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IEEE Online Communities. Current Efforts and A Look Toward 2005. IEEE Online Communities. 2004 Community Activity Statistics to measure progress New features added IEEE-wide proposal forthcoming. Very Active Sites. What makes a site “active?”
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IEEE Online Communities Current Efforts andA Look Toward 2005
IEEE Online Communities • 2004 Community Activity • Statistics to measure progress • New features added • IEEE-wide proposal forthcoming
Very Active Sites • 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. • 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)
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
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
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.
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
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
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.