Welcome to the Sub-Saharan Veterinary Science forum of Rapid Technologies cc. There is a lot more to the forum than you can see as just an anonymous guest.

• Register and log in, create a yourself an expert profile (areas of expertise, professional experience and interests). Upload your photo.
• Once you have refined your profile, you can browse other profiles and interact with your peers, veterinarians or animal scientists, etc. by adding them to your online network or commenting on their member pages.
• Here members can reconnect with former colleagues, find potential clients, recruit talent or establish new contacts with technology partners or investors

Upload an instructional video, post your research (blog), visit the forum, share a note! Start a survey. Have fun... Sign up for a for profile. It is quick, easy and free. When you have a chance, please consult our rules.

We are committed to providing you with the tools that make professional networking easy. Our goal is to help drive innovation in veterinary medicine by giving you a place to voice your business opportunities, needs and opinions online. Together we can improve veterinary science in Africa.

Over the next year we will be launching an electronic magazine that will be made up entirely of member content. So make sure to write quality blogs at each instance, upload photos of your techniques or research, participate in the forum, and keep your profile sharp. This will postion you to be featured in the ezine that will be on available on the web for download. The ezine will also be made available free of charge to veterinary schools throughout Africa.

A relevant experience, specific to your career and reserved exclusively for veterinary science and veterinary medicine professionals. Networking made easy… the Southern African Veterinary forum features give you the tools to connect with people from academia, business and industry.

The Southern African Veterinary forum is your link to the other functional professionals within the veterinary services industry. Network with peers and
interact with colleagues, across the region & around the world, to discuss the
topics most important to your community. This is your connection to an industry
filled with experience & perspective for the benefit of your company and your career.

Here is a sample of what you can do:

• Stay in touch and stay current with your professional network of new and existing contacts.
• Advanced search allows you to find experts, strategic partners and suppliers.
• Send other members messages using the forum's internal email system.
• Post announcements to everyone in your network at one time.
• Let others know what events you’ll be attending or hosting.
• Add your images and share documents.
• Share your thoughts and insights using an online blog or journal.
• Let the community know what it is you have to say by starting or joining a group.
• Receive testimonials from clients or colleagues you work with.
• Automatically receive new employment opportunities based on your job preferences.
• Find others who share your passions. Elicit feedback on topics of interest.
• Raise your issues or questions in the forum in promoting your company, your research, your products and expertise
• Add yourself to our guestbook to greet co-members and newcomers
• Want to share your experience? Chat online with others who log in
• Need some help? Ask our experts your questions!
• Find or post events, invite attendees, share thought leadership

Invite your friends, colleagues and peers, and get featured on Top Invite-a-Vet!

Enter the Invite-a-Vet! monthly contest of the Sub-Saharan Veterinary Science forum. This contest is designed to be a fun way to encourage all members to invite their friends and colleagues to join our community and be rewarded with free promotion for their profile, company, product or service.

Here's how it works:
1) Each month, we encourage you to send out as many new invites using the "Invite" tab on the main toolbar as you can.
2) At the end of each month, we will calculate the number of new members that joined as a result of your invite.
3) On the 1st of the following month, we will place a featured link in the Invite-a-Vet box on the main page to the top invitor's company website.

This is a great way to expand your network on the vet forum and gain free promotion for you company at the same time!

Here are some tips for effective invitations:
1) Always use the "Invite" feature on the vet forum to send out your invites. This is how we will track your performance.
2) Personalise your invitation message. This will likely produce more conversion of invitations to actual new members joining.
3) Use the import features to pull in contacts from Outlook and other email programs to streamline your invite process.

Have fun inviting and good luck to all!