Building an Online Community with The Open Source DNN Platform
1. Will Morgenweck
VP, Product Management
@wmorgenweck
Building an Online Community with The
Open Source DNN Platform
2. Agenda
• What makes a Community?
• Building a Community in less than 45 minutes
• Summary
• Q&A
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3. Top 5 Reasons for Building a Community
1. Acquire Knowledge / Ask Questions
2. Share Knowledge / Contribute Ideas
3. Communicate with Customers
4. Create Brand Awareness
5. Communicate with Internal Colleagues
Source: IDC Social Software Survey
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5. How Does It Work?
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Intranet
Employees
Activities
ForumsIdeas Blogs
Conversations Sharing
Wikis
Status Photos Files Comments
Events Videos Links Q&A
TeamsProjectsDepartments
Comments
6. How Does It Work?
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Customer Community
Customer
Activities
ForumsIdeas Blogs
Conversations Sharing
Wikis
Status Photos Files Comments
Events Videos Links Q&A
RegionProductsCompanies
Comments
7. DNN Platform Makes it Easy!
• Flexible Member Profile Offerings
• Various Registration Methods
• Role Based Security
• Content Management Tools
• Project Modules
• Large Selection of third-party modules
• Application Platform
Visit the our website for more information on DNN Platform
8. Tools Used For the Community
Out of the Box Features
• DNN Platform 7.3.1 - http://dnn.ly/DNN731
• Journal
• Member Directory
• Social Groups
• Profile
• Messaging & Notifications
Third-Party Features
• Porto Skin - http://dnn.ly/PortoSkin
• Live Blog - http://dnn.ly/DNNLiveBlog
• DNN Events - http://dnn.ly/DNNEvents
• Active Forums - http://dnn.ly/ActiveForums
Other Modules to Consider
• Xmod - http://dnn.ly/XModPro
• Ultra Video Gallery - http://dnn.ly/UltraVG
• DNN Chat - http://dnn.ly/DNNChat
9. Evoq Social
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Gamification
Community Analytics
Ideation
Q&A
Activity Stream
Blog
Leaderboard
Discussions
Social Groups/Relationships
Message/Notifications Center
Content Flagging
My Status
Related Content
Dashboard
Wiki
Events
Digest Notifications
Social Sharing
Alerts
Badges
Social API
Social Library
Unified Comments
Journal API
Basic Search
Profile Progress
Default Skin
Admin Modules
URL Shortening
Learn More
http://dnn.ly/EvoqSocial
10. Summary
•DNN Platform is a great framework for Social Collaboration
•Free and commercial tools readily available
•Flexible Security Model and Member Management
•Adaptable to your needs
•Application framework
•Content Management
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