Web Site Accessibility Blog

It’s shaping up to be a very busy fall season. I think I have about 12 engagements over the next 8 weeks, which is a lot, but I really enjoy speaking and meeting people. Last week, I was able to present some basic design and accessibility principles to an E-Marketing class at Kent State University. The week prior, I presented on accessibility to an industry gathering of senior care marketing reps.

Next week I’ll be presenting in Columbus, Ohio with Jennifer Laycock of Search Engine Guide. We’ll be co-presenting a full-day seminar on web site marketing. The success of pre-registration to this event has been overwhelming, so we’ve already started scheduling another seminar in Cleveland.

I am looking forward to a return trip to Stockholm, Sweden in October to present at Search Engine Strategies. I’ll present at a session called “My SEM Toolbox�? and moderating a site clinic. The SEM toolbox should be fun, as I will present all of the software and tools that I use in site analysis and marketing.

After that is Jill Whalen’s High Rankings Seminars in November. It is a two-day seminar with a lot of fun, as attendees also learn from 5-6 other presenters, each with their own specialty. It’s a lot of fun as a speaker, as all of the presenters are moderators at the High Rankings forum and close friends. I’ll be speaking on how to read and understand your site statistics the first day, and how to clean up spam on your site (or someone else’s site) on day 2.

After a couple of weeks on the road, I’ll be able to relax with some local engagements in November. An Ohio Small Business seminar and a local chamber of commerce event in the days after I get back will a nice break. However, it looks as though our Cleveland Seminar will be scheduled for a mid-November date.

Maybe I’ll relax in December. Well, after Search Engine Strategies in Chicago, that is. This is one of my favorite cities for this event, as I like to escape to the Chicago Blues Bar – it’s always a great time.