Page Design Group

New Project Management Tool

2008-08-11T10:08:21Z

I am experimenting with a new project management tool called Base Camp that Mark suggested. It was spurred on by a request from one of our clients to be able to view (at any time) what projects they currently have active and what their status such as timeline, hours, to do lists, etc. My first thought was that this was going to take a lot of time and I might need to get Maria involved in the process. But after talking with Mark (he always seems to know a little bit about everything have you noticed?) I tried out this software. It might work really well for others of you who work on multiple projects for a single client or have a single project with multiple people involved and a complicated timeline and deliverable schedule.

Here is the info for the website to try the free version http://www.basecamphq.com/, or if you would like to come and have a tour of the site that I have set up just let me know.

Eigen AUA Trade Show Booth

2008-05-28T08:05:38Z

I didn't get a chance to tell many people about my trip to Florida for the AUA Trade Show, so Mark thought the blog would be the perfect place. The American Urological Association puts on this Trade Show/Meeting every year in a different part of the US. This year it was in Orlando, Florida. It was Eigen's first time participating in this Show and they started off with a bang! Thier booth came out beautiful and was packed with people from the start to finish of each day (even GE came over to ask how they were getting so many people in their booth)! They made over five hundred contacts during the first few days of the show and potentially sold many units.

My role was to see how the booth came together, look at their competitor's booths and marketing materials (as well as other businesses in the industry) and participate in a focus group. It was very educational and a bit overwhelming with the amount of information that there is at the show. You definitely need to wear comfortable shoes when you go to one of these shows! Eigen has already reserved thier booth space for next year and we are gong to start thinking about graphics right away.

Jennifer and the other Eigen team members were very happy with their experience at the Show, especially the graphics that Page Design created for them. Thanks to everyone that helped with getting those ready for them! If you want any more info on the show, just come by the East Wing and see me :-) H

Page Design Portal Is Live

2008-05-20T02:05:25Z

Well, you must have noticed that the Page Design Intranet Portal is now live. And what a relief it is to have up. It has only taken a day or so to put online and I have so many other pressing issues that I have not had a chance to perform any quality control checks on the site. So in your use of the site, please make note of any errors on the pages. You can make comments below to let me know of any errors.

Have a great day!

Mark Aplet
Senior Developer
916-457-0108