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Ed’s note BREAKING NEWS: DESIGNMIND UPGRADE UNVEILING THIS WEEK!
Its been a long time coming and preparation has been intense, but we are extremely pleased to announce that DesignMind has undergone an upgrade and is looking oh, so slick. The new site will go live towards the later part of this week, and we have had to schedule a 24 hour “downtime” period in order for us to update and move all data across to the new site for you. The news site will be live by Monday 26 September, so please be on the lookout for updates from us!
In the meantime, here is a sneak peek of what we have been working on: some new fields have been added to your profile form to make sure that you are found with more precision and ease. This will optimize your listing on social engines such as Google, Facebook, Twitter (etc) to make sure you get found fast – it only takes a minute and will certainly be worth your while.
We are introducing an exciting new section called I-Mags, which allows each member to automatically track and follow thought leadership, news and information in their respective field of expertise simply by subscribing to the I-Mag which is relevant to you.
Particular focus has been also been placed on the marketplace section. This will enable you to view tenders, products, projects, make enquiries and gain insight into best practices in your particular industry.
The new Press Office function, dedicated to you (and visible to your network), will allow you to profile your company, services, products, projects and people to a single destination. It’s a great way to get the word out there about your business and its absolutely free!
DesignMind will also now allow you to map your location with the new Geo-map function.
Another exciting addition (among many) is the new DesignMind10 Forty. This carousel at the top of your home page will list the top 10 industry stories which would have featured on the site during the course of the previous working week (40 hours). Nice, quick catch-up if you missed them, or need to recap.
DesignMind prides itself in keeping our niche online business networking platform for the architectural and design profession exactly that; niche. We would like to once again assure you that DesignMind is moderated by a content facilitator on a daily basis and we approve members who are relevant to the architecture and design profession only.
Please send us your feedback about what you think of our new site, just click the “email us” tab on the bottom of the page. Tell us what you like, don’t like and anything else you would like to see on the site.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience you may experience, but hope you will see it’s worth when you see what we have done with the new site!
Until next time…
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Upcoming events
Design, construction & interiors business network breakfast
Idea Design Conference 2011
2011 Durban Homemakers Expo
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New members to DesignMind |
Madelein Southey
Interior Designer @ Southey Interiors
Mauneen van Wyk
Institute Manager @ Pretoria Institute for Architecture
Freddy Gerber
Interior Architect @ Freddy Gerber Designs
Martie van Niekerk
Concrete Draughtsman @ Concrete Design Studio
Lydia Chauke
Quantity Surveyor @ Chauke Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers
Michelle Gericke
Manager @ Mhlati Quantity Surveyors
Brandon Fredericks
Structural Technologist @ MH & A
Shaun Wax
Architectural Draughtsman at S.D Wax Architectural Design
Danny Kalombo
Architect at MH Architects
Alfred Kamsate
Architectural Technologist at Co-Arc International Architects |
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This week’s news on DesignMind
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The world is going green, and South Africa is at the forefront of the green drive In celebration of World Green Building Week, which aims to draw attention to the importance of creating greener, healthier, more sustainable buildings and communities, the Green Building Council of SA (GBCSA), Aurecon and Rabie Property Group are taking GBCSA members on an official building tour of South Africa’s very first 5-star Green Star SA rated building.
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SA football centre up for international architecture award The Nike Football Training Centre in Soweto, Johannesburg could become the second South African building to be named World Building of the Year, after making the shortlist for the award. Read more »
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Architecture – A profession under Attack
Architecture, a registered profession, has successfully allowed external factors to bring the profession under attack – once again! We have allowed space planners, branding agents, project managers and, to a lesser extent, developers to perform part of our services.
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Absa Towers West gets award for eco-friendly construction Absa Towers West may have landed a Halala Award for its eco-friendly construction and admirable recycling and energy efficiency policies, but the real winner is Joburg’s green environment. With environmentally friendly elements that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, recycling, insulating, conserving water…
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Green buildings: great idea, but someone has to pay for it
The green building movement has come to the fore in recent years with a growing number of protagonists claiming it is the way of the future for buildings. But one aspect that might hinder this concept’s increasing uptake is that, in reality, there are seemingly additional costs to bear.
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Johannesburg Art Gallery to get a makeover There are structural problems that need to be fixed at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, but the idea driving the change is also to make it more accessible and modern. In November 2010, the Johannesburg Art Gallery turned 100; in 2015, the classic building in which it is housed turns 100, and plans are afoot to give it a makeover.
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Why its important to tag your posts:
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Much like Google, DesignMind’s search engine users will use word tags to find content and people on the site. For example, if Saint-Gobain wants an article about it’s Rhinoboard to be found, Saint-Gobain would need to tag as follows:
Saint-Gobain, Soundboard, Rhinoboard, multi-purpose, general purpose
To get the best search results for you business, be sure to tag your profile, products and services, your articles and any content you publish on DesignMind with as many words as you can think of which will be used to search for solutions or information you provide.
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Press office especially for you, by you |
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Did you know that DesignMind offers you an exclusive and free press office facility right here on site?
That’s right, you can post your company news (without pushing any product, please) and tell us what is big and buzzing in your world. It will go straight onto your homepage, and that of your colleagues.
Just send us your articles and we will post them for you and give you full credit!
It’s really that easy and its absolutely free… |
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