Psychology and Health Forum - Growing Strongly
4 years ago, a couple of friends and I started an informal discussion group for psychology students. The goal was to mix relaxation (good food, good wine) with learning. Over time, we invited guest speakers and new members (students and professionals) and in 2006 we started using the CollectiveX platform to organize the group.
We now have 135 members which is growing each month, and have started to develop a good reputation in SA as providing free but thought provoking discussion groups. We use the many features of collectivex to promote member's work and professional development opportunities in our local area.
In 2008 we hope to formalize our discussion groups and obtain professional development points, which we believe will help grow our membership considerably. The CollectiveX platform will play a crucial role in the services we offer members:
- advertising and promotion opportunities
- calendar of professional development events
- networking
- file and media exchange
Certainly I had no idea when we started that a group of 10 students would grow to a statewide collection of 135 professionals, students, researchers and clinicians. It has definitely been a success story for me.
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With the release of the new platform, I thought I would play around with the site a bit. Comes up alright, although I wish I was actually good at using image editors!!
With the release of the new platform, I thought I would play around with the site a bit. Comes up alright, although I wish I was actually good at using image editors!!
Looks good!
Things have continued to grow for the Psychology and Health Forum. We now have 400 members, run regular local events and use the groupsite platform to maintain a pretty comprehensive calendar of professional development events for mental health professionals in South Australia.