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Downtown Computer Club Prior Meetings
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Topics:
How an Internet Marketing Strategy Can Improve Website Results
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10/23/2008
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Speaker:
Joe Vangsness
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Company:
Vangsness Consulting Inc.
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Many businesses, professionals and nonprofits have websites that don't meet their expectations or goals. One of the many reasons is the lack of an effective internet marketing strategy.
Joe Vangsness will explain how an internet marketing strategy can be developed that will get results. The presentation will include:
-The need to determine your objectives and target market
-How search engines work
-The role of keywords
-How to design and build a website that search engines can index
-What website statistics programs can tell you about your visitors
-Techniques for getting results from your visitors after they land on your website
-Additional ways to generate traffic to your website
-Examples of successful strategies
-Resources for further learning (books, website, seminars)
National-Louis University, 122 S. Michigan Ave Room 5034
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Topics:
How to Create Your Own Website at Little or No Cost
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9/25/2008
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Speaker:
Joe Vangsness
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Company:
Vangsness Consulting Inc.
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Now that the World Wide Web has been around for some time, it seems that most everybody or business has a website. But not everybody has.
This presentation will explain and demonstrate some of the options available to those who want to create their own website without spending a lot of time or money.
Topics will include:
-Options for acquiring and using web design software
-How to create a website using free tools provided by web hosting companies
-Web page design tips
-What’s available for using one of these companies to host your website for free
-What you get for a small fee
-Resources and references for building and maintaining websites
National-Louis University, 122 S. Michigan Ave. Room 5015
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Topics:
Using Adobe Captivate to Create an Interactive Presentation
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1/24/2008
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Speaker:
Don Grady
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Company:
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Don Grady will demonstrate how easy it is to develop an interactive presentation using Adobe Captivate. He will build a short segment with the active participation of the attendees at the meeting.
With a couple of volunteers from the audience, he will show us how much fun it is to design, develop and publish a Flash movie, recording content created by the volunteers.
Don is the Executive Director of Academic Outreach, and oversees the efforts of two Centers at National-Louis University: The Center for Online Learning and the Center for Continuing Education.
Captivate is one of the tools used at National-Louis to deliver interactive learning both in the classroom and online.
National-Louis University 122 S. Michigan Ave., Room 5033 (5th floor) Chicago Campus
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Topics:
Trading Stocks & Mutual Funds from Your Home Computer
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11/29/2007
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Speaker:
Charles Dobey
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Company:
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Charles Dobey will demonstrate the software he uses to track the market and execute trading strategies for stocks and mutual funds. He will show how software and technology have progressed to make trading from your home computer much easier than in the past.
National-Louis University, 122 S. Michigan Ave. Room 6013 (6th Floor)
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Topics:
How to Edit & Resize Digital Images for Emailing
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10/25/2007
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Speaker:
Joe Vangsness
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Company:
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National-Louis University, 122 S. Michigan Ave. Room 6013
Now that digital cameras are in widespread use, it seems that everyone
wants to email you their latest photos. But not everyone knows how to
resize or edit the photos so that the recipient can have a good experience
looking at them.
This presentation will provide an introduction to handling digital images:
· How to use the free software to edit and resize images
· How to include images in the email text
· How to attach images and save attachments from messages
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