With Sametime (Chats) out of the way (See: Part 1 and Part 2 ) and the initial user setup done too (see here ), it's time to start building things and getting users engaged in IBM Connections Cloud. From what I've seen, it appears that there are two major features to go; Communities and Meetings. For the time being, I want to focus on Communities. What is a Community? A Connections community seems to be a "group or topic around which members gather" in order to share and develop ideas. There are lots of things which could be communities; Your company as a whole. Specific Departments (or Business or Functional Groups) Members of a Particular Project A System (For example, your Invoice System). An Idea, such as "Business Continuity" A Hobby (such as a pet club, readers club or a movie watchers club). Most communities will probably be business-related but if you're having trouble getting people to use Connections, it might be worthwh...