CWP Meeting Tues July 28, 2009

Save the date. The next CWP meeting will be held as scheduled on Tues July 28 from 1:00-2:30pm at the James West Alumni Center in the Collins Alumni Conference Room. Refreshments and snacks will be served.  As always, anyone is welcome to attend these meetings.

Presentations
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Twitter 101
Seth Odell (Office of Media Relations)

Twitter, a free social networking and micro-blogging service, is one of
the most hyped and talked about topics in the world of web
communications. But how do you actually use it? Twitter 101 is a primer
that will give you the tips and tricks you need to get started. 


HTML Email Campaigns [[NOT SPAM!! DO NOT DELETE!!]]
Eric Gardner (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology)

Many people in tech-related work cringe when phrases like "email 
marketing" are used. We all hate spam, but is there a legitimate way 
for businesses and institutions to conduct email-based forms of 
outreach? This presentation will provide an overview of the pros, 
cons, and technical details of HTML-based email campaigns, along with 
some resources that might be useful to campus departments looking to 
get started with campaigns of their own.


Scrum
Salman Quazi (UCLA School of Law)

What is Scrum? Scrum is a framework for managing projects. Work is structured in cycles called sprints, that are typically two to four weeks in duration. It is a value system that asks teams to work together to accomplish a common goal, focusing on the output of the team rather than the input of the individuals.  At the end of each sprint, a potentially shippable product is delivered. Find out how the UCLA School of Law was been able to successfully use Scrum within their development of projects.