iocma - international online community management association
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Community Managers‘ Community
IOCMA – International Online Community Management Association
Sascha A. Carlin – IOCMA
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Who‘s that guy?
• Sascha A. Carlin.• Class of 1980.• 6+ years of Community Management with
Software AG, phpBB, T-Online et al.• Background in Library and Information Sciences.• After some time in web development now with a
publisher as Community Manager.
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What is currently going on?
• 30+ professional Community people signed up since November 19th.
• We are collaborativly working on a mind mapdepicting topics and tasks CM are involved in.
• The mind map is accompanied by a wiki withresources and notes to the map‘s topics.
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What, Why, Who, Where, When
• Single best (?) resource for professional Community Managers.
• Because we need & deserve a place of our own.
• Community Managers from all around the world.
• Online via mailing list and website.
• We just started.
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What: A Community for ourselves.
• Things on their way– Mailing list– Website– Resources– Network
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What: A Community for ourselves.
• Things to come– Conferences, Local
Groups, Chats– Lobbying– Educational guidelines aka
How To Become A CM aka Mentoring
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What: A Community for ourselves.
Your ideas?
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Why: We deserve it
• Connect to peers.• Discuss professional
challanges.• Get advice to put directly
to work.• We build communities –
Now let‘s build our own.
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Who: Community Managers
• People who create and maintain online communities of any kind.
• Some of us go by other titles: Product Manager, Project Manager, CustomerRelationship Manager, Marketing Manager, …
• Do you use the Internet to allow others to connect, discuss, share? Then you areone of us.
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Where: How to find IOCMA
• http://iocma.org/• Access to the mailing list
and ressources.• The place to connect,
network, collaborate and share.
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When: The train is moving
• Spread the word, inform your peers, discuss it with friends.
• Join today and helpcreating IOCMA.
• Join tomorrow and stand on the shoulders of giants.
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Next Steps
Gain momentum.
Shape IOCMA‘sfuture form.