The In's and Out's
of the LA Online Forum

The following instructions are for Leadership Alliance (LA) members who are subscribed to
the LA Online Forum. If you are receiving email from the Online Forum, these instructions are for you.

If you are not a member of LA and would like to join, please visit our Membership page.

You may find it helpful to print this page so you can refer to it while you're
on the Yahoo site. The Yahoo site will open in a new window, so you can
switch back and forth between the Yahoo site and this page if you prefer.

Visiting the Leadership Alliance Yahoo site

The LA Online Forum is actually a Yahoo Group, and access to the LA Yahoo site is restricted to LA members who are members of the LeadersAlliance group at Yahoo. If you are receiving email from the online forum, you are a member of this Yahoo group. But for Yahoo to recognize you as a member of the group, you must register with Yahoo, sign in, and the email address subscribed to the list must be associated with your Yahoo Profile.

1. Go to our Yahoo site at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeadersAlliance.

The Welcome message should include your Yahoo ID and the email address that is subscribed to the Yahoo Group is the address at which you receive email messages from the group. Also, there should be a number of links on the page, ie words that are bright blue and underlined, including the words on the left of the screen: Home, Message, etc. If these words are not clickable, please follow the instructions below to join Yahoo if you are not already a member and to associate your email address with your Yahoo Profile. Then return to step 2 to explore the Ins and Outs of the Yahoo site.

The following steps assume that you have completed the instructions below if necessary, and that the words you see in bold in the following steps are links you can click. If not, please follow the instructions below to join Yahoo if you are not already a member and to associate your email address with your Yahoo Profile. Then return to step 2 to explore the Ins and Outs of the Yahoo site.

2. Look at the list of options along the left-hand side of the page. Here you will see that Messages is only one of many options available to you as a benefit of your membership.

3. At the far right, you'll find Edit My Membership. Click on this link and see what's there. This is where you can go to change your delivery options from Individual Messages to Daily Digest or No email. Use Daily Digest if you prefer to receive one combined email message from the list each day. Use No email if you prefer to read messages on the Yahoo site rather than receiving them by email. Also use No email if you're going on vacation and want to stop your email temporarily - just change the option to No email and then change it back when you return. (You can also change delivery options by email. See instructions in each email message from the list.) This is also the place to change the email address to which messages from the list are sent. Take a look and see what else is there and use the" Help" function on that page if you have questions.

4. Use the back button on your browser to return to the Leadership Alliance Yahoo Home page.

5. Check out the different options at the left-hand side. Click on Messages. This is where you go if you don't want the digest version or individual messages. You can just go here at your convenience and check out today's, last week's or last month's messages. You can also view messages by thread. At any point you can click on the "Help" function and find lots of answers.

6. Return to our Yahoo Home page and click on Post. This is where you can go to post a message to the list. This is a great way to get your questions answered. The other option is to put the Leaders Alliance online forum in your address book. That way you can post a message without being at this Yahoo site. That address is: leadersalliance@yahoogroups.com.

7. Now try the Files Section. You'll want to check out this "Files Section" on a weekly basis to view any new additions to help you build your business.

8. We occasionally use the Poll options. Check to see if there are any open polls.

9. Next check out the Links area. Here you'll find links to the Leadership Alliance web site and various forms that are on that site and other useful sites. We encourage you to post links that you've found helpful in building your business.

10. Then finally, there's a live Chat Room. To check it out you'll need two people.

Well there you have it…the Virtual Tour. 10 reasons to join the Leadership Alliance. And don't forget to send your (non-member) friends to the LA website at SimplexityLeaders.org. That way they can print out the membership form and join in the fun.

Note: The Ins and Outs of the Yahoo Site was written by Jean Kerbel and modified by Margaret Dexter to reflect technical changes.

This is the way you Join Yahoo and Sign In

Our messages and files for the LA Online Forum are password protected so everyone in the planet can't just cruise in and read them. I'm sure you recognize the importance of doing this. Because the online forum is actually a Yahoo group, this is done is with a Yahoo Profile, ie a Yahoo ID and password.

Before you can access the members only information on the Yahoo site, you must join Yahoo - it's free. Follow the instructions below to join Yahoo and establish a Yahoo Profile (if you are not already a member) and associate the email address that is subscribed to the online forum with your Yahoo Profile.

Go to the LA Yahoo Groups page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeadersAlliance.

1. If you see the link (Already a member? Sign in to Yahoo!), click on that link and follow the instructions on the Yahoo site.

If you are not a member of Yahoo, you will be guided through the registration process. You will be asked to select a Yahoo ID and password. Choose a Yahoo ID you can remember - your name or an abbreviation of your name is a good choice. This ID will be visible to other members of the online forum. It's best to use a password that you can remember and others can't guess - and write it down!

You will be asked for an "alternate email address". Specify the email address that is subscribed to the online forum as your alternative email address - this is very important.

You will also be asked some personal information - your date of birth, your zip code, etc. If you later lose your password and ask for password help, you will need to provide this information. Honesty is the best policy here, but if you really want to lie about it, remember what you used.

As a part of this process, Yahoo will send you an email message to verify that the alternative email address you specified is really is your email address. You cannot proceed with this process until you get the email. The message usually arrives quickly, but it could take hours or even days for it to arrive. All you can do is wait for the message. Please note that the moderators and the LA office cannot help you with this process - joining Yahoo is between you and Yahoo.

When you get the email message from Yahoo, follow instructions in the message and on the screen to validate your new Yahoo Profile and complete this process.

When you complete this process, return to our Yahoo Groups page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeadersAlliance. The Welcome message should now contain your Yahoo ID and email address.

2. If you see the link (Already receiving group email?), click on it to complete the process. Please do not click on the button "Join This Group" because you are already a member of the group.

When you complete this process, return to our Yahoo Groups page at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LeadersAlliance. The Welcome message should now include your Yahoo ID and email address. You are ready to explore our Yahoo site. Return to Visiting the Yahoo Site at the top of the page.

If you encounter difficulty with this process, please email the moderators and ask them to send you a Request for Profile which may simplify the process for you.

Please remember that the process of registration and sign in with Yahoo is
between you and Yahoo - our moderators can't help you and they can't do it for you.
If you need additional information, please use the Help function on the Yahoo site.