All times listed are in CDT.
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am |
What Dungeons & Dragons Taught Me about UX Design
– This session will provide tips make your UX process – and your adventure – less stressful.
Designing a CMS that supports great content design
– In this talk I’ll explore how to design your CMS to support and encourage content design, making it more intuitive for distributed editors to use, with built-in tips and trainin
AI-Generated Art: Understanding the Potential
– We’ll showcase inspiring use cases in the film and video game spheres, where AI is reinventing visual storytelling and gameplay.
Creating Accessible Emails
– Courtney and Liz will provide best practices and tips for creating accessible emails. |
| 10:00 am | |
| 11:00 am |
Figma and Design Systems
– In this session, we will walk through how we organized, architected, and built a library in Figma with dozens of components, variants, properties, and styles.
How to Level up your Workday so it's More Efficient (and Fun!)
– In this session, you’ll hear from three members of Illinois State University’s digital experience team.
The Creative Writer's Toolkit: Tried and True Methods for Eye-catching Stories
– In this workshop, we’ll go over tools to be creative and draw your reader in so they don’t want to stop.
A Different Kind of Magic: Reimagining our Work with Neurodivergent Creatives and Tech Colleagues
– This presentation introduces those in the creative and tech fields to strategies for working with co-workers who may have ASD or are neurodivergent, which is not often addressed in diversity and inclusion initiatives. |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
– |
| 1:00 pm |
Digital Accessibility Program
– This program will include background information, as well as facts and common misconceptions of creating a digital footprint that is accessible for all.
Our Digital Home: University Housing's Journey to New Websites
– Mari Anne Brocker Curry, Dick Detzner, and Chris Axtman-Barker detail the planning, feedback, strategy, and structure of the new Housing websites
Navigating Organizational Milestones: Harnessing Communications for Brand Stewardship
– In this engaging talk, we’ll explore the pivotal role of effective communication in amplifying the impact of organizational milestones.
Behind-the-scenes of digital media: Podcasts, webinars and everything in between
– Get a behind-the-scenes look at how to create and edit a podcast, video, or other digital media |
| 2:00 pm |
Moving the needle: How to translate basic market research into a multi-phase awareness campaign
– In this workshop Kristin Tennant and Jamie Hedrick draw from their journey developing a strategic, multi-faceted campaign.
SEO Essentials for Content Managers
– We will cover content-focused strategies you can employ to ensure your audiences find your web pages in Google.
Empowering Education: Leveraging AI to Support Underrepresented College Students
– This presentation delves into the potential of ChatGPT and other AI tools to address these students’ unique challenges
Playing to Win: Redesigning COUNTRY’s User Experience Playbook
– In this presentation, we’ll learn how COUNTRY redefined its User Experience Design Playbook over the course of their quote redesign efforts. |
| 3:00 pm | |
| 5:00 pm |
Web Con Social Mixer – Powered by NCSA
– Join us for our social meet up at the Gallery Art Bar in Urbana, IL! |
| 6:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am |
What Dungeons & Dragons Taught Me about UX Design
– This session will provide tips make your UX process – and your adventure – less stressful. |
| 10:00 am |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am |
Designing a CMS that supports great content design
– In this talk I’ll explore how to design your CMS to support and encourage content design, making it more intuitive for distributed editors to use, with built-in tips and trainin |
| 10:00 am |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am |
AI-Generated Art: Understanding the Potential
– We’ll showcase inspiring use cases in the film and video game spheres, where AI is reinventing visual storytelling and gameplay. |
| 10:00 am | |
| 11:00 am | |
| 12:00 pm | |
| 1:00 pm | |
| 2:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am |
Creating Accessible Emails
– Courtney and Liz will provide best practices and tips for creating accessible emails. |
| 10:00 am |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 11:00 am |
Figma and Design Systems
– In this session, we will walk through how we organized, architected, and built a library in Figma with dozens of components, variants, properties, and styles. |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 11:00 am |
How to Level up your Workday so it's More Efficient (and Fun!)
– In this session, you’ll hear from three members of Illinois State University’s digital experience team. |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 11:00 am |
The Creative Writer's Toolkit: Tried and True Methods for Eye-catching Stories
– In this workshop, we’ll go over tools to be creative and draw your reader in so they don’t want to stop. |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 11:00 am |
A Different Kind of Magic: Reimagining our Work with Neurodivergent Creatives and Tech Colleagues
– This presentation introduces those in the creative and tech fields to strategies for working with co-workers who may have ASD or are neurodivergent, which is not often addressed in diversity and inclusion initiatives. |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
– |
| 1:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 1:00 pm |
Digital Accessibility Program
– This program will include background information, as well as facts and common misconceptions of creating a digital footprint that is accessible for all. |
| 2:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 1:00 pm |
Our Digital Home: University Housing's Journey to New Websites
– Mari Anne Brocker Curry, Dick Detzner, and Chris Axtman-Barker detail the planning, feedback, strategy, and structure of the new Housing websites |
| 2:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 1:00 pm |
Navigating Organizational Milestones: Harnessing Communications for Brand Stewardship
– In this engaging talk, we’ll explore the pivotal role of effective communication in amplifying the impact of organizational milestones. |
| 2:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 1:00 pm |
Behind-the-scenes of digital media: Podcasts, webinars and everything in between
– Get a behind-the-scenes look at how to create and edit a podcast, video, or other digital media |
| 2:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 2:00 pm |
Moving the needle: How to translate basic market research into a multi-phase awareness campaign
– In this workshop Kristin Tennant and Jamie Hedrick draw from their journey developing a strategic, multi-faceted campaign. |
| 3:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 2:00 pm |
SEO Essentials for Content Managers
– We will cover content-focused strategies you can employ to ensure your audiences find your web pages in Google. |
| 3:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 2:00 pm |
Empowering Education: Leveraging AI to Support Underrepresented College Students
– This presentation delves into the potential of ChatGPT and other AI tools to address these students’ unique challenges |
| 3:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 2:00 pm |
Playing to Win: Redesigning COUNTRY’s User Experience Playbook
– In this presentation, we’ll learn how COUNTRY redefined its User Experience Design Playbook over the course of their quote redesign efforts. |
| 3:00 pm |
| Day 1 Sessions | |
|---|---|
| 5:00 pm |
Web Con Social Mixer – Powered by NCSA
– Join us for our social meet up at the Gallery Art Bar in Urbana, IL! |
| 6:00 pm |
Day 1 Sessions
-
What Dungeons & Dragons Taught Me about UX Design
–
This session will provide tips make your UX process – and your adventure – less stressful.
-
Designing a CMS that supports great content design
–
In this talk I’ll explore how to design your CMS to support and encourage content design, making it more intuitive for distributed editors to use, with built-in tips and trainin
-
AI-Generated Art: Understanding the Potential
–
We’ll showcase inspiring use cases in the film and video game spheres, where AI is reinventing visual storytelling and gameplay.
-
Creating Accessible Emails
–
Courtney and Liz will provide best practices and tips for creating accessible emails.
-
Figma and Design Systems
–
In this session, we will walk through how we organized, architected, and built a library in Figma with dozens of components, variants, properties, and styles.
-
How to Level up your Workday so it's More Efficient (and Fun!)
–
In this session, you’ll hear from three members of Illinois State University’s digital experience team.
-
The Creative Writer's Toolkit: Tried and True Methods for Eye-catching Stories
–
In this workshop, we’ll go over tools to be creative and draw your reader in so they don’t want to stop.
-
A Different Kind of Magic: Reimagining our Work with Neurodivergent Creatives and Tech Colleagues
–
This presentation introduces those in the creative and tech fields to strategies for working with co-workers who may have ASD or are neurodivergent, which is not often addressed in diversity and inclusion initiatives.
-
Lunch
–
-
Digital Accessibility Program
–
This program will include background information, as well as facts and common misconceptions of creating a digital footprint that is accessible for all.
-
Our Digital Home: University Housing's Journey to New Websites
–
Mari Anne Brocker Curry, Dick Detzner, and Chris Axtman-Barker detail the planning, feedback, strategy, and structure of the new Housing websites
-
Navigating Organizational Milestones: Harnessing Communications for Brand Stewardship
–
In this engaging talk, we’ll explore the pivotal role of effective communication in amplifying the impact of organizational milestones.
-
Behind-the-scenes of digital media: Podcasts, webinars and everything in between
–
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how to create and edit a podcast, video, or other digital media
-
Moving the needle: How to translate basic market research into a multi-phase awareness campaign
–
In this workshop Kristin Tennant and Jamie Hedrick draw from their journey developing a strategic, multi-faceted campaign.
-
SEO Essentials for Content Managers
–
We will cover content-focused strategies you can employ to ensure your audiences find your web pages in Google.
-
Empowering Education: Leveraging AI to Support Underrepresented College Students
–
This presentation delves into the potential of ChatGPT and other AI tools to address these students’ unique challenges
-
Playing to Win: Redesigning COUNTRY’s User Experience Playbook
–
In this presentation, we’ll learn how COUNTRY redefined its User Experience Design Playbook over the course of their quote redesign efforts.
-
Web Con Social Mixer – Powered by NCSA
–
Join us for our social meet up at the Gallery Art Bar in Urbana, IL!