Below are blog entries for November 2008.
User's Conference Presentation Videos Released
By Chris Armistead
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 4:00pm
Hannon Hill is excited to announce that the videos from the 2008 Cascade Server User's Conference are now available on the Hannon Hill Knowledge Base. The two-day conference was held on September 22-23, 2008 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center and consisted of two conference tracks, executive and technical, each with its own set of sessions and speakers throughout the day.
The Cascade Server User's Conference featured presentations from a variety of perspectives to provide valuable knowledge for Cascade Server users. Topics range from Cascade Server Roadmap to Tips and Tricks for End Users to Advanced XSL.
Conference presentations were given by Hannon Hill staff, including CEO David Cummings, COO David Klanac, and Director of Engineering, Bradley Wagner. Sessions were also led by some of Cascade Server's power users from a variety of organizations.
Based on the feedback we received from those who were able to attend the conference, we feel the conference videos will be of use to all types of Cascade users. If you were unable to attend this year's conference, or if you were able to attend and would like to view a session you might have missed, be sure to check out the videos of all the sessions.
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- Events
Meet the Team - Evan Barton
By Uran Piedra
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 10:00am
URAN PIEDRA: Welcome to another edition of "Meet the Team." Today we'll be introducing Evan Barton, who has recently joined the Hannon Hill team as a Marketing/Rich Media Associate. Good Morning Evan.
EVAN BARTON: Good Morning.
URAN: So, let's get started. What attracted you to a position that combines the worlds of marketing and rich media?
EVAN: From my experience, I've learned that rich media is an integral part of the marketing/communications process. Last May, I graduated from Wesleyan University with degrees in Film and English, so I knew I wanted to work with both visual and written media. I started looking for opportunities at PR companies focused on the technology industry, or companies that incorporate digital media and web marketing into their overall marketing strategy.
URAN: Okay, and before joining Hannon Hill you had some experience working in print media didn't you?
EVAN: Yes. During the summers of 2006 and 2007 I worked at a small newspaper in Brooklyn. The paper was a daily, so I learned a lot about how to research background information online, conduct interviews, gather as much information as possible, and write the story before the 4:30 deadline. I also did some copy editing and helped with layout.
URAN: Have you ever done any visual media production?
EVAN: I have. As a Film major I worked on a number of short film projects, and this summer I produced an informational video for the HBCU Landgrant network about the opportunities students can take advantage of at land-grant universities.
URAN: And so Hannon Hill seemed like a good fit for what you were interested in?
EVAN: A really good fit. When I found the Marketing/Rich Media Associate post online, it was exactly what I was looking for: a software company focused on using innovative technology to incorporate blogs, video, and other forms of interactive multimedia into their web marketing strategy. I sent an email to Hannon Hill and was contacted for a phone interview shortly thereafter.
URAN: So how are you adjusting to office life?
EVAN: I'm really liking it so far. Hannon Hill definitely isn't the traditional office setting, with its bright colors, asymmetrical architecture, and fully-stocked break room. I really need to start cutting back the amount of Coke Zero I drink here! Also, the people I have met on the Team all seem friendly and willing to help out if you're having trouble with something.
URAN: Great! What are you working on now?
EVAN: Right now I'm learning everything I can about Cascade Server, as well as getting involved with lead filtering to ensure that the Hannon Hill solutions consultants are only making contact with strong, viable prospects.
URAN: Alright, well thank you for sitting down with us today. That wraps up this edition of "Meet the Team."
EVAN: Thanks for having me.
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- News
Hannon Hill Shares Cascade Server at EDUCAUSE 2008 in Orlando
By David Cummings
Thursday, November 6th, 2008 at 3:00pm
The 2008 EDUCAUSE Conference took place in sunny Orlando, FL (quite a change from Seattle, the site of last year's conference), and three of Hannon Hill's own were fortunate enough to attend-- myself, along with Emily Macke, Solutions Consultant, and Morgan Griffith, Marketing Director. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. As the conference attracts thousands of technology professionals from higher education institutions (where our client base is strongest) across the country, it's a perfect showcase for Hannon Hill to inform this market of our innovative web content management solutions.
Housed at the Orange County Convention Center on October 28-31, the theme of this year's event was "Interaction, Ideas, Inspiration", a notion that's a perfect fit for Cascade Server. Emily, Morgan, and I met with education professionals ranging from end users to webmasters, all the way up to campus VP's and other executive decision-makers. 
Many of these individuals were checking out the convention as a way to keep up with the latest industry trends, but our team also met a large number of attendees who were obviously struggling with their content management needs, with many of them actively looking for a new solution.
As an added bonus, many of our current clients did us the pleasure of stopping by our booth just to say hello and let us know how well things are going with Cascade Server on their campuses. A big thanks goes to David Cantrell from Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Brett Ingerman from Vassar College, John Sharkey from Rollins College, and other friendly faces from the University of Texas-Arlington and Emory University (to name a few) for dropping in and sharing such great feedback. In our third year of attendance at EDUCAUSE , we were reminded once again why we go -- to tell as many folks as possible about the power of Cascade Server, and to ensure that more institutions of higher education are realizing the importance of web content management.
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- Events
50 Sites: The University of Richmond and Cascade Server
By Sam Beresford
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 at 12:50pm
Founded in 1830, the University of Richmond is a private, highly selective liberal arts university located just west of downtown Richmond, Virginia, and is consistently listed in the top 25 of the U.S. News & World Report ranking of the best liberal arts universities in the nation. Before becoming a Hannon Hill client, the school's web operations faced large hurdles; many websites hadn't been modernized in 4 years and were managed by a patchwork of programs and a homemade CMS, and they were difficult to integrate into the university's overall marketing plan.
After adopting Cascade Server, the university's Web Services Office, led by Eric Palmer, completely modernized and migrated 50 sites to the Cascade Server content management system in less than 3 months. With great support from university president Edward L. Ayers, Palmer led the Web Services team in creating sites like clockwork, keeping a careful eye on precisely what worked and what didn't, and spotting and correcting inefficiencies along the way. Through a centralized coordination of efforts, Richmond's Web Services Office now oversees a network of websites that relies on the adaptability of decentralized content ownership and that broadcasts a consistent marketing message, and has even utilized Cascade Server to publish the course catalogs, both online and in print, of the university's School of Arts & Sciences, School of Law, and Business School.
For more in-depth coverage of some of the innovative ways our clients use Cascade Server to power and manage their web content, check out our latest case study on the University of Richmond.
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- Resources
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