One of the advantages of PGDC membership is the ability to share your thoughts, wisdom, and reactions by posting comments following news stories and articles, and by participating in discussion forums. If you have read member comments or discussions, you will notice the member's name accompanies his or her posting. When you click on a member's name, a box appears that contains the personal profile information that member has elected to make public. When the new PGDC was launched, in order to protect everyone's privacy, every member's personal profile information was set to the default setting of name only. However, you can elect to also display your email address, occupation information, other contact information, and even your personal biography in your public profile. This presents you with a great opportunity to let other members know more about you, and lets you contact and network with other PGDC members who have made their profiles public.

All you have to do to modify your public profile settings is simply login and click on [My Account] in the upper left-hand corner of any page. Click on View Profile and you will see how other PGDC members see you when they click on your name.

To make all or any portion of your profile public, simply click Edit Preferences where you can then modify your Privacy Preferences and edit your personal information. We also encourage you to opt into the PGDC national member directory that enables other PGDC members nationwide to find you by name, profession, and location.

Who knows, maybe you'll make a great business contact or find an old friend! It's simple and takes just a few minutes.