A Note from Forum One...
 Here's a sampling of things we, our clients, and others are busy with online --
strategic planning, collaborative competitions, online community metrics, and more.
Enjoy this September compilation of what's grabbing our attention here at Forum
One.
Keep in touch,
Chris Wolz,
President/CEO
wolz@forumone.com
Upcoming Events
Web Executive Seminar
"Six Steps to
an Online Strategy"
Sept. 26, National Press Club,
Washington, DC
8 a.m. - 11 a.m.
We'll hear from innovative organizations
- American Rivers, Planned Parenthood, the World Bank - on how they planned and
executed an online strategy to support their mission, serve their audiences better,
and extend their impact. This session is the latest in Forum One's series of "Web
Executive Seminars" on web strategy and technology for policy impact.
» Learn more and register.
Marketing & Online Communities
Nov. 8, Tribeca Grand, New York City
8:30 a.m. - 5
p.m.
Forum One's Marketing & Online
Communities Conference is an invitation-based event to be held at the Tribeca Grand
in New York City on November 8. The conference will bring together thought leaders
from the marketing and online community sectors to discuss marketing challenges –
and unprecedented opportunities – in online communities.
» Learn more and
request an invitation.
Art on the Avenue
Oct. 6, Mount Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
 Art on the Avenue celebrates community diversity through the arts in
the Del Ray area of Alexandria, Virginia - Forum One's home turf! The 2007 festival
will feature more than 300 artists, international food, live music, and more. Stop
by our spin art tent and create a masterpiece!
» Learn more.
Client News
Changemakers.net to Launch 'Sports for a Better World' Competition
Changemakers.net, the innovative and fast-growing "collaborative competitions"
and social entrepreneurship initiative at Ashoka, will launch the "Sports for a
Better World" competition in partnership with Nike in mid-September. This
competition follows the successful "Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health
Care," which received 308 innovative entries from 27 countries (in support of these
results the Roberts Woods Johnson Foundation is providing up to $5 million to fund
disruptive innovations in the United States).
» Read more about
Changemakers.net.
Vote for Earth Force's GREEN Program
Earth Force has been named one of five finalists for an award presented by the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Business Civic Leadership Center for their GREEN program. In
partnership with General Motors, they engaged more than 9,500 young people in
projects to protect the health of their local watersheds and increase their
understanding of important scientific concepts.
» Vote for Earth Force on the BCLC site.
Forum One News
Forum One Team Wins 5-year EPA Climate
Change Contract
The United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) recently awarded a contract for support on climate change initiatives,
valued at up to $37 million over five years, to the team managed by ICF
International, which includes Forum One as a web strategy and development
partner. "Interest in climate change has soared recently in the U.S., and we expect
EPA's policies and programs to expand and evolve rapidly over the next five years,"
said Randall Freed, an ICF senior vice president and climate change expert.
» See the Environmental Leader article for more information.
Online Community Metrics Report
Published
Forum One's Director of Community and
Research, Bill Johnston, completed the Online Community Metrics Survey in March of
this year, and published it privately to our Online Community Research Network. The
report covers:
- Metrics options: a wide-ranging list of new and different metrics which
respondents found valuable apart from the norm of page visits and unique
visitors
- Desired metrics: a valuable wish list that has been compiled by online community
professionals for online community professionals
- Tools for collecting metrics: a highlighted graph on data collected to see what
the best services, tools and techniques are for collecting and analyzing online
community data
- Demonstrating ROI: quantifying the value of community efforts for
management
- Advice: top tips accumulated for community managers concerning best practice
metrics
The OCRN is a subscription-based, collaborative research effort of online
community professionals to better understand the challenges of building and managing
online communities.
» Read more about the OCRN
and subscribe.
Forum One Launches Live! Interviews Series
Interact with leading thinkers and practitioners using innovative strategy and
technology to improve social policy, build online community, and promote
collaboration with Forum One's Live! Interviews series. Chas Offutt from American
Rivers, our first guest, will answer your questions about their recent redesign.
Chas will take questions about the redesign planning and implementation, which
included his blogging about the process. Join us at 2 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept.
17.
» Ask Chas a
question now.
Forum One to Develop Web Content Strategy for EIA
Forum One is pleased to be starting a new project with the Energy
Information Administration (EIA), Department of Energy. EIA is the leading provider
of data and analysis about US energy issues, and thus a critical player on policy
issues about the environment and climate change. Forum One will develop for EIA an
enterprise web content strategy to guide its online efforts for the coming five
years.
» Read more about EIA.
New Clients
We're very pleased to be working with a
number of new clients, including:
- AFL-CIO
- Brookings Institution,
Wolfensohn Center for Development
- Dare Mighty Things, National Resource Center for HHS
- DATA: Debt AIDS Trade Africa
- New York State Health Foundation
- Physicians for Human Rights
» Read more about how we're keeping busy.
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