Schedule - CrowdSource Summit

Friday, October 17

8-9 a.m.	Registration and breakfast
9-9:15 a.m.	Introduction and overview
9:15-10 a.m.	Keynote: Mara Zepeda Mara is founder of Switchboard, which she started at Reed College as a way to connect students with alumni. It has since grown into a social network based on what Zepeda call a “pretty simple idea: it should be easy for people to help one another. … Switchboard is a place to share of ourselves through asks, offers, and acts of generosity.”
10-10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30-11:15 a.m.	Session: User Experience “Using Your Powers for Good” Robin Smail, Penn State University
11:15 a.m.- noon	Session: Development and Technology “Coding Our Tomorrows” Sven Aas, Mount Holyoke College
Noon-1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30-2:15 p.m.	Session: Social Media and Communication Ma’ayan Plaut, Oberlin College
2:30-3 p.m.	Break
3:00-3:45 p.m.	Session: Content Strategy “Content Matters: Making Meaning on the Web” Georgy Cohen, OHO Interactive
4-4:45 p.m.	Session: Visual and Graphic Design “My God, It’s Full of Stars: Your Guide to a Visual Design Career” Michael Fienen, Aquent
6 p.m.	Dinner and After-hours Meetup: WordPress and Beer: Homebrew web applications with WP Join us for free food! and a presentation by Gabriel Nagmay, a web analyst for Portland Community College. In partnership with PDXWP and PDX Web and Design Location: Red Lion Hotel on the River Jantzen Beach

8-9 a.m.	Breakfast
9-11 a.m.	Career advice panel discussion
11-11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 a.m.	Overview session: Working on the Web “Time to Get Hired” Doug Ruschman, Xavier University
12:30-1:30 p.m.	Lunch