Presentation Zen comes to Sydney
Date: 4th July 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Effective presentations
Presentation Zen (www.presentationzen.com) is the legendary blog on creating and delivering remarkable presentations. Garr Reynold's
recent book of the same name is now a best-seller, and is being translated into seven languages.

When we found out he was coming to Sydney for a holiday, we talked him into giving a public presentation. This will be on 4th of July, and will be the only chance to see him in action in Australia.

Information Architecture Essentials
Date: 18th June 2008
City: Brisbane NSW
Category: Usability
In this one-day workshop, Rebecca Rodgers from Step Two Designs will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets.

Key skills such as card sorting will be taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.

IA provides a rich toolbox of techniques and frameworks to ensure that websites and intranets are structured in a way that makes sense to users.

Rydges Southbank, Brisbane.

*Please note* this is a introductory workshop designed to build core skills, and is not suitable for intermediate or experienced practitioners.

WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminar
Date: 12-Jun-08
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
WIPA is presenting an afternoon seminar on the use of the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability when an Agile Development process is used for developing websites. The two speakers are Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund, who are both experienced and respected experts in their field.

WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminar
Date: 04-Jun-08
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Usability
WIPA is presenting an afternoon seminar on the use of the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability when an Agile Development process is used for developing websites. The two speakers are Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund, who are both experienced and respected experts in their field.

WIPA Usability and Eyetracking Seminar
Date: 23-May-08
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Usability
WIPA is presenting an afternoon seminar on the use of the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability when an Agile Development process is used for developing websites. The two speakers are Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund, who are both experienced and respected experts in their field.

Complete Intranet Management - Exploring the Intranet Hive
Date: 9th May 2008
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Intranets
It is never easy juggling the many tasks involved in maintaining and growing intranets. This workshop introduces a new model for managing intranets: the Intranet Hive.

Dividing intranet tasks into six segments, this model has been developed by Step Two Designs to help intranet teams assess how they are going, and to identify missing activities.

Cairo Walker will facilitate an exploration of this new model, as well providing practical insight into many aspects of intranet management.

Crowne Plaza, Melbourne

webDU 2008
Date: 07-May-08
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Developers
And so it begins -- the sixth Asia-Pacific web developers conference, web DownUnder 2008!

Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
Date: 7 May 2008
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Usability
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - one day course

In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software. This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test.

Web Usability Training Workshop
Date: 6 May 2008
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Usability
Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques.

As a result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web applications within their own organisation.

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Thursday 1 May and Friday 2 May
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

Interaction Design
Date: 30 April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Interaction Design
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites - one day course.

Ever wonder why users don't behave how you expect? Ever done usability testing or found usability issues but didn't know how to fix them? This course will provide an insight into human characteristics and online behaviour based on latest research and hundreds of usability tests with users, including video footage of usability test sessions. We will also cover the theory and principles of interaction design.

Web Application Design Training Workshop
Date: 29 April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Interaction Design
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web applications - one day course.

From internet banking, online learning, government transactional sites to employee phonebooks, online projects increasingly include elements of web application design. This course will explore the value and limitations of building a web application and introduce a range of tools, approaches and interface design principles to ensure that you understand your audience and design intuitive and usable web applications.

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Monday 28 April and Tuesday 29 April
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

BarCamp Canberra
Date: 14-Apr-08
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Technology
CSIT Building, North Road, Australian National University
A BarCamp in the capital? Capital! After a year of trying, we've finally
scored a venue and BarCamp Canberra is happening! Here are the details:
* Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and
related topics. We have room for 60ish people, so bring your colleagues.
* What? A good opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work
with like-minded individuals.
* When? 1000-1700 on Saturday 19 April 2008
* Where? BarCampCanberra will be held at the CSIT Building, North
Road, ANU.

Search Marketing Expo - SMX Sydney
Date: 10 & 11 April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: SEO
Search Marketing Expo - SMX Sydney is certain to be to the "must-attend" interactive and search engine marketing event of the year in Australia, delivering superior value to conference delegates and exhibit hall attendees alike.

Information Architecture Essentials
Date: 9th April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Usability
In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy from Step Two Designs will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets.

Key skills such as card sorting will be taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.

IA provides a rich toolbox of techniques and frameworks to ensure that websites and intranets are structured in a way that makes sense to users.

Mercure Hotel, Sydney

*Please note* this is a introductory workshop designed to build core skills, and is not suitable for intermediate or experienced practitioners.

Ausweb 08
Date: 05-Apr-08
City: Ballina NSW
Category: Developers
In April 2008 (5th-9th) the 14th Australasian World Wide Web Conference, AusWeb08, will again be held at the Ballina Beach Resort.

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Thursday 3 April and Friday 4 April
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

Innovative Information Management Planning
Date: 2nd April 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Information Management
To be successful, information management initiatives must quickly become valuable to the business, delivering tangible and visible benefits. This can be challenging in complex organisational environments with many hurdles to overcome.

Cairo Walker shares her on-the-ground experience working with some of Australasia's most prominent private and public sector organisation's information management strategies, plans and initiatives.

Don't miss this opportunity to hear Cairo share her thoughts and insights on making information management work.

Mercure Hotel, Sydney

Website user experience & CSS workshop
Date: Monday 31 March and Tuesday 1 April
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Design
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
Date: 29 Feb 2008
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests - one day course

In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software. This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test.

Web Usability Training Workshop
Date: 28 Feb 2007
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Usability
Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques.

As a result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web applications within their own organisation.

Fred Schebesta's Online Traffic Formula Seminar
Date: 28th February 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: SEO
Entrepreneurs and marketing directors can learn the secrets to the Online Traffic Formula and gain a stronger online presence.

With only ten places available for this seminar, participants learn from one of Australia's best and awarded online marketing experts - Fred Schebesta.

Dojo Toolkit Training
Date: 06-Feb-08
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Developers
Dojo hit 1.0 a couple of weeks ago. It is a great toolkit for building
rich AJAX web apps. Topics Covered: Dojo Base and Dojo Core, Dijit, DojoX, Dojo Utilities APIs and development issues discussed include: Ajax, Events, DOM, query, and behavior, Effects, Data providers and Wire, RPC and JSONP, Custom Dijit Development, dojo.declare and other advanced JavaScript language constructs and more! Course runs 3 days, it is $2500USD, you need intermediate or expert javascript skills and you will need to BYOL (bring your own laptop)

An evening with Molly E. Holzschlag
Date: 06-Feb-08
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Social
Come along and take part in an informal Q&A session with one of the industries leading educators and best-practice advocators.

Enhancing search and retrieval capabilities and performance
Date: 4-6 February 2008
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Search Technology
Capitalising on new and existing search tools to improve information retrieval and access

Linux.conf.au
Date: 28-Jan-08
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Open Source
Next year from January 28th - February 2nd, Melbourne will host one of the
world's best FOSS conferences: Linux.conf.au. On the last day, Saturday
February 2nd we will be running an Open Day for the general public to
showcase open source. The 2007 open day had a fantastic line-up of
Displays.

Web-blast07
Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Sydney (Bar Broadway) NSW
Category: Social
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney's web community - bringing together web designers, web project managers, interface designers, information architects and other web professionals. See the website for further details.

Canberra Web-blast 07
Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Social
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Canberra's web community - bringing together web designers, web project managers, interface designers, information architects and other web professionals. See the website for further details.

OzeWAI 2007
Date: 05-Dec-07
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Accessibility
Web Adaptability for Inclusion Conference 2007:
Web 2.0 accessibility - is it going to be easier?

Worldwide, there have been significant steps towards a more inclusive online environment. New applications for improving the accessibility of content and services are adopting revised guidelines from W3C; new quality certification standards have been developed, and interactive accessibility services are emerging. The ISO committee has produced an inventory of needs, responses, and requires input from users and developers. Learn more about Web 2.0 and these developments at OZeWAI 2007.

Melbourne Web Standards Group meeting
Date: 06-Dec-07
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Web Standards
James Farmer, former online community manager for theage.com.au and organiser of the first ever Melbourne WordCamp, will be talking about blogging tools.

DebateIT: The Web is a Wonderful World for Women
Date: 21 November 2007
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Social Networking
Less than 15% of people employed in the ICT industry are women, that women earn 85 cents for every dollar of their male counter-parts and female ICT workers represent a mere 1% of all employed women.

We've all heard the ABS statistics!

However, Australian women are doing a helluva lot in the wild world of the web. Women with initiative and spunk that redefine success with each wave of technology. And women that have fun while they are doing it.

After an overwhelming response from the call to find extraordinary women of the web, Slattery IT has rounded up a bunch of truly inspirational women that have cast off gender stereotypes and limitations to go forth and
conquer cyberspace!

Vision Australia: Designing for an Accessible Website
Date: 21-Nov-07
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Accessibility
This workshops provides an introduction to accessibility issues within Australian policy contexts and internationally recognised requirements, and an introduction to assessment tools and techniques.

Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
Date: 16-Nov-07
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Content
This workshop will give you a good overview of the techniques that will make your web content more effective.

World Usability Day 2007 (Sydney event)
Date: 08-Nov-07
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Usability
The UPA Sydney chapter is organising the local event, which will take place at Telstra' s brand new Experience Centre. The day will feature an impressive lineup of speakers addressing the importance of usability across all aspects of healthcare. It will also include interactive sessions and demonstrations of techniques such as usability testing and eye tracking, and will provide ample time to chat with people in the field of usability to learn more about it.

Email Marketing Summit
Date: 1-2 November 2007
City: Gold Coast Qld
Category: Email
The summit is designed to bring together Australia's leading email marketers whilst simultaneously providing a rare opportunity to those new to the industry to gain a wealth of insights and understanding.

Making Links 2007
Date: 30-Oct-07
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Not-for-profit
The 4th annual Making Links conference is one of Australia's leading forums for workers in the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their work and to explore current and emerging new media and information and communications technology (ICT). This two-day conference has regularly attracted delegates and presenters from many fields including health, environment, education, business, government, philanthropy and human services to discuss their experiences with ICT, multimedia and web technology.

Vision Australia: Designing for an Accessible Website
Date: 30-Oct-07
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Accessibility
This workshops provides an introduction to accessibility issues within Australian policy contexts and internationally recognised requirements, and an introduction to assessment tools and techniques.

Step Two Designs: Information Architecture Fundamentals
Date: 26th October 2007
City: Canberra ACT
Category: IA
One-day workshop run by Patrick Kennedy of Step Two Designs. This workshop will present an introduction to information architecture
(IA), the core methodology for organising and designing information-rich websites and intranets. Fundamental principles will be covered, along with a hands-on exploration of practical techniques. A must for all web
teams.

Next Generation Intranets for Government. Presented by Stamford Interactive
Date: Wednesday, 24th October 2007
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Government Intranets
Stamford Interactive would like to invite you to a discussion on Next Generation Intranets for Government.

Vision Australia: Designing for an Accessible Website
Date: 23-Oct-07
City: Canberra ACT
Category: Accessibility
This workshops provides an introduction to accessibility issues within Australian policy contexts and internationally recognised requirements, and an introduction to assessment tools and techniques.

Interaction Design Training Workshop
Date: 23 October 2007
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Interaction Design
Understand both interaction design theory and principles as well as human characteristics and behaviour in order to design usable applications, intranet and internet sites.

Vision Australia: Designing for an Accessible Website
Date: 19-Oct-07
City: Hobart Tas
Category: Accessibility
This workshops provides an introduction to accessibility issues within Australian policy contexts and internationally recognised requirements, and an introduction to assessment tools and techniques.

WordCamp Melbourne
Date: 17-Oct-07
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: WordCamp
WordCamp Melbourne will be held in the 'Pavillion' at the Watermark Bar, Victoria Harbour Docklands on Saturday, November 17th from 12:00PM - 7:00 PM.

Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
Date: 09-Oct-07
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: Content
This workshop will give you a good overview of the techniques that will make your web content more effective.

Bits and Pixels
Date: 29-Sep-07
City: Newcastle NSW
Category: Social
Its social networking Web 1.0 style!

Get together with Newcastle/Hunter/Central Coast web industry professionals and amateurs to discuss the goings on in the series of tubes.

Web Directions South 2007
Date: 25-Sep-07
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Developers
With more than 30 leading experts, including a dozen international stars of the web industry, across three tracks, Web Directions South will focus on the key technology and business issues of the web in 2007.

Search Engine Bootcamp - Brisbane
Date: 26th September 2007
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: SEO
Search Engine Bootcamp is a one-day Search Engine Marketing workshop. We cover all facets of search marketing over twelve educational sessions.

Our agenda is designed to maximise your knowledge on a wide range of search engine marketing techniques, topics range from how to get better organic index rankings through to understanding how to maximise your return on investment with Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing and Sensis pay per click search advertising products.

All of our speakers are industry experts who will guide you through each topic in an educational manor, Search Engine Bootcamps are held in classroom style environments and are all about information and education.

Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
Date: 26-Sep-07
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Content
This workshop will give you a good overview of the techniques that will make your web content more effective.

Oz-IA/2007
Date: 22nd/23rd September
City: Sydney NSW
Category: IA
Over the weekend of 22nd/23rd September 2007 there will be a conference on information architecture in Sydney, Australia. We plan a packed schedule of speaker presentations, panels, workshops, and inter-session activities. And of course, there's the opportunity to catch up with your peers, network your way to new contacts, and have a good time.

ACS: Make your Website more Customer-Centric!
Date: 13 September 2007
City: Melbourne Vic
Category: IA
Why the key to the success of your website is the relentless focus on the needs of your customer - and how to do it!

The web is about customer power! Whether you manage an intranet, university, government or commerical website - the principle of being customer-centric and not organisation-centric still applies. Practically all websites start as organisation-centric, but the better ones are making the shift and reaping the results!

ACS: Make your Website more Customer-Centric!
Date: 12 September 2007
City: Canberra ACT
Category: IA
Why the key to the success of your website is the relentless focus on the needs of your customer - and how to do it!

The web is about customer power! Whether you manage an intranet, university, government or commerical website - the principle of being customer-centric and not organisation-centric still applies. Practically all websites start as organisation-centric, but the better ones are making the shift and reaping the results!