HighEdWeb is having a regional conference in Little Rock, Ark., July 21-22. Since this conference is within driving distance of Missouri State, I wanted to share it with you all.
Here is a recent email about this conference:
There are only two weeks left to register for the 2011 HighEdWeb Arkansas Regional Conference held July 21-22 at the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law in Little Rock.
This conference is for marketers, web developers, content strategists, communications specialists, social media professionals, designers, programmers, project managers, technologists, managers, and more. Our schedule has something for anyone involved in promotions, publications, and information technology supporting marketing and web initiatives.
Registration is $60 for both Thursday and Friday, or $35 for Friday only.
Includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, a goody bag, and on-the-town social events both evenings.
Choose from any of 15 sessions in 3 tracks. Hot topics this year include campus maps, analytics, social media policy, blogging, mobile, information architecture, content strategy, and video.
Featured presentations include:
- The Politics of Doing #IA for #HighEd
- DIY Campus Map: Adding Interactivity with Google Maps and jQuery
- Helping Academic Websites Make the Grade
Keynote (with lunch provided): “Once Upon a Semester: Storytelling as a framework for Higher Ed web marketing” by Georgie Cohen of Tufts University.
Workshops (Thursday):
- Building your minion infrastructure: Training content contributors to help, not hinder
- Google Analytics: Measuring a marketing campaign’s success
After Hours Events (included):
- Thursday: Reception at the Camp David Restaurant at the Holiday Inn Presidential.
- Enjoy complementary heavy hors d’oeuvres while getting to know your fellow attendees and speakers.
- Friday: Triple Threat.
- Three bars, one roof, one rockin’ good time. Whether you prefer a dance DJ or the comedic musical stylings of a dueling piano bar, we’ve got you covered.
Bonus: Attendees who have not previously attended a national Higher Education Web Professionals conference can enter to win a $1500 scholarship to the October 2011 conference in Austin, Texas.
Time is running out to register, sign up now!