If you a regular reader, you already know that the 2008 edition of the HighEdWeb conference will take place at Missouri State University in Springfield (MO) on October 5-8.
However, what you might not know yet is that you’ll soon get a chance to (re)design the conference website.
Back in October, I emailed the conference committee with a couple of suggestions for next year including the following one:
You might be able to create even more interest in the conference website months before the event by integrating the blog into it and giving it a “new “user-generated” design. Since the community has so many web designers, why not create a contest for a new design? That would get conversations going about the conference and keep it in the mind of potential presenters/attendees before the program is even announced.
I don’t know if I was the only one to make the suggestion, but Sara Clark and Jeremy Trumble, HighEdWeb 2008 Conference Co-Chairs have decided to put the old coffee-mug design back into the kitchen closet. They will tap into the incredible talent of the community to redesign the conference website by organizing the HighEdWeb Design Competition:
Here’s an opportunity to showcase your talents. The HighEdWeb 2008 Conference web site needs your attention. We are looking for an individual or team to help design the site.
Details about the competition will be published in December. I’ll keep everybody posted.
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- Website redesign by…. Facebook group: a way to get feedback about your next design from prospective students?
- From homepage to furniture: a controversial take on higher ed website design?
- Know a higher ed web professional champion? Nominate her/him for the HighEdWeb Board of Directors before March 30, 2007!
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