The Big Picture 5.0: Doing More with Less Means Being More Imaginative and Less Static

Another note from the UCDA "buzz" team....

For many of us, we are the only design/communications professional in the entire unit, office, department, etc. Even if you're part of a design/communications/publications/web team, there are only a few of you, and there are many more jobs than you can count. This requires you be efficient. Creative. Innovative. Effective. All that.

With that (and you) in mind, each year UCDA puts together their annual Design Conference to Inspire us. Educate us. Train us. Motivate us. Equip us.

This year is no different. What with the demands of designing for and communicating via integrated marketing campaigns, social media, and video, I know that without UCDA I would still be driving 35-mph in the new Web 5.0 world. (Yes, as of May 20, 2009, according to PR LEAP, Web 5.0 has begun.) And HTML5? It's already here.

This year's breakout sessions bring you the gamut of how to design multi-touch, coherent communications campaigns. Finding ways to do things more efficiently and spread the message across multiple platforms won't be a mystery when you have the right tools and tips. Check out what who can learn from this year...

Designing for WordPress
Mike Richwalsky, John Carroll

No Country for Old Marketing Methods...
Sini Stjernsward Ross, Sexton Strategic

Connecting with Coherence: Three Satellites Point the Way
Rick Bailey, Richard Harrison Bailey/The Agency

Getting Started with XML
James J. Maivald, XML for Designers (His book is a must-have! Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML)

Thinking Dynamic-ly? Know your P's, Q's (and your XML's ...)
Chris Edwards, Quark

Technobabble or Technobrillance: 21st Century Digital Strategies for Higher Education
Fritz McDonald, Stamats

Until October then, it's shoulder to grindstone. See you in Minneapolis!

sarah