OlderWiserWomen

How to Access the OlderWiserWomen’s network on Ryze – In order to join the OWW network on Ryze, you will have to sign up for a free Ryze account.

1. Go to http://www.Ryze.com
2. Click the link that says: Ryze is FREE — Click Here to Sign up Now
3. Fill in the form with your name and email address. You will also be asked to fill out a public username. Consider carefully…it cannot be changed. Choose a password. Click continue.
4. *Note: You will receive an email from Ryze Admin with the subject line Ryze - e-mail validation. You need to click on that link to validate your email address. They will also send you more info on how to get started.
5. The next step is filling out a profile. You can choose to fill this out or not. The reason for this is everyone gets a homepage and guest book. It helps people connect with you – depending on how much networking you want to do.
   Here is my homepage:
   http://www.ryze.com/view.php?who=rainy
   – pages can be as simple or elaborate as you want.
6. Click continue.
7. You will then be promoted to sign in with the username and password you have chosen.
8. Once you do that you will see the main Ryze homepage.. Along the left hand column you’ll see a link that says “YourUserName or your real name if you filled in the profile” Page. For example, mine says “Barbara’s Page”. You will note that you can edit your information from there.
9. At the top of the page you’ll see tabs that say “Ryze Home”, “Invite Friends” , “Networks” ,“Friends”, etc.
10. Click on networks, and search for OlderWiserWomen. The link to our network will come up. Click on it and you will see the network home page. Just above the OlderWiserWomen logo you’ll see “Click here to Join this Network”. Just do that and your are in.
11. You can post a message to the group to intro yourself or just sit back and observe for awhile. You can click on my name and send me a private message if you have any questions or need further help.

Use an email address that you check and the system will notify you when messages have been posted to the network (you can turn that off) and when you receive a private message or someone signs your guest book.

If you have more questions, just contact me!