Are you going to the 2007 EduWeb Conference in Baltimore on July 22-24?
Well, you’re lucky, because you’ll get a chance to listen to Mike Dame, director of web communications at Virginia Tech, presenting a shorter version of the webinar he presented for Higher Ed Experts: From the Inside Out — Lessons Learned in Web Crisis Communications after the Virginia Tech Tragedy.
Just look at what I read in the post-webinar evaluations filled out by the attendees:
- “The session was amazing… By the end, I had tears in my eyes because of all the gratitude and respect I felt for the presenter and all of they had to go through. They did an amazing job.”
- “Absolutely amazing, inspiring inside look at what he and his team went through. VT is lucky to have him, and we’re very fortunate he was willing to share his experiences with his higher education colleagues.”
Anyway, if you go to EduWeb, just make sure you don’t miss Mike’s presentation (and if you don’t, you can get your hands on the recording of his session as well as the two others as the Crisis Communication 2.0 Week series is now available on-demand)
But, let me get back to the core topic of this post.
This year again, my schedule is preventing me from attending eduWeb (July and August are always crazy months for me), which is why I’m looking for one or two more good souls who would consider guest blogging — i.e. email me detailed notes of one or two (or more) presentations you attend.
A couple of people have already contacted me to volunteer, but there’s so much to blog about at this conference, that I thought I’ll ask you all again.
Last year, seven readers blogged the conference and they loved it (some said it helped them to connect with other fine attendees)
Need more reasons to be convinced?
What can I say? Fame, glory, good karma and a byline on your favorite blog — to show to your coworkers. Not sure yet? Come on, just do it for the team! If you work for a vendor (yes, I know you’re also reading) and want to cover a different session than your own, you’re also welcome.
Interested? Please email me at karine@collegewebeditor.com ASAP, so I have an idea of which sessions will be blogged.
Wow! Thanks Karine for the posting of our upcoming conference; we’re just under 300 participants for this year’s event. Besides Mike Dame, we also have Daniel Creasy of Johns Hopkins, presenting on Admissions Blogs (he was mentioned in The Washington Post front page in this past March) and Jack Chielle of Wilkes University, whose admissions marketing campaign was touted by The New York Times this past April. Besides these 3 great presenters, we have lots more including additional ” mini sessions” of “Ask An Expert” and our successful, Lunch Topic Tables on Monday. See all of you very soon!