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How to Manage Volunteers at Your Event
Volunteers can be the backbone of a conference, helping to keep things running smoothly while simultaneously keeping costs low. But how can a conference planner get the best results out of people working for free? Event planner Adrian Segar arranges the annual edACCESS conference, which he says is managed almost entirely by volunteers. We touched base with him to get his insights on how he builds and maintains volunteer relationships for this and other large-scale conferences.
Segar shared a few of these insights a blog post several years back, starting with judging the marketability of the event by the number of people eager to be a part of it. "Can I find at least five people enthusiastic enough about the proposed combination of topic/theme, audience, location, and duration to volunteer their time and energy to make the event happen?" he wrote at the time.
Once the event is set and volunteers have come forward, Segar said it's important to establish clear expectations early on in the preparation process—for both sides. "Often, you'll have people volunteer for something specific, but sometimes people will just say, 'how can I help?'" he told International Meetings Review. In this situation, he said, it is important to ask what skills the volunteer has, and why they want to be a part of this event. "You must investigate why they're volunteering and what they can do that's useful," he said. "Sometimes, people volunteer and are a bad fit, though that's rare." Negotiations may be necessary, he added, but it's important that volunteers not feel trapped doing something they don't want to do. "You need to give volunteers something that works for them rather than taking advantage of them," Segar said.
Rewarding volunteers for their efforts is also important—not just after the conference has wrapped, but from the beginning and all through the event. Perks can include meals and access to conference amenities, or, if they are attending the conference, they should get reduced or free admission. Beyond that, he told IMR, explicit perks make volunteers feel appreciated. "Before the event starts, I'll take everyone out for lunch," he said. "It's an opportunity for people to get to know each other and go over any last minute things...and it gives them something to look forward to." Meals, he added, are easy to arrange and a nice way to show appreciation.
Most importantly, Segar said, planners must never take their volunteers for granted. Contributions must be recognized both publicly and privately. "I like to bring them out briefly and introduce them individually," he said. "Let them hear some applause. It doesn't take lots of time, but they appreciate it...Also, privately, during an event, I'll go around and thank volunteers personally whenever I see one. Maintaining relationships while the event is going on pays rich dividends."
Inevitably, some regular volunteers will move on and no longer step up to help out. This is normal, Segar emphasized, and often is due to external factors. But, he added, it is important to find out why a repeat volunteer decides to stop volunteering. "What you don't want is people stopping because you do a lousy job," he said bluntly. "It's crazy to throw away a resource, so be sure to appreciate and support the people who have the kindness to help out."
Read more of Segar's tips for working with volunteers here.

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1997 Jeep Cherokee TD Sport 2.5 from UK and Ireland
Does everything it should and more
Nothing as yet.
The car has a little wear on the seats which can be expected.
The previous owner put alloy wheels and tires that are too big on it causing the wheels to rub when the steering wheel is turned, very annoying when trying to maneuver around a car park.
Petrol gage can be a bit temperamental, looks empty when you should have gallons left, but I don't find that to difficult to deal with, just switch engine off and back on and it rectifies its self.
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No complaints with the car at all.
Cabin is roomy and comfortable, enough space in the back for 3 adults. Dashboard is easy to use, no hidden switches or dials.
Its used to pull 2 ponies in a 2 horse trailer which it does with ease in all weather. It seems to enjoy being taken off road and thrown about a bit.
I find my fuel consumption to be around 40 mpg (its the 2.5 TD Sport) which is better than expected although it does use more if you put your foot down, which is incredibly hard not to do because it likes to go fast and cruises at 80 miles an hour.
No complains so far, although if anyone knows where I can get a load space cover and brackets for my boot I would greatly appreciate you dropping me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Unstoppable: Learning the issues, finding your voice, changing the world
WPa United Methodist Women
Do you believe that? Can we learn the issues, find our voices, and change the world? There's a group of young women in Western Pennsylvania who believe they can.
One of the things I love most about young women is their idealism. As we age, sometimes we lose some of that idealism. We've run into too many brick walls and glass ceilings. For three years now, I've been learning to mentor the young women of "unstoppable." They've been teaching me; I've been teaching them. Sometimes I talk too much, or they don't talk enough. Sometimes I don't encourage enough, or they don't take the ball and run with it.
The first event they ever planned and carried through was "unstoppable 2014." They thought big – and invited UMW Chief Executive Officer Harriett Olson to be a keynote speaker – and she came to Western Pennsylvania – directly from a World Council of Churches event in Switzerland to be part of the event, which was organized by the young women themselves! Young women came from 16 different churches (one from Eastern PA) representing eight Western PA districts.
Unstoppable 2015 moved from Grove City College to California University of Pennsylvania. In the group photo, you can see the young women beside a wall in California borough that had been covered by ugly graffiti, with weeds and garbage along its base. An unstoppable event always includes a variety of hands-on outreach opportunities.
Some of the original planning committee were joined by new young women in 2015, and again in 2016. The idea has grown that this is something important, something that needs to continue. The current committee includes college and post-college women who occasionally meet in person, but mostly by Skype or group emails to work out the details.
One of the original unstoppable young women, Denise Nicole Stone, has written an invitation – actually a challenge for United Methodist Women to invite and enable young women they care about to attend the 2016 unstoppable event in July. The brochure is online. Denise's invitation follows…
The power of invitationUnstoppable 2016 is approaching, quickly. From July 21-24 young women from around the conference will spend a weekend at California University of Pennsylvania worshiping, working and learning in community. Relationships will be formed and deepened. Knowledge will be gained. Voices found. Lives altered, and the world changed.
Unstoppable strives to develop leadership, empower young women to speak up, and form a community of sisters in faith with whom you can journey through life. It is a truly wonderful event.
Throughout the year the planning committee of Unstoppable works diligently to make 2016 the most meaningful experience it possibly can be. The brochure and registration information are on the Conference website, but that is not enough.
So here is my challenge to the women of the UMW in WPA: Tell people about it! Extend an invitation! To the young women in your congregation, to your daughters, granddaughters, nieces, neighbors. Every single one of us is a member of the UMW because someone invited us – to come to a meeting, to attend Mission u, etc. Someone offered us a spot at the table and a chance to grow, learn, change and walk this journey alongside one another. I'm sure that as you read this, you each know that person, you remember her and the way her invitation shaped your life. I encourage you to be that person to someone else. As we can all testify, an invitation can change a life. Extend the invitation, and walk alongside her to unstoppable and beyond.
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Flix is re-branding! (just a little)
Hello Flix followers!
Today we're excited to present our new studio logo. After much thought (and a tremendous amount of coffee and tea) as a games studio, we recognised that our brand should more closely reflect that. So we've gone all 3D and fancy on ourselves with the most recent incarnation. Let us know your thoughts on the changes as we continuously evolve like some kind of geeky cyborg.
We hope you've been enjoying all of our Eden Star updates over the last 6 months since the games initial Early Access release on Steam at the end of January this year. Eden Star is at the forefront of our focus right now, so there are a lot of positive things happening in preparation for our next big mile stone, the multiplayer co-op release.
You can follow our progress by keeping in touch. Follow us on Facebook here. If you happen to be an Eden Star stalker and want to get involved in a unique Sci-Fi co-op experience you can find the game on Steam here
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Springfield, IL…. Filed by Representative McDermed (R-Mokena), House Bill 3983 passed out of House today with a vote of 68-23-3. HB3983 would make clear the state's rules concerning where adult entertainment facilities can be located with regard to other sensitive buildings.
"Right now state law permits some municipalities to locate an adult entertainment facility right next to a church, school, park or day care center in the town next door" said Rep McDermed. "I wanted to make sure all our towns have to be good neighbors.
Currently, the statues in the Municipal Code and Counties Code concerning the location of adult entertainment facilities implicate complex constitutional issues. Over the years the statutes have been amended to address particular facilities without providing a clear state policy. Rep. McDermed's legislation is an effort to clarify and modernize these statutes. It declares the General Assembly's intent to control the negative secondary effects of these facilities. It protects that intent with a severability clause for each provision within the statute, and even protects such facilities from separations when the enforcement would not provide a reasonable alternative.
To further the state's intent to mitigate any potential negative secondary effects of such facilities, it establishes a minimum separation of 250 feet between the location of an adult entertainment facility and a home-rule unit's boundary, protecting any neighboring communities that may have established a stricter standard.
"This isn't meant to violate any First Amendment rights" Rep. McDermed continued. "We just want to establish a state policy on such buffer zones."
The bill now heads to Senate for consideration.


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By The Globe Gazette staff
MILLINGTON, Tenn. — Newman product and NIACC freshman Bryce Ball smacked his first collegiate home run as the Trojans rolled to a pair of victories Saturday. NIACC held off Highland (Illinois) 6-4 in its first game and closed out with a 9-6 victory over Lincoln Trail (Illinois).
"Bryce had a good trip," NIACC coach Travis Hergert said. "I thought he had really good at-bats after the first day and he's locked in pretty good. He's a confident kids right now."
Ball had a pair of singles and an RBI in the opener while Ezequias Encarnacion added a double, single and two RBIs for the Trojans (5-4).
Spencer Chirpin picked up the win on the mound with five strikeouts and one walk in four innings. Chase Stewart earned a two-out save after NIACC allowed four runs in the seventh.
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General Visa Information:
Where can I get a visa application form?
The visa application form can be found on our website (under Types of Visa) or can also be found at our Embassy in the Hague (Please see our address).
How can I obtain a visa?
You can obtain a Tanzanian visa by completing all the required documents and submitting them to our Embassy. There are two ways of submitting your visa application to our Embassy. First, by physically coming to our Embassy and submitting all the required documents. Second, by sending your application as mail by post.
How can I send my application as mail by post?
You can simply enclose the required documents and visa fee for a visa application in a secured envelope and send it to us. Do not forget to send it as registered mail.
When sending my passport to your Embassy, do I need to include another secured envelope so that you can send my passport back?
Yes. You are required to enclose a secured envelope and write the address that you wish your passport be sent to.
Which registered mail stamp is required so that the Embassy can send my passport back?
You are required to include the stamp specified below so that we are able to send your passport back. Keep the tracking code so that you will be able to track your passport.
How can I get my passport back if I send my visa application as mail by post?
Once your visa has been issued, your passport will be sent back to you by mail, so long as you provide us with the return address and correct stamp.
What are the requirements for visa application?
Visa application requirements for tourism are:
- Your valid passport
- A completed visa application form
- Two passport photos
- A copy of a return flight ticket.
How long does the issuance of a visa take?
It takes three working days for the visa to be issued.
How long will it take if I send my passport visa application as mail by post?
It may take up to one week before you receive your passport back. NOTE: This will also depend on the Post office(s), therefore the Embassy cannot confirm on the exact number of days it would take for you to receive your passport back.
How long does my passport have to be valid for in order to apply for a visa?
Your passport must have a minimum of six (6) months validity when applying for a visa.
What is the fee for a visa?
The fee for a tourist visa single entry is €50 per application. For other fees, please see our visa information page (under Application Process).
How can I pay for a visa?
You can pay the visa fee in cash at our Embassy. If you send your application as mail by post, you will be required to include the fee in your application.
Can I pay the visa fee through a bankcard?
Yes, You can pay with your bankcard.
Do all applicants have to come to the Embassy?
No, it is not necessary for all applicants to come to the Embassy for the visa application.
Can I apply for the visa online?
No. You can not apply for a visa online. You can only obtain the application form online.
Is it possible for someone else to pick up my passport?
Yes, as long as he/she will bring the collection number and/or letter of authority to pick up, along with an identification card.
What are the visa application hours?
The visa application hours are Monday to Friday 10.00am – 1.00pm only.
Can I apply for a visa on Saturday, Sunday and/or public holiday?
No. The Embassy is open for visa applications on Monday to Friday only. The Embassy remains closed on all weekends and public holidays (both Tanzanian and Dutch).
What type of visa do I need?
For students and/or researchers you need a Study visa. For volunteers you need a Volunteering visa.
How long is this visa valid for?
The visa is valid for 90 days only counting from the date of entry into Tanzania.
My visa is valid for only 90 days and I will be staying in Tanzania for more than 90 days, what should I do after that?
If you wish to stay more than 90 days, you will need to visit the Ministry of Home Affairs' Immigration Department for extending your stay.
In the scenario that I have stayed more than 90 days and I did not extend my visa, what can happen?
If you stay more than 90 days without legally extending your stay, you will be fined. The total amount you will be fined for over staying will be determined by the Immigration Department.
Do I need any permit in order to conduct my research/volunteer work/internship in Tanzania?
Yes. You are required to obtain a work permit. This permit is only issued in Tanzania and it is usually your host in Tanzania who is responsible for arranging it.
Can I get a multiple entry visa for business purposes?
What are the requirements for a business visa?
You are required to have:
- An official letter or invitation from the host
- Letter of guarantee from the employer or relevant company
- A completely filled visa application form
- Two recent passport photos
- A copy of your return flight ticket
What is the fee for the business visa?
The fee for the business visa is €250, payable at our Embassy in cash only and valid for 90 days only counting from the date of entry into Tanzania.
How long does the issuance of a business visa take?
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The Boston Marathon bombing was not an incomprehensible one-time horror, but a sign of our times rich in lessons for those with sense enough to learn them.
Lesson One: Evil Exists
FOX's aging blonde bombshell Gretchen Carlson, reaching for that anguished existential aporia that the GOP associates with compassion and sensitivity, lamented one morning this past week that she didn't know how to explain the Marathon Massacre to her little daughter. For good measure, she tossed the Sandy Hook atrocity (what media mouths call a "tragedy" in their dense haze) into her growing file of Things We Can't Explain to Our Kids (and Shouldn't Have To).
I've been rereading The Captain's Daughter lately, by Alexander Pushkin. It occurs to me that children might have asked of their parents during Pugachev's Rebellion, "Mommy, why does that old Bashkir have his ears and nose cut off, and why is there just a little stump instead of a tongue when he opens his mouth? Mommy, why did those Cossacks throw the sergeant's head over the palisade? Mommy, why did the Cossacks hang all the officers and club the Commandant's wife to death after coming through the gate? Mommy, why are they ripping your clothes off, beating you, and jumping on you one after another?"
Gretchen, if you don't know what to tell your daughter as she matures amid the moral squalor and depravity of human beings, you'd better find some answers fast. Evil didn't arrive yesterday, and it's not going away tomorrow, even though there's rather less of certain evils today than three hundred years ago. If I may ask a question of you… why do you appear to believe that there's something unique and outrageous about the necessity you face of dealing with this problem? Why do you think that your daughter has a right to spend the rest of her life in the artificial Shangri-La which your affluence has shakily raised around her?
Lesson Two: Damage Control by Vilifying the Right
We should all be beginning to understand by now (or those of us who aren't fanatical ideologues or otherwise intellectually impaired) that the Obama Administration defines as a problem only that which creates bad press for it. David Axelrod lost no time insinuating that the Boston Marathon horror was the handiwork of Tea Party terrorists protesting tax day. His boss, meanwhile, avoided every possible occasion to call the deed terrorism, right up until his very evasion of the "t" word became news. At last, prodded and galled, Obama declared any privately detonated bomb a terrorist act, by definition (cf. Charles Krauthammer's column for the Kennebec Journal, 4/21/2013). His rear-guard non-correction almost seemed to say, "Well, of course it was terrorism! How far do I have to dumb down to reach the rest of you?"
(One of many ironies here is that Obama's "self-evident" defense is ridiculous. Safe-crackers who employ a bomb to get at loot, for instance, are not committing an act of terrorism.)
Other Democrats—notably Steny Hoyer—announced that Republican intransigence leading to The Sequester should be blamed for last Monday's grim events (see thepolitico.com 4/16/2013). Boston would have been crawling with canine cops and men in black if only we hadn't slowed the growth of our debt by an infinitesimal amount.
Meanwhile, the one respect in which the Administration demonstrated initiative and alacrity was in the attempted deportation of a shady Saudi national. Once this became a public-relations land mine, Janet Napoletano was sent to the front line armed with indignant denials that she or her boss had anything to do with the subterfuge. And they don't know how Jay-Z got into Cuba, either.
If Timothy McVeigh were doing twenty-five-to-life like, say, a Weatherman who had killed a security guard, the Left would be sending him a Christmas card every year. He remains their single and oh-so-cherished example of a Right Wing terrorist, or something close to it (though those bullet-heads in the Navy dishonorably discharged him from their savage ranks). Even McVeigh, however, targeted a government building and ended up annihilating a day-care facility only through klutzy stupidity. A Tax-Day Terrorist would have gone for a federal building, new and brilliant in imperial arrogance—not for any edifice or event of reverend provenance to the Minuteman crowd. How much weed do you have to smoke to come up with these Tea Party conspiracy-scenarios?
Lesson Three: An Armed Populace Is a Safer Populace
MIT campus security guard Sean Collier was murdered in his squad car on Thursday night. There ensued a manhunt during which much of the metropolis of Boston was on lockdown. If Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shattered the bay window of your den, you were to barricade yourself and your family in the bathroom (one supposes) while dialing 911. Of course, bathroom doors are constructed more or less like the ones at Fort Knox.
Collier's "tragic death" is especially instructive. Even when we have armed guards at educational institutions, they are no guarantee against the predations of a homicidal maniac. Indeed, any person in uniform is wearing a target on his back, and any such person who does regular rounds or drives a distinctly marked vehicle is a sitting duck.
If Dirty Harry had been in plain clothes at the Marathon, the ignition of the bombs could probably still not have been prevented. The greater the number of our mature, level-headed citizens who have permits to carry concealed weapons, however, the less likely such situations are to escalate. What if the brother-terrorists had been wearing suicide vests and had attempted to run into crowds of survivors as a finishing touch to their hellish day's work? Who would have brought them down if all the uniformed officers were dutifully sprinting back to the scene of the original explosion?
Lesson Four: There's More Than One Way to Skin a Cat
Pursuant to Lesson Three, need we say further that semi-automatic assault weapons with large magazines and/or clips (whatever all that means to you) are unnecessary to commit mass-murder? Some nails and a few compounds under your kitchen sink or in the garage will do the trick. In fact, far superior to either method is computer proficiency. While our legislators are at the pressing business of banning guns, why not add computers to the list?
In its infinitely false wisdom, our age has chosen to make high-tech society centripetal rather than centrifugal, though the latter course would have been as feasible (if not as flattering to the power-hungry) as the former. Clean water, for instance, might have been gathered, processed, and stored by each home from nature's bounty of rains… but instead, we all must draw upon the polluted groundwater system that Big Brother has benignly detoxified for us at huge treatment plants. An evil hacker could send poison dribbling from our taps—from hundreds of thousands of taps—just by buggering up the proportions of "cleansing" chemicals. (Fluoride, for example—the stuff in your toothpaste—can be lethal in too great a dose.)
We have scarcely scratched the surface of the twenty-first century's potential horrors… and our "leaders" have dedicated themselves to an initiative just slightly more sophisticated than ensuring that the knives in kitchen drawers aren't too sharp.
Lesson Five: Rethink Traditions
There follows an obligation for all thoughtful, careful people to reevaluate their routine activities. What was once safe and fun may be deadly in the future. The coincidental explosion of the fertilizer plant in West, Texas (located in what we call central Texas down here), both reiterates Lesson Four and illustrates this point. The plant's explosion was indeed an accident (and hence a true tragedy, by the way); yet how many such targets where hundreds or thousands of people live and work are just waiting for a lit match to fall? To be sure, industrial accidents are far less frequent today than a century ago… but the matches I have in made will not be accidentally lit. We must begin seeing our familiar surroundings as a diabolical mind may see them.
Perhaps we should forego that yearly family reunion at Disneyworld during peak season, when airborne or microbial attacks would be at least as effective as bombs in claiming victims. Perhaps we should stay at home more—although, once again, the centripety which our social engineers have designed constantly encourages us to create tempting targets. As individuals, however, we can resist the unwholesome magnetism of rock concerts and Million Man Marches. I would rather have to explain to my daughter why a suitcase bomb went off at the Lincoln Memorial than not have a daughter alive to hear the explanation.
One of my fears on this score is that the Gretchen Carlsons of the world—naïve, conflict-averse, pampered, and complacently affluent—may prefer a magnification to the tenth power of government surveillance in our lives. In words dictated earlier this month to a Florida fourth-grader by his teacher, "I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure" (reported by theblaze.com 4/4/2013). We know that the terrorist's bomb ends in death and mutilation; we do not know where the "favors" of Big Brother may end. If we choose his "protection", will our children even have sons and daughters to whom they must explain evil and death? MSNBC's progressivist hack Melissa Harris-Perry has also told us this month that our children don't really belong to us, but to the State (see theblaze.com 4/13/2012). How long before the State is producing whatever children it needs on the assembly line of Huxley's Brave New World?
Lesson Six: The Fetal Posture Characterizes Death As Well As Birth
The charred human remains exhumed from Pompeii and the mummified sacrificial victims raised from northwestern European peat bogs often remind one of babies in the womb. Being doubled over and hunkered down is natural in a fetus; but when you assume the same position in life under pressure, your day is likely to end before the sun sets. We Americans are terribly spoiled. Maybe we don't need to run marathons any more. Maybe we should not drop our toddlers off daily at quite such a tender age in order to pursue our careers unfettered. Maybe we should get a little scared, and a little mad—like adults who recognize that the river harbors crocodiles—rather than squealing indignantly like royal princes and princesses that we have not been adequately protected. Why is there still, in 2013, not a red button at the reception desk of every school that sounds an instant loud alarm campus-wide upon an armed intruder's appearance? Why do we think we have the right to exist in a state where such things never happen?
This lesson comes very close to closing the circle with Lesson One—but it is also distinct. Christians are all obliged to profess that they acknowledge the reality of evil, yet too many of them—of us—believe that a constant turning of the cheek is the only Christian response. I'm sure that Ms. Carlson has a good heart and loves God sincerely. Christ had to be crucified to fulfill his mission, so he stayed Peter's sword. This is not by any means, however, equivalent to telling us that we should huddle around our children in the face of danger and program them to abhor blades and bullets until, finally, none of them ever grows up imagining such a thing. Somebody, in our eternally perverse species, will always crystallize evil into lethal shapes. As the brave man doesn't run from death with his eyes covered, so the good man doesn't grow squeamish at the idea of forcible resistance in defense of innocence. The run-and-hide approach is indeed, it seems to me, a worship of life in the body rather than a commitment to life in the spirit.
Let's stop pretending that guns will go away if we all scream, "Bad! Bad!" whenever we see one, and that terrorists will vanish if we try really hard to understand what they want.


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Organizations & Institutions involved in Rewilding
North American Organizations
The Rewilding Institute:
The Rewilding Institute Mission is "to develop and promote the ideas and stategies to andvance continential-scale conservation in North America, particularly the need for large carnivores and a permeable landscape for their movement, to offer a bold, scientifically credible, practically achievable, and hopeful vision for the future of wild Nature and human civilization in North America". Dave Foreman is Executive Director of The Rewilding Institute and an influential actor in Rewilding North America. Since The Rewilding Institutes creation it has been focused on educating the public about rewilding as well as implementing conservation efforts in North America. This institution is not known for its political involvement but it does indirectly effect policy by providing information to political leaders in the form of books and articles that explain the necessity of conservation efforts in North America. This institution is financially dependent mainly on donations from individuals and members, as well the Weeden Foundation, EMA Foundation, and Patagonia, Inc. The donations from individuals generally come in forms of gifts or the purchase of books. Some institutions The Rewilding Institution has connections with are New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Sierra Club, Green Corps, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, as well as being connected with Michael Soule and the Society for Conservation Biology and the Wildlands Project and the Wild Farm Alliance. As is portrayed by the name of this organization, The Rewilding Institution is ProRewilding and is sponsoring Rewilding Programs across the globe.
Defenders of Wildlife:
Defenders of Wildlife is an organization that is "dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities" that was founded in 1947. They are a politically active group. Currently they are urging President Obama to stop aerial wolf killings. In the past they have been influential in the recovery of wild bison (especially in Yellowstone) as well as preventing the "Jurassic Park" bill from being passed in Florida. They are a nonprofit organization so their funding comes from members donations, as well as programs hosted by Defenders of Wildlife like Wildlife Guardian and Wildlife Adoption programs. Having been an active organization for the past 65 years the Defenders of Wildlife have made both allies and enemies. On the Defenders Board of Directors they have science advisors from across the country, including universities like Harvard University, Princeton University, Stanford University, and University of North Carolina, as well as one advisor from the Institute of Zoology in London. In the past the Defenders of Wildlife have fought with United States Fish and Wildlife Service about mismanagement of Mexican gray wolf recovery program. They have also fought with Big Oil & Big Developers, who wanted to deny any new species from being added to the Endangered Species list, which resulted in Congressmen from both parties joining together to stop this Extinction Rider from making it through Congress. In respect to Rewilding, the Defenders would be considered Pro-Rewilding of native species.
Sierra Club:
The Sierra Club was founded over a century ago in 1892 and have spent that time working on maintaining their original purpose, to be an organization that is recreational, educational, and conservationist in nature. Currently the Sierra Club has 6 main projects that are described in the Climate Recovery Agenda. The Climate Recovery Agenda is a "set of initiatives that will help cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, create a clean-energy economy, and protect our natural heritage, communities, and country from the consequences of global warming". These campaigns range from working with youth to promoting smarter/greener transportation. The campaign of the Sierra Club that is directly related to Rewilding is the Greater Yellowstone Resilient Habitats Campaign which "works to protect, connect and restore wild lands, rivers and wildlife in the face of a changing climate". This campaign has 4 objectives; Create climate-resilient habitats in 10 targeted ecosystems by 2020, increase the resilience of natural systems on all federal lands and waters by 2020, increase the resilience of priority wildlife habitats in every state by 2020, and by 2020, 20 million acres of private lands and waters are managed in perpetuity as resilient habitats. While attempting to achieve these objectives the Sierra Club is working to prevent industrialization of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), protect & connect intact wild places, and protect iconic wildlife of the GYE, like the gray wolf, bison, grizzly bear, or lynx. In order to achieve these goals Sierra Club recieves its funding from member gifts or benefactors like Google; REI; Tom Scholz & Boston; Fred & Alice Stanback; and Microsoft. The Sierra Club endorses many democratic Congressional candidates, including Ben Cardin from Maryland. They are also supporters of the Utah Wilderness Campaign, which is a partner with the Rewilding Institute. Thus showing that when concerned with Rewilding the Sierra Club is generally supportive.
Great Plains Restoration Council:
The Great Plains Restoration Council (GPRC) is one of the main founders of the emerging Ecological Health movement. Its mission is to "work to restore and protect shattered prairies and plains through developing youth leaders in Ecological Health. Protecting wild nature is a matter of public health, and participating in its hands-on recovery offers therapeutic modalities for many social & physical ills." GPRC has two main social work groups, Restoration Not Incarceration & Plains Youth InterACTION that are used to achieve their mission. The Buffalo Commons is one of the most well known projects by the GPRC. It began in 1987 by Dr. Frank & Deborah Popper. This project will "help reestablish and reconnect prairie wildland reserves and ecological corridors large enough for bison & other native prairie wildlife to survive and roam freely". This is in alignment with rewilding in a way that few other organizations could be. GPRC is not a politically active group although the programs that it hosts are influential in determining what changes occur in specific places around the nation. It is also influencing the youth in certain areas, who will become leaders of the ecological movement. GPRC is a nonprofit organization, like most other restoration organizations, which accepts donations from organizations and individuals. The North Face has provided funds for GPRC in the past to support the Plains Youth InterACTION program. Other organizations that have been connected to GPRC are Dixon Water Foundation, Native Prairies Association, and the Wildlands Restoration Corporation. The GPRC is Pro-Rewilding in the sense that it is attempting to protect the land that will be influential in the success of rewilding. Unlike many other organizations that are pro-rewilding in specific instances, the goals of GPRC align with Rewilding goals in a more broad way.
International Institutions
The Knepp Wildland Project:
The Knepp Castle is located in West Sussex, England. It has a long history of allowing wild animals to roam free in a park setting. Deer roamed free on this land in the past, until the 16th century when the iron industry was introduced to the area. However, during the 18th century the land was turned into an agriculture landscape, which then developed into a park. The Knepp Wildland Project's aims are to improve the biodiversity of the land by enabling natural processes to take place, encouraging the return of the ecosystem from the British countryside; to implement as near-natural grazing regime as possible, within the limits required by animal welfare law and the production of top-quality meat for human consumption; to monitor changes in landscape; to contribute to scientific research on naturalistic and conservation grazing and habitat restoration projects; and to advise other projects how to minimize adverse impacts on wildlife. Knepp is not a political institution, it does follow specific management conditions set by Natural England under the Higher Level Stewardship agreement, including a Capital Works Plan. These management conditions understand that this area is an open area, available to the public for specific events like weedings or charity gift fairs, yet maintain that the land is not to be changed in any significant way, detailed in the agreement, for the augmentation or destruction of wildlife by anthropogenic influences. Funding for the Knepp Castle area comes from the events hosted on the land as well as from products like meat, timber, and dairy. The Knepp Castle is associated with Wildland Network, The Global Restoration Network, The Large Herbivore Foundation, and Hans Kampf. This estate is Pro-Rewilding since it is the application of rewilding in Britain. The Knepp Castle is considered one of the first places in the world to have successfully rewilded an area.
Oostvaardersplassen is a nature reserve located in the Netherlands that began in 1968, when large bodies of water were left alone instead of developed into an industrial area, by Franz Vera. The Oostvaardersplassen was then made a Staatsnatuurmonument (State Natural Monument) thus "allowing a comprehensive, nutrient-rich marsh ecosystem to develop". Oostvaardersplassen was at one point managed by The Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders (the State Service for the IJsselmeer reclaimed land) but is now under Staatsbosbeheer control. It is the governments wish to continue to allow space for nature to grow and is currently working on creating Oostvaarderland, which will also have an ecological corridor for animals and plants. They then want to create "a robust connection to the Veluwe and, via the Veluwe Massive, with the rest of Europe". The objective of this land is to "provide room for natural dynamics" while "limiting human intervention". The Heck cattle is one example of a reintroduced animal into Oostvaardersplassen. In 1983, 32 Heck cattle were introduced at the Oostvaardersplassen. Since their introduction the cattle have prospered and developed naturally. They have also introduced konik horses & reddeertoOostvaardersplassen. Oostvaardersplassen is associated with The Dutch Animal Welfare Association, as well as The Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders and Staatsbosbeheer and the Council of Europe. As is apparent by the structure of this park, Oostvaardersplassen is pro-rewilding, as it is an application of the rewilding concepts.
World Wildlife Fund:
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was created in 1961 in order to provide financial support for the conservation organizations across the globe. The WWF's mission is "to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth." In North America, WWF is working to conserve the living prairie, by collaborating with tribal leaders, private landowners and land management agencies to improve land and wildlife management practices; create opportunities to reward landowners for conservation practices; and conserve & restore endangered and threatened species & their habitats. Currently the WWF is opposing the production of a new coal-fired power station in Ayrshire. During this past year the WWF has been influential in convincing the UK's Deputy Prime Minister to attend the Rio+20 Conference as well as working on incorporating the use of Sustainable Development Goals into the post 2015 International Development Framework. WWF is also aiming to build a program called One Planet Future, which will allow people and nature to thrive on this planet. World Wildlife Fund is a funding agency, much of its funding is from its members, major donors, foundation & corporations, government grants & contracts. WWF is affiliated with HSBC, Marks & Spencer, RSA, Sky, MBNA, Tetra Pak, SAB Miller, The Coca-Cola Company, Barclays, Vodafone, BT, Ecover, United Biscuits, BGL, WarmGuard Ltd, Coinstar, LCRSL as well as the UK government's Department for International Development. Some events the WWF hosts are Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon, London to Paris, and the Loch Ness Marathon. Considering the WWF's attempts to conserve the landscapes that would be used for rewilding and its efforts to protect endangered species, it is shown that WWF will be influential in rewilding efforts across the globe.


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Red Wine Audio has began shipping its newly revamped product line of battery-powered purist hi-fi products. The Renaissance Edition product enclosures offer a fresh, new look thanks to the fusion of traditional with modern design elements and feature hand-finished maple, cherry, or walnut solid-wood front & side panels, resulting in a timeless and organic look.
Almost all internal circuit boards have been redesigned for the Renaissance Edition release. That includes the Tube Stage, SMART board, amplifier stage for the company's popular Signature 15, plus others. The company has even updated Isabella, their flagship preamp, to use the highly regarded 6H30 "super tubes".
With the new lineup, customers gain flexibility on two fronts. First, every component with a tube stage now affords customers the choice of two families of tubes (6922 and 12AX7) — giving customers more 'tube-rolling' options to season the sound to taste. And the biggie: "We worked long and hard in the redesign to provide additional options for customers to integrate multiple component modules in a single enclosure," says owner Vinnie Rossi. As an example, the revised Signature 15 Integrated (now called Signature 16) can be ordered with optional headphone support, with the same single-ended headphone stage found in any of Red Wine Audio's Renaissance Edition headphone amplifiers.
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A Business Identity that Works
There are companies out there with one liners and emblems that help the non-astute make a purchase or subscribe to a service. It just may be hard to develop a logo that sells with unlimited results like the Coca Cola company, but it's still possible. Remember, the emblem must relate to the brand. Products matter in the case of advertising; therefore, sticking to word associations or image selling is best for this purpose. A place to start is creating a slogan. It must be something simple with ample room to thrive in a radio ad or in print. The simpler it is, the more likely it will be recalled. And recollection serves to drive the customer to making buying a priority. Referring to the Coca Cola example, a one liner is used to conjure the image of the beverage in one's mind and force the public to buy a beverage or two. This has been an effective measure used in conjunction with simply selling a quality product to the public. And naturally, the mental image gets remembered. Business and personal references are a handy way to create a compelling company legacy. The tie in with a positive experience and a quality product goes further than many think. For example, there are multiple institutions like banks and companies that offer food products that have been in existence for a long time. These institutions are ever present because of an established product and excellent references. Let this be an example to live by when it comes to creating an identity that fits. Sometimes it takes more than a simple internet search to find the best logo or slogan. In most cases these things have to be created by the business owner and team so that the message is not lost. In most cases, a not so common jingle or a well thought out phrase will do the job. Ideally, the most that anyone can hope for is a series or sequence of options with one of them catching on in a positive way for a long time to come.


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We're well into 2011, and many designers and developers around the world are planning their travels for the year, including the possibility of attending any Web design or development conferences. To help you out with your plans for the upcoming months, we've put together a list of conferences and events that you might want to consider.
This particular post covers events taking place in about a six month timeframe that ends in late August and early September. Later this year, we'll post another article like this at the end of August that will cover events covering a six-month period beginning in September.
As always, there is no way for us to be able to include every possible event here, but we'll be glad to update the list if you provide a comment to an upcoming event that you feel would be of interest to Smashing Magazine's readers. This may also be the chance to eventually meet each other this year.
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March 2011 Events
Drupalcon Chicago
"In March of 2011, thousands of Drupal users, developers, designers, evaluators and businesspeople will descend on Chicago's Sheraton Hotel and Towers for sessions, talks, code sprints, and more at DrupalCon Chicago. Whether you're already using Drupal or considering it for your company or organization, you won't want to miss out on this one-of-a-kind event."
When: March 7 – 10, 2011
Where: Chicago, IL, USA at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel
FITC Amsterdam
"FITC Amsterdam will feature over 50 presentations and panels covering the Creative, Technical, and Business aspects of Flash and digital media. The conference offers two full days and nights of events, plus one day of optional pre-festival workshops and over 750 attendees anticipated from around the globe."
When: March 8 – 9, 2011
Where: Amsterdam, the Netherlands at De Meervaart
SXSW Interactive
"SXSW® Interactive features five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders, the incredible new SXSW Trade Show and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new digital works, video games and innovative ideas the international community has to offer."
When: March 11 – 15, 2011
Where: Austin, TX, USA
The Big M
"The Big M is a brand new independent mobile focused event aimed at those who want to learn from and connect with the very best people in the industry. Join us in beautiful Bath for two days of sessions and workshops on mobile development, mobile design and mobile business. Hear from leading industry figures, be inspired and connect."
When: March 20 – 22, 2011
Where: Bath, UK
SES Conference & Expo
"SES Conference & Expo is the leading global event series that educates delegates in search and social marketing, putting a special focus on tactics and best practices. SES Events provide instruction from the industry's top experts, including representatives from the Search Engines themselves."
When: Various dates starting March 21, 2011
Where: New York, Shanghai, Toronto, San Francisco, Chicago
"Join us and explore the latest trends and get the most up to date information and training available. All while networking with your colleagues and building a valuable network of peers in one of the most entertaining cities in the world."
When: March 27 – 30, 2011
Where: Orlando, FL, USA at the Grande Lakes JW Marriott Resort Hotel
An Event Apart Seattle
"An Event Apart is an intensely educational two-day conference for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you've been waiting for."
When: March 28 – 30, 2011
Where: Seattle, WA, USA at the Bell Harbor Conference Center
Web 2.0 Expo
"Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms, products, and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web."
When: March 28 – 31, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA, USA at Moscone West
Photoshop World Conference & Expo
"Designed to help you boost your training and experience, the Photoshop World graphic design and photography convention offers three days of pulse-pounding training with classes from renowned experts in the field and a once-in-a-lifetime experience guaranteed to enhance your skill set and help your work soar to new heights!"
When: March 30 – April 1, 2011
Where: Orlando, FL, USA at the Orange County Convention Center
IA Summit
"The IA Summit is the premier destination for those who practice, research and are interested in the structural design of shared information environments. Some call themselves information architects (and many don't) but all share a common desire to help people live better lives through meaningful experiences with information."
When: March 30 – April 3, 2011
Where: Denver, CO, USA at the Colorado Convention Center
Think Vitamin Online Conferences
"Membership includes valuable conferences. You can attend live, watch the video later or view videos of past online conferences. Ask the speakers your questions and chat with the other attendees."
When: Numerous dates starting March 2011
Where: Online
The Usability Week 2011 Conference
"Many conferences offer cavernous exhibit halls, brief seminars on second-hand discoveries, and a sense of anonymity that can be truly alienating. Usability Week takes a different approach. In place of scattered, shallow talks, Usability Week offers up to 6 days of deep learning as international experts lead full-day tutorials."
When: Various dates between February 28 – May 13, 2011
Where: Hong Kong, Melbourne, London, Washington, and Minneapolis
April 2011 Events
"The conference offers about 30 sessions about developing and designing applications and Web sites. 10 full day workshops with just 19 attendees in each workshop are available as well".
When: April 5 – 8, 2011
Where: MediaPark, Cologne, Germany
Scottish Ruby Conference
"The Scottish Ruby Conference rebrands the successful Scotland on Rails conference."
When: April 7 – 9, 2011
Where: Edinburgh, Scotland at the Royal College of Physicians
Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference
"Reinforce your skills and discover emerging trends this April at the Voices That Matter: iPhone Developers Conference, where we will connect you with some of the biggest names in the industry, as they teach you how to create effective user interfaces, utilizing exciting design and the latest technology, for the iPhone, iPad, or both."
When: April 9 – 10, 2011
Where: Seattle, WA, USA at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center
"Coding is about more than code. Whether it's building a solid community, writing good documentation, or hacking space exploration, CodeConf is about improving the software ecosystem through best practices. Come with an open mind and leave a better programmer."
When: April 9 – 10, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA, USA at the Hyatt Regency
360|Flex Conferences
"360|Flex is the first and still the best Adobe Flex developer conference in the world. We're not a publishing company pushing books, or a media company selling subscriptions. We're a conference company, focused on community. Our goal is to bring the best and brightest in the developer community together for 4 days of incredible sessions, awesome parties, good times, and learning."
When: April 10 – 13, 2011
Where: Denver, CO, USA at the Marriot Denver South
Breaking Development Conference
"Join us for two days of quality talks describing how to design, develop, and leverage the mobile web. Our speakers will walk you through mobile strategies appropriate for your company, design considerations for the mobile platform, development techniques, and how to use web technologies to build cross platform applications."
When: April 11 – 12, 2011
Where: Dallas, TX, USA at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine
O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo
"The O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo is an interactive learning community—four days packed with connections to MySQL developers and open source experts who know their subject inside and out. You'll gain unique insights from speakers, vendors, project leaders, and other participants who are using MySQL to successfully run the world's most demanding applications, saving millions of dollars over proprietary software and hardware solutions."
When: April 11 – 14, 2011
Where: Santa Clara, CA, USA at the The Hyatt Regency
"MIX is a gathering of developers, designers, UX experts and business professionals creating the most innovative and profitable consumer sites on the web. Sessions range from technical, code-based topics to expert advice on content strategy, usability and design. Explore the future of the standards-based web — join the conversation at MIX11."
When: April 12 – 14, 2011
Where: Las Vegas, NV, USA at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center
UX London
"UX London is a unique three-day event combining inspirational talks with in-depth workshops presented by some of the industry's biggest names. Whether you're beginning your career, or a seasoned professional, UX London is your chance to add core skills, absorb strategic thinking, and learn advanced techniques from pioneers in the field."
When: April 13 – 15, 2011
Where: London, UK at the Cumberland Hotel
"webDU is the premier Antipodean Web Technology Conference, taking place 14-15 April 2011 in Sydney, Australia. This is the ninth year the conference will be held. The conference offers the opportunity to get hands-on technical training, gain new skills, hear breaking news from the Web Industry, network with peers and industry leaders, and ultimately become more successful developing and delivering web applications."
When: April 14 – 15, 2011
Where: Sydney, Australia at the Four Points by Sheraton Sydney, Darling Harbour
Where 2.0
"The O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference explores the intersection of location technologies and trends in software development, business strategies, and marketing. The source for all things location-aware, Where 2.0 brings together CTOs, marketers, developers, technologists, researchers, geographers, startups, business developers, and entrepreneurs."
When: April 19 – 21, 2011
Where: Santa Clara, CA, USA at the Santa Clara Convention Center
The Next Web Conference
"The Next Web brings together the best from Europe and the United States to look at overall Internet trends."
When: April 27 – 29, 2011
Where: Amsterdam, the Netherlands
"LessConf is a two-day conference with just 225 attendees. Lunch is provided on site. You'll get the meet the speakers. You'll get inspired (again). Between speakers and during lunch there are tons of opportunities to meet others in our industry. At LessConf you will hear great speakers, meet amazing people, and develop relationships."
When: April 29 – 30, 2011
Where: Atlanta, GA, USA at the Georgia Institute Of Technology
May 2011 Events
"JSConf is one of the best tech conferences out there and rightly so, because JavaScript or JS is one of the best languages out there. The core focus of this conference is to present the wonders of JavaScript that are often overlooked. The content of the conference caters to all types of JavaScript developers from client interface to server development to testing."
When: May 2 – 3, 2011
Where: Portland, OR, USA at the Portland Art Museum
FITC Toronto 2011
"Now in its 10th year, FITC Toronto is one of the largest and longest running events of its kind in the world. With some of the most unique and engaging presenters from around the globe, FITC Toronto is a three day blitz of presentations, demonstrations, and panel discussions, sandwiched between our legendary FITC parties and abundant networking opportunities. Topped off with the FITC Award Show, it's three days and nights that will leave you inspired, energized and awed."
When: May 2 – 4, 2011
Where: Toronto, ON, Canada at the Guvernment
An Event Apart Boston
"An Event Apart is an intensely educational two-day conference for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you've been waiting for."
When: May 2 – 4, 2011
Where: Boston, MA, USA at the Marriott Copley Place
CMS Expo
"You're invited to compare the best of the best in CMS and learn first-hand, from leading developers, designers and business minds of our time."
When: May 2 – 4, 2011
Where: Chicago, Illinois, USA at the Hilton Orrington Hotel
WordCamp Developers
"The conference will feature 2 tracks, one targeting WordPress UX topics and issues, and the other targeting strictly development issues. The day will also be host to a WordPress Un-Conference where participants are encouraged to pitch talks and join in discussion."
When: May 5, 2011
Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Make Web Not War
"At this conference, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the latest technologies and techniques available to the ever-evolving web community. Here we will explore the power and flexibility of new web paradigms, mixed web environments, interoperable applications, and PHP on Windows and Azure. MWNW is about bridging the gap between different platforms, communities, and developers of all trades and backgrounds."
When: May 6 – 7, 2011
Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada
J and Beyond
"An International Joomla! Conference."
When: May 6 – 8, 2011
Where: Kercrade, the Netherlands at the Rolduc Conference Centre
Google I/O Developer Conference
"Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more."
When: May 10 – 11, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA, USA at the Moscone Center
UX Lx: User Experience Lisbon
"Three eventful days in Lisbon to learn from world renowned speakers and meet UX Professionals from around the world. Hone up your skills with 16 practical workshops, 26 thought provoking talks and enjoy the city with lots of networking activities."
When: May 11 – 13, 2011
Where: Lisbon, Portugal at the FIL Meeting Centre
"In two days we'll explore the mobile world from a web-centric point of view. All of our speakers are deeply rooted in the web and have at one time or another decided to take their talent to mobile. They will teach you which web techniques work on mobile, which don't, and which new ones you need in order to keep up with a rapidly changing web."
When: May 12 – 13, 2011
Where: Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in Felix Meritis
Web Directions Unplugged
"HTML5 is fast becoming the way to develop not just web apps, but native apps for platforms like Android, iOS and webOS. Join us for two groundbreaking days of practical development and design presented by leading experts in this exploding field."
When: May 12 – 13, 2011
Where: Seattle, WA, USA at The Conference Center
Valio Con
"Conference at the beach where it's all about actual fun and not sitting in a hotel lobby the entire time."
When: May 13 – 15, 2011
Where: San Diego, CA, USA
"RailsConf, co-produced by Ruby Central, Inc. and O'Reilly Media, Inc., is the largest official conference dedicated to everything Ruby on Rails. Through keynotes, sessions, tutorials, events, and of course lots of hallway hacking, RailsConf is the meeting place for the Ruby on Rails community."
When: May 16 – 19, 2011
Where: Baltimore, MD, USA
Future of Web Design
"The Future of Web Design is coming back to London in 2011. Following on from the success of last year we will be bringing you a beautiful three full days of essential web learning."
When: May 17-18, 2011
Where: London, UK at the The Brewery
Falsy Values
"A true JavaScript event."
When: May 18 – 20, 2011
Where: Warsaw, Poland
TYPO Berlin
"To shift is to pick up speed, to push the envelope, to change your perspective. All three are useful strategies for TYPO 2011, in order to bring visual communications in line with the latest developments in technology."
When: May 19 – 21, 2011
Where: Berlin, Germany
InDesignSecretsLive Print and ePublishing Conference
"Founded by world-renowned InDesign experts David Blatner and Anne-Marie Concepción, and dedicated to the proposition that InDesign professionals deserve a great learning experience, the Print and ePublishing Conference brings together over a dozen of the leading InDesign experts minds for three days of non-stop inspiration and education!"
When: May 23 – 25, 2011
Where: Alexandria, VA, USA at the Westin Alexandria
Gravity Free
"GRAVITY FREE 2011 is a celebration of excellence in multidisciplinary design innovation. It stars a remarkable cast of world-class designers who are changing the way we see the world, from a diverse group of design disciplines"
When: May 24 – 26, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA, USA at the
Web Directions @media
"HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Mobile, Interaction Design, User Experience, and everything else that's hot right now—it's all on the carefully curated Web Directions @media program for 2011."
When: May 24 – 27, 2011
Where: London, UK at Queen Elizabeth Hall
mesh conference
"mesh is happening because the five founders (see below) believed that Toronto deserved to have a world-class conference where people with an enthusiasm for the Web could talk about how it is affecting the media, marketing, business and society as a whole."
When: May 25 – 26, 2011
Where: Toronto, ON, Canada
"WebVisions explores the future of design, content creation, user experience and business strategy to uncover the trends and agents of change that will shatter your assumptions about the Web. Be ready to network, share ideas and be inspired by an all-star lineup of speakers."
When: May 25 – 27, 2011
Where: Portland, OR, USA at the Oregon Convention Center
International PHP Conference
"The IPC is the global recognized event for PHP developers, webworkers, IT managers and everyone interested in web-technology. Again, the conference will focus on main topics for developers and core-technologies for decision makers. We will show how to scale your applications, explain the details of Continuous Integration or evaluate different approaches to NoSQL."
When: May 29 – June 11
Where: Berlin, Germany at the Maritim proArte Hotel
"Business, Design and Technology are the three basic pillars for success on the World Wide Web. This webinar has been prescribed for these three pillars of the first conference in 2007."
When: May 30 – June 1, 2011
Where: Berlin, Germany at the Maritim proArte Hotel
June 2011 Events
Interlink Web Design Conference
"nterlink Conference will be a small and carefully crafted 3-day web event that will appeal to all web professionals. This international web design conference welcomes website architects, usability specialists, project managers, marketing coordinators, web developers, website designers and any other online professional that wants to meet others in the industry and get inspired."
When: June 2 – 4, 2011
Where: Vancouver, BC, Canada at The Capilano Performing Arts Theatre
Internet Week
"Since 2008, Internet Week has taken place all over the city, thanks to our many partners hosting diverse events in different locations. The result is a critical mass of web-focused events that raises the profile of NYC's industry as a whole, as well as the partners who participate."
When: June 6 – 13, 2011
Where: New York City, NY, USA at Metropolitan Pavilion & The Altman Building, and around NYC
DIBI Conference
"DIBI (pronounced "dibby"), is the annual Design It. Build It. Conference held at The Sage Gateshead in the North East of England. DIBI brings together both sides of the web coin for an unusual two-track web conference. World renowned speakers leading in their fields of work will talk about all things web."
When: June 7 – 8, 2011
Where: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
"We invite you to the North American TYPO3 conference held this year in San Francisco. This will be a great time to learn more about the powerful system we use everyday and to connect with other developers from both North America and Europe. Several internationally-known leaders of the TYPO3 community will be attending and presenting."
When: June 9 – 11, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA, USA at the Fort Mason Center
Flash and the City
"Explore, discover, connect."
When: June 9 – 12, 2011
Where: New York City, NY, USA
UXcamp Europe
"The main rule of the conference is: No spectators, just participants! This BarCamp-rule does not mean everybody has to do a Session, but everybody should come prepared to participate in an active manner."
When: June 11 – 12, 2011
Where: Berlin, Germany at Erwin-Schrödinger-Zentrum of the Humboldt University
WordCamp Kansas City
"WordCamps are community organized meetings for users of WordPress, the blogging platform and content management system that is sweeping the online world."
When: June 11 – 12, 2011
Where: Kansas City, MO, USA at Johnson County Community College
An Event Apart Atlanta
"An Event Apart is an intensely educational two-day conference for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you've been waiting for."
When: June 13 – 15, 2011
Where: Atlanta, GA, USA at the InterContinental Atlanta
140 Character Conference
"The #140conf events provide a platform for the worldwide twitter community to: listen, connect, share and engage with each other, while collectively exploring the effects of the emerging real-time internet on business."
When: June 15-16, 2011
Where: New York City, NY, USA
Nordic Ruby Conference
"Come to Nordic Ruby 2011 and you will get a two day, single track Ruby conference, featuring the winning concept of 30 minute talks and 30 minute breaks. Very appreciated last year."
When: June 16 – 18, 2011
Where: Gothenburg, Sweden
"The Web Typography Conference"
When: June 17, 2011
Where: Brighton, UK
HOW Design Live
"What do you call a mega-gathering of thousands of designers, freelancers, in-house managers and—new for 2011—packaging designers, plus a speaker roster packed with some of the brightest minds in the industry? HOW Design Live! Click the links below for more on each HOW Design Live event, then sign up for The BIG Ticket for exclusive access to all four conferences!"
When: June 22 – 27, 2011
Where: Chicago, IL, USA at the Hyatt Regency
Eyeo Festival
"Three days of inspirational talks, demos, labs, and workshops and opportunities to connect with people whose extraordinary creations are pushing the envelope. The line up is amazing. 30 brilliant individuals, one amazing collection of talent and insight. Add yourself to the mix, and it just gets better."
When: June 27 – 29, 2011
Where: Minneapolis, MN, USA at the McNamara Alumini Center
Future of Web Apps
"The Future of Web Apps is coming to Las Vegas in 2011. The brand new event is a beautiful three full days of essential web learning."
When: June 27 – 29, 2011
Where: Las Vegas, NV, USA at Meet exhibition venue
July 2011 Events
Designer/Developer Workflow Conference
"What's the big deal about workflow? Workflow is something we all do, day in and day out – although you may not even think about it. Do you work with multiple applications during the day? Do you work with team members, departments, clients, etc.? Improving those workflows is what D2W is all about."
When: July 14 – 16, 2011
Where: Kansas City, MO, USA at the Crown Plaza Hotel
Front-End Design Conference
"Front-End Conf is an event dedicated to content, presentation and behavior and to the awesome people in the design and development community."
When: July 23, 2011
Where: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
The O'Reilly Open Source Convention
"OSCON provides a central place to gain exposure to and evaluate the new projects, tools, services, platforms, languages, software and standards sweeping through the open source community and the broader technology industry."
When: July 25-29, 2011
Where: Portland, OR, USA
re:build Conference
"re:build is an intimate one-day event hosted in Downtown Indianapolis. We're busy lining up some of our favorite speakers from all across the country. "
When: July 29, 2011
Where: Indianapolis, IN, USA
"A one day BarCamp in Richmond, London for anyone involved or interested in user experience design, interaction design, information architecture or usability."
When: Summer, 2011
Where: London, UK
August 2011 Events
An Event Apart Minneapolis
"An Event Apart is an intensely educational two-day conference for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you've been waiting for."
When: August 8 – 10, 2011, 2011
Where: Minneapolis, MN, USA at the InterContinental Atlanta
"WordCamp San Francisco is the official annual conference of the WordPress open source project. WordCamp SF 2010 brought together 700+ WordPress users and developers from around the world. In 2011 we're expanding the programming for publishers, bloggers, and developers."
When: August 12 – 14, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA, USA at the Mission Bay Conference Center
Drupalcon London
"DrupalCon is an international event that brings together the people who use, develop, design and support the Drupal platform. DrupalCon London 2011 will feature content from the most influential people and brightest minds within the Drupal community and beyond, in addition to countless opportunities for networking, code sprints, and more."
When: August 21 – 26, 2011
Where: London, UK
UX Australia
"The conference covers core user experience design topics – strategy, user-centred design, interaction design, information architecture, information design, service design, content & visual design. It's not just digital though, and will also include presentations on the design of physical objects and environments."
When: August 22 – 26, 2011
Where: Sydney, Australia at Four points by Sheraton
UX Week
"Calling UX professionals (or aspiring professionals) of all levels! Join us at UX Week 2011, the premier user experience conference, for fun times , inspiring sessions on the main stage and roll-up-your-sleeves learning during two full days of workshops. It's going to rock."
When: August 23 – 26, 2011
Where: San Francisco, CA at The Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
Related Links
- Conference Roundup
A web app inspired by the original conference roundup here on Smashing Magazine.
- Lanyrd
The Social Conference Directory. Also check Smashing Magazine's Profile.
- ontwik
Lectures, Screencasts And Conferences For Real Web Developers & Designers
What Event Will You Attend?
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