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Put it on the
calendar
By
Cpl Jonathan Garland
UNITS looking to put their activities on the Defence calendar now
have the opportunity to do exactly that.
The
Defence Events Calendar has been designed to advertise all activities
in the ADF in the same place, so commanders and units have a single
point of reference for planning purposes.
Project
Manager Jane Speechley said the site updates an older version of
the calendar and meets the Recruitment Communications Team’s
need to promote their events.
“The
new corporate identity needed to be reflected in the site and it
was decided to roll that in with the recruitment calendar to most
efficiently use resources,” she said.
Members
wanting to advertise their unit event can add to the calendar by
obtaining a user name and password through the intranet site.
Once
you have access, you are directed to a form that prompts you to
list all the details of your event.
All
proposed events are subject to approval by the administrator and
will not be visible on the site until approval is granted.
Events
include ceremonies, anniversaries, ship commissionings, open days
and sporting events.
“Anything
that’s important to Defence or has an impact on Defence activities,
we want to see on the calendar.”
It
has a comprehensive search function that allows the user to locate
events of specific types in specific locations or time frames around
Australia.
“We’re
really keen to see people using it – once you make it part
of your planning and forecasting process, it will become an extremely
valuable tool.”
The
site is accessible through the Defence intranet home page by accessing
the ‘information resource’ drop-down menu and clicking
on ‘calendar – events’.
There
is a comprehensive user manual available from the administrator
and a presentation on using the site can be arranged by request.
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