If you are in or near Austin, Texas, AIR-Austin deadlines are approaching!
11:03, 18 September 2009
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Every year, an amazing event happens in Austin, Texas: the perfect combination of fun, food, volunteering and making a difference.
It's my favorite volunteering event, and it breaks my heart every year when I'm not in Austin to participate!
It's called AIR Austin, and it helps educate web developers and nonprofits about web accessibility for people with disabilities, and helps nonprofits get beautifully-designed web sites. And the deadline for developers to participate is approaching!
Web developers: participating in this event is very much worth your while. You gain skills that are very much in demand in the workplace, and make connections with nonprofit organizations and other web developers representing a variety of Austin-area corporations. This is an event that often garners national media attention as well. This is your chance to gain skills, show off skills you have, add to your resume, network professionally, eat great food and have a great time. That so many developers come back year after year says a lot!
It's best to sign up as a team of at least four designers, but if you don't have a team together, contact teenya@knowbility.org or by phone at 512-305-0311 (tell her Jayne sent you!).
