Connecting Up 2012 Coming Soon

Session: Building a strong online presence

This session be presented by Christian-Paul Stenta and Michael Dovey and will discuss the journey of AroundYou – www.aroundyou.com.au, from an initial concept through to a successful online reality. Talking from experience, this presentation will cover the do’s and don’ts of building a successful web presence and will offer the tips and tricks learned along the way. Topics covered will include: finding the right partners, search engine optimisation, finding developers and designers, blogging and how to have your website hosted ‘in the cloud’.

This presentation will draw upon the personal experiences encountered building AroundYou and will discuss what works and what should be avoided when you are trying to get the most out of your web presence. 

Speaker Bio: Christian-Paul Stenta is committed to delivering visible social change. Christian's experience ranges across community development, early childhood development, youth development, education and employment, mental health, homelessness, volunteer development, outreach and retail. Christian currently leads Venture Support with The Australian Centre for Social Innovation, incubating innovative ideas, programs and models with the aim of replicating or scaling for the broader public good.