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!
Hot Topics
Here are a few topics that will be covered:
Sharing tree data with others
Making Decisions with TreePlotter CANOPY
Work Order Management Skills Sharing
How to Grow Your Volunteer Program
TreePlotter For Private Tree Care Operations
TreePlotter User Conference 2024 Presenters
Ben Kenyon
Homewood Consulting
Australia
Beth Corrigan
PlanIT Geo
Customer Success Manager
Brett KenCairn
City of Boulder
Senior Policy Advisor for Climate & Environment
Cherry Drudge-Coates
PlanIT Geo
Head of Customer Support U.K
Ian McDermott
Birmingham Tree People
Arboricultural Lecturer and Trainer
Judith Menzl
PlanIT Geo
Customer Support Specialist
Kyle McLoughlin
City of Burlington
Supervisor of Forest Planning and Health
Maggie DeLauter
PlanIT Geo
Professional Services Lead
Peter Aldag
PlanIT Geo
Implementation Engineer
Roger Rankine
Independent Arboricultural Services, Australia
Director & AQF Level 8 Arborist
Russell Horsey
Goetre Villa
TreePlotter™ Software Partner
Sean O’Neil
City of Albuquerque
City Forester
Taylor Melone
Up With Trees
Program Director
Event Agenda
UK Highlight: 7am - 9am MST
2pm – 4pm GMT
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
About Your Host
MAPPING THE WORLD’S URBAN FORESTS FOR A GREENER FUTURE
PlanIT Geo™ is a global urban forestry consulting and software development firm. Since 2012, our expert team integrates experience, cutting-edge technology, and planning for urban forestry, parks, and arboriculture.
Save time and money with increased efficiency, better communication, and use of real-time data for better decision making. PlanIT Geo services and TreePlotter™ Software Suite will take urban forestry, parks, and sustainability programs to the next level.
