MMS Minnesota 2014
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MMS Minnesota 2014
Obligatory Kitten Slide
Expectations and Overview
Would you so kindly:
• Listen and Participate Actively• Ask Questions• Heckle When Necessary
We plan to talk about:
• Existing User Groups• General User Group
Challenges• Conversation Points
MMS Minnesota 2014
Kent AgerlundLee BergSteve BuchananKenny Buntinx
Peter DaalmansSteve JesokGarth JonesBrian Mason
Chris NackersNash PhersonGreg RamseyMike Terrill
MMS Minnesota 2014
Systems Management User Groups (that we know about)
Arizona Systems Management User Group Phoenix www.azsmug.org
Atlanta Systems Management User Group (ATLSMUG)
Atlanta, GA www.atlsmug.org
Atlanta Windows Infrastructure and Virtualization Group
Atlanta, GA www.winvug.org
Central Texas Systems Management User Group
Austin www.ctsmug.org
Configuration Manager Community Event (CMCE) - Switzerland
Switzerland www.configmgr.ch
DFW Systems Management User Group Dallas/Ft. Worth www.dfwsmug.com
Houston Area Systems Management User Group
Houston www.hasmug.com
Madison Systems Management User Group Madison, WI madisonusergroup.com
Michigan System Center User Group Michigan www.miscug.org
Microsoft Enterprise Management User Group Denver memug.wordpress.com
Microsoft System Center So-Cal User Group San Diego SOCAL
Minnesota System Center User Group Minnesota www.mnscug.org
New England Area Systems Management User Group
New England NEASMUG
Ottawa Windows Server User Group Canada www.owsug.ca
Pacific IT Pros San Francisco www.pacitpros.org
San Antonio Area Systems Management User Group San Antonio www.saasmug.com
System Center User Group Belgium Belgium www.scug.be
System Center User Group Denmark Copenhagen www.scug.dk
System Center User Group Estonia Estonia www.scug.ee
The Windows Management User Group UK www.wmug.co.uk
West Michigan Private Cloud System Center User Group
West Michigan WMPCUG
Windows Management User Group Netherlands Holland www.wmug.nl
Windows Professionals Finland Finland www.winitpros.fi
MMS Minnesota 2014
General User Group Challenges
Finding Members
Finding Speakers
Finding Venues
Finding Sponsors
Finding TimeFinding Leaders
MMS Minnesota 2014
Conversation Points• Start a new group or grow your own so that it won't cost you or your members a penny• Learn and share information to help you get your job done and excel in it• Hold regular meetings where folks get to learn how others get the job done• Find sponsors to pay for food & beer for the meetings• Get your website going for free• Balance sponsor time with non-sales time• Expand your membership and find more people• Get free Office 365 for your group• Get locals to become involved and feel ownership in the group
• Figure out when and where to meet• Decide how often to meet• Adapt and grow
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MMS Minnesota 2014
How to start / grow / sustain a professional user group community.
#MMSMinnesota#MMSCommunity#MMSLove