Event
Schedule
2008 APCUG Convention Schedule
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THURSDAY JANUARY 3 |
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8 am
11 pm |
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8 am
11 pm |
Photo
Gallery |
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12
5 pm |
Registry
open West Registration Desk |
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4 5
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First Time Attendee Session Grande A |
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5:30
6 pm |
Welcome Event Grande A |
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7:30
10 pm |
Kickoff Social Top of the Riv South |
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FRIDAY JANUARY 4 |
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7 am
5:30 pm |
Registry
open West Registration Desk |
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8 am
11 pm |
Microsoft Lounge / Hospitality Suite |
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8 am
11 pm |
Photo
Gallery |
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7:30
9:30 am |
Pinnacle Breakfast Grande A |
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User Group Dev |
Tech Sessions |
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9:45
11 am |
How to Increase Membership, Interest and Speakers in
your User Group Sam Wexler |
Fight
Spam Put yourself in the drivers seat with FireTrusts MailWasher Pro
Birl Smith Firetrust |
Finding
and Retaining Volunteers Gabe Goldberg |
Tech Soup Jay Ferron |
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11:15
am 12:30 pm |
Program Chairs When Things Go Wrong Cheryl Wester
and Doris Collins |
Creating a Podcast, Composing, and Remixing Music
with Acoustica Mixcraft 4 Dan GoldStein, Acoustica |
How to Create a (PowerPoint) Presentation in 60
Minutes Hank Feinberg |
ZoomText Lite: High Resolution Screen Magnification
for Everyone Scott Moore, Ai Squared |
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12:45
2:45 pm |
APCUG
Meet Your Advisor Luncheon Keynote
Speaker, Dwight Silverman: Running Windows on Your Mac Grande A |
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3 4
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Vendors Q&A Forum - Grande A |
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6:30
9:30 pm |
Vendor Fair Grande E & F |
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SATURDAY JANUARY 5 |
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9 am
12 pm |
Registry
open West Registration Desk |
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8 am
11 pm |
Microsoft
Vista Lounge/ Hospitality Suite - |
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8 am
11 pm |
Photo
Gallery |
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7:30
9:30 am |
Corel
Breakfast Grande A |
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9:45
11 am |
Working with Other UGs on a Common Project Gabe
Goldberg |
PC ReNew
Hank Feinberg |
Stump the PowerPoint Expert Kathy Jacobs |
Virtual Technologies (VMware / Virtual PC) Dennis
Courtney |
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11:15
am 12:30 pm |
How
to Create a Win-Win-Win Partnership with Vendors |
Verbatim: Where's
Your Stuff Storage Going? Andy Marken |
Cyber Security Ira Wilsker |
Marketing Your User Group Using Search Engines Ash
Nallawalla |
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12:45
2:45 pm |
Raxco
Lunch Grande A Presentation:
How to Increase System Performance by Getting a Better Understanding of
Windows NTFS File Systems |
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4:15 pm |
Ai Squared: ZoomText Lite: High Resolution Screen Magnification
for Everyone Scott Moore |
Reallusion: Making Movies Like a Rock Star: Creating
Animation and Avatars for Movies, Blogs and Websites John Martin II |
How to Set Up a Secure Home Wireless Network Tom
Jones |
Trend Micro David Perry |
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4:30
5:45 pm |
How to Create a Successful Product Review
Program |
Project X
Jay Ferron |
Moving from Online Contacts to Real-Life Friends
Kathy Jacobs & Betsy Weber |
Identity Theft
Ira Wilsker |
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6 8
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Microsoft
Dinner Grande A |
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8:30
10 pm |
Friends
of APCUG Grande C & D |
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SUNDAY JANUARY 6 |
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Registry and Photo Gallery Closed |
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8 am
2 pm |
Microsoft Lounge
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7:30
9:30am |
AMD Breakfast Grande A |
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9:45
11:15am |
APCUG Annual Meeting Grande C & D Jerry Awards Presentation |
Educational
Sessions
FRIDAY, January 4th
How to Increase
Membership, Interest and Speakers in your User Group
Presented by Sam Wexler,
This
roundtable will discuss proven techniques that have been successfully used by
APCUG member groups to increase membership, interest and speakers in their User
Groups. If your User Group has a need
for more members and interesting meetings then this roundtable is for you.
Fight Spam Put
yourself in the drivers seat with FireTrusts MailWasher Pro
Presented by Birl Smith, Firetrust
Birl Smith
will be demonstrating the consumer version of FireTrusts MailWasher Pro, the
leader in spam blocker software.
MailWasher is a spam blocker which allows preview screening before
e-mail arrives in your personal inbox.
Multiple accounts can be screened simultaneously. MailWasher will import your e-mail account
list and your friends list to get off to a fast start. Create your own custom filters or select from
prepared filters. Its quick, fast and effective. Be sure and check out
MailWashers Recycle Bin benefits.
Every APCUG
Convention attendee will receive a free copy of MailWasher Pro, version 6.1.
This is the only software package that I am aware of where you purchase it
once, and you get FREE updates for the life of the software.
Finding and
Retaining Volunteers
Presented by Gabe Goldberg
Most user
groups around the world struggle to recruit, train, motivate, and retain enough
qualified volunteers to fulfill their community service missions and goals.
Participants in this roundtable will share ideas, reports on what works and
what doesn't, and tips on preventing volunteer burnout.
This
roundtable will draw heavily on popular sessions conducted by Steve Peyrot at
past APCUG conventions. In the APCUG spirit of "user groups helping user
groups", join us to share your user group's experience with staffing
volunteer positions. Together we can avoid having the most
common name
on user group rosters being "Vacant".
Tech Soup
Presented by Jay Ferron
Description TBA
Program
Chairs: When Things Go Wrong
Presented by Doris Collins & Cheryl Wester
Right
before the meeting you get a phone call the speaker is not able to attend
now what? Attend the APCUG roundtable on
problems such as this and come away with several ideas on what to do. We will
have a few ideas and through discussion we'll come up with several more. Who
knows we might come up with so many that you don't even need to worry about
finding a speaker!
This is a
must-go-to roundtable. Please encourage at least one officer from your group to
attend this valuable workshop. Be prepared with your "horror stories"
and what you were able to do to run a successful meeting. We look forward to
seeing many of you-remember you don't have to be a program chair to attend.
Creating
a Podcast, Composing, and Remixing Music with Acoustica Mixcraft 4
Presented by Dan
Goldstein, Acoustica
Ever wanted
to create and publish your own Podcast, record your own songs, or remix your
favorite music? In the past, these may have seemed like insurmountable
challenges, requiring thousands of dollars in software and equipment, a record
deal, and a million dollar recording contract. But Acoustica's Mixcraft 4
turns your computer into an incredibly powerful, easy to use recording studio,
and you will be amazed by its seemingly endless capabilities and low
cost. With its huge loop, music bed, and sound effects library, you'll
have everything you need to record and produce your own podcasts. With
its multitrack recording features, you can easily record you entire band and create
the next platinum album. With its high quality plug-in effects, you can
add finishing touches and realistic processing to your music. With its
powerful automatic remixing tools, you can create party jams that seamlessly
flow from one song to another. And with Mixcraft 4's new Virtual
Instrument support and unbelievable professional instrument collection, you can
turn your computer into an entire music production facility with the addition
of a simple, inexpensive USB music keyboard. You won't believe how easy
it is to get started -- try Mixcraft 4 for free and unleash your creativity!
How to Create a (PowerPoint)
Presentation in 60 Minutes (...and give one)
Presented by Hank Feinberg
If you ever
have had a speaker cancel or needed to put a presentation together that is
timely and interesting you need to attend this session. Learn how to quickly
research a topic, build the Skeleton of the presentation and put the Meat
or content on the bones in around 60 minutes using Microsoft Word and
PowerPoint and the Internet.
What is a
good presentation? Hone your public speaking skills by learning a few tricks
and facts about presentations that keep people involved, attention spans and
yes even generate audience participation.
When you attend you will be given a list of resources and about 20 pages
of information on great presentations and public speaking ideas. If you attend
you might even win a prize. This presentation is guaranteed to knock you off
your seats.
ZoomText Lite
High Resolution Screen Magnification for
Everyone
Presented by Scott Moore, Ai Squared
ZoomText Lite is a simple and affordable screen magnifier
designed for individuals with early vision loss you know, those of us who
squint at the computer screen and lean in to read the fine print. ZoomText Lite solves this problem by
providing a gentle boost of magnification (up to 2 times) so that everything on
the screen is a little larger and easier to read. You can also adjust the size and color of the
mouse pointer and text cursor so theyre easier to find and follow, and adjust
screen colors for reduced glare and greatly improved clarity of text and
graphics. Come and see how ZoomText Lite
can help you.
SATURDAY, January 5th
Working with Other
UGs on a Common Project
Presented by Gabe Goldberg
There's
strength in numbers; that's one reason we've all joined user groups. Even so,
some opportunities require more resources than an individual group has
available. Rather than letting these mega-opportunities escape, consider
partnering or collaborating with nearby user groups for various reasons:
organize a large regional event, conduct a coordinated computer
refurbishing/recycling effort, deliver enhanced community support, lure a major
vendor to visitor an enlarged audience, whatever works for you and your
community's user groups. Think large or small, tailor efforts to local needs,
don't feel you must imitate something others have done. Cooperating can be a
one-time event or can lead to an ongoing relationship among kindred groups.
PC ReNew - a Win
Win Program Presented by Hank Feinberg
PC ReNew is
a computer refurbishing program that helps needy people better empower their
lives. Learn how to start a program in your club that gets your membership
involved and brings in new members and helps your community. It is designed to
raise public awareness of your club and increase the education of the proper
disposal of computers by giving them a second life. It is a strong reason to
promote who you are and what your group has to offer.
Hank will tell
you everything you need to know to
start, train, organize and run your own PC ReNew community program. He will
discuss working with the government, legal and insurance issues, building your
workshop, storage, work flow and operating procedures. He also will talk about
the special needs of the disabled, legal licensing and identity theft. He will
share all the build specifications, forms used to track requests and orders,
promotional ideas and discuss some of the ways to motivate club members to
become more involved.
If you are
a group that refurbishes or want to learn how easy this program is to implement
and increase your membership please attend. Your participation is
welcomed.
Stump the
PowerPoint Expert
Presented by Kathy Jacobs, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Your job,
should you accept it, is to stump the PowerPoint expert. Kathy Jacobs, resident
PowerPoint expert, will take your PowerPoint questions live during this
session. She will take any PowerPoint question thrown at her. If she cant
answer your question, she will point you to a resource that can. You will come
out of this session with PowerPoint abilities beyond your wildest dreams. Kathy
will be taking questions on PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 come prepared to make
her work!
Virtual
Technologies (VMware / Virtual PC) Presented by Dennis K. Courtney, CPCUG
Virtualization
is one of the most exciting technologies today.
In this session you will learn how to set up a new virtual PC, how to
virtualize an existing PC and how to make them exchange data with the host PC
across a virtual network. We will look
at both the virtualization software and some tools to make virtualization
easier. Products from both Microsoft and
VMware
will be demonstrated (and theyre all FREE!).
How to Create a
Win-Win-Win Partnership with Vendors Presented by
What is a
Win-Win-Win Partnership? That is where the vendor wins, the user group wins and
the members of your user group win. Developing this winning partnership
includes not only tips for having exciting programs but also tips for
increasing your user group ranking with the various search engines.
Verbatim:
Where's Your Stuff Storage Going?
Presented by Andy Marken
Does it feel like you're living on your compute