1) The International Online Community Management Association (IOCMA) is a new organization for professional community managers. 2) Over 30 community managers have signed up since November to collaborate on building resources for the field, including a mind map and wiki. 3) The goal of IOCMA is to connect community managers, discuss challenges, and share advice to support each other and advance the profession.

1. Community Managers‘ Community
IOCMA – International Online
Community Management Association
Sascha A. Carlin – IOCMA

2. 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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3. What is currently going on?
• 30+ professional Community people signed up
since November 19th.
• We are collaborativly working on a mind map
depicting topics and tasks CM are involved in.
• The mind map is accompanied by a wiki with
resources and notes to the map‘s topics.
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6. 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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7. What: A Community for ourselves.
• Things on their way
– Mailing list
– Website
– Resources
– Network
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8. 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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9. What: A Community for ourselves.
Your ideas?
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10. 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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11. Who: Community Managers
• People who create and
maintain online communities of
any kind.
• Some of us go by other titles:
Product Manager, Project
Manager, Customer
Relationship Manager,
Marketing Manager, …
• Do you use the Internet to
allow others to connect,
discuss, share? Then you are
one of us.
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12. 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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13. When: The train is moving
• Spread the word, inform
your peers, discuss it with
friends.
• Join today and help
creating IOCMA.
• Join tomorrow and stand
on the shoulders of
giants.
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14. Next Steps
Gain momentum.
Shape IOCMA‘s
future form.
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