Saturday, January 23, 2010

Going to 2010 NAIS Annual Conference? Join the Online Community- Introductions

Please distribute this 2010 Annual Conference Online Community Invitation t=
o your community so that all who wish to participate in this experience ove=
r the next several months might have the opportunity. This year's community=
provides a unique opportunity to explore many aspects of communicating thr=
ough social media and promises to be an informative experience. You are enc=
ouraged to explore the space (information provided below) and start with th=
e tools and spaces where you are most comfortable. Then stretch yourself by=
either passively or actively exploring one or two other tools in the commu=
nity.

Welcome to the 2010 NAIS Annual Conference Community

If you are attending the 2010 NAIS conference in San Francisco next month o=
r wish you could attend, take a moment to learn about the Online Community =
that was created to help focus conversations around the conference group an=
d themes. You can learn more about this unique opportunity at http://naisac=
10.wordpress.com/about/

The "Front Door" to the community is through this blog (http://naisac10.wor=
dpress.com/). You can monitor all activity in the community through the com=
munity dashboard at: http://www.netvibes.com/naisac10#Conference_Dashboard.

The community, formed around a group that will be attending (or wishes they=
could attend) the 2010 NAIS Annual Conference in San Francisco, utilizes a=
multitude of new media tools providing a place for everyone to share. If a=
ny of the sessions, themes or topics of this year's conference are of inter=
est to you, join us Online and take a moment to briefly say "hi" to the gro=
up. Let us learn a little about who is joining the Online Community this ye=
ar. You can respond via comments to this blog, via twitter or twitter with =
a link to a longer post elsewhere, or the NAIS Facebook Page. There is a pl=
ace for everyone so take a moment and introduce yourself to the group. You =
can learn more about these community spaces and the philosophy behind this =
design at the Community Front Door: http://naisac10.wordpress.com/.

If you are not familiar with the sessions at this years Conference, check o=
ut the main conference site at: http://annualconference.nais.org/?navItemNu=
mber=3D152604

Look around at the different tools available in this community as this post=
will be placed on this blog as well as twitter, Facebook etc. The netvibe=
s dashboard is the best place to go to track All activity in this community=
: http://www.netvibes.com/naisac10#Conference_Dashboard

We are looking forward to meeting you online and in San Francisco.

Chris Bigenho

Designer of 2010 NAIS Online Community

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