Awards given to the organizers for all their hard work.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Fun on the bus to the welcome reception at the Iron Horse Hotel.

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Participants chat during the poster session.

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A fun office toy door prize: a screeching slingshot monkey.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Demoing a sharp, pointy-teethed door prize.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@hmaust presenting.

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The shirts featuring the custom-made conference beer.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Pitching posters at orientation.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Jared Spool receives a red stapler pin for presenting.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@fienen showing something on his iPhone.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@Zablocki of Nazareth College provides feedback during @markgr's session.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@LoriPA accepts her new red stapler.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

An attendee shows off his HTM-Ale pint glass.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Participants chat during the poster session.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@lougan poses with his Romulan ale at the Milwaukee Ale House.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@tonydunn chats with @jdwcornell with @LoriPA in the background.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@fienen, between others sitting at his booth.

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Giving away a rabbit with sharp pointy teeth.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Pool at Tuesday night's excursion.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@fienen and @jmspool listen to @tonydunn.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Participants wander the room checking out the work of their colleagues.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Pool at Tuesday night's excursion.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

An audience question in @LoriPA's session.

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Dancing in the booths at Tuesday night's excursion.

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The brackets for the classic video game competition on-screen behind people socializing at the welcome reception.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@fienen chats at Tuesday's excursion.

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A bridge over one of Milwaukee's riverways forms a backdrop to a few people chatting on the Iron Horse Hotel patio at the welcome reception.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

People forming small groups to chat at the welcome reception on the patio with sofas and fire pits at the Iron Horse Hotel.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@Frommelt in his pre-conference presentation.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Pool at Tuesday night's excursion.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

We HighEdWebbers can't resist busting out the laptop, even at bar excursions.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@Robin2Go laughs while at dinner at Rock Bottom Brewery.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Leverage legibility, recommends this poster.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Lots of explaining with hands going on at Tuesday night's excursion.

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During the break time pre-conference.

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Audience discussion in the Negotiation pre-conference session.

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Chatting at the poster session: @ColB, @jaycollier, @ShelleyKeith, and @LoriPA.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@kprentiss accepts his new red stapler.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

In the audience at Jared Spool's keynote.

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Jared Spool wears the battle > over > breadcrumbs .eduguru vs. Jared Spool shirt.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

The Elements of Twitter Style

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One attendee noted me taking pictures, as the other continues to talk with her hands.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

An audience member during the door prize giveaway.

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Hat giveaway at the hotel bar for Oktoberfest while watching the Packers-Vikings game.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@gilzow accepts his new red stapler.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

A flyer advertising HTM-Ale at Tuesday's excursion.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

Jared Spool, the Monday keynote speaker, in front of one of his slides.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

@mherzber, @gilzow, and @KarlynM with the Fire Engine Red hair spot the photographer and smirk? smile? hard to tell.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

A booth of organizer miscreants at Tuesday night's excursion.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)

A booth of organizer miscreants at Tuesday night's excursion.

(taken by #heweb09's official photographer: Anne Petersen)