Event Information

Event: Online Community Unconference 2008
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Time: 8:30 am PT - 6:00 pm PT
Location: Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94043 | MAP | WEB SITE
FAQ: Questions and Answers About the Event

Announcements

• Follow the real-time tweets from OCU at either http://twemes.com/ocu2008 or http://summize.com/search?q=ocu2008
• Attendees added their photos to Flickr, tagged with ocu2008. If you've got photos from the event, we'd love to see them.
• *Demos & Exchanges:*Please note that we will have a demo and exchange session right after lunch, from 1:15 to 2:30. This is your opportunity to showcase a recent project, upcoming launch or new technology. We will have a signup sheet at registration, or you can email Bill to reserve a slot. The format will be speed geek-style, meaning the presenters will remain at their respective table, and the "audience" will shift tables every 5 minutes.

Session Index

Schedule

8:00 - 8:30 Registration in Atrium (Continental Breakfast )

8:30 - 10:00 Introductions, & Agenda Creation

10:00 - 10:55 Session 1

11:00 - 11:55 Session 2

12:00 - 12:45 Lunch

12:45 - 2:00 Community Demo & Exchange

2:00 - 2:55 Session 3

3:00 - 3:55 Session 4

4:00 - 4:55 Session 5

5:00 - 5:30 Wrap—up / Evening News

Session Ideas

Post ideas for session topics you would like to lead, or sessions you would like to participate in at the Unconference. Please note that posting here does not reserve a slot. We will be setting the Unconference agenda the morning of the 18th

• Online Community Metrics
• Enterprise Communities: Opportunities and Responsibilities for organizations that want to host "their" part of the conversation
• The evolving role of Community Manager
• Ideas: Are they a first class citizen in your community? Why not?
• Lessons Learned: Pitfalls and Best Practices in Community-Building
• For Beginners: Laying a Solid Foundation for the Best Community
• Security: Best Practices for Community Moderation
• What to look for when hiring community staff
• Leveraging the "Wisdom of the Crowd" to Energize Your Community
• The Role of Online Facilitators and Champions in Community-Building
• The Importance of Building Collaborative Ecosystems for Community-Building
• Marketing your online community
• Best Practices for Inviting the "Right" Type of People Into the Community
• Building Community in a Support (Q&A) Forum
• What Defines Success in YOUR Community?
• Communities of Collaborative Development
• Engaging community members - how do you get people to participate and not just lurk
• Searching for a white-label community platform vendor
• How to sell community to marketers
• Ideas for making community engagement take off
• How to grow competitive communities
• Making a product roadmap for a young community: how do you pick what to do?
• How to grow leaders within a community
• How to deal with community trolls
• Balance between destination and distributed community

People

• We will distribute an attendee list.
• Read about the People working on this Wiki, on the conference, registered as attendees, etc.
• To add your name to the people table below, use the vertical bar ( | ) character to mark cells. To create a linked profile page, add square brackets ( [ ] ) around your name, save this page, click on your linked name and start editing your new page. (NOTE: This needs to be done in the Advanced option to add the new cells.)

Travel and Accommodations

List of Hotels

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