TAG Content Management

Welcome

Web site management has come a long way in a decade. Today, sophisticated content management tools allow even a novice to update wide-ranging areas of a Web site. Powerful CMS tools allow large corporations to manage large volumes of data and e-commerce.

Although easy for the user, a content management system can be very complex. What are the best practices for building and expanding a CMS? Which new technologies are worth the investment in money and time?
TAG Content Management gives e-commerce professionals an opportunity to network and share ideas across industries and specialties. Our goal is to raise the knowledge of our members and our profession.

Visit TAG Content Management's community group page here!

About TAG Content Management

The group will serve several purposes:

• Provide a networking opportunity for content management professionals

• Provide seminars in emerging technologies, standards, and best practices

• Develop a community of content management professionals

• Share ideas across industries and specialties leading to more innovative methods and raising the level of knowledge of its members and the profession. 

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Thank you to our Gold Level Society Sponsor for October 2011 thru September 2012:

 

A leader in Web Content Management and Online Engagement, Sitecore builds business application software that solves modern day problems for a wide range of companies and organizations. Sitecore software consists of platforms for Web Content Management ("WCM") and Customer Engagement, which includes website solutions and integrated automation of marketing tasks and e-commerce.

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2012 Calendar

Upcoming Events:

Content Management Society February Event: How Turner Broadcasting System Turned on Employee Engagement with SharePoint 2010

February 16, 2012  6:00pm - 7:30pm
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Event Overview:
Join the Turner team to view the variety of SharePoint 2010 applications used across their organization to support their on-air and online products. Get an insider’s look at employee portals, informational portals, and numerous business applications.

Find out how they continue to expand the use of SharePoint to expose data from external systems, and how they have redefined the traditional roles in a SharePoint team to become focused on consulting, training, development, and implementation in a fast-paced, every-minute-counts business.

Featured Speaker:
Tricia Mercaldo
Director, Communications & Collaboration
Enterprise Applications
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

Tricia Mercaldo has been with Turner over 24 years and has held a variety of positions. Currently, she is a member of the Senior Leadership Team in Enterprise Applications. Her responsibilities include the implementation and management of enterprise collaboration tools, in addition to coordinating and directing employee communications for the group.

She holds a BA in Computer Science from Georgia State University. She is a member of WICT, WIT, IABC, and IEEE and is involved in SharePoint user groups. 

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TAG Content Management Society April 2012 Meeting

April 19, 2012  6:00pm - 7:30pm
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TAG Content Management Society June 2012 Meeting

June 21, 2012  6:00pm - 7:30pm
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TAG Content Management Society August 2012 Meeting

August 16, 2012  6:00pm - 7:30pm
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TAG Content Management Society October 2012 Meeting

October 18, 2012  6:00pm - 7:30pm
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TAG Content Management Society December 2012 Meeting

December 20, 2012  6:00pm - 7:30pm
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 Past Events:

TAG Content Management Society Presents: Holiday Social Networking Event

Tuesday, December 06, 2011     6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

At the Defoor Centre

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Join the Content Management Society Board as they host an opportunity to network with other professionals in a social setting.

** Complimentary hors d'oeuvres will be provided and a cash bar will be available.

The Importance of Social Networking:
Networking is about making connections and building enduring, mutually beneficial relationships. The TAG Content Management Society operates as a catalyst to ensure you meet the “right” people to include in your network and expand your sphere of influence.

Attending the right events will not only help you meet likeminded individuals but also people that you could potentially work with or learn from in some way. And in a society where we are constantly bombarded with advertisements, emails, status updates, special offers, and sales pitches that create a cluttered message. Face to face networking event will help create a lasting impression to enable you and your organization to stand out, rise above the noise and remain top of mind.

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Mobile Website Development– Getting a Bigger Bang out of a Smaller Storefront

Tuesday, November 8, 2011      5:30pm - 7:30pm

The exponential growth of mobile Internet access means that businesses have to think one step ahead in developing mobile portals for their intended consumers. Solar Velocity CEO Jason Swenk will tell you what you need to know about planning and developing a mobile site to maximize effectiveness, also pointing out along the way common mistakes and how to avoid them. Through two Solar Velocity-developed mobile site case studies, FSBO.com and Cobb Galleria Centre, Jason will address mobile-specific design and usability, how to create a focused call to action, and how to use analytics to track the return on your investment


Speaker Bio:
Jason Swenk, Enterprise Relationship Manager, Northridge
(CEO for Solar Velocity until he sold to Northridge in September 2011)

I was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Solar Velocity for
11 years. Under my leadership, Solar Velocity was one of the leading technology and digital agencies specializing in web technologies, creative services, social, interactive, and mobile development.  We received Best Place to Work by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Innovative Company of the Year, Top 10 Most Dependable Web Design Firms in the Southeast, as well as one of the Top 25 Small Businesses of the Year, awarded by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for seven consecutive years (2003-2009).

In September 2011, I sold Solar Velocity to Northridge where I am continuing to consult on UX, Social CRM, SharePoint and digital marketing.

At Northridge, I continue to apply this expertise in collaborations with  national and international clientele, including Hitachi, Legal Zoom and  many other big brands. I have also become one of the pioneers and thought leader on Social CRM (scrum) strategies and implementation. I frequently blogs about the intersection of technology and has appeared as a featured speaker at Microsoft’s Convergence conference.

I hold a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from Florida  State University. I am an avid race car driver, cartoonist, and competes in periodic Ironman Triathlon competitions.
 

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TAG Content Management Society Presents: Insanity to Success leveraging CMS
Thursday, Oct 13, 2011   5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Defoor Centre
1710 Defoor Avenue, Atlanta, GA  


Join Stephanie Beckham, principal at BrainJocks and Holly Noah, director of marketing at Streamlite as they share the real life case study of insanity turned into success.

Client: Help! We need a new website…from scratch. And we need to create a brand experience to each of our different audiences and we need to be able to manage content in-house and on-the-fly. Oh and I need the site ready to launch in less than 6 months. Oh…and I don’t have a lot of money. Can you help me?
Agency: We can help you. What are we starting with? 
Client: Not much. I have no way to manage content or adjust the user experience. I have no visibility to site performance. And since we’re rebranding, nothing from our current site is salvageable. Am I insane or can we do this? 
Agency: Oh…we can do this.

And we did. Join us on 10/13 to hear the rest of the story and see how BrainJocks leveraged cutting edge content management platform Sitecore to develop a functional, flexible website that delivered beyond Streamlite’s expectations…in just 6 months with a budget less than $150k.

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The TAG Content Management Society Presents: A Case Study:  A Roadmap to Building an Online Client Portal

Wednesday, June 15th  5:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.

Featured Speaker Bio:
Mike Kler, Client Practice Director, Northridge Systems

Mike Kler is a Client Practice Director at Northridge.  In this role, Mr. Kler is responsible for providing senior leadership and strategic direction for engagements with strategic clients in areas that involve SharePoint, Business Intelligence, and Custom Development.  Mr. Kler has experience with managing requirements and implementations covering most of Microsoft competencies.  Over the past five years Mr. Kler has focused on SharePoint and Business Intelligence initiatives with clients such as Allstate and Electrolux. He has leveraged his strong experience in project management and business analysis to identify and plan initiatives based on sound business decisions.  Mike has delivered numerous solutions to clients in a variety of industries, including consumer goods, manufacturing, communications, services, and not-for-profit.

Prior to working at Northridge, Mr. Kler was a senior analyst working on large scale development efforts is several key industries: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Health Care, and Telecommunications.  Mr. Kler received a Masters in the Management of Information Systems from Auburn University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.

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2011 Kick-off Event and Social Networking Mix & Mingle
March 31, 2011  5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Social Networking with Free Hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar
The Defoor Centre, 1710 Defoor Avenue NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
www.defoorcentre.com 

 

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SharePoint: Get it right the first time

May 24, 2011 – 11am
Part of the TAG Webinar Series

Microsoft SharePoint Server is a powerful web platform used for managing and provisioning intranet portals, extranets and websites, document and file management, collaboration spaces, social networking tools, enterprise search, workflows, business intelligence, and process integration. SharePoint can host third-party solutions and provides a framework for custom application development. WHEW!!! With so many diverse capabilities, one can easily see how a SharePoint implementation will add value, become deeply ingrained, and provide critical support to any business operation.

Since SharePoint can play such a key role in organizational success, SharePoint 2010 implementations should follow a roadmap to ensure scalability while avoiding the pitfalls and disorganized deployments of MOSS 2007. How can your organization implement SharePoint 2010 correctly for long-term business efficiency and productivity? The answer is simply to do it right the first time. Please join CTS for a webcast titled SharePoint 2010: Get it Right the First Time that introduces key concepts for creating a SharePoint 2010 environment that will be scalable, searchable, and ready to meet the demands of any organization well into the future. CTS will present on May 24, 2011 and discuss how to maximize the features and functionality of SharePoint 2010 using best practices to solve specific business problems. 

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Society Board

If you would like more information to join the group, to be more involved,
to join the online community, or to host an event, contact:

Jerry Recht	Chair	jrecht@jrisolutions.com
Ron Jones	Co-Chair	rjones@askcts.com
Michael Auten		michael.auten@businesstradegroup.com
Holly Noah		hnoah@streamliteinc.com
Gary Sikes		garysikes@gmail.com
Michael Bosarge	TAG Liaison	michael@tagonline.org