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Matt LaurenceauCommunities Catalyst | Wed Oct 15th
Winning with BMC Communities
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Matt LaurenceauCommunities Catalyst | Wed Oct 15th
Win with others on BMC Communities@matt_L
#bmcengage
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Agenda
1. Never heard about BMC Communities? Intro in 3 minutes (spoiler: that’s you all, online)
2. What happens there?We all have reasons to engage (pun intented!)
3. How to best benefit from it?Search, Follow, Interact
4. What’s Next?Roadmap for BMC Communities
@matt_L #bmcengage
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www.bmc.com/communities
What is BMC Communities, really?
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« A stream of collaboration and wins »
http://communities.bmc.com/
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Enjoy a huge virtual team, fun and highly productive!
« No fun, no success »
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Story Time93% of Engage Speakers
are active on BMC Communities
« Looking for Experts?
They are on BMC Communities! »
Robert Stinnett(9 years)
LJ Longwing(7 years)
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What happens on BMC Communities?
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Products: a lot of public collaboration…
… and roadmap interactions,in private programs!
Network AutomationAdvisory Program
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Ideas, Blogs:
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How to best benefit from BMC Communities?
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To best benefit…
Engage!!
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Need something?
1. Search
2. Ask!
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Follow, and information comes to you!Find a product area, or topic you like? ‘Follow’ to keep up with the conversations.
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Mobile For The Win!Get the "Jive Mobile" app.
Interact from your fav mobile devices
Your Inbox is in the Cloud
Install it!
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What’s Next?
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Roadmap brainstorming
1. R&D to share more tips
2. BMC to share more with key champions
3. BMC Products to display Communities content
4. Re-launching Local User Groups
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Key Takeaways
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Depending on your perspective, BMC Communities is…
1. An extension of Outlook… or your Twitter/Facebook/Linkedin with BMC Ecosystem
2. Your place to learn, share, and/or collaborate
3. The best venue to have a voice!
4. Giving you free training and WW expertise, 24x7
It’s your place to succeed !
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Thank You.
Top Tips:1. Follow 10 people2. Tell 5 colleagues about it3. Download Jive app4. Share, and learn far more!
Matt Laurenceau@matt_L #bmcengage