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June 11-12th > Learn from a diverse array of Web experts to use modern tools and techniques to refine your Web design craft now. Harness creative inspiration to unlock your potential, amplify innovation, and broaden your reach. Immerse yourself in two days of idea exchange with potential business partners who are as forward-thinking as you are.
Learn & Refine Your Skills
The Workshops
HTML Workshop
In this workshop, you will learn the common best practices and perceptions of what HTML - the lingua franca of the Web - really is all about. A dash of history, a smidgen of wisdom, the focus of this workshop is to empower you with the way HTML works today - and may work tomorrow. You'll learn the most current thinking as to how to use HTML effectively as a strong foundation for later application of style and script as well as gain insight into the tools, techniques and contemporary browser concerns related to HTML.
CSS Workshop
CSS, the presentation layer when developing standards-based sites, can be frustrating to people as they transition from tables-based sites or even from the print world. Stephanie will show you how to design in a more fluid and flexible manner for a variety of browser configurations and user agents, including screen readers and the mobile web. She’ll also teach you principles that help you avoid the most common mistakes people make.
JavaScript Workshop
In this session, Aaron Gustafson introduces attendees to the client-side scripting language known as JavaScript. After being taken on a quick tour through the language's features and syntax, attendees will be introduced through a series of examples to ways in which JavaScript can progressively enhance the user experience and really make their designs sing. This session also introduces attendees to several JavaScript libraries and demonstrate how to execute the same task in each.
By the end of this session, you will:
- Have a fundamental understanding of the JavaScript language;
- Understand when it is appropriate to use JavaScript and how to employ it in an unobtrusive manner;
- Be able to break complex interactions into simple, scriptable steps;
- Understand what JavaScript libraries are and the pros and cons of using them; and
- Have participated in the construction of useful scripts they can begin using right away.
Adv. HTML+CSS Workshop
High-end design. Standards-compliant code. Doesn’t exactly sound like a match made in heaven, does it? We’ll look at high-profile brands, and discuss the intersection of quality code with top-notch art direction. Developers will learn strategies to achieve that extra level of “bulletproofing” in their templates; designers will pick up tips on how to better convey creative requirements to coders. We'll also examine some popular new page layout techniques, to help us plan for the next generation of browsers.
Web Workflow Workshop
by Greg Rewis
During this action-packed session, Greg Rewis will take you through a modern, standards-based web workflow using all Adobe tools. You'll be amazed by some of the great new features in Adobe Photoshop, learn how to leverage Fireworks, put it together with Dreamweaver and add additional interactivity and video using Flash. Whether you're a noob or a hardened pro, there will be lots to learn.
Web Styleguide Workshop
Learn how you can create Web style documents that include design and technical standards associated with the creation and maintenance of a Web site. Frequently asked questions about Web style guides are also be addressed, for example:
- Why do I need a Web style guide for my employer or client?
- How can I convince my organization to adopt a Web style guide?
- How do I enforce compliance with my style guide?
Attendees will have ample time for Q&A and will leave with sample starter documents.
User Research Workshop
by Mark Trammell and Juliette Melton
You can dramatically improve your Web sites when you pay attention to how they are being used. Just as important is understanding why people are using it the way they are. Understanding user behavior can be challenging, but there lots of ways to get started.
In the User Research Workshop, Juliette Melton of Lumos Labs and Mark Trammell of Digg will discuss:
- The benefits of user research;
- Easy ways to get started;
- Traffic and task analysis basics;
- How to write surveys that work;
- Sharing what you've learned.
Wrap-Up Panel
At the end of each day, we are having a light 30 minute panel Q+A discussion with that day's available speakers. The Wrap-Up Panel is a good opportunity to have more time with speakers and get answers to any last minute questions that you didn't ask earlier during your presentation or new ones that came up after working through another speaker's presentation.
The Sponsors
Our In-Kind Sponsors
Event Partners: SXSW Interactive, Web Visions, Spring <br>
· For information on sponsorship options, download our Sponsor Sheet (PDF)
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Register before May 11th and receive $100 off the regular rate ($795)
8 REASONS YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO MISS IN CONTROL 2009
- In Control 2009 offers an excellent value. Compared to other conferences, In Control is more affordable and delivers more bang for your buck. Register early and save $100. AIGA members get an additional discount. (Contact your local AIGA Board for more details.)
- Workshop-based sessions enable you to delve more deeply into the material and learn more. Workshop focus avoids cursory review of material, a common complaint of other Web design conferences.
- You rarely find these speakers in the Midwest. We bring them all together for two content-rich days.
- In Control has something for everyone, from master to novice. New Web designers and print designers learn the basics first—HTML and CSS—then progress through advanced topics, including user testing and Web style guides. No Web designer is left behind.
- Wrap-up panel at the end of each day features available speakers for follow-up questions and cross-pollination of material from multiple sessions.
- Cincinnati hotels are much more affordable than those in Seattle, Boston, San Francisco and Chicago. Again, this means a greater value and return on investment for you.
- In a tight economy, expanding or refining your skill set is crucial. In Control focuses on practical, applicable skills you can use now, rather than vague big picture stuff.
- AIGA Cincinnati is a non-profit professional association for design. Every dime of your conference fee goes back into design education, mentoring, and information for the business community and public.
