MinneWebCon 2010 (web • twitter • facebook) is less than three weeks away! Join Minnov8 (we’re the media group covering the event) and hundreds of your fellow netizens at this fantastic get-together focused on next generation internet, web and social media creation and delivery.
Here’s the latest from MinneWebCon Director, Kris Layon, about the region’s 3rd annual web design and social media conference:
1. Schedule: This year’s conference schedule has now been finalized. (subject to change, of course, but we’re hoping it’s final)
2. Registration: 210 of our 300 available spots have been filled! Rates remain the same as in 2008 and 2009:
- Standard registration: $200
- With University of MN staff discount: $150*
- With student discount (any school): $100
3. Pre-conference Facebook discussions: You’re invited to help kick off the Social Media unconference session by joining any of the discussions now available on the MinneWebCon Facebook page. Three topics, “Social networking and your marketing strategy,” “Monitoring and managing your social networking sites,” and “Measuring social networking” are online now. Participate in a discussion on the MinneWebCon Facebook page by clicking on the “Discussions” tab. We’d like to hear your thoughts and comments!
4. Yahoo! Developer Network: We’re pleased to announce that we have a third national sponsor for MinneWebCon this year, Yahoo! Specifically, the Yahoo! Developer Network group (that develops great open source projects such as the Yahoo! User Interface, or YUI, library).
5. Free stuff reminder — tech books: We’re once again giving away a limited number of tech books to the first people who check in on the morning of Monday April 12 (check-in will begin at 7:45 a.m., one hour before the morning keynote). The first shipment of books arrived last month from New Riders. Another batch from O’Reilly should be arriving shortly!
6. Free stuff reminder — commemorative poster: This year there’s something completely new and very exciting — we’ve commissioned art! Every conference attendee will receive a limited edition, silkscreened Adam Turman cityscape poster. Adam is a graphic design graduate of the U of M, so we couldn’t be happier to partner with him on this poster.
For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.minnewebcon.umn.edu/