2010 SLATE Conference

The 2010 SLATE Conference begins tomorrow (Thursday, October 21) at noon.  Almost 60 institutions from across the midwest, and beyond, will be represented.  This is by far the most institutions we have ever had attend.  In addition, 15 vendors and development partners will also be there to promote their products and answer your questions.  This should be an engaging and informative conference for all.

OF SPECIAL INTEREST:  for anyone who is unable to attend in person, the keynote presentation on Friday morning (9:00am CST), given by Ray Henderson, President, Blackboard Learn will be streamed live. Instructions for connecting are provided below. We'll also make the archive of the presentation available afterwards.

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SLATE 2010 Conference Keynote Presentation Live Stream

If you are unable to attend in person, you can view the live stream of the Friday morning keynote session online, thanks to our friends at Wimba – using Wimba Classroom. To participate, visit http://bit.ly/slatemeeting and login using the following:

Enter RoomID: SLATE
Enter Name: first initial+last name (no spaces. Example: jsmith)

We'll plan to begin streaming the session at approx. 8:45 am.

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Opportunities to Get Connected!

Before, during, and after the conference, there are many ways to connect! We're created a few social networking opportunities using some of the most popular social networking tools. Feel free to begin connecting now using any of the following tools:

• Facebook: Join the SLATE '10 group in Facebook to connect with other conference attendees, share photos, videos, and links to resources shared during the conference.
  
  
• Twitter: Tag all your conference-related tweets using the hashtag #slate10 to add your tweets to the conference-related conversations via Twitter. Also, follow @slategroup on Twitter for conference news and updates as well as monthly SLATE Group meeting notices and notes.
  
  
• Twubs: Twitter group built around content aggregated from the conference hashtag, #slate10, is available at http://twubs.com/slate10. Those tweeting during the conference, please also join the conference Twub! Members can easily tweet conference-related photos, videos, and links that will automatically be tagged with the conference hashtag and aggregated with other conference-specific social media.
  
  
• SlideShare: Are you a conference presenter or vendor? Upload you presentation to SlideShare and then add it to the SLATE '10 event on SlideShare to share with attendees
  
  
• Diigo: If you are using a social bookmarking tool like Diigo to keep track of resources during the conference, join the SLATE '10 Diigo group at http://groups.diigo.com/group/slate10 and share your conference-related bookmarks with the group!

• Other social networking tools: Use the tag slate10 whenever posting to other online social networking tools. If you have other tools that you recommend for the SLATE Conference, leave a comment here with your suggestions!

Let's get connected! We look forward to seeing you at the conference and to connecting online.

Thanks in advance to everyone who has given of their time and talents to make the 8th Annual SLATE Conference another successful event.