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Keys to CMS Project Implemantation Success - Part 5

By Kat Liendgens

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 10:00am


In our last installment of the Keys to Project Implementation Success blog series, we talked about the importance of appropriately timing your Quickstart and training. Your Quickstart should begin as soon as you are ready to start migrating your website to Cascade Server, while training should occur before beginning the project to ensure user buy-in. In this final part of our series, we'll be discussing the importance of client involvement throughout the project.

The Statement of Work
The purpose of the SOW is to ensure that both parties understand the scope of the project. Therefore, we encourage you to read the document thoroughly and to as


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Take Another Look at the Sites Model

By Chris Armistead

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 2:30pm


Since our recent webinar where Services Trainer Ross Williams demonstrated a live migration from the Global Area to Sites in Cascade Server, I have had the privilege of speaking to many customers who have expressed their new-found comfort in performing such a migration themselves.  However, many of these same customers told me they needed a refresher in the benefits of migrating to Sites

Administrators and end-users alike will enjoy several features introduced by the Sites model.  The ability to assign Roles to users in particular Sites - for example, giving publishing abilities to a user in one Site but not in another - al
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Highlighting Cascade Server Client Resources

By Morgan Griffith

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 10:30am


We've noticed a growing trend over the last couple of years-- our client communication and transparency regarding web content management project status, timelines, and training is growing. Because we ourselves have trouble keeping up with all the developments in campus WCM communication, we thought we'd create a special place to spotlight these growing resources.

Our new Cascade Server client resources page highlights some of our current Cascade Server clients and their efforts to keep stakeholders vested and up-to-date with training opportunities, end-user and developer resources, and project status changes. We will continue to add to this a


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Save the Date!

By Uran Piedra

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 10:30am


Mark your calendars for the 2010 Cascade Server User's Conference taking place on Monday September 13, and Tuesday, September 14. We will be hosting our 5th annual conference at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center, within walking distance of the Hannon Hill offices.

For those of you who have attended past conferences, we hope you'll come back to join us at this brand-new venue for two days of learning and sharing all things Cascade Server. For those who have never attended a Cascade Server User's Conference, take a look at our previous year's session offerings, and consider coming out to join in on our fifth year of web c
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Hannon Hill's Global Area to Sites Webinar Now Available

By Chris Armistead

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 1:30pm


Hannon Hill's recent webinar demonstrating a live migration of the company's website from the Global Area to Sites in Cascade Server was a huge success, with nearly a hundred sign-ups and over eighty unique log-ins to the webinar.  We have learned since the Cascade Server 6.4 Webinar that not only are individuals signing up to view our webinars, in many cases entire offices are logging in to view and discuss the webinars together.  In addition, over 80 users have since viewed the Cascade Server 6.4 Webinar at their leisure. 

In keeping with this demand, we're happy to announce that the Global Area to Sites Webinar is now avai
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Two New Sites Launched with Cascade Server this Week

By Morgan Griffith

Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 4:00pm


If you frequent our blog, you may have seen our recent multi-part series documenting best practices when taking on a new site implementation with the Cascade Server web content management system and the Hannon Hill Professional Services team. Kat Liendgens, Professional Services Manager outlined these practices to aid organizations working with our Services team to implement a new site.

From this blog series, you may be familiar with the scope of the work our Professional Services team produces; you may not, however, have seen it live. This week, new sites were launched for Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering and the Univer


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Centralizing Collaboratively with U of S and Cascade Server

By Morgan Griffith

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 1:30pm


Our client case studies are a good way for existing and potential users to truly get a glimpse of the powerful ways Cascade Server can be used to manage web content. Being as flexible as it is, Cascade Server has proven to be a good fit for organizations in a variety of different industries with a variety of different goals. The most successful Cascade Server implementations we've seen, however, come from those organizations that employ a collaborative process.

From planning and researching web content management systems to developing a vendor short-list, involving representative stakeholders from across organizational departments ensures tha


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Keys to CMS Project Implementation Success - Part 4

By Kat Liendgens

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 11:30am


In Part 3 of our Keys to CMS Project Implementation Success, we discussed the importance of successful requirements gathering prior to embarking on a project. The planning stage plays a crucial role in the success  of a project because it allows you and your project stakeholders to accurately determine the appropriate direction and requirements for the project before getting started. When done correctly, this can lead to better adoption across the organization and less chance of project scope creep. Once you have clearly identified the project scope, it is important to think about the timing of your Quickstart and training.

Timing of th


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Watch us Migrate our own Website to Sites in Cascade Server

By Chris Armistead

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 12:00pm


After the success of our recent Cascade Server 6.4 Webinar, our customers and prospects alike expressed an overwhelming desire for Hannon Hill to continue presenting webinars on the most timely and relevant Cascade-related topics.  In that spirit, we are proud to present our next webinar demonstrating a live migration from the Global Area to Sites in Cascade Server.

Being Client Advocate at Hannon Hill means speaking to clients on a daily basis, listening to feedback, and using that feedback to shape practices that will lead to improved client satisfaction.  Something I have heard from our customers time and again over the past year


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