What You Can Do When Your Conference Talk Proposal is Rejected

Christina York on stage, discussing the mission of user experience

As co-organizer for Refresh Detroit and Metro Detroit WordPress, as well as a former planning team member of almost two dozen conferences, I often get asked:

What can I do to get my talk proposals accepted at conferences? Every submission I’ve sent in this year has been rejected.

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World Information Architecture Day Ann Arbor Returns for Sixth Year

Seated in auditorium seats, attendees listen to speaker at World IA Day 2012 in Ann Arbor.

Back for the sixth year, World Information Architecture (IA) Day Ann Arbor returns to Ann Arbor, Michigan on February 18, 2017 for a full-day of inspiring presentations and hands-on sessions.

Hosted by the Information Architecture Institute and organized by University of Michigan graduate students, World IA Day Ann Arbor joins dozens of other World IA Day 2017 events taking place in 58 locations in 24 countries and five continents. Continue reading World Information Architecture Day Ann Arbor Returns for Sixth Year

Photo of the Week: William G. Milliken State Park Lighthouse

The lighthouse of the Milliken State Park on a cloudy day, ice covers the harbor of the state park

This weekend’s warmer temperatures (almost reaching 50 degrees Farenheit) brought out lots of people to the Detroit Riverwalk in downtown Detroit, including me! While the skies remained cloudy most of the day, it didn’t stop me from enjoying my walk along the Detroit River and stopping to take this photo of the lighthouse at William… Continue reading Photo of the Week: William G. Milliken State Park Lighthouse