September 2005
September 1, 2005
TUANZ (e)-vision forum — it's all about the USER!
User Centered Design — what is it, why is it important and how can it have an impact on your business?
This interactive session will cover your website, intranet, mobile applications, and product development. If you are a designer, website or intranet manager, developer or product manager involved in IT or telecommunications, this forum is one for you. Join a great line up of speakers including Mark Billinghurst, HITLab, Suzanne Currie, Navman and Jock Phillips, Te Aro for a one day interective session in Auckland or Wellington
Website: The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand
September 2, 2005
TUANZ (e)-vision forum - It's all about the USER!
User Centered Design — what is it, why is it important and how can it have an impact on your business?
This interactive session will cover your website, intranet, mobile applications, and product development. If you are a designer, website or intranet manager, developer or product manager involved in IT or telecommunications, this forum is one for you.
Website: The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand
September 7, 2005
TCANZ 2005 - Communicating with Users: Moving Online and to the Web
The Technical Communicators Association of New Zealand presents their 2005 Conference with a focus on the interplay between information design, user interaction and usability.
As for previous TCANZ conferences we have sourced speakers from the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand to give you the latest information on their areas of expertise.
Pre- and post-conference workshops, presented by conference speakers, will be held on Wednesday 7th September and Saturday 10th September.
Website: TCANZ 2005 Conference
September 21, 2005
Wellington as a Creative City
Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005
Time: 4.40-6pm
Venue: GBLT4, Old Government Buildings
Address: 15 Lambton Quay
Michael Volkerling (Director, Centre for Creative Industries, WelTech): Wellington as a Creative City
Booking and Ticketing:
Free event open to the public
For More Information:
Contact:
Sarelle Reid
Phone: 463 5305
Email: sarelle.reid@vuw.ac.nz
September 27, 2005
UPA Auckland - Usable and Findable: Optimising Search Rankings and User Experience with Stephan Spencer
The marriage of search engine optimisation and usability can be a happy one. Granted, just creating a successful user experience can be a challenge. But to also cater to the search engine's algorithms concomitantly - this can seem downright daunting. Many companies, often inadvertently, choose one approach over the other. The goal, elusive as it may seem, is improved search engine rankings ALONG WITH greater accessibility and better overall usability. Get ready for a dose of insight, strategy, process, and well-considered opinion to cure what ails your site.
Join Stephan for an information-packed session covering:
* Wordsmithing approaches
* Benchmarking criteria
* Contextual linking
* Role of keyword analysis
* Optimal site structure
* Wielding the full power of CSS
* Measuring Return On Investment
* Best practices & worst practices
Speaker Bio:
Stephan Spencer, M.Sc. is founder and managing director of Netconcepts (http://www.netconcepts.com), a 10 year-old web agency specialising in search engine optimisation, e-commerce, and website design, as well as email marketing through its gravityMail (http://www.gravitymail.com) division. Netconcepts' clients include such large U.S. corporates as AOL, HSN (Home Shopping Network), Verizon, REI, PETsMART, Kohl's, Sara Lee Direct, The Sharper Image, and WellPoint.
Stephan is a Senior Contributor to MarketingProfs.com, and he has served as a columnist for Unlimited here in N.Z. and for Building Online Business in the U.S. He has contributed to publications such as DM News, Multichannel Merchant, Catalog Age, Marketing Magazine, and Management Magazine. He is co-author of the analyst report "The State of Search Engine Marketing 1.0" published by Catalog Age. Stephan is a sought-after speaker at Internet conferences around the globe - Berlin, London, Toronto, Santiago, Boston, New York, Chicago, L.A., San Francisco, and places in between. He blogs at www.stephanspencer.com.
Register at auckland@upa.org.nz by Sunday 25th September please.
$10 cash at the door. Location details below.
Location: Bank of New Zealand, 3rd floor, 125 Queen Street
Map showing location of building (but we are on the 3rd floor):
Time: 6 pm for drinks and nibbles, 6.30pm talk starts, finishes approx 8pm.
Call Mark McLay on 029 222 00 16 if you have difficulty getting in or arrive after 6.30pm
September 29, 2005
Web Essentials 2005 (Sydney)
In 2005 Web Essentials goes even further, bringing 7 international speakers who are second to none in their field. We'll be covering the latest developments in web design, development, user experience and accessibility, workflow and strategy, with in depth sessions on CSS, XHTML, emergent semantics, Javascript, AJAX, and much more.
Molly Holzschlag, Eric Meyer, Tantek Çelik, Jeff Veen, Kelly Goto, Douglas Bowman, and Derek Featherstone. You won't see an international lineup like this anywhere else in the world this year.
Website: Web Essentials 2005
September 30, 2005
Community capital and household use of the Internet
Community capital and household use of the Internet
Joce Williams
Wellington
Friday 30th September
12.00 PM
http://communication.massey.ac.nz/seminar_series.html
Department of Communication and Journalism
Doctoral Research Seminar Series, Wellington.
Venue: Massey University, Wallace Street,
Contact Details: Nicky McInnes
Tel: 801 2794 x6931