Fall Newsletter Between leaves changing color and falling to the ground and NAFSA Regional Conferences happening around the US, one cannot help but notice fall is here! Check out some helpful resources below on WeChat, the Chinese "app for everything". Also, in this newsletter we are featuring an interview with Paul Irwin of Education New Zealand. Paul was behind the 1 Million Cents campaign that won the PIEoneer Award for Marketing Campaign of the Year!
NAFSA Regional Conferences NAFSA Regional Conferences started last week. You can find the overview of all regional conferences on the NAFSA website.
Series: Expert Interviews Interview with Paul Irwin, General Manager of Student Marketing at Education New Zealand Read our interview with Paul as he tells us about Education New Zealand's award winning marketing campaign.
Present at NAFSA's Annual Conference Interested in sharing details on a recent project with your colleagues in the field? While the session proposal deadline has passed, there is still time to submit a poster proposal. Consider submitting a proposal for the Annual Conference, being held in Washington D.C. The deadline for poster proposals in January 9, 2019.
Women in Travel Summit Takeaways
Wanderful hosted WITSx Chicago a few weeks ago, and have hosted other WITSx events in other cities across the US. This series provides an opportunity to connect with other inspired women who are building businesses, growing brands, and adding their powerful voices to transform the travel industry. Key women in the industry provided presentations and workshops on content building, best practices for web, blogging and more. Here are just a few things our co-chair Abby Baric learned:
There were more than 60 women in attendance, and around 75% of them studied abroad.One could draw the conclusion that study abroad has a HUGE impact on a person's career.
Google uses site speed as a factor in its page rankings. Slow website? Worse off Google ranking. Make sure you’re working with your web host/team to ensure that your site speed is over 90+/100. Test your website on Google’s PageSpeed Tools.
When it comes to travel, packing is one of the major concerns across all age groups. Make packing content available somewhere on your digital platforms.