What Designers and Writers Need to Know About Web Technology

Speakers: Teresa Lehane - Session Moderator, LehaneDesign.com Judith Broadhurst - author of The Woman's Guide to Online Services (McGraw-Hill, 1995) Jeff Fohl - the principal of Fohldesign Patrick Rodriguez - award-winning art director, user interface designer, illustrator and 3D artist Sponsors: IBM DeveloperWorks Upcoming Meetings and Flyers: December 11: What Designers and Writers Need to Know about Web Technology (co-sponsored by the Northern California Graphic Artists Guild) (40k PDF) January 8: Open House and Job Fair

Sign up for our announcement mailing list Your e-mail address: Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 Time: 6:00-9:30 p.m. (speaker at 7:00) Cypress 198 Champion Ct.   Building 6 San Jose, CA 95134 Map & Directions

Do aspiring Web designers, writers, project managers, and other non-technical professionals need to know how to code HTML or JavaScript? December's joint meeting with the Northern California Chapter of the Graphic Artists Guild is for designers, writers and other non-technic al professionals who want careers in Web design and development but are unsure of the knowledge they’ll need to get started. Our panel of Web design and editorial content pros will give you a primer on the skills you need. They’ll cover these topics:

• In what types of teams do Web designers and others need to know Web coding and programming?
• In what types of teams are skills more specialized, or separate?
• Do coding skills always give you more control over your design?
• If you do coding, what resources do you need?
• If you don't, what resources do you need? How can these disciplines communicate effectively with programmers?
• Can WYSIWYG programs such as Dreamweaver completely shelter you from learning HTML?
• What do you need to know about download issues and cross-platform colors and fonts in order to turn these technical challenges into good Web design and content?

Panelists include: Session Moderator Teresa Lehane, LehaneDesign.com; Judith Broadhurst, author of The Woman's Guide to Online Services (McGraw-Hill, 1995); Jeff Fohl, the principal of Fohldesign; Patrick Rodriguez, award-winning art director, user interface designer, illustrator and 3D artist.

Special Interest Groups:

• Animation SIG
• eBusiness Perspectives SIG
• Technical Development SIG
• Web Application Development SIG
• Web Content SIG

This is the perfect way to learn more about the Silicon Valley WebGuild, to get reconnected with SIGs that you love, maybe win a terrific door prize, or most important, pick up a great job lead or career opportunity.

Who Should Attend:

• Business owners
• Content managers and developers
• Customer support managers
• E-commerce strategists and practitioners
• General managers
• Information architects
• IT managers and staff
• Operations managers
• Sales and marketing managers
• Usability engineers
• Web site users, owners and support personnel

Schedule: Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 6:00-9:30 p.m.

6:50 pm General announcements (have jobs, want jobs, etc.)

7:00 pm Speaker

8:20 pm Door prizes (must be present to win)

8:30 pm Special interest groups

Free and open to the public. RSVPs not required.

Please invite your friends and colleagues!

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