HighEdWeb Blog

. . . . the HighEdWeb 2008 conference featured speakers: Jeffrey Veen, one of the founding partners of Adaptive Path and project lead for Measure Map; and Kyle Ford, director of product marketing at Ning, Inc., and previously the associate product manager at Yahoo! Inc. We are thrilled that they will each be presenting to the assembled conference, and look forward to learning with them this fall. Be sure to reserve your spot to hear Veen and Ford by registering today for HighEdWeb 2008: Infinite Solutions.

Every year we ask attendees for their reflections on the HighEdWeb conference; your thoughts help us make the conference an even better experience the next year, and also let us know that we’re getting it right.  As we rev up for HighEdWeb 2008, we’d like to share with you some of these comments to help answer the question “Y HEW?” – why YOU should attend HighEdWeb 2008.

“If I only get to one professional development event a year, this is it. I’ll move heaven and earth, camp in the dean’s office, until I get approval to attend.” - HighEdWebDev 2007 attendee on his/her reactions to the conference

http://www.highedweb.org/2008/

Many thanks to everyone who sent in conference presentation proposals. We received over 100 submissions covering a range of timely, relevant topics, and look to make HighEdWeb 2008 the most successful conference yet! The program committee is pouring over them and the proposal quality is awesome. Selections will be made in the next few weeks, at which time accepted presenters will be notified.

A note:  there is still time to submit a proposal for the HighEdWeb poster session. The poster session has been called “the science fair for the Web;” presenting a poster is a great way to showcase your experiences in a less formal way, all while being able to interact and exchange ideas with other attendees.

Visit last year’s conference Web pages to look at examples of past posters . We hope you’ll submit your own poster for HighEdWeb 2008. 

 http://www.highedweb.org/2008/proposals/

- col brennan-barry
conference committee

We are very excited to announce the opening of online registration for the HighEdWeb 2008: Infinite Solutions conference.  Be sure to register soon to take advantage of potential early-bird savings of $125 off the regular individual registration price, or alternate savings when at least three members from your campus register as a group! And while you’re sending in your conference registration,  don’t forget to sign up for one of our outstanding additional half-day workshops.

Visit  http://www.highedweb.org/2008/register.aspx to learn more and sign up today.  We look forward to seeing you in Springfield in October!

Reason 1 to present @ HighEdWeb 2008: You know you want one of the coveted red staplers we award for “Best in Track.” www.highedweb.org/2008/

Don’t forget — the deadline for presentation proposals is just around the corner, so send your proposal abstract in today!

Reason 2 to present @ HighEdWeb 2008: Help a colleague find a new solution and save the (high ed Web) world. www.highedweb.org/2008/

Don’t forget — the deadline for presentation proposals is just around the corner, so send your proposal abstract in today!

Reason 3 to present @ HighEdWeb 2008: Where else can you be awarded an actual propeller hat and be the subject of envy? www.highedweb.org/2008/

Don’t forget — the deadline for presentation proposals is May 22, so send your proposal abstract in today!

Reason 4 to present @ HighEdWeb 2008: Presenter’s registration discount = more $$$ for a night on the town in Springfield, M.O. www.highedweb.org/2008/

Don’t forget — the deadline for presentation proposals is May 22, so send your proposal abstract in today!

Reason 5 to present @ HighEdWeb 2008: Gain stardom as a mega-guru in your subject area. www.highedweb.org/2008/

Don’t forget — the deadline for presentation proposals is May 22, so send your proposal abstract in today!

Reason 6 to present @ HighEdWeb 2008: Get access to the super-cool, super-exclusive “Presenters-Only” room. www.highedweb.org/2008/

Don’t forget — the deadline for presentation proposals is May 22, so send your proposal abstract in today!

- col brennan-barry
conference committee