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Clark Atlanta University works smarter, faster using Adobe FormsCentral

Stephanie Morey — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:00:40 +0000

Clark Atlanta University (CAU) provides an atmosphere where students can learn, become leaders, and make a positive impact on the world. As part of its efforts, CAU seeks to offer its students and faculty easy access to cutting-edge academic technology, including the recent adoption of Adobe FormsCentral to make quick work out of otherwise time-consuming administrative processes.

Using Adobe FormsCentral, CAU training teams can quickly create registration forms for new faculty learning seminars in a matter of minutes. At the same time, the easy-to-access digital forms make it faster and easier for faculty to register for training and seminars, versus having to complete and route paper-based forms. They can also initiate and complete routine requests, such as submitting forms to check out multimedia equipment for classroom use.

Adobe FormsCentral not only allowed CAU to cut paper use, but also substantially decreased document distribution times. Candyce Jefferson, instructional media and support specialist for CAU also noted, “Unlike some of the other forms solutions we’ve tried, FormsCentral offers a hassle-free way to create interactive forms across operating systems—including iOS. Regardless of who is viewing, their location, or device, we are confident that we can reliably engage our target audience.”

Since the more automated processes are so easy to use, response rates to upcoming trainings also dramatically increased, with all of the forms and registration documents available on CAU’s intranet. To learn more about how CAU uses Adobe FormsCentral to update outdated processes, click here.

Randy Swineford, group product manager, Acrobat Solutions

Farewell from Adobe MAX 2011

Stephanie Morey — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:39:14 +0000

Well, another MAX has come and gone; it was such a pleasure for us all to meet and hear from so many Acrobat enthusiasts, and to learn new things from our Acrobat experts who gave talks. We can’t wait to see what kinds of tools, devices, and creative work will come in the future based on the amazing new technologies we witnessed in this year’s presentations, and hope that next year will build even further on the exciting capabilities and innovations of this year’s ingenious contributors to the show. See you in 2012!

See you next year!

Thanks,
Rebecca

Greetings from Adobe MAX Day 2

Stephanie Morey — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:56:13 +0000

Another busy day at MAX! Today was much calmer than the first day, but we still saw a really energetic and exciting keynote appearances by VP Danny Winokur and Director of Evangelism Ben Forta (and their guests). For now, everyone’s getting ready to see Rainn Wilson (of The Office) present some awards, check out the Sneak Peeks of new technology and apps, and rock out to Weezer later tonight at the MAX Bash. Here are a few pictures from today’s activity, with some highlights from sessions featuring Acrobat and online services.

–Rebecca Staley

The AdobeMAX Awards

Donna Baker's MAX session on PDF files for Web Designers

Keynote

The DEX booth

William Lau and Mangesh Bhandarkar before presenting the DEX services at MAX

Greetings from Adobe MAX 2011

Stephanie Morey — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:54:52 +0000

Everyone seems really Passionate about Adobe – the energy level is really good! -William Lau, Senior Product Marketing Manager

Well, day one of Adobe MAX 2011 has come; I write this from the break area of the show floor, where I’m sharing a table with several people whom I have never met. This, I think, is one if many things that makes MAX such an amazing experience: everyone comes to this massive convention center in downtown LA, knowing perhaps no one and perhaps a few others from his or her own company. Now, only halfway through the first of three long days, people are mingling. They share tech-y jokes and participate in the same “bring your own device” labs, they sit with other strangers at lunch and wander in tandem across the massive showroom floor. Developers and designers rub elbows while attending demos or watching this morning’s keynote speech – and the energy has been palpable. We’re all here to learn from each other and be inspired, and the first few hours have been no disappointment. Scroll down to see the first few pictures of this space and the booths that fill it, especially our own Acrobat pods in the main Adobe booth!

–Rebecca Staley