Our First Users Group Meeting

Well a somewhat successful users group meeting was held on January 18, 2008. I say somewhat because we had initially thought that we'd have about 20 people there, but we ended up having 6. Never fear, however, because we will be continuing our efforts and hopefully bring in additional people to facilitate and regulate our meetings.

We learned a couple of things thanks to our meeting, however;

1) No more meetings on Friday - these seem to be difficult for many who already have weekend plans.

2) Food is good. We had pizza and pop...seemed to draw some people in.

3) Content - this is not a training, so the more you can talk about the product, the more people will be interested in what you have to say and use you as a contact for point of interest.

Now I'm not a great public speaker, for me, using the product is much easier than talking about it. However, if I can do it, I hope that you reading this will be able to do it as well. We generated alot of interest in After Effects, as well as SEO (search engine optimization), and the Cold Fusion that Matt discussed.

As always, we want to hear from you...suggestions on what you want to hear, ideas on what you want to see, and encourage anyone who is interested to spotlight or critique the software that you're currently using. You can reach me by posting here, or contact me through my Greenbush address.

OH, one more thing...we may start doing streaming of these events. We tried it last week, and it worked, so may try it again. If this is something you're interested in due to trouble making it, or if you're out of the area...please let us know...this may be something we'll do often!

Russ

PS. Look for excerpts of our First User Group to be posted here soon!!!