Until now, we were scattered. We sought help in the little literature that exists about online communities. We searched the web and found single pieces of information. We ventured into psychology and communication sciences, play theory, marketing and advertising. But we missed something essentially. A place to go to when all else has failed. A place where we can find people who are in the same position as we are, who we can ask for guidance, best practices and ideas, who understand us. There are more reasons yet to be addressed: education guidelines, lobbying and many more. These are the reasons why we need something like IOCMA - International Online Community Management Association. IOCMA seeks to become that one place. It’s time to engage.

World Time Map

IOCMA members can be found all over the globe. Do you want to know whether you could reach your peer in Sydney or Singapure or Stuttgart? Have a look at our members map to find out how late it is in any place of the world.

Membership Terms

Membership with IOCMA is free - free as in free beer. Register at this site if you want to access discussions and downloads via web, or subscribe to the mailing list at Google Groups. At the moment you need to register with Google Groups to contribute to the mailing list. We are working to seamlessly integrate site and mailing list.

Step 1: Subscribing to the Mailing list
Step 2: Register at iocma.org

IOCMA - Call For Participants

This call is intended to gather professional community managers and community builders working in the field of online communities.

We are working in a field that has many different aspects. Community professionals have varying backgrounds, work in different industries and aim to fulfill different business goals. We work with all kinds of communities, all sizes of them and different topics and missions.