Thank you so much for all of your efforts!  I just want to say that you are so easy to work with - you make this huge job seem effortless!

Mark Searson
Principal,  St. Joseph’s High School
Renfrew, Ontario

Project Lead, Website Redevelopment

 Ustream.com is FREE.  Sign up and you get an account.  Plug in your webcam and click a big-ole Broadcast button and you’re live.  The number of viewers you can have is … wait for it… unlimited!  You can pay for the Broadcaster Pro software which allows you to switch between cameras etc., but that’s a luxury.  We chose to do so as it also added a way for us to do some character generation… post up scores, competitor names etc.  But for a festival or wedding, one camera is good enough and the sky’s the limit.  We were also able to record each heat on their server, on their dime!

The applications are impressive.  If you’re a festival manager, use this tool to show folks what they missed.  If your a musician, put on a regularly scheduled show.

Check out our broadcast  which is now recorded at www.worldkayakblogs.com

wp-table

2. To add a new table enter a table name, select the number of rows and columns you want to start with and click the “Add Table” button

Add a table

3. Once you have added a table you need to go in and edit it.

To edit an existing table click the “Edit” link beside your table name

Edit a table

4. Edit cell contents by clicking on the cell and typing what you would like to have appear

Edit cell contents

5. Add or remove rows and columns by using the buttons below and to the right of the table.

Add or remove rows or columns

New rows

Fewer columns

6. To place in a post or page, copy the table code from the top of the table page and paste it into your page or post where you would like to have it appear.

Table code

Place table in a post

7. Voila, your table should appear.  To edit your table simply go back to Posts / Tables and click the edit link beside the table which you wish to edit.

Table in a post

An extranet is a secure online area that resides on your server and with your website but only people you invite can enter and interact. If you have an OnCouRSS extranet installed with your website then this tutorial will give you the basics of how to navigate around and interact online. Note: the extranet tool works best in Internet Explorer 7 or higher.

1. Log into the extranet via your own site’s access portal.



Login to OnCouRSS Extranet

2. Use the right sidebar to navigate to the committee that you wish to work within. From there you can select what area you want to work within ie: Documents.



3. Click “Add New Resources”



4. To upload a new document, click the “Modify” button for the document category you want to work with.

5. Click the”Add” button beside the Resources Assigned box.



6. Fill in the details about the document - browse to the file, select the file type with the drop-down and click apply.



7. To share a web url, fill that field in instead of uploading a file.

We are really looking forward to getting rolling on this one!

In 2007 OncouRSS was mandated by the World Kayak Federation to create a place where paddlers could blog.  Tired of trying to find kayaking conversation in the vast outreaches of cyberspace, the directors of World Kayak wanted to provide a single place for whitewater conversation.  OncouRSS created www.worldkayakblogs.com out of WordPress MU.  This groundbreaking content publishing system allowed us to instantly create a network of blogs… complete with simple registration system, custom layouts folks could select from (150+ now) and the ability to point a domain to the blogs so they can be used as web sites.  The end result for World Kayak has been that the market literally gathers around them and hangs out!  This provides a simple means for World Kayak to market its programs.  Today worldkayakblogs.com is the single largest private WordPress MU!  With over 5500 members and an average of 500 posts a day, this site is the core of the boating community and its #1 trafficked site.

In 2008 the Art of Being Green festival approached OncouRSS for a strategy on how to keep content fresh on their ’socially pertinent’ web site.  They were also trying to find ways to attract exhibitors and attendees.  OncouRSS suggested the creation of a blog network for ‘green minded’ exhibitors.  Again with WordPress MU, OncouRSS built a full network of blogs for their exhibitors and friends.  Each ‘green’ exhibitor now has a blog spot at the site and all posts go to the main screen of Artofbeinggreen.com … keeping the mainscreen fresh with socially conscious thought and news!

There are other great applications to these tools.  The good news is that they are continually improving and creating more and more opportunity to engage your market by literally hosting them and providing a means for them to converse.

With a simple WordPress web site, they have ensured that their content is pertinent, timely and interesting.  From there they connected to a growing number of Friends via Facebook and the word of mouth process began.  Continual updates to the facebook page and the blogspot ensure that all who are subscribed to the feeds are being updated… along with their friends, and their friends… and so on.  Google provides the complex calendar they have for their month long events and Google Analytics oversees the statistical reporting on their marketing efforts as they convert to traffic.  In addition, the MM Bicycle Month folks are reaching out and involving their markets with online surveys (Survey Gizmo - a WordPress plug in) and are using a customizable forms system to track folks activities in their Community Challenge system.

June 2010 is Mississippi Mills Bicycle Month… join us in the valley!

With a combined 40+ years in managing and marketing festivals, Shelley and James are on site lending some insite as to how finance-conscious event managers can deliver a big bang for few dollars.  The topics will review all the free social networking options out there as well as some cutting edge ‘open source’ and on-line web options available out there.  If your around, join us!

Event is being held March 3rd to 6th, at the Crown Plaza in Ottawa, Ontario.

The first step was to have a place on the web where ‘ambassadors’ could log in and download event kits.  These kits gave event planners and volunteers an entire event outline in a box.  It handed them sponsors, municipal event application forms, waivers, step-by-step instructions on how to host an event and, more importantly, it gave them the marketing plan.  The marketing plan included the following:

• a web site where event managers could profile their event and list it among all others
• a web screen participants could register online for any of the events
• a system that allowed for scores to be entered for any competitive events
• a tool that allows for immediate results posting
• a blog that hosted event blogs showing the true colors of the event (text, photo, video)
• a live streaming toolset to be used to stream any event live on the web

One such event series is the Hometown Throwdowns… a grassroots whitewater series spanning the globe.  Organizers have the above mentioned tools and more and garner a growing amount of traffic to each event due to the coverage and services they provide via the system OncouRSS has developed for organizers.

Check it out: www.worldkayakblogs.com

We have currently finished the design phase and are in the process of populating the Board site.  This one is going to be A++!