Find other attendees
Use the Directory to search all attendees:
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Go to the Directory in the navigation bar.
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Search for someone by typing their name. Or filter people by interest tags.
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Click on someone. A pop-up window opens with their profile preview.
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Or, spontaneously meet people around the site. Wherever you see someone’s photo, click it to open their profile preview and contact them.
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From someone’s personal profile, click Send a message.
Click someone’s profile photo to open their personal profile.
Click Send message.
A temporary notification that your Chat invitation sent appears at the bottom of your screen as a temporary notification. Then your Conversations window opens Messages open automatically.
Type a message and click the Send icon.
The They other person gets a notification on the site and by email. They only sees your message once they accept your request.
Accept a message request
When someone else sends you a message:
You get a pop-up notification in the top left corner of the site.
Go to your Conversations window by clicking the Speech bubble icon in the navigation bar.
Accept or Decline their request. If they already sent a message, it appears when you accept.
Continue the conversation by typing a message and clicking the Send icon.
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