#PSEWEB

Room Rate Extension & Discount on Deluxe Suites

Jessie — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:30:05 +0000

The Delta Vancouver suites has extended the special conference rate of $169 / night! You can now apply for the PSEWEB rate up until 2 weeks before the conference date.

In addition the Delta is making available Deluxe Suites for June 23rd & 24th for PSEWEB attendees at a special discounted rate of $179.00.

Book online with our special conference booking page. You can also call (604) 689-8188 (toll-free 1-888-663-8811), fax (604) 605-8881 or e-mail: vancouversuites@deltahotels.com and ask for the PSEWEB rate.

Again, these offers are available up until 2 weeks before the conference date – but the normal suites are close to sold out, so be sure to reserve soon!

Looking for alternate accommodation within walking distance?

Alternate Accommodation Options

Jessie — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:31:07 +0000

Looking for something that provides a lower cost alternative to the Delta?

Here are a couple of options within walking distance to the conference!

Also a final reminder that the group rate for the Delta expires on May 24th – information on how to book with the Delta is available here.

Todd Sanders to keynote at #PSEWEB 2013

Jessie — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:32:18 +0000

I literally couldn’t be more excited to introduce our newest keynote speaker, Todd Sanders! Todd is joining us from UWGB where he uses the social interweb to raise the bar on his own campus and also push the rest of us to hit every day out of the park and be passionate and proud about our online mission. Please extend a warm welcome to one of my favourite people, @tsand!

Socially Awkward: How Making the Brand More Human Can Change Everything

By Todd Sanders

The social web is a playground, yet most brands continue to show up in business attire. Not only are they overdressed and somewhat creepy, they are unable to experience what makes the playground so much fun. The humanization of the brand can help foster a new direction for your social web efforts and add new life to your realtime conversations. It’s time to unlock the magic of your campus, it’s time to respect your intuition.

About Todd

Todd Sanders is a social web specialist with more than 10 years experience in post-secondary education. He is currently a Senior Information Processing Consultant at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay where he is constantly exploring new ways to make old things sound more engaging to young people.

After spending time as a copywriter and graphic designer in the world of advertising, Todd found his passion online as a webmaster — perhaps the most awkward job title ever created.

He spent his first years in the university setting creating websites for an NCAA Division I athletics program and the departments within student affairs. As the web evolved, his focus switched to community building with the creation of an award-winning video blog series highlighting student life events. In 2011, he participated in the Mercedes-Benz Tweet Race, where his network of friends demonstrated how the power of quality relationships are able to overcome much larger networks on the social web. Soon after, he was given the opportunity to play on the social web in a full-time position — perhaps the most awesome job ever created.

He is happily married to the most beautiful woman in the world and has three children who constantly remind him that the value of a smile is priceless.

2013 #PSEWEB Speakers & Sessions Announced

Melissa Mae — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:50:59 +0000

The program for this year’s #PSEWEB has been released! Our sessions at this year’s conference in Vancouver will be:

Can You Pass the Social Media License Test? Social Media TOS Crash Course
By Karine Joly

Building Community: Supporting Distributed Web Publishing at BCIT
By Kenzie Woodbridge

The Pursuit of IA Perfection
By Jake Redekop

Content Strategy: Your Website’s Secret Weapon
By Jake Redekop

On The Go: Using Mobile to Support The Student Experience
By Janeen Alliston

Strategically Coordinating Digital Content Across Your Organization
By Jonathan Woodcock

Getting Accessibility Requirements Working for Your Organization
By Anna Beard and Jonathan Woodcock

Accessibility Demystified: Web Accessibility Compliance and Tools to Help Meet the Requirements
By Penny Kronz

An Army of Students: Leveraging Student Talents to Create Stellar Content and Showcase Campus Community
By Courtney Mallam

When The Lights Go Out: Crisis Communications and Social Media
By Tom Cochrane

Writing for Humans: From Bureaucratic Verbiage to Clear Communication
By Jared Lenover

Creating a Digital Measurement Plan: How to Define, Measure, and Communicate the Success of Your Digital Marketing
By Matt Cooper

You’re Not Alone: Being Solo In Higher Ed
By Ron Bronson

Panel Discussion on Social Media
By JP Rains, Melissa Cheater, Tom Cochrane, Kristina Doyle and Courtney Mallam

Social Media Content Strategy: Tips & Tools
By Andrea Karpala

Operation Transformation – Make Me Responsive!
By David Miller

IT vs Marketing, by IT & Marketing, A Match Made At PSEWEB.
By JP Rains and Marty Laferriere

Social Media Directories
By Kristina Doyle

Digital Marketing Best Practices for Higher Ed 2013
By Phillipe Taza

Extending Your Reach With Google Analytics Dashboards
By Alan Etkin

ResponsiveCSS3PolyfillBootstrapGrid.js – or What the Heck is This Stuff and Why Should You Care?
By Shahab Lashkari

The Digital Hand Off: Smooth Online Transitions Within A Decentralized Institution
By Kareem Rahaman, Hamza Khan and Samantha Read

Answering A Complicated Question With the Power of YouTube!
By Steve Krysak

Social Video Marketing: So you want to be cool, eh?
By Daphne Simone

Establishing a Social Media Program
By Mike McCready

Digital Kids on Branding, Privacy and Technology Bias
By Andrew Smyk

Visit our Sessions Page to read more about each session, and our Speakers Page to read more about our amazing speakers.

As always, we thank our early bird attendees for helping us pick the program – it is based entirely on the votes (and good taste) of early bird ticket holders.

With these speakers, Stewart Foss’ keynote, the first Canadian eduStyle awards and three additional speakers to be announced in the coming days (including our second keynote speaker), we hope you’ll agree that this looks to be the richest #PSEWEB to date and we can’t wait to share it with you!

Stewart Foss & eduStyle at #PSEWEB 2013

Melissa Mae — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:25:06 +0000

Good, better, best – raising the bar in higher-ed web design

We’re pleased to announce our first keynote speaker for #PSEWEB 2013, Stewart Foss! Stewart’s keynote will focus on ‘Student Experience Design.” What makes a website good? How can you make it better? What can we learn from the best? Stewart will share his thoughts about how we can raise the bar in higher-ed web design and how we can transition from good user experience design to good student experience design.

Stewart Foss has worked in higher ed web design for the last 10 years. Over those years he has held web management positions at Athabasca University and Grant MacEwan University and a faculty position at Lethbridge College. He is the founder of eduStyle and the eduStyle Awards and the co-author of the eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher Ed Homepage Design. He is currently the principle at Demand Creativity.

The Canadian eduStyle Awards

In addition to his keynote, we are beyond excited to announce that Stewart will be launching the first annual Canadian eduStyle Awards, which will culminate in the award ceremony at this year’s #PSEWEB Conference! The awards will cover web, social, mobile & email – submit your work, your co-workers work and share the news to help us generate enough submissions to put Canadian higher education digital marketing on the map at this year’s awards. Submit now at edustyle.net/awards/canada/2013/

That’s all for now but please stay tuned over the next few days for our second keynote announcement as well as the rest of our 2013 program of speakers – featuring more than 30 of your peers from across the country!

Book your #pseweb 2013 room at the Delta Vancouver Suites

Jessie — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:56:02 +0000

#PSEWEB 2013 will be at the Delta Vancouver Suites this year! There is a special conference rate of $169 / night, which will be available during the days of the conference as well as three days before and after!

#PSEWEB 2013 comes to Vancouver, BC on June 24 & 25

Melissa Mae — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:56:32 +0000

Here we come, Vancouver! #PSEWEB 2013 will be June 24 to June 25 in beautiful Vancouver, BC at the Delta Vancouver Suites.

With our location & date confirmed, our Call for Speakers is open and early bird tickets are now on sale!

Ready, set, here’s your to do list:

Tell our speakers what you want to see on the 2013 program
Register for your early bird ticket & program voting rights
Ask for our group rate (PSEWEB) at the Delta Vancouver Suites
Get excited!

Thank you to the amazing Vicky for leading our search for a 2013 home, and to our planning posse and community that have guided us to the decision to go to Vancouver!

See you in Vancouver,

Melissa (@mmbc)

All Call! What do you want to see at #PSEWEB 2013?

Melissa Mae — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:56:32 +0000

Last year, we had seen email missing on the program for year after year and as one of the highest return digital marketing methods, I threw it in the ring. One of my favourite aspects of the conference is that it ultimately doesn’t matter what I think should be onstage because the early bird ticket holders decide what they want to see. We also had several requests last year for more developer sessions, or even a dev/tech stream!

Our call for speakers is open and your peers are considering the last year of work for possible presentation topics. Use the comments of this post to tell our potential speakers what topics you want to see on the program! The #PSEWEB program is yours to shape – ask for presentations and then vote on the proposed presentations to influence our content in Vancouver this June!

2013 Call for Speakers is open! Add #PSEWEB to your portfolio

Melissa Mae — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:56:32 +0000

The Call for Speakers at #PSEWEB 2013 in Vancouver is now open! Sharing your experience with your #PSEWEB peers is the most meaningful and rewarding way to participate in the conference and we hope you will consider joining us onstage this year.

What was new for you this year? What was your biggest project? What did you wish you had time to really dig into and make a case for at your school? Presenting is a great way to add Speaker to your LinkedIn rap sheet and showcase a project you are proud of or a subject that the community needs to be thinking about.

See you onstage!

Melissa (@mmbc)

Wireless Internet Access

Melissa Mae — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:27:55 +0000

The wireless access code for our group is PSEWEB. This code will allow you to log in for one 24 hour period at a time. After the 24 hours, you will have to re-enter the same code.