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Lectures & Presentations
The Ugly Website Roundup
No, this isn’t an official installment in the 2011 Orchestra Website Reviews, instead, it’s a recap of the Your Website is Ugly! session from the National Arts Marketing Project Conference (#NAMPC) in Louisville on the benefits of open source software and how it’s changing the business of web development. But I wanted to take some time to examine a few additional items that didn’t make it into the session.
#NAMPC In Tweets
Tweeting at conferences has become so commonplace that if you’re a presenter and you don’t see folks in the audience with their heads buried into Smartphones, tablets, or latptops, then it’s probably a bad sign. They share tweetable tidbits from speakers, thoughts and observations about the topic at hand, and even have conversations with other Twitter users. So what’s a conference to do when the Twitter hastag isn’t behaving and participants can’t follow in real-time?
YOUR WEBSITE IS UGLY!
Looking for a little take home knowledge from that awesome #NAMPC session about ugly websites? Of course you are and the panel speakers aren’t going to let you down. They’ve hand-picked the choicest cuts of prime tips you should carry with you back to your office. Share and enjoy. Content Strategy and Management Tips Embarking on a major overhaul of your website can seem overwhelming. As you endeavor to revolutionize your …
#NAMPC Is Right Around The Corner
The National Arts Marketing Project Conference (#NAMPC) is next week and it’s shaping up to be a good time. Yes, for those in the orchestra field, the fact that it’s Louisville is more than a little ironic but I’m looking forward to spending a few shop talk filled days in Fall City, wait too ironic; City of Beautiful Churches, there, that works.