experiences based on your selected interests. (See “Private Messaging” below.) By registering with BrainStormCentral.org, you agree to and accept such contact, and gain the right to contact other members yourself. All such contacts are carried out within the community; members do not have access to other members’ email addresses.

How can I update my registration information or change my photograph?
Click on “My Profile” on the navigation bar on the left side of any community page. At the top of your Profile page are three links—“My Profile,” “My Media” and “Personal Info”—that permit you to change any information, including your photograph, you’ve posted to BrainStormCentral.org.

Can I change my username?
Not yet. The ability to change one’s username will be part of the next platform update, which is expected soon.

What if I’ve forgotten my password?
Click here to have your password emailed to you or contact the community manager at communitymanager [@] brainstormcentral.org.

Why am I asked to provide my location twice?
BrainStormCentral.org’s GeoMap, which permits members to generate a sorted geographical map of community members, runs separately from the rest of the community platform as a self-contained utility based on Google Maps. BrainStormCentral.org asks for your location once in order to incorporate it into your Member Profile, and again to incorporate it into the People Map. This duplication will be corrected in a future update of the platform.

What are BrainStormCentral.org groups?
BrainStormCentral.org groupsare discussion forums. Each group hosts multiple conversations on a separate topic, and will feature informative material related to that topic.

How do I join groups that interest me?
To subscribe to a BrainStormCentral.org group, click the subscription box just below the group title banner. Once subscribed, users will receive immediate notification (by RSS feed or email) of new posts to all of the conversations in that group. Users may also subscribe to any individual conversations within a group.

How do I post materials to the group?
Files may be posted to any group by clicking the “Submit a File” button below the list of discussions on the group home page.

Why can’t I post links in discussion groups?
The software on which BrainStormCentral.org runs was originally developed for IT professionals sharing information about coding projects. Those engineers wanted the discussion groups to display only the original code—including HTML. Thus the groups don’t support hyperlinks. To steer readers to a site of interest, simply post the relevant URL and it will be treated as a link.

How can I start a group?
We’re eager to host as many conversations as possible. Requests to start a group should be posted in the “New Groups?” discussion in the group. If the subject is relevant, we’ll get the group up as fast as possible. We ask that anyone starting a group be prepared to further the conversation in the group and nurture its development.

How can I start a blog?
BrainStormCentral.org is interested in hosting blogs written by BrainStormCentral.org members. If you have an idea for a regular blog on a topic of interest to your fellow members, contact the community manager at communitymanager [@] brainstormcentral.org.

What is Private Messaging?
The Private Messaging system enables users to contact one another one-on-one without publicizing their personal email addresses. BrainStormCentral.org registered users have the ability to send and receive messages from one another within the community. When another member sends you a message, you will receive a notification of the message at the email account you provided upon registration. Private messages can be accessed at your BrainStormCentral.org Inbox, available on the My Community page.

What are tags?
Tags are a useful way to search for conversations about similar subjects. The tag cloud complements the normal search system, which searches only for certain words or phrases or posts by specific users. Tags are attached to each discussion when the group is founded.

How do I use tags?
Clicking on “Browse Tags” in the top of the menu will take you to an overview page with a “tag cloud.” This cloud allows you to see which tags are the most popular: The larger the word, the more times it has been used on discussions within the board. Click on the word to see all related postes.

What are the “thumbs-up” icons?
BrainStormCentral.org members have the ability to express approval or appreciation of any post or any other member by clicking the “thumb-up” icon. Users with the highest number of thumbs-up are recognized on the Top Contributors page.

How do I cancel my BrainStormCentral.org membership?
To cancel your BrainStormCentral.org membership, contact the community manager at communitymanager [@] brainstormcentral.org.