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Yes No Dean Meyers, Dean Meyers, Inc. Visual Problem Solving: 5 Diagrams in 15 Minutes Can you solve problems visually? Using 5 diagrams in 15 minutes, you do not need to know how to draw in order to discover and identify tools, resources, ideas methods and processes to figure out how to do everything from making breakfast to examining new ideas to improve business. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Design Thinking, Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement C B
Yes No Jaime Woo, I'm a writer so I'm skipping this. Brilliant Second Acts You Must Steal Tricks From Few expect a lifelong job anymore and, in the creative industry, reinvention can be key to career longevity. This presentation curates jaw-dropping second acts of trailblazers who have matched or exceeded the success of their career first acts and presents the common predictors to steal for your own use. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Case Study, Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement C I
Yes No Brian Simpson, Roger Smith Hotel Twittering Through Chemo - Survivors Unite Two to three days a week for months chemo was lonely - twitter was there for me 24/7. No matter how sick I looked my tweets were all smiles. Social networks united me with the outside world! We are the greatest club you dont ask to be in. Twitter united us. Case Study, Community / Online Community, Education, Online Relationships, Self-Help / Self-Improvement C I
Yes No Keely Kolmes, Dr. Keely Kolmes, Clinical Psychologist Psychology and the Internet: From Freud to Facebook With the popularity of online social networks and services, what’s the psychology behind how people use them? How is the Internet changing people’s lives for better (or worse)? What does the research show about how people use Facebook and Twitter? Can you get effective mental health treatment online? Career / Work Concerns, Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, Social Issues, Social Networking C B
Yes No Val Jones, Better Health Online Healthcare: Survival Strategies Healthcare costs 16% of America's GDP, and is rising at a rate faster than inflation. There are about 47 million uninsured, and an estimated 90,000+ deaths/year due to medical errors. This panel will discuss innovative solutions to healthcare reform, and teach you how to protect your health, find a good doctor, and get the most out of your healthcare dollars. Blogging, Education, Government and Technology, Journalism 2.0, Social Networking C I
Yes No Evan Carroll, Capstrat South By March Madness: Designing For .EDU Want more style in your .edu designs? We're bringing together the teams behind the redesigned Duke.edu and UNC.edu for a classic tobacco road showdown. Not too interested in arguing shades of blue? We'll look at how several universities took different approaches to refreshing their online presence. Case Study, Education, Information Architecture, User Experience, Visual Design C I
Yes No Chris Latham, The University of Texas at Austin How to Teach Good Web Design Efforts like the Opera Web Standards Curriculum and the WaSP InterAct Curriculum have helped give educators frameworks to use but what about the hard part – teaching? We’ll explore how to get into a classroom, what we should expect from students, things to consider before taking up a teaching position, and the state of web design education in general. Accessibility / Web Standards, Design Thinking, Education C B
Yes No Kelly Elander, Harding University How Educators Teach Web Skills: You're Doing What? The panel will talk about some ways college professors and instructors are teaching Web skills This will include class or project settings (including things like simulated projects, game development projects, online web conferences, skype meetings)the use of the latest available Web resources (like the interact.WASP, lynda.com, Abobe, Java & MS software and learning sites) and the use of social media and software tools (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Komodo Edit, etc.) The panel covers some and then tries to get the audience to share some of their ideas so that by the time the session is over everyone has heard a number of interesting and exciting new ways to go back and teach at their company, college or university. Accessibility / Web Standards, Career / Work Concerns, Education, Open Source, Self-Help / Self-Improvement T I
Yes No Lauren Vargas, Radian6 Harvard Was Wrong: Profs’ Perspectives on Blackboards/Backchannels This panel will go beyond the discussion of relevancy of backchannel versus blackboard. Discover how professors are successfully incorporating existing social media tools in the classroom and encouraging participation from all students. No student or professor will be left behind in this r/evolution of learning and teaching. Career / Work Concerns, Education, Online Relationships, Social Issues, Social Networking T I
Yes No Neil Halloran, Our Bombs / Climbing Tree Productions Realizing the Power of Interactive Documentary The digital revolution has given us incredible new tools for documenting the world, but few independent web journalists have moved beyond text-based blogs and short video clips. Interactivity, multimedia, and data visualization can be powerful tools for the documentarian, when the focus is on engaging the viewer and building comprehensive messages. Real world examples will be demonstrated. Blogging, Case Study, Digital Distribution, Education, Journalism 2.0 C B
Yes No Narciso Tovar, Big Noise Communications This Isn't Your Grandfather's PR... The 21st Century Calls for a New Way to Look at PR - One That Doesn't Pigeonhole its Practitioners to Press Releases or Media Relations; But Calls for Greater Teamwork, Flexibility, Creativity and Passion. 21st Century PR Demands That You Listen, Engage and Excite. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Education C I
Yes No Doug Richard, School for Startups How to Teach Entrepreneurialism Globally Entrepreneurialism is global. As the world gets small, entrepreneurs develop a more global reach, but how does an entrepreneur start? In what ways does an entrepreneur from Silicon Valley differ to one in Delhi? There is a whole new generation of potential entrepreneurs out there, without a clue how to start. There are job shortages for students graduating university and college who are venturing out on their own. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Career / Work Concerns, Economic Concerns, Education, International C I
Yes No Mark Horvath, InvisiblePeople.tv A Conversation about Social Change through Social Media A few words, a few pictures, a transformative experience. Good stories are three-way - they include the storyteller and the audience both in the experience and transport to a third place, a shared experience, together. Join us for a conversation on how social media can affect real social change! Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Education, Non-Profits, Social Issues, Social Networking C I
Yes No Jesse Pickard, MindSnacks Can Social Games Change the Way We Learn? Online games that utilize the power of a person’s social graph have proven to be incredibly compelling, addictive and successful. In this panel, we’ll examine how social game design principles can be extended to the education space and determine if a new way of learning is on the horizon. Education C I
Yes No Keri Wilmot, www.ToyQueen.com Engaging Your Kids with High-Tech and Low-Tech Toys In an advanced, technological society, working parents may only have limited time to forge effective social relationships with their children. The focus of this discussion is to identify both low tech and high tech toys and strategies to effectively interact and play with our children in a limited time frame Career / Work Concerns, Education, Other / Out There, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, Social Issues C B
Yes No Mark Blaine, School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon Trustworthy: Text and Transparency in a Noisy World Proper usage has always been a matter of trust. These 10 fundamentals of digital writing reconsider words as data and help us go beyond rule books and search engine optimization to make sense of using language in interactive media. Blogging, Content, Education, Information Architecture, Writing / Technical Writing C B
Yes No Louis Lautman, YES Entertainment Young Entrepreneurs Making it Big in the Media Louis Lautman traveled the country for about a year interviewing today’s most successful young self-made millionaires and entrepreneur experts and put all of the best footage and strategies into a hip new inspirational film, The YES Movie. Learn how young entrepreneurs from The YES Movie are making millions dollars by following their passion and using secret strategies that anyone can use to produce similar results. http://www.theYESmovie.com Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Economic Concerns, Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement C B
Yes No Robert Strent, Grubman, Indursky & Shire, PC Don't Get Sued! A Guide For Content Creators Your content-based website used to fly under the radar. Now you're on your way to becoming the next CollegeHumor.com. Make sure you're ready for the big time. This presentation will cover critical "nuts and bolts" topics such as content ownership, licensing, rights and clearances and employment relationships. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Content, Education, Licensing / Fair Use / Copyright, Other / Out There c I
Yes No Zain Naboulsi, Microsoft Immersive Spaces And The Future: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Lives Conference calls, sex, money, user groups, and so much more! People are starting to see the value of immersive 3D spaces in their lives. What does the future hold for communication and collaboration in this emerging area? Come find out in this session! Community / Online Community, Education, Green / Environmental, Social Networking, User Experience T B
Yes No Pippa Seichrist, Miami Ad School Engineer Pop Culture to Sell Beer or Yourself Learn to use the latest trends in culture (technology, entertainment, socializing...) to leapfrog the status quo. Whether you're developing business ideas, advertising for a brand, or creating a self promotion that will get you your dream job, you have to stand out and be relevant to your target. (The presentation will consist of lecture, examples/case study and audience participation.) Advertising, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Case Study, Education C B
Yes No Dustin Younse, The ACTLab, University of Texas at Austin The One Room Schoolhouse: 21st Century Pedagogy Harnessing group intelligence to fast-track the acquisition and application of knowledge and practical skills. The artificial borders and ivory tower mentality of secondary and higher education are ideas stuck in the 18th century, still treated with far too much regard. In the ACTLab we employ oppositional practices in our teaching. Career / Work Concerns, Community / Online Community, Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, Social Issues C B
Yes No Heath Rezabek, Austin Public Library Connected Youth: Austin Public Library Teens Get Mobile In 2009, the Austin Public Library’ Teen Services launched a new mobile technology initiative called Connected Youth. Along with the core ideal of bridging the digital divide, Connected Youth fosters creative collaboration in digital media, encourages mobility, and cultivates teen involvement at the library. We’ll cover origins, start-up, and direction. Case Study, Digital Divide, Education, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Issues C B
Yes No Matt Thompson, Snarkmarket Kindle 2020 We usually assume a specific ideal reading experience - our favorite paperback novel, perhaps. But the future of reading, across genres, devices, and industries, is likely more varied than uniform. Today's assumptions about reading evolved over centuries; what will we assume about reading tomorrow? Content, Design Thinking, Education, New Technology / Next Generation, Writing / Technical Writing C B
Yes No Lara Sanders, PETA Getting The Kids Behind You “Getting the Kids Behind You” will be a how-to-guide for nonprofits to successfully motivate and mobilize youth to get behind their cause. From mobile campaigns to social networking to iPhone apps, this panel will show real-life examples that actually work. Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Education, Non-Profits, Social Networking C B
Yes No Steve McMinn, fit4real - real fitness for real people The Renaissance Project : Pt. 1 Better Body = Better Mind Control technology, control the world. You're intelligent, interesting and make a great living. Untold hours hunched over computers develop poor posture and sap energy that should be used to enjoy the sweet fruits of your labors. Come learn how to add the element of Sport to your already well-refined Science and Arts skills! Career / Work Concerns, Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, Sports 2.0 C B
Yes No Julie Germany, Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet The University is Dead, Long Live the University Our university system is an archaic relic – bureaucratic, bloated, and increasingly irrelevant. How do we use the philosophy, lessons, models, and tactics of the tech world to fix it? What new models of techno-charged, open source learning are working n the U.S. and abroad? How do we reboot the university? Education C B
Yes No Wendy Levy, Bay Area Video Coalition Augmented Realities: Are Games Changing Documentary For Good? You're a filmmaker or journalist desperate to keep up with emerging technologies. This is the twilight zone for documentary practice - in this interactive presentation, you’ll see award-winning examples of documentary content in radical environments, augmented reality with social change potential, games for change that are actually changing the game. ARGs, Education, Journalism 2.0, New Technology / Next Generation, Video Games C I
Yes No Deirdre Walsh, National Instruments Johnny-5 Comes Alive – How Online Communities Impact Robotics Bill Gates compares today's robotics industry to the PC industry 30 years ago. We’re on the brink of breakthroughs in commercial technology that will allow geeks to run wild developing robots, just like they did with PC's in the 1980s. This session will explore how online communities impact this emerging field. Community / Online Community, Education, Government and Technology, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Networking T B
Yes No Bruce Caron, New Media Research Institute Sampling the Sea: Classroom Networks Save the Ocean Sampling the Sea engages students classrooms around the world in sharing information about the declining global fish population. A partnership with Google Ocean, NASA GLOBE, and ePals, it engages the next generation of consumers in a global dialogue on the future of the sea. Funded by the MacArthur Foundation. Community / Online Community, Education, Green / Environmental, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Networking C B
Yes No Kelly Sutton, HackCollege Using These Things Called Computers to Overhaul Universities The cost of attending a university has become prohibitively expensive with tuition rates outpacing inflation sevenfold, yet the bachelor’s degree continues to mean less and less. How has the American university become so expensive and so ineffective? How is social and distributed technology the answer? Community / Online Community, Education, Open Source, Social Issues, Social Networking T I
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