Presentation give at the CUPRAP Conference on March 11, 2009 - a revised version of the keynote speech given at eduWeb in July 2008.

1. IT’S THE COMMUNITY, STUPID! 7-step Plan To Raise & Nurture Any Community Online Karine Joly (@karinejoly on Twitter)

4. So many tools, so little time

9. Communication Overload

14. Stop, breath, and...

15. Think!

16. Remember, we are in the... ...Relationships Building Business

17. Conversations build Relationships

18. Many Conversations, Many Relationships.

19. IT’S THE COMMUNITY, STUPID!

22. What can YOU do for THEM?

24. If you build it with them , they will come 3

26. Listen, Identify, Empower 5

27. Call them back - on their terms 6

28. Meet your new boss(es)! 7

32. Over 150+ admitted student members 25% of students invited joined the community 700+ photos uploaded 400+ forum comments

33. Ann White, Web Content Coordinator Oklahoma Christian University

34. 2,300 registered admitted students 51% never made an official visit Of these, 83% submitted a deposit

35. Adam Stahr, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

36. 8,111 visits 78,631 pageviews 282 members (1,323 invited on Jan. 2) 712 photos posted by members 38 discussion forums 10 minutes: average time on site

37. Rachel Reuben, Web Communication Dir. SUNY New Paltz

38. 697 members 876 uploaded photos 20 groups created by members 82K monthly page views 45% members invited by their peers

39. Mike Caulfield Keene State College

40. Launched in January 2007 1700 members 2700 websites reviewed eduStyle Awards The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher-Ed Homepage Design

41. Stewart Foss, Founder eduStyle Web Design Gallery

42. Launched in April 2007 1801 members 39 speakers 20 webinar series 1325 webinars taken