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Presentation Description | Speaker Information | Meeting Agenda | Location | Registration
Check-in: 12:50 pm
Program: 1:00 pm sharp!
Cleveland Park Library, 2nd Floor, Large
Meeting Room
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Wash., DC
Cost Effective Content Management
Speaker: Steve Drucker, President/CEO, Fig Leaf Software
Audience: IT Managers, Developers, Communicators, Designers, Information Architects, Business Owners
Prerequisite: An interest in understanding how Web-based content management systems (CMS) can benefit your organization
After reviewing basic CMS concepts, principles, capabilities, and features, the functionality and price points of six industry-leading products from different vendors will be compared and contrasted:
- Macromedia Contribute
- Ektron CMS
- Paperthin CommonSpot
- Microsoft Content Management Server
- LayerIT CMS
- SiteExecutive CMS
| "I thoroughly enjoyed this seminar. [It was] conducted it in a to-the-point yet captivating manner. [The speaker] was interesting to listen to, enthusiastic about the subject, and conveyed his opinion without appearing biased. His personable, friendly manner enhanced the atmosphere of the event. I gained new knowledge about CMS packages, which is helping me in my decision making. Thank you." |
Speaker: Steve Drucker, CEO of Fig Leaf Software, founded the company with Dave Watts in 1992. Steve is a co-author of the best-selling book The ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and is a Macromedia Certified Training Instructor (originally an "Allaire Agent"). He has served as project leader on several high-profile ColdFusion-based applications for Bell Atlantic, GlobalOne, MCI, and other Fortune 500 organizations. Steve founded the first ColdFusion User Group (CFUG) and has authored numerous articles focusing on scalability and advanced Web development technologies for the ColdFusion Developer's Journal. In addition, Steve has been a featured speaker at trade shows including the Allaire (Macromedia) Developers Conference, Flash Forward, Web '97, and FedWeb.
Before creating Fig Leaf Software, Steve was a C programmer and ventured into database programming with Microsoft FoxPro, developing the first nationally distributed commercial real-estate listings database and the first Windows-based client-server interface to the Virginia Multiple Listings Service (MLS). Steve holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
Fig Leaf Software was founded in 1992 as a custom-software development firm specializing in database application development using Microsoft FoxPro. Staying ahead of the industry wave, Fig Leaf shifted company resources in 1995 to focus on the development of Web applications and data-driven Internet sites. Clients include Bell Atlantic, Alltel Communications, Estee Lauder Corporation, Fannie Mae, T. Rowe Price, Verizon Communications, American Chemical Society, Defense Research Institute, World Resource Institute, Federal Aviation Administration, Bureau of Justice, the Architect of the Capitol, and the U.S. Mint.
Steve Drucker may be reached via e-mail.
Agenda
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12:50 pm
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Check-In |
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1:00 pm
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Welcome & Announcements |
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1:05 pm
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"And You Can Quote Me on That . . . "
Tax Updates & Accounting Tips, Jina Etienne, CPA |
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1:15 pm
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Main presentation: Cost Effective Content Management;
Steve Drucker |
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4:00 pm
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Q&A |
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4:10 pm
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Closing announcements |
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4:15 pm
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Informal queries, conversation, networking |
Saturday, November 15, 1:00 pm (Check-In: 12:50 pm)
Cleveland Park Library, 2nd Floor, Large Meeting Room
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
(Library open 9:30 am to 5:30 pm)
Meeting room entrance is on Newark St.--at right side of library.
2nd floor meeting room is up one flight, or use main library entrance on Connecticut Avenue
and go to 2nd floor via elevator at back--then turn left and go to open door at end of hall.
(map)
Location: One-half block south of the Cineplex Odeon Uptown movie theatre on Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. (There are many restaurants suitable for pre- or post-meeting gathering/networking/refreshment in the block north of the library.)
Parking: Very small lot, off Macomb St., to left of library.
Metrorail--Cleveland Park Station on the Red Line (on Connecticut Avenue, just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site)
Free and open to all
CPCUG Member-Only Door Prize Drawing at end of some meetings!
Optional Post-Meeting Gatherings
Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 12) goes to Nanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the library at 3319 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or another local establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshment following the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and food.)
Join us!
Advance Registration Requested. Often we have handouts and/or giveaways (occasionally even refreshments). Only your advance registration enables us to have enough for everyone.
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Saturday, December 13, 2003, 1:00 pm
Topic: Spin to Win!
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November 21, 2003