News and Tips for Higher Ed Pros

I’ve already mentioned that my summer plans include a trip to Atlantic City, NJ this year as I’m scheduled to give the closing keynote presentation at the eduWeb conference (so, if you plan to attend, make sure you don’t leave early — pretty please ;-)

Conference director Shelley Wetzel asked me to remind you all that the call for proposal is open until March 17.

So, here’s my reminder with 5 reasons for you to submit a proposal - in no particular order:

1. Presenting at conferences can also be a great way to get some of the third-party validation we all need from time to time to navigate campus politics.
2. Don’t know what you could talk about? Shelley has put together a list of suggested topics to get you started.
3. Presenters get a $75 discount off the conference registration fee.
4. Some presentations will hopefully be covered here — with the help of some guest bloggers as it has become a tradition at eduWeb - which means that your presentation might get you some Google love.
5. If you end up presenting as well, I’ll be able to brag that we both presented at the same conference (and I’ll get a chance to meet you :-).

So, what are you waiting for? Don’t be shy and submit a proposal before March 17, 2008!

• HighEdWebDev 2007: Got an idea for a presentation? There’s still time to submit a proposal before the new deadline of June 12
• EduWeb 2008: Call for proposal open and familiar faces for the opening and closing keynote speakers
• Got something interesting to share about RSS, blogs, wikis and other Web 2.0 applications? Submit a presentation proposal to HigherEd BlogCon by January 31, 2006
• Portal 2008 at Gettysburg College: Mark your calendar and submit a proposal
• Higher Ed Conference Update: Portal 2008, EduComm, EduWeb and HighEdWeb