Talk @ the Students’ Union Marketing Conference

I was pleased to be able to present at the SUM conference recently and talk to the expert marketeers of the student movement about technology and how as a movement we need to move away from static websites and into a world of real online engagement.

I am really positive that the movement is listening as we talk about this changing culture and a lot are already moving in the right direction. Warwick SU are pioneering a huge review of their website to incorporate a lot of web 2.0 technology, Portsmouth Union have already started linking some their content to some of the major aggregators, and some sites, like University of West England Students’ Union, are really improving their core functionality of RSS feeds.

Next in the pipeline is Leeds Met who I will be working with to create a whole new ‘unofficial’ site out of free web 2.0 applications and in just 1 day using a few sabbs and managers. It’s going to be great.

I’m also going to be going to be at AMSU conference to fire up top level managers about why technology is so important to every aspect of their union. For those out there that also want to get involved, drop me an email talikowski@gmail.com

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