Welcome to our Joint General Meeting/Adobe Creative Suite User Group!

Our monthly general interest meetings include educational presentations and networking, focused on current developments in multimedia, web technology, and the digital arts. Now, OCMMA's new Adobe Creative Suite User Group - Orange County (CS-OC) will meet jointly with the General Meeting of OCMMA every third Tuesday of the month.

The goal of this group is to continue to provide local designers and developers with a forum for learning from speakers and from each other about how best to leverage the power of Adobe applications in their business workflows. Meetings will continue to feature presentations by Adobe specialists, business entrepreneurs, camera and hardware pro's, and others. Topics are selected to have broad appeal across the various multimedia disciplines. Cynthia Gordon is the Manager of CS-OC.

In addition, every month we'll dive into some aspect of the Adobe Creative Suite, with a special focus on ways to streamline your workflow and jump back and forth among apps to get your work done. We'll have a special segment at each meeting called: "Creative Suite Treats", where a 5 to 10 minute demo will highlight a particular tool or technique in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, etc.

Come at 6 PM for networking and food and soft drinks. The fee for OCMMA non-members is $15, or $7 for students with ID.

Program: Web Conferencing and eLearning with Adobe Connect

At our July meeting, Erik Hustoft of Engage Systems will provide a demonstration of Adobe's eLearning/web conferencing solution called Adobe Connect. As part of the demonstration, he will show how Adobe products like Adobe Captivate, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Presenter can be leveraged with the solution.

Erik's Bio

Erik worked as an Enterprise Sales Representative for Macromedia and then Adobe for roughly 11 years. During this time much of his focus was on Adobe Acrobat Connect. Erik is now co-founder and CEO of Engage Systems, a certified Adobe Partner, Reseller, and Trainer. The focus at Engage Systems is to help organizations find and deploy solutions that allow them to deliver ideas and information in an Engaging way. They focus on Adobe solutions like Adobe Connect, Adobe ColdFusion, Flex and Flash Media Server.

Member Showcase: Bill Lang

Tonight's Member Showcase will feature Bill Lang. After a 32-year career in System Engineering and Program Management at Hughes Aircraft, Bill retired, and then went on to teach "Principles of Management" and "Business Strategy" at California State University Fullerton (CSUF). After retiring from his teaching position, Bill started Digital Imaging Concepts as a home-based business in 1998. In the beginning Bill focused on enhancing vacation photos and restoring old photographs with the slogan “We rescue your treasured memories”.

Since that time Bill has broadened his business focus to include all aspects of Photo/Video editing and Video production. His present emphasis is on Promotional Video for Web sites and Video Biography. The Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce selected Digital Imaging Concepts as the Business of the month for February, 2010.

Bill's academic credentials include a BS in Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley, an MS in Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California, an MBA from CSUF, and a PhD in Management from Claremont.

Bill and his wife of 53 years have 5 children, 14 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren!