Web Site Training Camp

We would like to thank all the enthusiastic and talented web site administrators who participated in the web site Training Camp held by AtHomeNet last week! This session, billed as ‘Four Hours of Fun-Filled Web Site Wizardry’ had a great turnout with over 50 attendees, many of whom were TOPS Web Site Administrators. On hand to represent TOPS was Jennifer Briere, Web Support Technician.

The evening began with a tour of Quality Tech, the facility that hosts all of the servers for our client’s web sites. This is a very high tech server facility with high-end security such as retina scanners, and more. There is even an entire section of the facility that is almost as big as a football field and completely blocked off, rumored to host the servers for a major search engine.

The main event was the training, which included a series of sessions covering various web site uses and abilities. We started off with the “Parade of Sites” where Susan Sanders shared with us examples of successful community web sites, and how they do it. Next, Paul Patton explained the thought processes behind such features as the Board Only menu, and the new Task Manager.

Chip Yonkee, web site administrator for Tuxford HOA, talked about being an uber Admin, and how to utilize the features in web site service to their fullest advantage. Scott Greene taught how to set up and use the new reservations feature, then Pete Dutton from AssociationReady walked through how to use ReadyDocs and ReadyResale to leverage your web site as a revenue generator. Finally, Jeff Sanders talked about what’s new, and what’s next for the Community Web Site Service.

All in all, it was an exciting evening spent sharing and learning about the web site service. It was so successful in fact that we are going to do it again! Look for an update next month with a proposed October date for a web site training camp in Arizona.