Hi Dana, I really like the buzz. IXDA is a great organization and I have a couple of ideas to raise funding for the second round( If Needed) I will like to share with you. A) You can also reach out to companies like corofloat and other Interaction Design Advocates(websites having high UX traffic) to see if they can host a funding banner for ixda. B)Also request some other door prizes from ixda member companies that can be raffled off every day. C)We can also provide funding banner on our website www.bestica.com on top of every page. We have a little more than 2000 UX people visit our website every month. Thanks
Harvinder Singh 210-614-4198 O 210-884-1311 C [email protected] www.bestica.com Bridging the UX/IT Talent Gap My Linked In Profile Follow Me on Twitter View Besticas Current Openings Visit our booth at UPA Conference in Portland in June Contribute to Usability/Design Challenges Through Our Blog *$50 coupon code BST9 for How Design Conference in Austin For Bestica Friends and Fans -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Bacon Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Give a little back Dear IxDA community, Today I add my voice the chorus of people donating a chunk of change to IxDA. I'm presently IxDA Vice-President and Creative Director of the website re-design project for which we are raising funds, but I'm also emphatically one of you. I'm a passionate advocate for the power of interaction design to better the world, and believe in this community as a force for good. IxDA first entered my life when the Yahoo! discussion list was born, and I've been largely enchanted and enlightened by its activity ever since. I'm one of those who appreciates a good semantic debate, but truly one of the greatest strengths of our group has been our ability to debate with respect even while arguing with feeling. The website redesign project aims to enhance the utility--and civility--of our discussions. How many of you are overwhelmed by list traffic that repeats old topics? Wouldn't you like a way to attach images to a post? And when I search for some topic, I think it'd be swell if the system actually found it.... In addition to elevating our online discussion capabilities, our new website aims to: * Provide a dedicated Job Board, including resource area for hiring managers * Create local group mini-sites with local leaders announcements, discussion and Job Board areas & local member directory * Present calendar of IxDA events with RSVP tools * Provide searchable global member directory * Allow members to display desired personal information in their profiles, affiliating with Local Groups and highlighting your feeds * Integrate conference access from main site * Create space for mentoring program and educational resources * Enhance media library to better serve content from Interaction conferences and local group events * Refresh content for Home page & About Us sections to provide clearer paths to participate If you want to study all the gory details, you can access this project's requirements documents here: http://www.devise.com/ixda/ To achieve our vision as quickly & solidly as possible, we are going to hire a professional development partner to implement the website that IxDA members are now designing. This open-source, scalable platform will enable future innovative efforts such as the IxD Timeline, Regional Conferences, Open Source space and other as-yet-unknown capabilities. But we can't get there without your financial support! Chip in now with the cost of a cup of coffee or a book: (Paypal link) http://tinyurl.com/ks2d9z (Fundraising announcement) http://tinyurl.com/n24guf Note that as the project progresses, we will be reaching out for community feedback on our conceptual designs as well as the alpha version of the new site. I appreciate your participation at every step of the way! Cheers, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43056 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
