A Social Approach
Jason Austin, Pathways 2009

My Project Goals
Communication
Collaboration
Free form
We before Me
Stop, collaborate and listen!

My Project: Round 1
Campus Knowledge Base
KO in the first
round
Wrong timing

My Project: Round 2
NCSU Web
Developers Group

NCSU Web Dev Group
First Meeting in November 2008
~100 People Showed
Good discussion, desire for more
Created a social network via Ning

ncsuwebdev.ning.com
http://ncsuwebdev.ning.com

Quick Stats
140 members from NCSU, ECU, UNCC and industry
over 100 forum topics
over 50 blog posts
100 unique visits per day, 200 max

Focus on Content
Best Thing Ever
Campus Spotlight
Monthly Meetups
Training
iPhone Developer
Class
Search Engine
Optimization

Popular Topics
Dr. Hoit Interview
“Collaborate Together or
get RIFed alone”
“OIT Budget Reduction
Strategies”
“NCSU OIT’s Use of
Twitter”
“NCSU Branding Bar”

Coming Activities
Community Project
iPhone/Mobile app for NCSU
code.ncsu.edu
Code and project collaboration
Service Projects
Industry professionals

Join the Conversation!
http://ncsuwebdev.ning.com
http://www.twitter.com/ncsuwebdev