MSU WebDev CAFÉ
Fall
2009 Campus Forum
Friday, October 23, 2009
2:00-4:30 pm • 147 Communication Arts
and Sciences Building
Mark your calendar to
attend the inaugural campus forum of the MSU Web Development Community for
Advising, Facilitating, and Enabling, or simply – MSU WebDev CAFÉ. The fall
program offers news and commentary on major Web-related initiatives at the
University, as well as talks and discussion on themes of general interest to the
broad community of Web development professionals working at MSU. Please plan to
attend and share this announcement with colleagues!
Topics and Speakers
Welcome
and Remarks on Web Development at MSU
David
Gift, MSU Libraries, Computing, and Technology
MSU
Web Accessibility Policy Implementation
Karen
Woehlert, MSU Office for Inclusion and Intercultural
Initiatives
Update
on MSU’s Implementation of the Cascade Server Content Management
System
Nancy
French and Mike VanPutten, MSU University Relations
Search
Engine Optimization
Adam
Henige, Netvantage (see http://netvantagemarketing.com and http://adamsblog.netvantagemarketing.com)
Social
Networks and Online Communities
Julielyn
Gibbons, i3strategies (see http://i3strategies.com and State News story
at http://tinyurl.com/sn-gibbons)
Design
and Development with Adobe FLEX
Nick
Kwiatkowski, The Michigan Flex Users Group and MSU Telecommunication Systems
(see http://www.theflexgroup.org and
http://quetwo.com)
About the MSU WebDev
CAFÉ
The
MSU WebDev CAFÉ serves the community of MSU Web professionals by facilitating
group discussions with information/opinion sharing, convening meetings and
events, and offering feedback on policies as well as large-scale applications.
Broad themes pursued through CAFÉ activities include Web design, standards,
development, services, and collaboration tools. Specific topics may include Web
programming, mashups, rich media, content management systems, information
architecture, usability, accessibility, Web hosting, storage, security, writing
for the Web, and Web 2.0 tools such as social networking. Attention is also paid
to expanding awareness of professional development opportunities for higher
education Web professionals. Through its activities, the WebDev CAFÉ fosters a
supportive, knowledgeable, and multidisciplinary community of practice for Web
professionals, whether they are from staff, faculty, or student ranks. The
community holds monthly meetings and quarterly forums. It also utilizes an
e-mail list (http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=webdevcafe&A=1)
and threaded discussions (http://forums.msu.edu) to communicate
throughout the year.
For More Information
Contact
Burt Bargerstock at 353-8977 or [log in to unmask]. To learn more about MSU’s
Communities for Advising, Facilitating, and Enabling (CAFÉs), see http://lct.msu.edu/cafes.
This event is sponsored by MSU Libraries, Computing, and Technology.