Information Technologies hosts second UnConference for UD tech staff

1:34 p.m., July 11, 2012--University of Delaware Information Technologies (IT) will host an IT Professionals UnConference from 8:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, July 18, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center. 

The event is open to any UD staff who would benefit from discussing technology issues with colleagues from IT or other campus departments. A light breakfast will be included; therefore, registration is recommended.

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An unconference is a collaborative meeting with an open agenda: participants propose topics, vote on the topics to be discussed during the event’s breakout sessions, then lead and contribute to the discussions. 

Topics proposed so far for the July 18 unconference include

• Coping with phishing
• Excel tips and tricks
• Exchange 2010
• Google Anayltics
• Google Apps
• Pivot tables (Excel)
• Responsive web design
• SharePoint use
• Social media and networking
• Tablets, iPads, and mobile devices
• UD data management
• Web publishing
• Website accessibility 
• Windows 8.

For more information, visit the second UD IT UnConference website, where you can also find more information about the unconference format. If you are interested in attending, you can nominate discussion topics ahead of time, or nominate topics at the event itself.

Register for the second UD IT UnConference.