Items tagged "USA"

Social Media Case Study: Video (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 by Ben Woods
May 29, 2008
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Panelists: TBA
Moderator: TBA
Location: 3030 E. 63rd Street, Loft 413 (Authentic Films)
Type: After-Hours Educational
Details to be announced shortly. Stay tuned!

Details and announcements can be found at http://www.webassociation.org/eventDetails.cfm/eventid/28.

Standards Demystified (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 by Ben Woods
May 14, 2008
6:30 pmto8:30 pm

NEOUPA welcomes a Panel discussion with members of the Cleveland Web Standards Association on Web Standards DemystifiedDesigning and building with standards lowers costs of development, while delivering sites that are accessible to more people and more devices. So what exactly are they and why do you need them? These questions and more answered by a panel of some of Cleveland’s leading web designers.

Scheduled panel participants include:

  • Brad Colbow - Colbow Design
  • Julie Cousins - American Greetings
  • Brendan Cullen - Aztek Creative
  • Beth Dean - Progressive Insurance
  • Brad Dielman - Moskal Gross Orchosky
  • Bridget Stewart - Voices for Ohio’s Children

More information and registration can be found at http://www.neoupa.org/meeting_details.asp?meeting_id=65.

It’s Not Magic: Programming for Non-Programmers (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 by Ben Woods
May 6, 2008
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

Clevland’s Web Standards Meetup group is hosting an event on programming. http://webdesign.meetup.com/396/calendar/7340442/

Where

Tri-C West Campus
11000 W Pleasant Valley Rd Room WSS G4B (lower level of West Student Services/Galleria).
Cleveland , OH 44130

Organized by

Brad Dielman, Joe Fiorini, and Joseph James Frantz (Point and Clicker)

Details

Have you ever used a website where you enter some information and it magically remembers what you enter? Or what about listening to programmers talk about “databases” and “code”? Come and hear Joe Fiorini, an experienced web developer, explain what “programming” is and how it can help your web site. You will learn how to use object-oriented programming to get information from a form to a database, and from a database back out to a screen. Don’t know what a database is? No problem! He will explain that too!

If you already know all about programming, never fear! Joe will also be showing how to get started using Ruby on Rails, a growing and extremely popular framework for quickly writing web applications.

Speaker bio: Joe Fiorini is a web developer with 8 years of experience in programming for web sites. He has been using HTML and CSS since 1997. Currently he works for Telligent System (the creators of Community Server) as a Software Development Engineer; he develops and maintains sites for Microsoft’s developer community. Previously he worked for Tenth Floor, an interactive marketing company, as a Senior Web Developer. He has delivered technology presentations at various user groups, and to employees at Harley-Davidson and Progressive Insurance.

April RUX Meeting at Ironworks (Richmond, VA, USA)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 by Joe Sokohl
April 30, 2008
6:00 pm

Colleagues,

Please don’t forget to RSVP for our April meeting at Ironworks!!

What: RUX (Richmond User Experience) Meeting
Where: Ironworks
When: April 30th, 2008, 6pm
Topic: We’re very excited that Stacy Surla from the DC IA group will be our guest speaker.
She’ll be talking about Starting IA Locals and Bringing IA to Work
RSVP: seteague@vcu.edu by Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Need to know more? Join our Yahoo! group:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondux/

Thanks to Ironworks, Stacy Surla and Candace Nicholls for making this
event possible.

Look forward to seeing you all there!

Best,
Susan
Susan Teague Rector
Web Applications Manager
Library Information Systems, VCU Libraries
804.827.3554 | seteague@vcu.edu

Redesign Must Die (Champaign, IL, USA)

Monday, April 21st, 2008 by Rachel Weber
April 30, 2008
8:00 am

Lou Rosenfeld will be presenting the keynote address and a breakout session at the Campus Webmasters’ 9th Annual Webmasters Forum on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This year’s theme is Redesign. Lou’s keynote, entitled “Redesign Must Die”, is sure to spark some lively discussion.

Lou’s breakout session entitled “Site Search Analytics: Conversations With Your Customers” covers the basics of search analytics for web designers, showing how you can identify, diagnose, and fix major problems with your site’s content, metadata, navigation, and search functions.

About the Webmaster Forum

Now in its 9th year, the Annual Webmaster Forum has become something of a campus institution. We’re not sure if that’s good or bad, but soon we can all start saying that we’ve got 10 years of experience. Once again we’ve got a great keynote, a plethora of practical breakout sessions, the annual Cool Website Awards, and the proverbial free lunch. Past Forum keynotes include Jason Fried, Steve Krug, Christine Perfetti and Eric Meyer.

More information:
University of Illinois Campus Webmasters

The Evolution of Web Content (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Friday, April 11th, 2008 by Ben Woods
April 29, 2008
11:30 amto1:30 pm

Cleveland’s Web Association is putting together a new event, details are forthcoming.

Panelists: Dan Hanson, Inside Business; Mike Wise, IdeaStar; Marc Majers, LeadingHands.com; others TBD
Moderator: John Ettorre, Author
Location: Windows on the River (Bridge View Room)
Type: Luncheon

With the proliferation of blogs, online video, podcasting, and other social media tools, the definition of what consititutes ‘web’ content has become increasingly blurred. What is the value of content in today’s digital world? How has mobile access changed the way we view, monetize, and develop new content? Join us on Tuesday, April 29th as The Web Association tackles this critical part of any effective digital strategy.

Confirmed panelists include Dan Hanson of Inside Business magazine and the Great Lakes Geek, Mike Wise of IdeaStar, and Marc Majers of Insurance.com and Leading Hands. Panel to be moderated by John Ettorre, a noted author whose works have appeared in The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Cleveland Magazine.

Cost is $25 for Professionals, $17 for students in advance ($35 at the door).

Registration on the Web Association site.

Cocktails for Creatives (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 by Ben Woods
April 11, 2008
5:00 pmto7:00 pm

Join AIGA for happy hour at Rockbottom Restaurant & Brewery in the flats!
Rockbottom Restaurant & Brewery
2000 Sycamore St # 260
Cleveland, OH 44113

http://www.aigacleveland.org/events/2008/04/14515222

The Meter is Running: Setting Consulting Rates for Independence (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 by Ben Woods
April 17, 2008
5:30 pmto9:00 pm

Presented by Christopher Juillet, PLC

  • Are you a consultant?
  • Have you been asked to do a special project for someone [on the side]?
  • Have you thought about dabbling in another area of interest outside of your work?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this meeting is for you! Setting consulting rates is always tricky. How much to charge, and why? There are many ways to establish a consulting rate–most of them neglect basic business principles. In this session, Christopher will show why those rate schemes often yield rates much lower than appropriate and how to establish a consulting rate you and your clients can live with.

Consultants and Independent Contractors SIG meeting

Topic: What value/services do you want from your SIG? Networking and ideas about consulting services. Meet in the Holiday Inn bar. RSVP to Lori Klepfer.

See NEOSTC for directions and registration.

Site Architecture & Usability (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Sunday, March 9th, 2008 by Ben Woods
March 19, 2008
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

A good site architecture is critical to the success of any web initiative. Join The Web Association as we host an informal discussion around site architecture and web usability. We will have a panel of experts on hand to discuss industry best practices, answer specific usability questions, and time permitting, will also do live reviews of web sites submitted by the audience.

Food and refreshments will be provided. Cost is $8 for Professionals, $5 for Students (free for CSU students). Come join your colleagues and learn more about this crucial component of your digital strategy.

Panelists: Ben Bykowski, Optiem; Dave Robins, Aaron Rosenberg, Kent State SLIS
Moderator: TBD
Location: Cleveland State University
Type: After-Hours

Visit the Web Association site to register.

B2B and the Digital Transformation (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 by Ben Woods
February 28, 2008
11:30 amto1:30 pm

Cleveland’s Web Association is holding a luncheon with a speaker panel.

From the Web Association site -

Panelists: Glenn Hasek, Green Lodging News; Justin Wolford, Invacare; Mike Veney, Sherwin Automotive
Moderator: Megan Hauer, Optiem
Location: Windows on the River, City View Room
Type: Luncheon
Struggling to understand how to utilize the Internet when your customers are in a niche business segment?  Facing unique challenges your B2C counterparts just wouldn’t understand?  While some traditional B2B industries have been slow to embrace the web and digital distribution, others have flourished.

Join us on Thursday, February 28th at Windows on the River as we discuss the intricacies of reaching business customers through digital efforts.  Panelists to include Glenn Hasek of Green Lodging News, Justin Wolford of Invacare, and Mike Veney of Sherwin Automotive.  Megan Hauer, Director of Digital Media & Content for Optiem, will moderate the discussion.

See the Web Association site for registration information.