WOW Announces ExtremeMarkover Web Edition to Benefit Charity
Challenge Connects Best Practices, Charitable Organizations and Web Professional Practitioners
Folsom, CA —December 8, 2008 —: The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) in collaboration with Web Design World 2008 Conference Boston announced today that it is heading up an Extreme Markover Web Edition to benefit a recognized charitable organization by updating its website with best practices of the day.
Markup is the computer language for web designers. The Extreme Markover challenge will tap into the expertise of a panel of leading web professional experts to support the initiative by reviewing the charitable organizations Web resources and making recommendations for improvement. Expert advice will include recommendations for improving markup and scripting, visual design, functionality, Web accessibility, and Web marketing.
Participating Web Professional experts include:
– Dan Rubin – Founder and Principal, Webgraph
– DL Byron, Principle Textura design
– Greg Rewis, Worldwide Senior Evangelist for Web Tools, Adobe Systems
– Jared M. Spool, Founding Principal, User Interface Engineering
– Jeffrey Zeldman Founder/Executive Creative Director HappyCog.com
– Lance Loveday, CEO, Closed Loop Marketing
– Monique Stover, CEO, SeaGreen Software
– Stephanie Sullivan, Founder/Principal, W3Conversions
The opening day of the conference WOW will publish the list of recommendations outlined by the esteem panel of experts and Web Design World attendees will be called upon to implement the suggestions. Extreme Markover launches at Web Design World and then calls on practicing Web professionals from around the globe who have interest in contributing their services for charity to participate. The WOW organization will podcast the process with interviews of the Web professional experts, the participants, and the selected non-profit charity selected so others can use these resources in a classroom setting as a teaching tool.
Modeled after the famous TV show, Extreme Home Makeover, the Extreme Markover Web Edition is designed to test the artistic, creative, technical and business knowledge and skills of aspiring and practicing Web professionals while utilizing some of the best tools available, all in a peer environment and for a great educational cause,” said Bill Cullifer, WOW’s Executive Director and Challenge organizer. “Web Design World is the annual event for Web designers and WOW’s thrilled to be a contributor,” said Cullifer.
About WOW
The World Organization of Webmasters is a non-profit professional association dedicated to the support of individuals and organizations that create, manage or market web sites. WOW provides education as well as certification, technical, employment and member advantage services to thousands of aspiring and practicing web professionals worldwide. For more information visit: www.webprofessionals.org
