I’ve heard  about the Online Community Unconferece East happening on February 10th in New York, and I attended a similar conference about a year and a half ago at the Tribecca Grand Hotel.  Actually this conference is ideal to attend if your a community manager for Social Media outreach – and I probably will attend it.

You can get a special discount to   Online Community Unconferece East site by entering the promo code marshall25 which will take 25 dollars off the price of a pass.

Here’s more of a description .

The Online Community Unconference East is a gathering of online community professionals – managers, developers, business people, tool providers, investors – to discuss experience and strategies in the development and growth of online communities.

The event is February 10th from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Digital Sandox in New York, NY. The Digital Sandbox is located in the financial district and provides plenty of breakout space to support a full day of learning and fun. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Among the topics to be discussed will be …

• Online Community Metrics
• New Opportunities with Social Media
• Enterprise Communities: Hosting the Conversation
• Online Community Management: 10 Years of Experience
• Lessons Learned: Pitfalls and Best Practices in Community-Building
• For Beginners: Laying a Solid Foundation for the Best Community
• Security: Best Practices for Community Moderation
• What to look for when hiring community staff
• Leveraging the “Wisdom of the Crowd” to Energize Your Community
• Marketing your Online Community
• Building Community in a Support (Q&A) Forum
• Engaging Community Members: Turning Lurkers into Participants
• How to Grow Leaders Within a Community
• The Value of Contests
• And many more!

Anyway, the price of the conference is normally $195 January 11th through 26th and $250 on or after January 27th. On-site registration is $295 – but you can get a discount by using the Online Community Unconferece East site and entering the promo code marshall25 which will take 25 dollars off the price of a pass.

By the way, my coverage of the previous conference which took place on November 5th, 2008  is in the following posts

Marketing and Online Communities part 1

Marketing and Online Communities, part 2

Community Generated Media – Michael Leifner from Swirl and David Rubenstein from ExpoTV – part 3

Brand Monitoring in a Web 2.0 World – Marketing & Online Communities part 4

Remember – if your a community manager you should attend this conference – and a lot of jobs in Social Media are emerging as Community Managers – and if you attend use Online Community Unconferece East site and entering the promo code marshall25 which will take 25 dollars off the price of a pass.