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

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General User Group Challenges

Finding Members

Finding Speakers

Finding Venues

Finding Sponsors

Finding TimeFinding Leaders

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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