WCIU Properties Conference Services

by: Doug

July 19, 2010

This weeks top priority is getting the WCIU Properties site updated to better serve the conference services folks (note: still in development, no real content there yet). The campus here has a number of rooms that can be used to host conferences, meetings, events, etc. There are also overnight guest rooms and a cafeteria. Everything people would need to host a conference or all day meeting here.

Most of the time these rooms are empty. That means no income. No income means the university can’t do as much for its students. You see, WCIU is a non-profit university. The primary goal is to allow people from around the world to get a degree (Master or Ph.D) in International Development. Teach community leaders not just how to apply band-aid fixes to problems, but rather to get to the root of these problems and address the root causes. Right now the students pay a very low rate for these programs. The more income the university has, the more they can do to lower costs, spread the program to new communities around the world and more to help with problems that seem to have no end.

My task is to make this part of the website a place they can use to advertise and market the conference services offered. Visitors can see what rooms we have, how much they cost, and all the additional services that come with it. In addition to the website work I’ll also be taking high quality photos of each room. Another fun project in the works is a video. A writer is developing a script for the video that Kevin and I will be producing in the coming weeks.

If you ever need to host an event in the LA area, WCIU’s campus is available!