7:00 p.m. April 14th
Buffalo Billiards, 6th and Brazos

Productive Creativity: How to Boost Your Creativity, Your Business
and Your Life

Presented by Olivia Wakeman

Many believe that either you’re born creative or you aren’t. And, some creative abilities may well be biological. Even so, research offers information and techniques to improve anyone’s creativity. This
presentation will help you nurture your inner Edison, Picasso, Oprah or Bill Gates. Presenter Olivia Wakeman, has decades of experience in creative fields, including work with Burson-Marsteller New York, the largest PR firm in the world and McCann-Erickson, one of the top ten advertising agencies.

ExpressionEngine Road Test

Presented by Judd Lyon and Steve Stedman

Why is it that many top design firms choose a CMS with a paid license, when there are plenty of high-quality free alternatives? Let us introduce you to ExpressionEngine.

In this get-our-hands-dirty demo we’ll take an in-depth look at ExpressionEngine’s feature set, compare it to other popular CMSs, and even build-out a quick application. By the end of the show, you’ll see why EE is the preferred tool for the web designer.

INTRO (20 min)
What’s ExpressionEngine?
What are its strengths/weaknesses?
How does it compare to WordPress/Joomla/Drupal/etc.?

DEMO (20 min)
Installation and set-up
Approaching a project
Building templates with weblogs
Pushing the envelope with plugins, extensions, and modules

Q & A (20 min)