Technical Workshops
Esri Training in Support
of Your GIS Plan
Stacia Canaday
Martha Osborne
Session Overview
• Introduce presenters
• Training strategies
• Identifying the right training
• Ways to take training
• Budgeting/purchasing training
• Introduce training resources
- Break into small groups
Presenters
• Stacia Canaday
- Training Consultant
- Specialty in Energy and Utility industries
• Martha Osborne
- Training Consultant Team Leader
- Oversees nationwide training sales
Why is training important?
• Develop staff to maintain GIS service levels
• ArcGIS 10 is a powerful system
• Training is an investment, not an expense
Benefits of ESRI Training
• Instruction by those who know software best
• Most up-to-date software version
• Variety of delivery methods
• Set up a temporary classroom at your facility
• Coaching ensures new skills applied to workplace
Training Strategies
Planning for training
• Ongoing Staff Development
- Organizational Development planning
- Career paths
- ESRI Certification
• Project-Based
- New asset management application
- Upgrade to ArcGIS 10
- Web-based GIS viewer
Organizational Development approach
• Educating GIS staff to perform job tasks
• Cross-training
• Career paths
• Case study: City of Charlotte
Esri Technical Certification
• Exam-based measure of skill
• Based on best practices for using Esri software
• Benchmark for staff skillsets
Project-based approach
Data Planning & Field Mobility Operational
Management Analysis Awareness
A Complete Integrated System
Store, manage Disseminate
Transform data Get information
& maintain knowledge & gain
into actionable into and out of the
accurate data consensus
intelligence field.
records
Desktop Server Mobile Online
Sample project
• Land Records Management
- Business Needs:
- Share access to parcels (or leases) and owners
- Enable large pool of technicians to answer spatial
questions
- Application Areas:
- Data Management
- Operational Awareness
Workflows to support project
• GIS Data Management workflows
- Build a central geodatabase
- Import and maintain data holdings
• Application Development workflows
- Create web-based viewer for technicians
• Data Visualization workflows
- Empower technicians to use application
Identifying appropriate training
• Select training that will support workflows
Training Plans
• Complements your GIS project plan
• Organized by workflow or job role
• Often tailored
- Specific projects
- By department
- Entire organization
Taking Training
Ways to Take Training
• Delivery methods
- E-learning
- Self-paced, web training courses
- Instructor-led
- Classroom training
- May be taught in-person or online
- Coaching
- Apply concepts learned in class to your organization
Budgeting/Purchasing training
• Individual seats
• Buy a whole instructor-led class event
• Purchase a block of e-learning classes
• Esri Enterprise Advantage Program (EEAP)
• Add-on a block of instructor-led classes
- Esri Developer Network (EDN)
- Small Government or Utility ELA
Additional Resources
Contact Information
• We are always available to answer your training
questions.
www.esri.com/training
gistraining@esri.com
800-447-9778 x1-5757
Training Resources
Training Consultant Customers Served
Stacia Canaday Energy; Utilities; Charlotte State & Local Gov’t
Carol Dargatz California and Olympia State & Local Gov’t
Ray Hardy Minneapolis and St. Louis State & Local Gov’t
Tosca Hoffmann Denver and San Antonio State & Local Gov’t
Ivan Konermann Federal Government
Martha Osborne International
Kate Tesoriero Boston and Philadelphia State & Local Gov’t
Rick Zellmer Commercial