APICS Great Lakes District Website Update – Moving to StarChapter

APICS Great Lakes District Website Update – Moving to StarChapter

Jeff Taft

APICS Great Lakes District VolunteerAPICS Southwest Michigan Chapter – VP Technology

May 17, 2014

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Topics•Implementation Team•Progress to Date•Main Page•Site Review and Demo•Content review and suggestions•Remaining Steps•Questions ?

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Implementation Team• District Volunteers

• Tony Stencel - Grand Rapids Chapter - Current District Webmaster

• Jeff Taft – Southwest Michigan Chapter – StarChapter Power User

• APICS Staff• Jennifer Daniels – Vice President, Marketing• Lou Centrella - Interactive Marketing Manager• Jane Pearson - Director, Global Communications• Henri Wingfield - Director, Channel Partner Services

• APICS Steering Committee

• StarChapter• Kristin Naff

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Progress Since Last Update• APICS Template Design Approved – March 21

• Data Transfer, Design Integration and Internal Review Completed – April 29

• Test System and Admin access released to Tony Stencel and Jeff Taft – April 29

• District Volunteer Staff asked for input on content – May 6

• Initial StarChapter training for Tony Stencel – May 12

• Review of site with the full steering committee – May 14

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Main Page of APICS Template

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Demonstration of Test Site

APICS Great Lakes District Test Site Demo

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Content Review and Suggestions• What would you like to see on the Great Lakes District website?

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Remaining Steps• Review of all site content for correction and

update.• Jessy will perform a review of the site and

implement initial changes• Jeff and Tony looking at content and site review

• Great Lakes District Volunteer Team will be trained• Site will be officially released to Great Lakes

District• Targeted for the end of May!

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Questions ?

Feel free to contact me at Jeff.Taft@Blackmer.com