Welcome to the Wiki for the Online Community Unconference East.

Please note: Only attendees have edit permissions.

Event Information

Event: Online Community Unconference: East - 2008
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 8:30 am ET - 5:00 pm ET
Location:
Baruch College Conference Center, 151 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 | Map

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Announcements

• Attendees added their photos to Flickr, tagged with ocue2008. If you've got photos from the event, we'd love to see them. Just upload tag your photos with ocue2008 and/or add them to the ocu2008 group on Flickr.
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Wiki Index

Schedule

We will be starting the day at 8:30 SHARP! Please allow plenty of time to get checked in, get caffeinated / breakfasted, and be in the main hall by 8:30.

8:00 - 8:30 Registration (Continental Breakfast)

8:30 - 9:30 Introductions, Schedule Overview and Agenda Creation

9:45 - 10:40 Session 1

10:45 - 11:40 Session 2

11:45 – 12:40 Session 3

12:45 – 1:15 Lunch

1:15 – 2:30 Community Demo & Exchange

2:30 – 3:25 Session 4

3:30 – 4:25 Session 5

4:30 - 5:00 Wrap—up / Evening News

Session Ideas

Please list sessions you would like to lead, or session you would like to see here. We will be adhering to the principals of Open Space, so this list will not dictate the agenda for the conference. This list is merely to get the conversations going, and to give those unfamiliar with Open Space an idea of what topics will likely be covered.
Full list here. Please add your proposed sessions and a short description.

• Influencer programs for your community
• Metrics and Reporting: What works
• Customer Experience and Online Communities
• Boomer Communities
• Community ROI
• How to Manage Corporate Communities
• Special considerations for children and teen communities
• Establishing a culture in your community: Guidelines and Best Practices
• Increasing User Participation and Engagement
• Managing User Generated Content 2:30 session Room C
• How to Make Money in Your Community
• Subscription Services
• Twitter Business Applications
• Social Media: Addressing the "ecosystem"
• Factoring in Facebook to your community strategy
• Going Social with an Established Online Audience
• Crowdsourcing and its benefits/the WAS project
• Customer communities – how these are a new marketing channel for companies to drive brand awareness, customer sat, support, etc.
• Workplace communities – how these enable increased employee morale, recruiting, retention, etc.
• Convergence of corporate learning and Web 2.0 via community
• Building a network of local conservation practitioners in 50 countries -- to inspire, share lessons, and improve the practice of conservation.
• Increasing effective use of IT by building enterprise collaboration communities
• Careers in online community management - advice from the seasoned for those beginning on this career path
• "What Do You Love/Hate/Want to Know About Social Networks?"
• Governance and online communities: who is doing what and what should we do?
• Social Media in a regulated environment: where are the opps and pitfalls in healthcare?

People

• We will distribute an attendee list.
• Read about the People working on this Wiki, on the conference, registered as attendees, etc.
• To add your name to the people table below, use the vertical bar ( | ) character to mark cells. To create a linked profile page, add square brackets ( [ ] ) around your name, save this page, click on your linked name and start editing your new page.
• Connect with other OCU participants after the event. Add your links to the Social Media page.

Jobs Board

Looking to hire? Post on the Jobs Board.

Travel and Accommodations

List of Hotels

Check our List of Hotels and book your room as early as possible.

Ride Board

Arrange carpool to the event or offer someone a ride from the airport or downtown by using our Ride Board.

Social Media

• Connect with other OCU participants during and after the event.
• Add your links to the Social Media page.

Sponsors

We are very appreciative of sponsorship support of:

• KickApps
• Liveworld - Social Networking and Community Solutions
• Mzinga
• Socialtext

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