Transcript CCN Website Updates

CCN Website
Updates
Keith D. Wing
And
Joanne Leonard
8 January 2014
Wild Apricot Member
Management System
http://www.wildapricot.com/
Membership and contact
database
Online event registration
Community Membership Plan
$540 per Year
500 member or contact limit
400 Mb file storage limit
25 Mb single file limit
Online member applications
Renewal automation
Accept online payments
Embeddable widgets
Website builder
Multiple account administrators
Use your own domain name
Members only restricted access
section
Email
Hosting
New Features
Easy, intuitive navigation.
Login with secure individual ID/password (temp
will be sent by email) to premium member-only
area.
But public view allows potential clients to
find the right consultants.
Once you log in, individual premium members can
now edit/modify their own profile pages,
including photos, contact updates, external
webpages and more about services
External searches for consultants via Google or
other search engines. Google ranks CCN highly
for searches for chemical consultants, and this
will continue.
Internal searches for consultant expertise by
category and geography
•Areas for posting presentations, including past
meetings
• Event announcements, including upcoming CCN
meetings. We can more easily collaborate with
other chemically related groups, and extend our
communication reach
Blog areas This can include sharing ideas, organizing and
a job board
A resources section that provides advice to premium
members, such as tips on starting/maintaining a consulting
business.
Facile online payment for either meetings or website
dues, either through Paypal or using a separate non-Paypal
associated credit card
Other premium member services which we'll develop
during 2014
Administrative advantages
Finally, we have a complete, portable database of
paid premium CCN members including all contact and
expertise information . Easier to communicate with
and update all members
Easier posting of relevant material
Automated reminders of upcoming events and
payments and payment acknowledgements
All online payments integrated with the member
database, making it easier to track payments
Automated software upgrades and backup of all
data, ensuring data loss prevention
Overall, we can divert more energy to serving ongoing
members, as well as reaching out to new members. Also,
ensures integrity of member transactions with CCN.
Premium Members By State
number of premier CCN Members
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Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington DC
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Virgin Islands
Canada
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Premium Members By Expertise
Expertise of premier CCN Members
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Research and Development
Product Development
Pharmaceutical
Analytical
Expert Witness
Polymers
Organic Chemistry
Project Management
Biotechnology
Manufacturing
Process Troubleshooting
Chemical Engineering
Environmental & Safety
Synthesis
Medicinal Chemistry
Quality
Marketing
Patents
Technology Transfer
Computers and Software
Materials
Regulatory Affairs
Licensing and Technology Transfer
Process Equipment Design
Safety and Loss Prevention
Separations and Purification
Spectroscopy
Catalysts
Equipment
Petroleum
Cost Analysis and Economic Evaluation
Operations Troubleshooting
Chemical Education
Environmental Compliance
Food Chemistry
Literature and Patent Searches
Soaps and Surfactants
Technical ??
Agricultural
Energy
Mass Transfer
Mathematical Modeling
Measurement and Instrumentation
Electrochemistry
Green Chemistry
Heat Transfer
Nanotechnology
Pigments and Inks
Pumping and Fluid Flow
Validation ??
Attorney
Colloids
Extraction
High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Reaction Engineering
Biochemistry
Competitive Intelligence
Divestitures and Acquisitions
Nuclear Chemistry
Translation ??
Fuel/Gas Chromatography
Power
Security
Electrochemical Power Sources
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Now For a Live
Review….
Let’s Discuss Future CCN
Activities, which will
drive Web Features
• Continue with CCN “Dinner Club”
format or more “Free Networking”
• Must be done with new Bylaws
• Create a Chemically based
Microbusiness environment
• consultants
• professionals in transition
• gather folks who want to solve
problems together (Innocentive,
Maven etc)
• gather folks who want to start
businesses together
• More publicity, once we determine
direction