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WELCOME!. NCOAUG Breakout Session. OAUG Announcements. North Central Oracle Applications Users Group. August 2013. NCOAUG is:. A community of Oracle E-Business Suite & Oracle Applications users, vendors, and consultancies in the north-central region of the US A sub-chapter of OAUG
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WELCOME! NCOAUG Breakout Session
North Central Oracle Applications Users Group August 2013
NCOAUG is: • A community of Oracle E-Business Suite & Oracle Applications users, vendors, and consultancies in the north-central region of the US • A sub-chapter of OAUG • An organization with published governing bylaws • A non-for-profit organization • An elected board
NCOAUG background: • Continuous existence since inception in 1994 • One of the largest regional user communities • Used as model for other communities • SIG/GEO Certificate of Distinction Awarded 2003-2009, 2011-2012
Who Belongs to the NCOAUG? 3,000 E-Business Suite Users & Vendor/Sponsors
NCOAUG Benefits • For Users • Educational Opportunities • Networking Opportunities • Two one day, multi-track events per year • Convenient location in Oak Brook, IL (Drury Lane) • For Sponsors • Present Solutions and Services • Meet face to face with prospects in Exhibit Area and meeting hall • Networking opportunity with other service or solutions providers
Membership Survey Results • Top 3 Primary Interests for Attending NCOAUG Training Days: • Attending sessions to expand my knowledge (86.2%) • Networking with peers (70.6%) • Meeting product vendors and service providers (40.4%) • The sessions at NCOAUG Training Day events offer: • Just the right amount of variety (50%) • Too little variety (26.9%) • Too much variety (13%) • Do not attend sessions (10.2%)
Membership Survey Results • Top 15 Topics of Interest: • EBS Financials (52.8%) • EBS Supply Chain & Manufacturing (36.8%) • EBS R12 Upgrade (36.8%) • Fusion Applications (31.1%) • Application Technologies (27.4%) • BI/EPM/Hyperion (23.6%) • Change Management and Training (22.6%) • Executive-Level Topics (22.6%) • EBS Projects (20.8%) • Database (20.8%) • Master Data Management (20.8%) • EBS HR/Payroll (19.8%) • Big Data (18.9%) • Fusion Middleware (18.9%) • Project Management (15.1%)
Membership Survey Results • Drury Lane as a venue for NCOAUG events: • 75.9% rated it Extremely good or Very good • 70.4% said they were likely to attend events there (by far the #1 choice) • 46.3% said they were likely to attend events in Shaumburg area (the #2 choice) • Frequency of NCOAUG events: • 83.2% said that twice-per year is just right.
Membership Survey Results • Top 3 Interest in special events: • Panel discussions during the NCOAUG Training Day (65.6%) • Round table discussions held at user locations on a topic of interest (45.8%) • Social event held at the end of the Training Day (44.8%) • Willingness to pay fee to attend, if it enhanced the conference: • Willing to pay $50 (52.0%) • Not willing to pay (31.2%) • Willing to pay $100 (16.7%)
NCOAUG board: • Mark Clark (OAUG Liaison) (mclark@o2works.com) • Shannon Hoekstra (Event Director) (shoekst@cap.org) • Dave Herrington (President) (herry@rhinosource.com) • Josh Scheumann (Treasurer) (josh.scheumann@zanett.com) • Melissa Sider (Secretary) (msider@astcorporation.com)
Contact NCOAUG: • Navigate to www.ncoaug.org • Click Contact Us • Submit your question or request