Practicing What We Preach…Finally

By Kelly Hidlebaugh, Online Communications Manager

New Geonetric.com site reflects how much we’ve changed

Bullet-proof project management. Strategic guidance. A world-class Web presence.

Geonetric promises all that – and more – to clients. But over the past four years, we’ve been growing too fast to make our own site live up to those standards.

When Geonetric.com was last redesigned in 2005, we had a few dozen employees and a handful of loyal clients – and no one had ever heard of Web 2.0 or “meaningful use.” Four years later, we’ve tripled in size, we have clients all over the country, we’re creating dynamic social media strategies, and we’re building patient portals that extend the doctor-patient relationship far beyond hospital walls.

During all that phenomenal growth, Geonetric.com struggled to keep up. The number of pages increased rapidly, but with no strategy and little oversight, our own site gradually descended into something resembling chaos.

The Impact of the Content Timeline on the Launch of a Web Site

 By Jill Ungs, Senior Project Manager

When I started at Geonetric, a very wise project manager told me that no matter how hard they try, clients always underestimate the amount of work required to write and place content on a brand new Web site. 

I took these words of wisdom into consideration when I oversaw my first project launch at Geonetric, and I still remain cognizant of them many project launches later. While my batting average is improving, it’s still not 100 percent.  Every launch teaches me new tricks and illustrates different obstacles that need to be overcome.

How long did you say we have to get it up and running?

By Jill Ungs, Senior Project Manager

Abington Memorial Hospital (AMH) in Abington, PA recently announced the launch of their new Web site (www.amh.org).  As the Project Manager for the Internet project, I’m pleased with the result and proud that we met our goal and delivered the site in 4.5 months!  It was a truly a team effort that could not have been completed without the focus of our development and design staff and the determination of the folks at AMH, Josh Snow and Tom Whitcraft.  I don’t think I’ve worked with anyone that could get a response so quickly when they were part of such a large organization.  The site looks great, has many new robust features, and lays the groundwork for incorporating even greater functionality in the future.