Mark your calendars
This year’s conference will be online across two half-days. You’ll have the chance to ask us questions, interact with other LiveWhalers, and learn new ways to use the software to your advantage. Although it’s free, you must register prior to the conference. If you are interested in additional swag and bonus materials, we have a Premium Conference Pass for purchase (see info below).
Tuesday, December 6 and
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
1pm – 5pm Eastern
10am – 2pm Pacific
Attendance is free
In an effort to make our conference accessible to as much of our community as possible, we’re offering this year’s conference free of charge.
As we did the last couple years, we’re offering an optional Premium Conference Pass, which includes our annual conference t-shirt, access to recorded presentations, and some other goodies.
In any case, please register to let us know you’re coming!
What we’ll cover
As always, most topics will be relevant to LiveWhale Calendar, LiveWhale Storyteller, and LiveWhale CMS clients alike. Please join us for one or all sessions: you’ll learn from us, and we’ll learn from you.
Tuesday, December 6
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT |
Welcome and Introductions
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| 2:15pm ET / 11:15am PT | Break |
| 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT |
Discussion Forum: User Management, Training, and Content StrategyUsers! Can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. Bring your successes, struggles, and questions about distributed editorship to this forum and we’ll learn from each other. |
| 3:15pm ET / 12:15pm PT |
Introduction to Google Analytics 4You’ve probably heard about the big Google Analytics switch-up coming in 2023. No worries, we’ve got you covered. This short session will cover the basics of GA4 and what you need to know as it relates to your LiveWhale site. |
| 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT |
Preparing For Your Next UpgradeWhat does it mean to prepare for a LiveWhale upgrade? This session will provide a testing checklist, common pitfalls, and how to make sure you’re all set to use the newest version of LiveWhale. |
| 3:50pm ET / 12:50pm PT | Break |
| 4:00pm ET / 1:00pm PT |
Problems and Solutions: LiveWhale Project ShowcaseUsing various tools—like LiveWhale Storyteller, custom modules, API endpoints, widgets, and more—we’ll demonstrate several case studies of using LiveWhale, design, and strategy in tandem to make your sites the best they can be. |
Wednesday, December 7
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 1:00pm ET / 10:00am PT |
Accessibility at WorkIn this practical session, we’ll demonstrate how to use keyboard, VoiceOver for Mac, and other tools for testing and diagnosing the accessibility of your own web components. We’ll talk through some of the new WCAG 2.2 guidelines and strategies for approaching accessibility improvements on your site. |
| 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT |
Little Code, Big Wins: Customizations ShowcaseSometimes a little customization—to an incoming feed, to a widget, to some behavior or notification or back-end editor—is the difference between “perfect” and “not-quite-there.” This session will showcase some of the small projects we’ve taken on in collaboration with you this year, and how those “wins” might be applicable to other LiveWhale schools. |
| 2:45pm ET / 11:45am PT | Break |
| 3:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT |
Discussion Forum: Customizations and “That One Weird Thing”What’s that one weird thing on your site? The course catalog? The library homepage? Is it something currently built in LiveWhale that you wish were easier? Or someplace that isn’t LiveWhale-ified, but maybe could be? This forum will open the floor on the topic of customizations: what’s working, what’s not, and what can we do to help each other. |
| 3:45pm ET / 12:45pm PT |
LiveWhale Tips and TricksThere’s always plenty to learn, whether it’s tools within LiveWhale, customization options, coding tricks, and more. From new administrators to seasoned developers, we plan to share a little bit of anything and everything that might make your sites better and lives easier. |
| 4:00pm ET / 1:00pm PT |
What’s New in LiveWhaleIt’s been a big year for the LiveWhale platform—we’ll be sharing how far we’ve come in the last year and what we have in the works for the future. |
| 5:00pm ET / 2:00pm PT |
Social hour If you’re able to stick around, we’ll close out the conference with a Zoom social, including opportunities for some friendly competition between Whales. |
