The IWMW Blog
The IWMW blog has been set up to support providers of institutional web and other digital services across the UK’s higher and further education sectors. The initial focus of the blog is the history of the IWMW event.
The blog was established for IWMW 2016, the 20th anniversary event to provide a record of memories of the event and the development and growth of the UK Web management / digital community. The blog continues to fulfil that purpose, with posts tending to be published around the time of the annual IWMW event.
Contributions to the blog are invited from all members of the institutional web management community – please read the guidelines if interested, which also has a list of the guest posts.
IWMW 2020
The 24th annual Institutional Web Management Workshop, was due to take place at the University of Dundee on 30 June – 2 July 2020. Due to Covid this event was cancelled.
The HE Digital Slack Community
The HE Digital Slack group was set up by members of the IWMW Advisory Group to provide a forum for sharing and discussions of topics relevant to those working in institutional web and digital teams in the UK higher education community.
A post on the IWMW blog provides further information.
How to Get the Best Out of IWMW
The latest IWMW guest post is written by Kevin Mears, a member of the IWMW 2018 Advisory Group. In this post Kevin shares his suggestions for maximising the benefits from attendance at IWMW events.
Discovering IWMW: My 2017 Highlights and Must See Talks for 2018!
In the final guest post before the closing for bookings for IWMW 2018 Willow Colios, Leeds Trinity University reflects on last year’s IWMW event and looks forwards to this year’s event.
Job Titles For IWMW 2018 Delegates
Who will be attending the IWMW 2018 event in less than a month’s time? You can get a feel for the types of delegates who are attending from the word cloud of the delegate job titles.
IWMW 2018: Booking Deadline Approaching!
The deadline for bookings for the IWMW 2018 event is fast approaching – the official deadline is Monday, 18 June! Note that the event costs £400, which includes 2 nights’ accommodation, a conference dinner and barbecue!
Helping Our Users to Help Themselves
Today’s guest post is provided by Lauren Tormey who, together with Duncan MacGruer, will facilitate a workshop session on “You’ve Got (Too Much) Mail: Encouraging Self-Service Through Improving Content”.
4 SEO Tips for Improving Your Website Ranking
Today’s guest post, by Siteimprove, one of the IWMW 2018 sponsors, provides SEO tips for improving your website ranking – a topic addressed in a IWMW masterclass on “Overcoming SEO Challenges to Optimise Your Website”.
Streamlining Digital at the University of Southampton
Today’s guest post by Padma Gillen complements a recent post by Ayala Gordon. Padma and Ayala will present a plenary talk on “User Needs, Content Design and Culture Change: Digital Transformation at the University of Southampton”.
Some Changes To The IWMW 2018 Programme
There have been a number of changes to the IWMW 2018 programme. We are pleased to announce two new masterclass sessions have been added to the programme: Maximising User Experience With Limited Resource and Overcoming SEO Challenges to Optimise Your Website.
What Winning ‘People Bingo’ Taught Me About IWMW – and Myself
Kat Husbands attended her first IWMW event in 2017 and enjoyed it so much that she joined the IWMW 2018 Advisory Group. Here she writes about beating imposter syndrome by embracing the social side of the conference.
Why I Applied To Speak At IWMW 2018
Ayala Gordon, University of Southampton will give a talk on “User Needs, Content Design and Culture Change: Digital Transformation at the University of Southampton” at IWMW 2018. Read about why she decided to speak at the event.
IWMW 2018 Open For Booking!
We are pleased to announce that the IWMW 2018 event is open for bookings. This post provides information on booking for the event together with a summary of the plenary talks and parallel sessions at the annual IWMW event.
Update On Plans For IWMW 2018
The programme for the IWMW 2018 event, which will be held at the University of York on 11-13 July, will be published shortly. This blog post provides a summary of the programme and details of the cost – £400 again this year.
Extension to Call for Submissions for IWMW 2018
The call for submissions for IWMW 2018 has been extended by two weeks, to 26 February. This post provides details of the second phase of the call for submissions.
The Different Types of IWMW Event Sessions
As well as plenary talks there are a variety of other types of sessions which potential speakers may wish to consider when preparing a submission to the IWMW 2018 event. Read on to hear more …
IWMW 2018: Call for Submissions now open
We are pleased to announce that the call for submissions for the IWMW 2018 event is now open. The IWMW 2018 event, the 22nd in the series, will be held at the University of York on 11-13 July 2018.
IWMW 2018 – Event theme and call for submissions information
The IWMW 2018 Advisory Group are pleased to announce this year’s theme and invite those in relevant professions to get in touch if they would like to get involved in the event as a speaker, workshop leader, sponsor – or if you simply have some good ideas to share!
Other Events of Interest to the Web and Digital Management Community
In order to identify ways in which we can improve future IWMW events we have been surveying similar events aimed at the web and digital communities. This post provides a summary of the findings.
IWMW 2018 to be held at the University of York on 11-13 July 2018
The IWMW 2018 event will be held at the University of York on 11-13 July 2018. The event co-chairs, Brian Kelly and Claire Gibbons, are pleased to announce details of the event which next year will celebrate its 22nd anniversary.
Panel Session (video of panel #P16)
Watch the IWMW17 closing panel session, chaired by Mike McConnell and featuring comments from Helen Sargan, Kat Husbands, Ed Creed and Carley Hollis.
Student Life (video of talk #P15)
Watch Tom Wright give an overview of work at Lincoln to develop new student-led digital community hubs in his IWMW 2017 plenary talk.