OW2 competence network: so that: 1/ visitors and people asking for assistance may be put in touch with those, in the community, who can offer consulting or other services 2/ individual members participating in OW2 get benefits from their volunteer involvement
by Ed Daniel
1. How can members benefit
1.1. Business development
1.1.1. Business referrals
1.1.2. Collaboration on client projects
1.2. Profil
1.2.1. Authenticity
1.2.2. Visibility / soft marketing
1.2.3. Skills / expertise
1.3. Serving members is the #1 mission of OW2
2. Promoting "professional IMs" in a transparent manner
2.1. Prefered/proactive involvement of members in OW2/ELC actions
2.2. Joint actions: eg studies
2.3. Cost coverage, budget, financial support, compensation
2.3.1. OW2 funding vs 100% volunteer work?
2.4. PR to promote the competence network
2.5. Targeted to IMs: because the case of legal entity members is already addressed elsewhere (99% of OW2's activity is targeted to them)
2.6. This is in line with the "energize the community" strategic objective
3. What should members give
3.1. OW2
3.1.1. Marketing
3.1.2. Member recruitment
3.2. Project
3.2.1. Technical support
3.2.2. Marketing
3.2.3. Human resource
3.2.3.1. Team recruitment
3.2.3.2. Contributions
4. Exposing services to "visitors"
4.1. Contact point
4.1.1. "single stop shop" with a transparent and neutral mechanism