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

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 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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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, 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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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 help
creating IOCMA.
• Join tomorrow and stand
on the shoulders of
giants.
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Next Steps
Gain momentum.
Shape IOCMA‘s
future form.
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