1. Will Morgenweck
VP, Product Management
@wmorgenweck
Building an Online Community with The
Open Source DNN Platform

2. Agenda
• What makes a Community?
• Building a Community in less than 45 minutes
• Summary
• Q&A
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3. Top 5 Reasons for Building a Community
1. Acquire Knowledge / Ask Questions
2. Share Knowledge / Contribute Ideas
3. Communicate with Customers
4. Create Brand Awareness
5. Communicate with Internal Colleagues
Source: IDC Social Software Survey
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4. More Than One Product
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5. How Does It Work?
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Intranet
Employees
Activities
ForumsIdeas Blogs
Conversations Sharing
Wikis
Status Photos Files Comments
Events Videos Links Q&A
TeamsProjectsDepartments
Comments

6. How Does It Work?
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Customer Community
Customer
Activities
ForumsIdeas Blogs
Conversations Sharing
Wikis
Status Photos Files Comments
Events Videos Links Q&A
RegionProductsCompanies
Comments

7. DNN Platform Makes it Easy!
• Flexible Member Profile Offerings
• Various Registration Methods
• Role Based Security
• Content Management Tools
• Project Modules
• Large Selection of third-party modules
• Application Platform
Visit the our website for more information on DNN Platform

8. Tools Used For the Community
Out of the Box Features
• DNN Platform 7.3.1 - http://dnn.ly/DNN731
• Journal
• Member Directory
• Social Groups
• Profile
• Messaging & Notifications
Third-Party Features
• Porto Skin - http://dnn.ly/PortoSkin
• Live Blog - http://dnn.ly/DNNLiveBlog
• DNN Events - http://dnn.ly/DNNEvents
• Active Forums - http://dnn.ly/ActiveForums
Other Modules to Consider
• Xmod - http://dnn.ly/XModPro
• Ultra Video Gallery - http://dnn.ly/UltraVG
• DNN Chat - http://dnn.ly/DNNChat

9. Evoq Social
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 Gamification
 Community Analytics
 Ideation
 Q&A
 Activity Stream
 Blog
 Leaderboard
 Discussions
 Social Groups/Relationships
 Message/Notifications Center
 Content Flagging
 My Status
 Related Content
 Dashboard
 Wiki
 Events
 Digest Notifications
 Social Sharing
 Alerts
 Badges
 Social API
 Social Library
 Unified Comments
 Journal API
 Basic Search
 Profile Progress
 Default Skin
 Admin Modules
 URL Shortening
Learn More
http://dnn.ly/EvoqSocial

10. Summary
•DNN Platform is a great framework for Social Collaboration
•Free and commercial tools readily available
•Flexible Security Model and Member Management
•Adaptable to your needs
•Application framework
•Content Management
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