AAOE Collaborate Virtual Community

Collaborate is a platform for member-to-member communication. It is a dynamic online community designed and built just for you. The large forum called "Main Street" is the perfect place for knowledge exchange, content curation, idea incubation and professional networking. Join the discussion to share and learn about various orthopedic practice management topics. AAOE members may pose questions to peers, post valuable resources, seek guidance for challenges they are encountering, and add/view sample documents or forms.

Every AAOE member is auto-subscribed to Collaborate as valuable part of your benefits of membership, just as you are auto-subscribed to the weekly AAOE eNews.  You have online Collaborate community access as long as your membership is active. You may choose to update your Collaborate settings to receive emails in real time or weekly, rather than the standard daily digest. You also may choose a weekly consolidated digest or turn off email notifications.

You’ll sign in to Collaborate for the first time with the same credentials you use to sign in to www.aaoe.net . Check “remember me” option at sign on to make it fast and easy to re-connect going forward. If you need help with your sign in credentials, email info@aaoe.net or call AAOE member services at 800-247-9699.

You may choose to update your Collaborate settings to receive emails in real time rather than a daily digest. You also may choose a weekly consolidated digest or to turn off email notifications. If you chose the option of no email, you will still be able to sign in to Collaborate to review discussions and/or to search the library of resources.

Absolutely. Collaborate offers the opportunity for multiple discussion threads to be started and commented on. Threads will group comments with the original post, make reviewing much simpler. We welcome you starting a discussion by posting on the large open forum we call AAOE Main Street. 

Let other members get to know you by sharing your professional and academic background. It's also easy to connect your LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and other social media platforms.

Several details in your www.aaoe.net membership profile are automatically uploaded into Collaborate. If you have not recently checked your profile, take a look to be sure it is current and update your information if it is not. 

To keep the community positive, vibrant, and inclusive of all, a Code of Conduct will be enforced. You need to accept the Code of Conduct the very first time you first log in to Collaborate before utilizing the platform. You will not be able to post without accepting these important terms.

The AAOE membership database and Collaborate system are integrated and sync with each other every 30 minutes. Your understanding and patience with the updating process is appreciated.

The Reply to Group button should open up an email pre-populated for group distribution. If a browser window is opened instead, you simply need to update your Windows settings to set the correct default email service. 

The platform has some checks built in to try to prevent an out-of-office reply from posting. Collaborate is set up to recognize and reject a fairly long list of common words and phrases that indicate an auto-reply.  You also have the option within the Collaborate platform to select "no email" or a digest option for email notifications at any time.

If you reply to a post from your email, your signature block (including any logos or images) will post. If you reply from the Collaborate site, your default Collaborate signature will show. Currently, there is not an option to upload a logo to your default Collaborate signature.