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THE NEW AND IMPROVED ADA DISCUSSION FORUM
The ADA Discussion Forum came back to ADA.org in August with a new interface, an expanded set of features and robust performance, making it the place for ADA members to meet in cyberspace.

The new forum offers a wide array of information on the Main Community page to help members get started. After agreeing to abide by the participation agreement, members can choose "My Profile" to establish their online screen name and e-mail address for forum correspondence and to set privacy preferences.

In addition to a general discussion area, the forum is seeded with popular topical categories culled from the previous forum. Visitors also can submit new topic suggestions for consideration by the forum administrator.

Current topics include such areas as annual session, continuing education, dental practice/practice management, dental products and equipment, esthetic restorative dentistry, next year’s Give Kids A Smile! Day access campaign and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

A glowing light bulb icon in front of any topical area indicates a new posting since your last visit; alternatively, you can link to "Today’s Active Topics" to see forum topics with recent postings. You also can view the screen names of the most recent forum visitors and browse the most visited topical areas.

Another new feature in the forum is private messaging. Visitors can either post a reply to a message that can be viewed by any other visitor or send a private message to another visitor. Along with e-mail notification of new private messages, visitors can save frequently used e-mail addresses in their own "buddy lists."

A compilation of frequently asked questions answers many queries about forum features and concerns about what personal information other visitors can see. An advanced search function allows for searching the forum by keyword, topic or date.

The new and improved ADA Discussion Forum has much to offer to help you keep in touch with your colleagues and your Association. Visit the forum at "www.ada.org/forum".

ANNUAL SESSION IN CYBERSPACE
If you can’t make it to New Orleans this year for the ADA’s 143rd annual session, you still can keep up with all the important happenings through the Online Convention Daily at ADA.org.

Updated several times each day during session, the Online Convention Daily is your source for breaking news on important issues; coverage of meetings, sessions and events; and photographs of the proceedings. Supplemental materials on key resolutions, candidates for ADA offices and excerpts from speeches fill out this resource. Reprising last year’s popular feature, the interactive SessionCam at the ADA Publishing exhibit booth will capture photographs of session-goers for posting, along with their impressions of the Association’s annual meeting.

The Online Convention Daily will be "live" on ADA.org Oct. 18–21; it will be available in the "Today’s News" archive after that. Be sure to visit "www.ada.org/goto/publications" if you won’t be heading to New Orleans.

Reported by Joe Hoyle, electronic media editor, "hoylej{at}ada.org".

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