Press Room Archive 2008
12.15 Remember That Time Website Launches
The new Remember That Time (RTT) website is climbing to the top as the number one source for prep school nostalgia. The RTT website was designed and programmed by Courtland to include features, such as: uploading and downloading of videos and pictures, free login area for anyone to sign up to share their memories, and a backend content management system for RTT staff to self manage the site which provides long-term cost savings. RTT’s vision for this family oriented and community-based site is to allow people to re-embrace the highlights of their youth. Videos, photos, and forums are there for you to enjoy and contribute to. Sign up for a FREE membership to comment on videos, and post messages in the Forum area where you can discuss fond memories or hype for your school in an upcoming event.
11.01 Courtland Office Move Announcement
Courtland Consulting announced plans to open a brand new office in East Lansing and at the same time close our nearby office in Downtown Lansing. All of us at Courtland are excited about this move as the additional space will greatly facilitate our escalating growth. Courtland will be at the new location starting November 17, 2008. Please stop by and visit us in our new office! Click here for Map Directions.
09.29 Courtland Sponsors at 2008 MFSC Conference
Courtland sponsors child support training scholarships in honor of this year’s Michigan Family Support Council’s 26th Annual Conference and for Child Support Month. Governor Jennifer Granholm has proclaimed October 2008 as Child Support Month in Michigan. To provide ongoing financial support for training to Michigan child support professionals, Courtland sponsored MFSC conference activities for their Oct. 8-10, 2008 Annual Fall Training Conference. Sneak a peek at our advertisement listed in this year's MFSC program.
08.17 Michigan Auto Dealer Website Redesigned
Courtland worked with Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, P.C. to redesign their affiliate website Michigan Auto Dealer. The site is a one-shop legal resource for Michigan auto dealers. Courtland provided a clean and easy-to-use layout for navigating the large amount of website content. The site includes programming of MySQL database-driven content for attorneys and practice areas which provides a long-term cost savings to the customer to maintain the content themself and share it across both the Michigan Auto Dealer website and the FraserLawFirm.com website.
08.04 Courtland Presents at NCSEA Conference 2008
Courtland Consulting was excited to be a part of the NCSEA 57th Annual Training Conference & Expo.
Thank you to all who visited our booth! Our team enjoyed meeting you and sharing our latest project news and services. The excitement around our giveaways for our delivery duck mascot was fantastic as well!
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06.08 OCSE Highlights Courtland's Work
The Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) recently issued a letter to all United States IV-D Directors notifying them of the completion of a recent project led by Courtland Consulting to gather a demographic profile of its child support customers. The project, called OCSE9, sought a better understanding of what cultures it serves, and the social and economic characteristics of its customers.To gather this important information, Courtland Consulting forged a partnership with The Urban Institute to create a sophisticated, web-based survey application. Our team worked with child support directors in the nine largest states to capture state-level demographic, social, and economic characteristics of their child support population. The application, built by Courtland, provided a secure login for each state to enter and store their data as well as allow for faster data analysis and streamlined reports. Courtland and the Urban Institute converted this data into meaningful reports and presentations to provide OCSE information to make better decisions about their program's future.
With Courtland's help, OCSE now has critical information and a defined process that can be used in future surveys to benefit the child support community. Read more about the results of the survey in the letter, found here.
06.08 HTA Website Redesigned
HTA Companies, a landscape and property maintenance provider, is thrilled to introduce their newly redesigned website, designed by Courtland Consulting. As their business has grown they have added more services and needed a website that more accurately portrayed their image as a state-of-the art landscape design resource. Courtland designed a custom site and graphics, added an interactive photo gallery and also provided assistance with writing the website content to support their marketing goals.
04.08 Master Craft Carpet Website Launches
Courtland is excited about our work with Master Craft Carpet Services. Their new website, designed by Courtland, was just launched. Working on the design was a unique process, because the company owner wanted to incorporate his love of snowboarding. Courtland's team was able to nicely incorporate this concept while promoting the company's high level of commitment to customer service.
Mastercraft's Marketing Manager, Suree Kang, was very please with the outcome and had this to say, "Courtland did an outstanding job on our new website! They exceeded our expectations by doing their homework on our industry and competitors as well as carefully listening to our needs. I look forward to working with Courtland on our future projects!"
03.08 Arriva Cosmetic Center Website Launches
One of Courtland's newest clients, Arriva Cosmetic Center, recently launched a new website, designed by Courtland's Multimedia team. Located within Lansing Opthamology, Arriva has the challenge of marketing services found in an eye clinic that you might normally seek out at a medi-spa. The website will be key in comunicating the Center's offerings and also provides a before and after photo gallery and a scheduling calendar.
Arriva's marketing team is thrilled with the result and the process it took to complete the site. Manager Lisa Rentz says, "[Courtland's team] is always looking for ways to use the latest technology to make the site easier to use and more effective. I appreciate knowing that they will be on top of that."
02.08 Courtland Honored by Michigan Fatherhood Coalition
On February 1st, Courtland was presented a 2008 Special Recognition Award from the Michigan Fatherhood Coalition at the Sixth Annual Fatherhood Conference in Dearborn, Michigan. This nonprofit group’s mission is to promote responsible parenting, specifically of fathers, and is made up of professionals and volunteers from private and public agencies.
Courtland has worked with the Coalition on a variety of fatherhood and marriage initiatives. Our many contributions include the design of outreach brochures and posters, the redesign of the Coalition’s website and monthly participation in the organization’s planning meetings.
Courtland was selected by the Michgan Fatherhood Coalition because of our work on the Dad’s From Day One (DFD1) project, the Proud Fathers- Proud Parents Program and our charitable support of their organization. This recognition reinforces Courtland’s position as a leader, committed to providing solutions that improve the lives of children and families. Our team is a proud member of the community and this is just one way we do our part to make sure Michigan remains a great place to live and work. Congratulations are in order to the entire DFD1 team, led by Courtland Director, Sharon Pizzuti, for their work that led to this award.
01.08
Courtland Presents to the Office of Child Support
Courtland Director, Sharon Pizzuti concluded a project with the Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) with a presentation to OCSE executive management. The project, OSCE9, was a study to provide a demographic profile of child support customers to ensure that guiding principles and action items were being met. Information was gathered by surveying the IV-D directors of the nine states with the largest child support populations. The survey sought to gather a better understanding of what cultures are served, how extensive jurisdictional barriers are and the social and economic characteristics of its customers.
In her presentation, Ms. Pizzuti described the process for collecting the data. This included an overview of the sophisticated online survey tool Courtland built and programmed to gather, store and report on the data and the database and training behind it. Elaine Sorensen, from our partner, The Urban Institute, described the findings of the study.
The OSCE management was very pleased with the entire process of the project and looks forward to working with Courtland and The Urban Institute to implement future studies.
