“HighEdWeb is a strategic alliance of Web professionals in higher education designed to facilitate communication and professional development and using the Web as a medium to advance their institutions.”
- HighEdWeb Professionals Association
The HighEdWeb conference, which took place October 4-7, 2009, is a gathering created just for higher education web professionals. This conference is the perfect place to mingle with web developers, marketers, designers, writers, managers and all those team members in-between who are exploring the unique web issues facing colleges and universities. It was important for Cascade Experts to take part in this event because the value gained by the exchange of ideas, stories, and experiences within our community is immeasurable. By attending as a participant and not a vendor, it is our goal to translate the information and knowledge gained with these interactions into increased value in our consulting services. Most importantly, it is our daily integration of best practices, well-designed processes, and advancements in modern web practices discovered at events like these that increase the value our clients can obtain by using our consulting team and Cascade Server CMS. This adds to our excitement in attending and what we are able to bring back our clients.
Hannon Hill: “A CMS Experience You Can Trust”
Cascade Experts was very proud and excited to see our friends at Hannon Hill participating as a vendor at the HiEdWeb Conference. Their organization recently hosted a great conference of their own, so putting forth the effort to participate in this event is just another great example of their dedication to the industry and most importantly their clients. It has always been our opinion that the team at Hannon Hill employs some of the most ambitious, intelligent, and hardworking young professionals in the CMS industry today. During our time in Milwaukee, we had the opportunity to discuss many of the exciting features that are being added in Cascade Server. This makes us even more excited about the coming release of Cascade Server 6.4 and we look forward to incorporating these tools soon. We must say, the dedication and effort put forth by the Hannon Hill team shows a continuous commitment to product improvement, development and reaffirms their commitment to provide a positive client experience.
New Friends: Online Communities in Higher Education
Innersync is an interactive studio that understands the importance of social networking and online communities in the higher education arena. In a series of very inspiring developments, Innersync has established that an approach combining progressive internet technologies with compelling design is needed for an organization to build rewarding relationships with their audiences. Innersync accomplishes this by offering a service that supports a profile driven interface similar to what you might find with Facebook, LinkedIn, or Ning. What sets their offering apart from the “freemiums” is an understanding that these communities provide tremendous value and the platform used to tap that value must be owned by the organization in order to effectively define, measure, and tailor the experience for the intented audience. We applaud Innersync for bringing this approach to the college and university setting and are proud to use their products for the management of our own site.
In Conclusion…
Cascade Experts had a great time, learned a wealth of knowledge, and forged new and valuable relationships. In our opinion, it is one of the most valuable web conferences one can attend and we hope to extend our experience gained to the services we provide to you. We would definitely recommend you consider attending this conference in 2010 and many thanks to all those who have helped make Cascade Experts a success.
