Energized Online Community and Social Media Professionals Buzz About the Online Community Unconference

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) -- Forum One Networks, a strategy and research group specializing in online communities, prepares for their fourth annual Online Community Unconference in Mountain View, CA on June 10th.

"The Online Community Unconference is the perfect opportunity to connect, network, present challenges and get ideas and feedback from the other smart and creative people that attend the event," says Bill Johnston, Chief Community Officer for Forum One Networks. "The downturn in the economy has caused many companies to look to their online community and social media teams to provide lower-cost methods for engaging their prospects and customers. The Unconference is the best place to get new ideas from other professionals who share similar challenges."

The interactive nature of the "open space" event begins well before the actual Unconference day. Attendees have already begun suggesting session topics on the event wiki, are buzzing about the event on Twitter and blogging about the event, "Do YOU Unconference?".

There are currently over thirty possible topics for the agenda, including:

•    Online Community Metrics

•    Lessons Learned: Pitfalls and Best Practices in Community-Building

•    Leveraging the "Wisdom of the Crowd" to Energize Your Community

•    What NOT to do in social media for social ventures: a question of focus & impact

•    Making a product roadmap for a young community: how do you pick what to do?

Current attendees include senior online community and social media professional from leading companies, including: Autodesk, Cisco, Civic Ventures, Collabnet, Diddit, Executive Networks, Get Satisfaction, Google, Hi5, Intel, Intuit, LinkedIn, LiveOps, Microsoft, NetApp, NewGang Live, PARC, Rackspace, Salon.com, Scottrade, Social Edge, Symantec, TechSoup, Twine.com, Walmart.com and Yahoo!.

The Online Community Unconference is sponsored by Egret Endeavors, Boonex and Omnifuse.

There are limited seats available for the event. To register for the Online Community Unconference, or for more information, please go to: http://ocu2009-pr2.eventbrite.com.

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About Forum One Networks

Forum One Networks is a division of Forum One Communications, a web strategy and development group based in Alexandria, Virginia, with offices in the California Bay Area. Forum One Networks produces events, conducts research, and provides networking and strategic consulting for online community and social media professionals.

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