TreePlotter User Conference

 

Every TreePlotter client uses their software application in slightly different ways. The TreePlotter Virtual User Conference is a chance to share and learn from a global network of users and PlanIT Geo experts to maximize the value you get from your subscription.

Sessions will run throughout the day on range feature tutorials, client examples, and best practices for leveraging TreePlotter at all levels of urban forestry programming. We hope that you can join us and bring your unique perspective to share!

Discussions at Trees + Tech Summit

Hot Topics

Here are a few topics that will be covered:

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Sharing tree data with others

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Making Decisions with TreePlotter CANOPY

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Work Order Management Skills Sharing

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How to Grow Your Volunteer Program

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TreePlotter For Private Tree Care Operations

TreePlotter User Conference TreePlotter CANOPY

TreePlotter User Conference 2024 Presenters

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Ben Kenyon

Homewood Consulting

Australia

Beth Corrigan PlanIT Geo Customer Success Manager

Beth Corrigan

PlanIT Geo

Customer Success Manager

Brett KenCairn Senior Policy Advisor for Climate & Environment

Brett KenCairn

City of Boulder

Senior Policy Advisor for Climate & Environment

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Cherry Drudge-Coates

PlanIT Geo

Head of Customer Support U.K

PlanIT Geo Board of Advisors member Cecil Konijnendijk

Ian Hanou

PlanIT Geo

CEO and Founder

Ian Mcdermott

Ian McDermott

Birmingham Tree People

Arboricultural Lecturer and Trainer

Judith Menzl with PlanIT Geo

Judith Menzl

PlanIT  Geo

Customer Support Specialist

 

Kyle McLoughlin

Kyle McLoughlin

City of Burlington

Supervisor of Forest Planning and Health

Maggie DeLauter

Maggie DeLauter

PlanIT Geo

Professional Services Lead

 

Peter Aldag Presenter at Trees and Tech Summit 2023

Peter Aldag

PlanIT Geo

Implementation Engineer

 

Roger Rankine

Roger Rankine

Independent Arboricultural Services, Australia

Director & AQF Level 8 Arborist

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Russell Horsey

Goetre Villa

TreePlotter™ Software Partner

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Sean O’Neil

City of Albuquerque

City Forester 

Peter Aldag Presenter at Trees and Tech Summit 2023

Taylor Melone

Up With Trees

Program Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Event Agenda

UK Highlight: 7am - 9am MST

2pm – 4pm GMT

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Work Order Management (WOM) Skills sharing

7-8am MST (2-3pm GMT)

Presenter: Andy Lederer, Oxfordshire City Council

Moderator: Russell Horsey, MIC For, TreePlotter Software Partner, Woodland Dwelling

Work Order Management, the module we affectionately call WOM, creates workflows for managing Work Records, Work Orders, and Jobs. This session will demonstrate the varied ways United Kingdom users leverage WOM day to day.

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Nonprofits and TreePlotter Solutions

8:10-8:40am MST (3:10 pm-3:40pm GMT)

Presenter: Ian McDermot, Arboricultural Lecturer & Trainer, Birmingham TreePeople

Presenter: Tonia Clark, Principal Finance and Bids Officer, Birmingham City Council, Birmingham TreePeople

Moderator: Cherry Drudge-Coates, Head of UK Customer Support

Moderator: Russell Horsey, MIC For, TreePlotter Software Partner, Woodland Dwelling

This session will focus on how nonprofit organizations utilize TreePlotter to further their goals and advocate for urban forests. Guests from Birmingham Tree People will showcase how they use TreePlotter in a multi-year volunteer street tree inventory project.

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BS5837 - Developing and Delivering Tree Surveys in UK

8:40-9:10am MST (3:40-4:10pm GMT)

Moderator: Cherry Drudge-Coates, Head of UK Customer Support

This session will walk through the Development Survey add-on module, which allows users to carry out tree surveys in accordance with BS5837 requirements. The presenter will demonstrate how to accurately map tree canopies, root protection areas, and import/export CAD files.

North America Highlight: 9:10am - 3:30pm MST

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Hints, Tips, and Tricks: The Little Things Matter

9:20-10:20am MST (4:20-5:20pm GMT) (March 6th 2:20-3:20 am AEST) 

Presenter: PlanIT Geo Professional Services Team

This session will overview a variety of time-saving and insight-gleaning tips, including how to use the full capabilities of the Advanced Filter, CAD exporter, global filters, user permissions, and data field editor, as well as review some unique workflows.

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TreePlotter Customizations: What is Actually Possible?

10:30-11:30am MST (5:30-6:30 pm GMT) (March 6th 3:30-4:30 am AEST) 

Presenter: PlanIT Geo Professional Services Team

This session will review the multitude of customizations possible within TreePlotter and highlight how different clients have tailored configurations to best fit their needs.

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How to Grow Your Volunteer Program

11:40-12:10am MST (6:40-7:10 pm GMT) (March 6th 4:40-5:10 am AEST)

Presenter: Taylor Melone, Up With Trees

Moderator: Beth Corrigan, PlanIT Geo Customer Success Manager

This session will explore all aspects of getting volunteers up to speed on TreePlotter and best practices for configuring your application to be volunteer-friendly.

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Making Decisions with TreePlotter CANOPY

12:20-12:50pm MST (7:20-7:50 pm GMT) (March 6th 5:20-5:50 am AEST)

Presenter: Brett KenCarin, Senior Policy Advisor for Climate & Environment, City of Boulder

Moderator: Ian Hanou, Founder & Ceo, PlanIT Geo

This session will look at the myriad of ways clients use TreePlotter CANOPY tools to inform their decisions, including planning for maximum ecosystem benefits, developing benchmarks, monitoring canopy trends, and informing management plans.

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Sharing Tree Data with Others

1:00-1:30pm MST (8:00-8:30 pm GMT) (March 6th 6:00- 6:30 am AEST)

Presenter: Sean O’Neil, City of Albuquerque

Moderator: Rocky Yosek, Field Services Operation, PlanIT Geo

One of the greatest strengths of tree and canopy data is using it to explain the value of urban forests to others. This session will review best practices for sharing tree data internally and externally from TreePlotter INVENTORY and CANOPY. This will include how to build reporting workflows, utilizing a Community Engagement Map, and more.

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API Integrations

1:40-2:10 pm MT (8:40-9:10 pm GMT) (March 6th 6:40-7:10 am AEST) 

Presenter: Laura Wright, City of Burlington

Presenter: Kyle McLaughlin, City of Burlington

Moderator: Maggie DeLauter, Manager, Professional Services, PlanIT Geo

CRM Operations and Implementation & Contract Administration

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The Uploader

2:20-2:50 MT (9:20-9:50pm GMT) (March 6th 7:20-7:50 am AEST)

Presenter: PlanIT Geo Professional Services Team

Get the download on how to upload data into TreePlotter quickly and accurately.

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TreePlotter: Past, Present, and Future

3:00-3:30 MT (10:00-10:30 pm GMT) (March 6th 8:00-8:30 am AEST)

Presenter: Ian Hanou, Founder & CEO, PlanIT Geo
Guest: Ian Truslove, Chief Technology Officer, PlanIT Geo

Focus: A brief overview of where we’ve been. Our current products, data solutions, practices, and partners. Where we’re going with global data / product offerings, the TreePlotter mobile app, and our software development roadmap, including emerging technologies such as mobile/virtual tree inventories. 

Australia Highlight: 3:40pm - 6:00pm MST

8:40am – 11:30am March 6th AEST

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Customizations: What is actually possible?

3:40-4:10 pm MT (10:40–11:10 pm GMT) (March 6th 8:40 am-9:10am AEST)

PlanIT Geo Professional Services Team

This session will review the multitude of customizations possible within TreePlotter and highlight how different clients have tailored configurations to best fit their needs.

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TreePlotter For Private Tree Care Operations

4:20-4:50 pm MT (11:20-11:50 pm GMT) (March 6th 9:20-9:50 am AEST)

Presenter: Roger Rankine, Australia, Managing Director, Independent Arboricultural Services

Moderator: Judith Menzl, Customer Support Specialist, PlanIT Geo

This session is all about the specific ways that private companies set up and utilize Treeplotter. Attendees will see examples of how tree care companies integrate TreePlotter into their processes and use that advantage to stand out from the competition.

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API / Service Request Integration

5:00-6:00 pm MT (12:00- 1:00am GMT) (March 6th 10:30-11:30 am AEST) 

Presenter: Ben Kenyon, TreePlotter Software Partner, Owner, Homewood Consulting

Moderator: Maggie DeLauter, Manager, Professional Services, PlanIT Geo

An API (application programming interface) allows different software applications to communicate. This session will review the breadth of possible TreePlotter API integrations, with a specific focus on how cities have integrated their CRM with TreePlotter to streamline service requests.

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