Keeping track of Community gatherings at MMS 2011 #mms2011
The Microsoft Management Summit is the best community event on the planet, and this year’s version, MMS 2011, will be no different. The event will be huge. There are quite a few people who have attended this conference for many years. Some have taken a year or two off here and there, but all hanker to return.
Because of the number of friendships created over the years, there is always something going on somewhere. And, since it’s Vegas, Community folks can gather just about anywhere.
This year, we’re going to make it easier to keep track of community gatherings so no one misses out, and unless you just want some downtime, there will always be somewhere to be.
This year we’re going to be utilizing a special Twitter hashtag so that folks can track the community events going on.
The hashtag is:
#mmsfun
So, here’s how this works: If you attending a community gathering, Tweet the name of the location where you are either already at, or will be heading toward and then add the #mmsfun hashtag at the end of the Tweet.
For those wanting to figure out what to do, just follow the #mmsfun hashtag using your favorite Twitter tool and show up. That’s it!
Incidentally, if you use Foursquare or Gowalla locational services, you can also use the same hashtag to give people the exact location of the gathering. Just make sure your location activity is propagating to Twitter.
Also, feel free to use the hashtag while at the gathering for us to better record community activity this year. I can already imagine a huge number of “Shrek cleared the room again #mmsfun” tweets.
Please keep in mind, too, that these gatherings are for everyone! If you are a MMS newbie, this is a great way for you to create your own friendships. This community is one of the best at welcoming new people.
See you at MMS!
Incidentally, we are working up an official MMS community Tweetup on Monday morning (details to come in another post). We will be developing a MMS Twitter community army this year, so keep your Monday morning of the conference open if you are interested. We will be meeting in the MMS community lounge – we’re just not positive on the time yet. Look for full details early this next week.