Description: The SOA president discusses how communication skills are of paramount importance to actuaries’ success.

Description: Department article that describes how the SOA is extending its e-Learning system with a set of new social learning tools.

Description: Feature article discussing the uses and advantages of Twitter.

Description: This article explains the way in which the SOA's 'Actuaries Online', its electronic bulletin board, have made the SOA's work more efficient and expanded its capabilities.

Description: This article features a test of your email etiquette that will help you polish your professional image.

Description: The reports you draft, presentations you make, emails you write, posts you put up and texts you send all contribute to your professional image, so make sure that everything you write (and do, wear, or say) sends a consistent, professional image.

Description: This article describes Actuaries Online- the Society of Actuaries electronic bulletin board sponsored on the CompuServe network, with additional sections identified for the Actuarial Standards Board, the American Academy of Actuaries, and the International Forum of Actuarial Associations. All bulletin boards on CompuServe have three key pieces: messages, libraries, and conferences. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1996, Vol. 1.

Description: Author argues that using social-networking technology is important, but face-to-face interaction is still better for career advancement as an actuary.

Description: This article is an interview of the 1,000th person to join the Actuaries Online system, Frank Stone. He is asked questions regarding his use of the service.

Description: This article is a discussion of social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, MySpace, Friendwise, Yahoo! 360, Orkut, and Classmates and how they relate to entrepreneurial practitioners and the way they do their jobs.