8:30 am to 9:00 am
Registration and Coffee
Room 112
9:00 am to 9:30 am
Welcome and Announcements
Joe VanderMeulen and Jim Muratzki
9:30 am to 12:00 noon
Featured Speakers
A showcase of unique applications presented by Community Center Site Managers.
Online Tax and Parcel Data
Trudy Galla
Planning & Community Development Director, Leelanau County
Online Recreation Planning
Danna Widmar
Executive Director, Harbor Area Regional Board of Resources, Inc.
Online Tourism Initiatives
Kim Gallagher
Associate Planner, Southwest Michigan Planning Commission
Break
Online Event Management
Elizabeth Ammond
The Children's House
Online Membership Management
Jim Schwantes
Sweeter Song Farm CSA
Online Ride Sharing Initiatives
Janie McNabb
Community Relations Coordinator, Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Lunch and Q&A with LIAA Staff
While you enjoy your lunch, LIAA staff will be available to take your questions, discuss your concerns and note your suggestions about Community Center.
Jim Muratzki, Rob Astor, Dave Frey, Carl Ferguson
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Breakout Sessions
Each session, facilitated by a LIAA staff member, will include some demonstration and recommendations, with plenty of time for discussion and questions among all the participants. Choose one presentation for each session.
Session 1
Integrating Multimedia into your Web Site (Room 210)
Ready for your web site to make some noise? We will talk about how to produce audio and video for the web, then discuss various means to deliver it, including built-in Community Center tools, YouTube and others.
Jim Muratzki
Mapping for your Web Site (Room 112)
Maps on your web site can be used many different ways. From simply showing your location to delivering rich geographical information about your community, maps inform in ways that other media cannot. We'll talk about different methods to display maps and overlay community-specific content on those maps.
Carl Ferguson
Session 2
Keeping Constituents Informed (Room 210)
To push or to pull? We will discuss many different ways to get information to your community such as blogging, syndicated content, email newsletters and other techniques using Community Center and other services.
Jim Muratzki
Getting Your Parcel, Tax or other Data Online (Room 112)
Do you have data you would like to share with your online community? We will discuss and demonstrate tools for getting your data online with Community Center.
Carl Ferguson
Session 3
Using Community Center's Security System (Room 210)
The Community Center security system provides a wealth of options for Site Managers to provide users access to specific information. We will talk about memberships and subscriptions, owners and editors, and everything in between.
Jim Muratzki
Getting User Feedback (Room 112)
As a Web Site manager, it's often important to not only provide information but gather it. We will discuss methods of collecting data including online forms, surveys and quick polls and allowing comments.
Carl Ferguson
3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Wrap Up and Door Prize Drawing
Jim Muratzki
