Thursday, January 18, 2007

Presentations for February 2007

I've got my first two presentations of the year lined up.
After the Chaos of the Holidays, just a short breather before hitting the ground running.
They should be good, and I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things again.
For those that are interested, here are the details:



Search Engine Optimization and Submission

You've created the best widget site in the world, uploaded it to your web server, and now your ready to start taking orders. But wait... How will people find you? Well, unless they already know who you are and the name of your site, they will probably use a search engine. If you did not submit your site to the search engine they used, you probably won't be in the search results.

There is help... At this months meeting, I will show you the do’s and don’ts for preparing a site for, and submitting a site to a variety of search engines.

Come join us at the Web Publishing SIG on February 19, 2007 (the Third Monday) at 7:00pm.


Mind Mapping

Do you find it tough to keep track of all the details of a project? Does it seem that the only way to keep everything in order is to use a standard outline that spans many pages? Well, it doesn't have to be that way. By drawing your project tasks, sub-tasks... using connected branches stemming out from a central hub, it is quite easy to consolidate and simplify a project concept. Mind Mapping allows you to visually organize your thoughts by laying them out more like a drawing instead of a document. This makes for a very easy to follow concepts, thoughts, and relationships. It can be used internally or for explaining details to your customers.

At this months meeting, I will create a mind map for a web development project. We will be using Freemind, which is a very nicely laid out and intuitive mind mapping application, and... It's FREE! For those interested, you can find it here: FreeMind.

Come join us at the Small Business SIG on February 21, 2007 (the Third Wednesday) at 7:00pm. Get There Early, Handouts and Application CD's will be available in limited quantity.



If your in the Lexington, KY area, check out the ckcs.org website for more info.


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