Meet Your 2025 Cascade User Conference Workshop Speakers

As we look ahead to the 2025 Cascade User Conference, we are excited to introduce our workshop speakers who will help you enhance you Cascade CMS web development and content management skills.

Whether you are just starting with Cascade CMS or ready to dive deeper into advanced Velocity coding, our full-day workshops are designed to equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to succeed in managing your institution's digital presence.

We're excited to share the speakers and topics for the #CUC25 workshops:

Workshop Track 1

Rebecca Crow joined Hannon Hill in 2019 as a web developer on the Professional Services team. She earned her undergraduate degree in organizational leadership from Purdue University, with a minor in computer information systems, and her MBA with a concentration in computer and information sciences from Colorado State University. Prior to joining Hannon Hill, she worked as an IT consultant for several Fortune 500 companies. She enjoys cooking, learning new skills, and playing with her dogs, Remy and Jamison.

Get to know Rebecca in her Work Anniversary Spotlight. 

Speakers

 

Nate Sims is a Web Services Developer on Hannon Hill’s Professional Services team. He works on implementing new client sites into Cascade CMS, adding new features to their current implementations, custom front-end code, and consulting clients when they are stuck or have questions regarding their implementation. Nate enjoys cooking, playing video games, caring for plants, and reading in his spare time! 

Learn more about Nate in his Employee Spotlight. 

Topics

Intro to Development in Cascade CMS

Learn the basics of developing in Cascade, empowering you to make additions and changes to your existing implementation. The focus of this workshop will be data definition modifications and updating the corresponding Velocity to account for these changes. We will also cover basic coding concepts so that you can understand your current code base.

Key Highlights

• Moving Parts: Learn how to create and update the data definition, system template, configuration, metadata set & shared fields, so that you can update any content on the page.
• Velocity: Learn programming basics in Velocity so that you can write better formats.
• Formats: Discover how to create reusable Velocity scripts that can run anywhere on your pages and allow you to generate dynamic content and markup.

Who Should Attend

• Web developers who are new to Cascade
• Web admins who want to make significant tweaks
• Marketers with a web development background

Requirements

• Basic understanding of how entities in Cascade are set up; such as Templates, Configurations, Data Definitions, Content Types, etc.
• Understanding of fundamental programming concepts, such as variables, conditional logic, and loops
• Basic understanding of HTML

When: February 18, 2025, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST)

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Workshop Track 2

Speakers

Elisabeth Hutzel joined the Hannon Hill team as a Web Developer in 2015. She's a pro at understanding customer needs, preferences, and overall vision and then putting it into action in her projects. As a Senior Web Developer, Elisabeth takes pride in completing complicated projects on time and to the highest degree of quality for each and every customer.

Learn more about Elisabeth in her Employee Spotlight. 

Fernando Blanco is a senior Web Developer on Hannon Hill's Professional Services team. He works on code and implements website designs for Cascade CMS. He also provides customized solutions for our clients as requested/needed. 

Learn more about Fernando in his Employee Spotlight.

Topic

Advanced Velocity Coding in Cascade

Elevate your Velocity coding skills with our Advanced Velocity Coding workshop. This session delves into Cascade Velocity’s advanced features and techniques, providing participants with the expertise to handle complex customization tasks.

Key Highlights

• Cascade Velocity Tools: Master the powerful tools Cascade CMS provides within Velocity for custom development, including Locator, Query, Sort, Date, and more.
• Advanced Syntax and Logic: Explore advanced Velocity syntax and intricate scripting logic to automate the creation of highly customized web pages.
• Code Reuse: Leverage macros and imports to enable efficient code reusability.
• Performance Optimization: Learn techniques to optimize Velocity code for enhanced processing and performance.
• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Hone your diagnostic skills to troubleshoot and resolve common issues in complex Velocity scripts.
• Best Practices: Discover best practices for maintaining and scaling your Velocity codebase.

Who Should Attend

• Web Developers seeking to extend the functionality of their Cascade implementations
• Those with a solid programming foundation and basic Velocity knowledge looking to deepen their understanding of Cascade development

Requirements

• Strong grasp of programming concepts like conditional logic, loops, arrays, and functions
• Good knowledge of Velocity syntax and coding principles
• Thorough understanding of Cascade entities, including Templates, Configurations, Data Definitions, and Content Types

When: February 18, 2025, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST)

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Seats are limited for the conference workshops. We encourage you to register as early as possible, as our workshops sell out quickly.

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Last Updated: Sep 26, 2024 11:00 AM

Chris Rapozo
Marketing Specialist

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