Welcome to the International Association Of Online Communicators

The International Association of Online Communicators (IAOC) is an association created by online communicators and focused exclusively on serving those who practice and teach online communications.

If you are an online communicator, and would like to learn more, please read our mission statement and objectives, and then give us your feedback. We would like to hear from you today, whether you want to join now with your peers in forming this new association, or simply want to be kept informed about our progress.

Why now? Read a brief story of how we got started over a Philly cheese steak sandwich.

Interested? Join the list! Here are some of the online communicators who have joined our growing list. Be a supporter: send us a statement of support that we can post on our Web site and use in our grant proposal.

2009 International Conference - Washington, DC October 1-2
With Special Luncheon Co-Sponsored by PRSA-NCC

The International Association of Online Communicators (IAOC) Fifth Annual Conference was held in Washington, DC on October 1-2. Communication professionals, educators, and graduate students made paper presentations on Thursday and Friday. Friday's luncheon was co-sponsored by PRSA-National Capital Chapter and included a keynore address on online media by Edelmen Digital's Insights expert Steve Rubel. Rubel is well known to IAOC members, having participated in the 2004 IAOC blogfest and our panel discussion at the PRSA 2004 International conference, the first time ever PRSA had blogging on their conference agenda.

You can download Steve Rubel's 2009 IAOC presentation here (PDF - 3,147 KB).

You can all of the 2009 IAOC Conference Photos here (PDF).

Volunteer Opportunities

This is a volunteer organization, and there are many opportunities for you to be involved. Following are some areas where we need your help. Contact us today.

  • Website and blog content providers and web developers who can help with design/graphics/technology support
  • Migration of the website to Joomla! This is in Progress, thanks to the efforts of IAOC members Brendan Kelly and Dave Marks.
  • Student involvement in the IAOC website and blogging. This a great opportunity for teachers, too.
  • Migration of the blog to the an open source platform
  • A new blog show producer who recruits and moderates the blog.
  • A motivated individual or project team to develop and manage the online newsroom. The online newsroom was donated by PR Newswire and has the potential to be a great teaching tool for students and instructors
  • A sponsorship/grant development team to assist board member Dee Rambeau
  • Journal development
  • A team to plan and help support development of IAOC chapters
  • A finance and management group consisting of the board or a board sub-group with support of outside experts
  • Membership development
  • A conference and events group
  • Journal Content
    • Journal Sponsorship (in conjunction with Sponsorship group) and advertising sales
    • Subscription sales
  • In Europe (with leadership from Philippe Borremans)
  • At Universities

 

This Week on IAOCblog.com!

Please join us at the IAOC blog site for fresh topics hosted by one of our members. New topics of discussion are presented each wweek! You can use this form to propose your own topic. Blog hosts and topics have come from around the world. Here's a short sample:

 

IAOC Incorporated for Five Years Now!

Thanks to a grant from Rowan University, the International Association of Online Communicators has been incorporated as a nonprofit organization in the state of New Jersey (USA) and is organized under the 501(c)(3) provisions of the US Internal Revenue Code.