Important Information For World Usability Day 2008 Global Event Organizers

Hello Event Organizers,

Thanks so much for supporting World Usability Day 2008. Your energy and time is much appreciated and valued as your hard work is what makes World Usability Day a global success. 

We have some tools and instructions for you to enhance and support your events and allow people around the world to participate from anywhere. These include:
Directions for streaming your event live
Setting up laptops for the Global Transport Challenge at your event
Poster and website banner access
Submission of event highlights, photos and videos
Press Release Template and tips on getting local media coverage
Signing our Charter
Using social media outlets to encourage participation in World Usability Day

Directions for Streaming Your Event Live
This year, for the first time, you will be able to stream your event live and share it with everyone around the world, for free. It's easy but we will need to get you set up.  We hope to have live broadcasts throughout World Usability Day.  We need to know if you are doing this so we can pull the feed through our system and your event can be viewed on our site. We have a complete listing of all events streamed on the home page running throughout the day.

Getting Started - Streaming Video
 
World Usability Day is partnering with Ustream.tv <http://Ustream.tv>  to provide live streaming video from World Usability Day events.
Ustream.tv quickly and easily allows anyone with a camera to broadcast to the world.  All you need to stream is a computer, internet connection, a microphone and a camera.  Ustream.tv's software handles the camera connection and streaming.  Your event site should have an upstream connection of 1Mbps or greater to ensure high quality video. You can also record the video stream to save it for later broadcast using Ustream.tv
 
If you are interested in stream your event we recommend the following steps:
 

1. Test out the Ustream.tv software and website with the video camera you will be using for the event.
2. Verify that your site has enough bandwidth ( 1Mbps or higher) to support good quality
3. Let Caryn Saitz know  that you will be streaming the event so we can show your event on the World Usability Day site. Email caryn@worldusabilityday.org asap with the timing of your streaming.

For more details on how to setup and start streaming video visit the Ustream.tv help center at:
http://www.ustream.tv/helpcenter/helpcenter

Laptops to Take the Global Challenge At Your Event

World Usability Day and the Usability Professionals' Association will launch the Global Transport Challenge on November 13th.  It's an easy way for you to understand how you use transportation everyday and the impact it has on our environment.  We would like event attendees, colleagues, friends and family to submit their information, so we encourage you to have some laptops set up where anyone can Take the Global Challenge.  It can be accessed from the World Usability Day Website - www.worldusabilityday.org.   If you are in a public venue, that's terrific and we encourage everyone to participate.
 You will be able to:

·MEASURE your everyday transportation usage

·MONITOR your  personal carbon travel footprint and compare yourself to others around the world

·MINIMIZE  your energy usage through alternative transportation choices, carbon offsets, and simple travel changes  thereby  maximizing the impact on our world.

Download a World Usability Day 2008 Poster and Banner for your Website.

Place a banner on your website promoting and linking to the World Usability Day Website. You can download the posters for free and distribute them at your event or to your staff.  Click Here.

Event Highlight Submissions

We encourage you to share your event through a short write up, photos and videos of your event.  There will be a link on our homepage that says submit your event highlights, this will be for your event highlight summary.  Your photos can be uploaded to: www.flickr.com and tag them WUD2008.
Your videos can be uploaded to: www.Youtube.com and tag them with WUD2008.

Press Release Template and Media Tips

We've created a press release template for you and helpful tips for getting local media coverage. To get a copy of both documents,  click here.

Sign the Charter - Go to www.worldusabilityday.org/charter and have your voice heard.
Social Media
Please utilize twitter, facebook and all of the other social media sites that you are a part of to promote World Usability Day events and The Global Transport Challenge. Our goal this year to have participation exceed 50,000 people worldwide. So chat it up, talk it up, and help us spread the word.

If you have any questions or need any resources or support, please contact Caryn Saitz, executive director at: caryn@worldusabilityday.org, or +1.617.905.5691.

Thanks again and have a great World Usability Day 2008.
The World Usability Day Global Committee