Will MorgenweckVP, Product Management@wmorgenweck

Building an Online Community with The Open Source DNN Platform

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Agenda

• What makes a Community?

• Building a Community in less than 45 minutes

• Summary

• Q&A

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Top 5 Reasons for Building a Community

1. Acquire Knowledge / Ask Questions

2. Share Knowledge / Contribute Ideas

3. Communicate with Customers

4. Create Brand Awareness

5. Communicate with Internal Colleagues

Source: IDC Social Software Survey

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More Than One Product

BlogWiki

Forum

Chat

Ratings

VideosFiles

Status

Events

Photos Links

Comments

Recognition

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How Does It Work?

Intranet

Employees

Activities

ForumsIdeas Blogs

Conversations Sharing

Wikis

Status Photos Files Comments

Events Videos Links Q&A

TeamsProjectsDepartments

Comments

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How Does It Work?

Customer Community

Customer

Activities

ForumsIdeas Blogs

Conversations Sharing

Wikis

Status Photos Files Comments

Events Videos Links Q&A

RegionProductsCompanies

Comments

DNN Platform Makes it Easy!

• Flexible Member Profile Offerings

• Various Registration Methods

• Role Based Security

• Content Management Tools

• Project Modules

• Large Selection of third-party modules

• Application Platform

Visit the our website for more information on DNN Platform

Tools Used For the Community

Out of the Box Features• DNN Platform 7.3.1 - http://dnn.ly/DNN731

• Journal

• Member Directory

• Social Groups

• Profile

• Messaging & Notifications

Third-Party Features• Porto Skin - http://dnn.ly/PortoSkin

• Live Blog - http://dnn.ly/DNNLiveBlog

• DNN Events - http://dnn.ly/DNNEvents

• Active Forums - http://dnn.ly/ActiveForums

Other Modules to Consider

• Xmod - http://dnn.ly/XModPro

• Ultra Video Gallery - http://dnn.ly/UltraVG

• DNN Chat - http://dnn.ly/DNNChat

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Evoq Social

Gamification Community Analytics Ideation Q&A Activity Stream Blog Leaderboard Discussions Social Groups/Relationships Message/Notifications Center Content Flagging My Status Related Content Dashboard Wiki

Events Digest Notifications Social Sharing Alerts Badges Social API Social Library Unified Comments Journal API Basic Search Profile Progress Default Skin Admin Modules URL Shortening

Learn Morehttp://dnn.ly/EvoqSocial

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Summary

• DNN Platform is a great framework for Social Collaboration

• Free and commercial tools readily available

• Flexible Security Model and Member Management

• Adaptable to your needs

• Application framework

• Content Management