Take advantage of a special 2-for-1 offer. For only $360, receive conference passes to both WebVisions and SearchFest, Portland’s largest search engine marketing conference dedicated to search marketing education and networking. Save over $150 if purchased separately!
SearchFest takes place from 8:00am to 5:00pm on Tuesday, March 9th at the Governor Hotel.
Register at http://www.webvisionsevent.com/promo/searchfest/
WebVisions is celebrating its tenth year, and we will begin soliciting visionary session and workshop proposals starting on September 1st. Topics for submissions can focus on design, development, web and mobile apps, community, technology, user experience, video and motion graphics, new ideas/experimental and more. The deadline for submissions is Dec. 31, 2009.
Submit your session, workshop and panel proposal here.
Did you attend WebVisions 2009 (May 20-22 at the Oregon Convention Center)? If so, please take a moment to complete a brief survey that will help us make the next event even better.
WebVisions is coming next month and to get things heated up, we want to start a war. A Twitter War that is! Here’s how it works:
Panels of the brightest and loudest technological minds at Beer and Blog will debate against one another with winners decided by viewers via Twitter. Each topic will have a panel of 4 participants. The topics are:
* #Javascript vs. #Flash
* #Wordpress vs #Drupal
* #Firefox vs. #Safari
* #Facebook vs. #Twitter
* #Bridgeport vs. #Deschutes
Each panelist will have one minute to state their case, followed by 3 minutes of free-for-all. People can comment and vote via twitter the entire time. The judges are Brad Smith, Executive Director; Stephanie Wagner, WebVisions Board Member; and Chris Alan from Enact Development. They will be pulling new tweets every 10-15 seconds, and showing ones the judges likes. Judges will determine the best panelist and the best audience comment to win a free pass to WebVisions! If you already have a pass, sorry the prize is not available to you. Second place winners will receive a WebVisions T-shirt.
The Webvisionary Awards recognizes outstanding work in categories that range from web apps to community sites. But more importantly, it’s a chance to strut your stuff in front of a panel of big-name judges and your peers. The cost is only $25 per entry, so submit your project today and take home some metal for your mantle. Entries will be accepted through May 8th, but don’t wait until the last minute.
The Webvisionary Awards ceremony will be held at the Bagdad Theatre on Thursday, May 21st from 7:30-9:00pm. Join our special guests, play presentation karaoke and more! The awards are sponsored by two of our favorite companies: WebTrends and 52 Ltd.
WebVisions and Open Source Bridge explore the future of web design, technology, online communities, start-ups and, of course, open source software. Let’s not forget all of the networking activities, parties and gatherings that naturally spring up around such great events. And you can attend both events for only $300 – a savings of over $100 off the price when purchased separately. Find out more or call Brad or Dana at (503) 230-2058 to sign up!
In a moment of genius, Justin Kistner came up the idea of Beer and Blog, a weekly meet up based on bloggers helping bloggers over beers. Who can’t love this? And WebVisions is happy to spend two Fridays hoisting a pint or two with fellow bloggers…join us on April 17 and May 15 for the WebVisions Beer and Blog events in Portland. Let Brad know that you’re going to be there!
WebVisions Speaker Series – Thursday, March 19, 6:30-8:00pm
As part of the WebVisions Speaker Series, Adam Ware of SwellPath will discuss how tracking activity on web sites used to be all about the page views and visit paths. Now, dynamic content means most interaction is taking place between page loads. Getting web analytics tracking involved in this interaction is still often overlooked, avoided, or feared. This session examines good and bad ways to integrate web analytics tracking beginning in the design phase, and how doing so can benefit designers and developers as much as it benefits marketers. Learn how visitors are interacting with your work, and use the knowledge to drive your own personal design and development decisions.
Location:
PCC Cascade Campus
Moriarty Arts and Humanities Auditorium
705 N. Killingsworth
Portland, Oregon
Admission is free. Please RSVP below if you wish to attend.
WebVisions Speaker Series / DevGroup NW
Wed., Feb. 18, 6:30 to 8:00pm
Homophily describes the tendency of individuals to bond with people similar to themselves. It’s an obvious insight. But it also means everything to the analysis of any given online community. A web community’s success can be predicted almost entirely by asking: “Do the people drawn to this website share cultural traits with one another?” … more
We at WebVisions are all about the future of the web community. Local startups are really taking off, and this Saturday afternoon, Startupalooza is the place to be. Scott Kveton, who will be speaking at WebVisions, will demo Vidoop, a single sign-on tool using OpenID, that eliminates the need for passwords.
I just learned that Startupalooza is already ‘sold’ out. If you are in the midst of a startup, or just startup-curious, look for WebVisions sessions focusing on need-to-know topics for creating a new online businesss today. We guarantee plenty of hallway discussions around this topic. Especially since Rashmi Sinha, Andy Baio, Christina Wodtke and Brian Oberkirch will be in the house. We also would like to invite you register for Start Up Weekend, which starts Friday evening after the official close of WebVisions.