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Page 1: IEEE Online Communities Current Efforts and A Look Toward 2005

IEEE Online Communities

Current Efforts andA Look Toward 2005

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IEEE Online Communities

2004 Community Activity Statistics to measure progress New features added IEEE-wide proposal forthcoming

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Very Active Sites

Top Active Sites

•Power & Energy Forum

•IEEE Electrical Safety Forum

•IEEE-USA Employment & Career Strategies Forum

•IEEE Region 8 Student Forum

•Ramas Estudiantiles de Consejo Mexico IEEE (IEEE Student Branches of the Mexico Section)

What makes a site “active?”

• Members who visit frequently and participate in and create new discussions, contributions, file uploads, polls, etc.

• Members who participate in discussions via email.

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Other Sites Member Services IT Conference Publishing New Initiatives Committee IEEE Strategic Planning Committee TAB SPARC Editors Forum Awards Accounting and Finance Agora Team Toastmasters IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum Advertising WebPersons Workshop

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Online Community Statistics

More than 10,000 members 87 communities as of 22 Oct. Average 20 new users per day 31 new communities were created this

year 11% of users are members of two sites 7 % of users are members of three or more

sites

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Staff/Volunteer

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Technical

Regional

Types of IEEE Online Communities

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Top 20 Viewed Sites* Power & Energy IEEE Electrical Safety Forum IEEE-USA Employment and Career Strategies Forum IEEE Region 6 Forum IEEE EMC-PSTC Forum IEEE Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Forum Ramas Estudiantiles de Consejo Mexico IEEE (IEEE Student Branches of

the Mexico Section IEEE Region 9 Student Forum IEEE TAB Forum IEEE Engineering Management Society Forum IEEE Communications Forum IEEE Section-Chapter Volunteer Forum IEEE Latinoamerica – Region 9 Forum IEEE Embedded Systems Forum IEEE Women in Engineering Forum IEEE Security and Privacy Online Forum IEEE SAMIEEE Forum IEEE Nanotechnology Council Forum IEEE Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Forum IEEE Committee on Earth Observation

*Note: The highest viewed sites are not necessarily the most used sites.

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New Features Added June through October

Content version control Calendar reminders Member profile images Threaded discussion view File attachments in email broadcasts Web-based chat and community messenger Multiple file upload Unified search Secondary email addresses Discussion subscriptions Coming Soon: Web Account Authentication

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Expanded Community Offering

Online Communities as a Member Benefit Many individual uses

Paper collaboration Consulting work Networking opportunities Best practices exchange

Cost offsetting measures Advertising opportunities Purchase of an additional community Purchase of additional community space

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Continuing the Work in 2005

A proposal for IEEE-wide implementation is forthcoming for February

Additional enhancements Increased usage of communities as a

collaboration tool More collaborative work Evaluation of other related services

including blogs, wikis, etc.