myRICS community

Welcome to myRICS community. A safe and secure virtual community for our members, candidates, employees, and professionals across the built environment. A space where you can connect with like-minded peers locally and globally; discuss and deliberate topics shaping the sector; ideate and exchange views that spark conversations; and discuss challenges and opportunities affecting the profession.

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What is the myRICS community?

myRICS community was launched in response to feedback from our members, candidates, and professionals working across the built and natural environment to provide an opportunity to have a combined and collective voice. It is a platform that provides an open environment for bringing together of people and conversation.

Being a professional community of practice - professional specialisms, skills, and interest areas are at the heart of the myRICS community architecture. Giving you an opportunity to engage and network with fellow professionals and RICS staff, both locally and globally, through various forums and groups within the platform to network, engage and skill share.

Use the platform to connect with people through the member directory; learn more about our member-led events; collaborate on thought leadership initiatives by supporting the development/creation and refinement of standards and consultations; start discussion threads; post comments; ask questions; , and contribute answers.

The strength and success of the profession lies in collaboration and the myRICS community platform offers you the opportunity to:

Connect and network virtually with peers worldwide
Engage in discussions about relevant topics within the surveying profession
Ask questions, submit suggestions, and express your opinions
Communicate effectively in real-time with professionals in the sector, specific to location or specialism
Access resources that can support in your day-to-day activities

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myRICS community has a range of functionality which enables you to:

Start and respond to discussion threads and ask questions
Set up a personalised user profile with pre-populated data fields
Set privacy settings to show or hide elements of your personal user profile
Join existing community groups related to specialism, sector, interest area, etc. There is no limitation to the number of groups you can join.
Have badges and ribbons assigned to your profile, dependent on specific roles and responsibilities (either within the community platform or real-life positions i.e., APC Assessor and Group Moderator).
Gain points for engagement and contribution, and earn badges and banners while doing so
Search the member directory for peers on the platform. You will however only be able to view profiles of people who have opted to be listed/shown on the directory)
Upload content into libraries and access others’ documents once shared
Receive email communication roundups of the latest discussions in the groups you are a part of, and to choose the frequency of these sends
Receive communications in an onsite inbox
Respond to comments on a post directly from your personal email inbox
Access an open forum of relevant information

With an updated visual theme, myRICS community now looks better than ever!
More comprehensive events calendar
Search for volunteer opportunities throughout RICS
Mentoring programme

Your opinion, experience and feedback is important to us. We will also be running polls to consult with you on features you would like to see rolled out on the community platform.

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What is the myRICS community?

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