CCN Website Updates

Keith D. WingAnd

Joanne Leonard

8 January 2014

CCN Website Updates

Keith D. WingAnd

Joanne Leonard

8 January 2014

CCN Website Updates

Wild Apricot Member Management System

Membership and contact database

Online event registration

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

Community Membership Plan

$540 per Year

500 member or contact limit

400 Mb file storage limit

25 Mb single file limit

http://www.wildapricot.com/

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

New Features

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

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWashington DCWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

Virgin IslandsCanada

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number of premier CCN Members

Research and DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentPharmaceuticalAnalyticalExpert WitnessPolymersOrganic ChemistryProject ManagementBiotechnologyManufacturingProcess TroubleshootingChemical EngineeringEnvironmental & SafetySynthesisMedicinal ChemistryQualityMarketingPatentsTechnology TransferComputers and SoftwareMaterialsRegulatory AffairsLicensing and Technology TransferProcess Equipment DesignSafety and Loss PreventionSeparations and PurificationSpectroscopyCatalystsEquipmentPetroleumCost Analysis and Economic EvaluationOperations TroubleshootingChemical EducationEnvironmental ComplianceFood ChemistryLiterature and Patent SearchesSoaps and SurfactantsTechnical ??Agricultural EnergyMass TransferMathematical ModelingMeasurement and InstrumentationElectrochemistryGreen ChemistryHeat TransferNanotechnologyPigments and InksPumping and Fluid FlowValidation ??Attorney ColloidsExtractionHigh Performance Liquid ChromatographyReaction EngineeringBiochemistryCompetitive IntelligenceDivestitures and AcquisitionsNuclear ChemistryTranslation ??Fuel/Gas Chromatography PowerSecurityElectrochemical Power Sources

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Expertise of premier CCN Members

Premium Members By Expertise

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