Our new website is live, and with it a member area that brings everything about your membership into one place: booking events and keeping your tickets, finding and connecting with other members, your profile and business listing, your invoices, and a direct line to the MBS team.
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Welcome to the new Melbourne Business Society website. This short tour shows you around your member area: signing in, booking events, connecting with other members, and keeping your details up to date.
To get started, go to melbournebusinesssociety.com.au and choose Sign in, at the top of the page.
The first time you visit the new site, you'll need to set a password. Choose Forgotten your password.
Enter the email address MBS has for you, and press Email me a reset link.
We'll email you a link straight away. Open the email, and choose the link to set your password.
Choose a password of at least ten characters, type it again, and save it.
Now sign in with your email address and your new password. That's it, you're in.
This is your dashboard. At the top is the next MBS event, with a button to get tickets.
Further down are upcoming events, your latest messages, and any connection requests waiting for you.
Below is a summary of your membership, and your MBS contact: the committee member who looks after you. You can message them any time.
The menu on the left takes you to every part of the member area. Let's go through it.
Start with your profile. Add a photo, so the people you meet at events can find you again.
Check your job title, industry and short bio. Members see these in the directory.
On the right, you can see exactly what other members see, before and after you connect.
Further down, you choose whether you're listed in the directory, and which contact details your connections can see.
To book an event, choose it on your dashboard, or under Events at the top of any page.
You'll see the date, time and venue, and your member price. When you're signed in, the booking form already knows who you are.
Add any dietary or accessibility needs, and press Register. For paid events, you'll pay by card on Stripe's secure page.
You're registered straight away. Your ticket, with a QR code to show at the door, is under My events.
Add the event to your calendar from here. And on My events, share your guest link: when a guest registers with it, MBS knows you introduced them.
The directory lists your fellow members. Search by name, job title or business, or filter by industry.
Open a member to see what they do, and ask to connect, with a short note to say hello.
Your contact details stay private until you both agree. When someone asks to connect with you, you'll find it under Connections.
Accept the request, and you can email, call or message each other on WhatsApp in one click.
Need a hand with something? Messages is your direct line to the MBS team.
Add a subject and your message, and press Send message. The team's replies appear here too.
Know someone who'd enjoy MBS? Invite them by email, SMS or WhatsApp, or share your personal link.
Anyone who joins through you is credited to you, and you can follow each invitation below.
If your membership covers a business, you'll also see My business. Keep your business details up to date, and add the colleagues your membership covers.
Public listing sets how your business appears on the Our Members page of the website, with a preview before you save.
Membership and invoices shows your level and renewal date. We'll always remind you before a renewal is due.
Every invoice and receipt is here too. Open one to print it, or save it as a PDF.
Want to move up a level, say from Individual to Small to Medium Business? You keep your renewal date, and only pay the difference for the rest of the year.
Finally, Settings. Choose how we let you know about events, invitations and connection requests: by email, SMS or WhatsApp.
You can change your password here at any time, and choose whether you're listed in the member directory.
That's the tour. If you get stuck, send us a message from the member area, or reply to any MBS email, and we'll be glad to help. See you at the next event!
The five-minute tour above walks you through each part, from signing in for the first time to booking an event and choosing who sees your contact details.
If this is your first time on the new site, choose Sign in at the top of any page, then “Forgotten your password?”, and enter the email address MBS has for you. We’ll email you a link to set your password, and you’re in.
Once you’re in, take a minute to add a photo and check your profile, so the people you meet at events can find you again. If your membership covers a business, check your business details and add the colleagues your membership includes.
If anything doesn’t work the way you expect, send us a message from the member area or reply to any MBS email, and we’ll be glad to help. We look forward to seeing you at the next event.