1. Observations from HighEdWeb
October 2010

2. WE TAKE OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY
INDIVIDUALS HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR, INSTITUTIONS AND BRANDS DO NOT

3. OUR IMMATURITY IS OUR DOWNFALL
THE ESTABLISHMENT DOESN’T VALUE WHAT WE DO AND THAT’S PARTLY OUR FAULT

4. EVERYONE ELSE ENVIES OUR BILLING MODEL
WE HAVE CONTROL OVER OUR FUTURES AND THAT’S AN ADVANTAGE

5. THE COMMUNITY IS OUR GREATEST ASSET
LOTS OF BRILLIANT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SHARE, COLLABORATE, AND COMMISERATE

6. THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED SINCE 2008
PRETTY ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH ANYMORE. THINK USABLE, USEFUL, AND EFFECTIVE.

7. NONE OF US HAVE ANY TEETH
EVERYONE STRUGGLES WITH CLIENTS, WITH LEADERSHIP, AND WITH PRIORITIES

8. KATE ROCKED THE PRESENTATION
MORE LAUGHS THAN ANY OTHER TALK I SAW, AND IT WAS HER FIRST TIME PRESENTING

9. EVERYBODY HURTS
SOMETIMES

10. IT’S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME
THE FUTURE OF THE WEB IS BRIGHT AND WE ARE BECOMING THE LEADERS

11. credits
presentation by Chas Grundy, @chasgrundy
photos by Anne Petersen, @apetersen
photos available at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/highedweb/