Whether you’re brand new to FME or a certified Pro, the FME Community has an endless amount of free resources to keep you inspired and to keep your data flowing freely. Learn about top resources like tutorials and demos, the FME playground, the Q&A forum where you can get feedback on any problem, how you can influence FME development, and how you can earn badges like Skywalker, Pirate Chief, Guru, and Flavour of the Month. Filled with Safe’s experts and top data users from around the world, the FME Community is like a 24/7 User Conference that will help you grow your skills and professional network.

1. Ten Reasons to Join
The FME Community

2. Brian Pont
Support Manager, Customer Success
Christian Berger
Desktop Technology Expert
Mark Ireland
FME Evangelist
Nampreet Singh (Q&A)
Desktop Technology Experts Team Lead
Post all your thoughts,
suggestions, ideas, and
questions to the Q+A panel.
We want to hear what you
have to say about your
community!
Meet the Team

3. Agenda
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1 Our Mission: Turn FME users into FME heroes
Work: Boost your FME-related skills
Schmooze: Level-up in the real world
Grow: Unlock new tools and abilities
Summary: Why it’s almost like...

4. OUR MISSION
To help organizations
maximize the value of data.
To turn FME users
into FME heroes!

5. knowledge.safe.com
It’s like being bitten by a radioactive FME lizard!

6. Work

8. ￮ Browse existing answers
￮ Nothing relevant? Post a New Question and get
unstuck!
￮ Fill in the details
￮ Spaces and Topics
￮ Ask an Expert
#1: Advice
Ask us anything… FME Related

9. #2: Expertise
Ask, answer, vote
￮ Gain new perspectives
￮ Get answers to your questions
￮ Safe Experts, Partners, Topic Experts,
and all other users
￮ Climb the Leaderboard
￮ Stay in the loop by following topics
￮ Get email notifications for topics you are
interested in

10. #3: Learning
￮ Getting Started with...
￮ FME Desktop and FME Server
￮ New Formats, Transformers, Features
￮ Stay informed
￮ Best practices and recommended
transformers
￮ Known Issues
Tutorials, Training, Webinars and more!

12. Schmooze

13. #4: Networking
Because it’s not just what you know, but who you know!
￮ Make some great contacts.
￮ Industry, Field, Country
￮ Future: Individual discussion boards
￮ Become recognized!
￮ Boost your reputation
￮ Future: Grow with the community

14. #5: Rewards
Because we all like exclusive things.
￮ Win virtual rewards.
￮ Points and Badges
￮ Future: Reputation Levels, Missions
￮ Win physical rewards.
￮ Exclusive to the FME community
￮ Future: New Top Secret Collectables!

15. #6: Fun
Because you can’t learn while you’re asleep!
￮ Join a welcoming environment.
￮ FME is all about making work enjoyable
￮ Future: More non-FME interaction
￮ Play games, quizzes, and contests.
￮ Learn as you have fun
￮ Let’s Try: The Weekly FME Quiz!

16. Grow

17. #7: Accessibility
Because we want FME Info to be free.
￮ Anyone and everyone can get value from the
community
￮ Everything is available for free!
￮ No need for an account to view discussions,
articles and ideas. Sign-in to post and vote.
￮ Future: View your case/chat history and
communicate with Safe directly.

18. #8: Discussions
Because your feedback and ideas matter!
￮ Share your ideas about the future of FME.
￮ Share product suggestions (we are
listening!)
￮ Future:
￮ More types of discussion forums
￮ Groups based on industry and region
￮ Much more...

19. #9: Teamwork
Because sometimes it takes a village to succeed.
￮ Great ideas come from everywhere!
￮ One such place is the FME HUB
￮ extend FME’s reach using tools built by
Safe and the community.
￮ Contribute your own efforts to help
others.

20. #10: Community!
Expertise? Learning? Fun? Networking?
Discussions? Teamwork?
What does all that sound like?
It sounds like a user conference! One that is 24/7
Give us your feedback.
community@safe.com

21. Wrap Up
Don’t forget upcoming events:
￮ The FME World Tour, 2020
￮ See fmewt.com
￮ 70+ cities over three months (April - June)
￮ Speaking slots still available
￮ The FME International User Conference, 2020
￮ See fmeuc.com
￮ June 16th - June 19th, Vancouver, BC
￮ Speaking slots still available

22. Thank you!