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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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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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How do you engage on BMC Communities?

2506-7 days / week

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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!

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Mobile For The Win!

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