Telecommunications FUNCTIONAL I

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Telecommunications FUNCTIONAL I

• Philippe Harewood
• Region 1 Telecommunications Chair
• Regional Leadership Conference
• Functional Presentation
• August 8th-10th

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Outline

• Introductions
• The need for telecommunication chairs
• What are my goals?
• Chapter Regional Board Structure
• NSBE Web Guidelines
• The Dos and Donts
• Site Design Development
• Web 2.0
• Recommended Sites Tools
• Contact Info
• Questions

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Introductions

• Philippe Harewood
• Chemical Engineering, Minor in Software Eng.
• McGill University
• Previous positions
• Chair, PCI, Academic and Tcomm /PR on CEB
• Programs Chair ZEB
• Why NSBE exec?
• Next years NSBE position

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Your importance

• You are the 1st impression
• You confirm 1st impressions
• You maintain the chapters image
• You are the technical expert
• Professional organization Professional web
  presence

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My Goals (OGSM)

• Provide an improved communications experience
• Facebook, Skype integration, Site upgrade
• Provide centralized NSBE info access
• WikiNSBE
• Improve NSBE online presence
• National web hosting proposal

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Information Flow Chapter Level
Vice President
Secretary
Programs Chair
Telecommunications Chair
Worst Case Scenario
Telecommunications Committee
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Information Flow National Level
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Web Site Guidelines

• What is it?
• NSBE site publishing guidelines
• Where can I find a copy?
• Download section - National website
• Chapter Reference Manual Regional Website
• Who must abide by it?
• Everyone publishing a NSBE site.
• Why?
• To protect the organizations business
  professional image
• Your site will only be linked from the Regional
  Site after it meets the requirements of the NSBE
  Web Guidelines

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Mandatory Content - Web Site Guidelines

• NSBE Mission
• NSBE History
• Chapter Executive Board (CEB)
• Pictures
• Email
• No telephone numbers (use AIM/Skype if necessary)
• Chapter Constitution
• Upcoming events

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Mandatory Content - Web Site Guidelines

• Clearly mark NSBE and Chapter name
• Must contain (or link to)
• Long Range Plan (LRP)
• Torch Description
• National Directives
• Must link to National Regional sites from all
  pages
• Must contain official NSBE logo on all pages
• Must not contain religious or political content

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Improper Editing of the NSBE Logo

• NSBE Logo modifications must clearly indicate
  chapter name

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Proper Editing of the NSBE Logo
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The Dos

• Double check your work.
• Create a telecomm committee
• Chapter constitution may allow official positions
• Ensures Tcomm position filled following year
• Clean and professional content and design
• Setup web submission deadlines
• Do work before school starts
• Be open minded to suggestions

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The Donts

• Dont use slang and offensive language
• Don't ignore school work
• Find a balance between NSBE and school
• Go to the time management workshop
• Don't be too flashy
• Don't get stressed out
• Engineers dont get stressed, they get solutions
• Dont be too serious
• NSBE FUN

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Site Design

• Navigation
• Simple Consistent
• Organization
• Important info easily found
• User Consideration
• Dial-up vs. High Speed Internet
• Firefox vs. IE
• Site Size
• Keep it manageable
• Cover the correct information

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Site Development

• Approach like an engineering problem
• Requirements/Specifications
• Follow the NSBE site guidelines
• Talk to your exec (ex. Secretary)
• Analysis
• Find simplest answer
• Design Development
• Elaborate answer
• Implementation
• Testing Verification
• Test it, test it, test it!

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From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0

• Todays websites rarely static
• i.e. Blogs, Forums, E-commerce, Google Tools
• Programmed, generated dynamically
• PHP, VB.NET, Python, Perl, Etc.
• Benefits
• Users enjoy modern experience
• Design separated from content
• Powerful tools/engines exist
• Wordpress, Drupal, DotNetNuke, Joomla
• Requirements
• Server database to store information
• Server that can run code

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Recommended Sites

• www.nsbe.org
• official symbol, documents etc.
• www.flashkit.com
• Flash resources and tutorials
• www.w3.org
• Website Code Validator
• www.w3schools.com
• All inclusive resource for web coding languages
• www.getpaint.net
• Great FREE alternative to Photoshop

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Recommended Sites Web 2.0

• www.apachefriends.org
• XAMPP All-in-one web server (PHP, Database,
  Apache, FTP)
• Great for testing web apps
• www.drupal.org
• Free Content Management System
• www.wordpress.org
• Free web Blog

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Recommended Tools

• Adobe Photoshop
• Professional Image Editor
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Professional HTML Editor
• Paint.NET
• Free Image Editor
• FileZilla
• Free FTP
• Programmers Notepad
• Free Text Editor

• Microsofts Express Tools
• Visual Web developer, etc.
• Firefox Add-ons
• IE tab
• Render pages using IE or Firefox
• Firebug
• JavaScript debugger

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REB Assistance

• I am here to help you
• This assistance starts here.
• Your current website status?
• What do you need?
• Conference call availability?

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Contact Information

• Regional Counterpart
• Region I Telecommunications Chairperson
• Cell 514-585-7365
• Email r1tcommchair_at_board.nsbe.org
• AIM r1tcommchair
• Skype philippe.harewood
• Office Hours
• AIM r1tcommchair
• Online Daily 8-10 pm
• Telephone Daily 8-10 pm
• National Counterpart
• Ninrat Datiri nebtcomm_at_board.nsbe.org

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Contact Information

• I need your Contact Info!
• Monthly conference calls

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Thank You!

• Questions Answers