Press Release
WOW Announces WebFair98 Orlando to support Youth in conjunction with AACE's WebNet 98 Conference
Folsom, CA. August 24th, 1998: The World Organization of Webmasters (WOW) and it's US affiliate, The National Association of Webmasters (NAW) announced today its plans to hold its fall Webfair98 at the Holiday Inn International Drive Resort in Orlando, Florida. Webfair 98 -Orlando will be held in conjunction with the WebNet 98--World Conference of the WWW, Internet & Intranet (http://www.aace.org/conf/webnet).
Webfair'98-Orlando is scheduled to take place Saturday, Nov. 7th, from 1:30 - 5 PM and is open to all local area students, teachers and parents FREE OF CHARGE. Both WOW (World Organization of Webmasters) and AACE (Assn. for the Advancement of Computing in Education) support the effort to introduce Web-related opportunities to Orlando area youths.
"Webfair98- Orlando is our fifteenth domestic Webfair this year, and will be greatly enhanced by our partnership with the AACE," said Bill Cullifer, Executive Director of WOW (www.world-webmasters.org.). The goal of all WOW's Webfair events is to bring young adults into a hands-on environment where they develop an understanding of what Web professionals do, the opportunities available, training required, the current challenges, and future prospects.
The event is scheduled for three and one half-hours, and will be conducted at the Holiday Inn International and Cullifer says it will be "a history, technology, product, people, career, and training-oriented event, as well as lots of fun!" WOW has been training inner-city young adults since the spring of 1997. In August, WOW joined with Boston-based CitySoft, (http://www.citysoft.com) a for-profit Web development firm in its start up phase, to co-sponsor the "Urban Entrepreneur" program, and Cullifer hasn't stopped since. "Webfair98s are just another way for us to keep doing the same thing: connecting young people and technology for the benefit of all concerned."
The purpose of The World Organization of Webmasters is to support and enhance the role of individuals and organizations that create, manage or market web sites. The Organization is located at 9580 Oak Avenue Parkway, Suite 7-177, Folsom, CA, 95630. Contact them online at www.world-webmasters.org or by telephone at (916) 608-1597.