IEEE Online Communities Current Efforts and A Look Toward 2005

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

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 .

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

Online Community Statistics l More than 10,000 members l 87 communities as of 22 Oct. l Average 20 new users per day l 31 new communities were created this year l 11% of users are members of two sites l 7 % of users are members of three or more sites

Types of IEEE Online Communities

Top 20 Viewed Sites* l Power & Energy l IEEE Electrical Safety Forum l IEEE-USA Employment and Career Strategies Forum l IEEE Region 6 Forum l IEEE EMC-PSTC Forum l IEEE Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Forum l Ramas Estudiantiles de Consejo Mexico IEEE (IEEE Student Branches of the Mexico Section l IEEE Region 9 Student Forum l IEEE TAB Forum l IEEE Engineering Management Society Forum l IEEE Communications Forum l IEEE Section-Chapter Volunteer Forum l IEEE Latinoamerica – Region 9 Forum l IEEE Embedded Systems Forum l IEEE Women in Engineering Forum l IEEE Security and Privacy Online Forum l IEEE SAMIEEE Forum l IEEE Nanotechnology Council Forum l IEEE Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Forum l IEEE Committee on Earth Observation *Note: The highest viewed sites are not necessarily the most used sites.

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

Expanded Community Offering l Online Communities as a Member Benefit l Many individual uses l Paper collaboration l Consulting work l Networking opportunities l Best practices exchange l Cost offsetting measures l Advertising opportunities l Purchase of an additional community l Purchase of additional community space

Continuing the Work in 2005 l A proposal for IEEE-wide implementation is forthcoming for February l Additional enhancements l Increased usage of communities as a collaboration tool l More collaborative work l Evaluation of other related services including blogs, wikis, etc.