Tactics for Painless Public Technology Training (Communities of Practice)
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While providing public access to computers and the internet may seem pretty straight forward, there are many challenges when it comes to providing technology training. This slideshow is about utilizing community of practice (CoP) forums to share information amongst a group of colleagues that share similar professional interests, both within a single organization and regionally. Attend this session and learn about two CoP platforms built to support this work. This session is for nonprofit professionals who are interested in improving their public technology access and training programs, and learning about how a CoP might benefit their delivery of services. This presentation was shared at the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington DC.
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Tactics for Painless Public Technology Training (Communities of Practice)
- 1. Tactics for Painless Public Technology Training #14NTCtechtrain Crystal Schimpf @crystalschimpf Community Technology Network
- 2. About me Crystal Schimpf Director of Training & Programs Community Technology Network crystal@ctnbayarea.org @crystalschimpf
- 3. Who are you?
- 5. What we’re talking about Technology Training
- 6. What we’re talking about Communities of Practice Technology Training
- 7. What we’re talking about Social Media Communities of Practice Web Design IT Support Fundraisin g Technology Training
- 8. What you can expect What is a CoP? Examples Action Plan Idea Sharing
- 9. What is a community of practice?
- 10. What is a community of practice? Groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. wenger-trayner.com
- 11. A Community of Practice might be… - Online forums Email lists Facebook groups LinkedIn groups Tweet chats - Lunch meetups - Going for a beer - Other ideas?
- 13. Community Technology Network Unites volunteers & organizations to transform lives through digital literacy.
- 16. CTN Volunteer Learning Center
- 17. Project Elements - Free! Created using wikispaces Content created by staff & volunteers Launched December 2013
- 18. What’s in it? - General volunteer information Training materials Recorded webinars Links to digital literacy resources Information about CTN programs
- 19. Who’s using it? - 121 site visits - 65 unique visitors - 83% local
- 20. How have we promoted it? - Volunteer Page on Website Volunteer Meetings Volunteer E-Newsletter Blog Facebook Word of Mouth
- 21. What’s next? - Add discussion area Promote Additional content Review process
- 22. Site Demo
- 25. You Are Helping Image courtesy of Moore Memorial Public Library
- 26. We Want to Help You
- 27. Project Elements - $466,182 grant from IMLS - Website – Self Directed Classes – Community of Practice - Awareness - Evaluation - Sustainability
- 28. Timeline - Funding from Fall 2012 through Fall 2014 – Fall/Winter 2012: • Project funded and started – March 21, 2013: • Beta site launch – June 30, 2013: • Launched full site at ALA Annual
- 29. Two Main Site Areas
- 30. Learn
- 33. Teach
- 35. Groups
- 36. Site Demo
- 37. Spread the Word
- 38. Looking Ahead
- 40. NTEN Communities of Practice
- 41. Time for Action
- 42. Step 1: Step 2: Identify Need Step 3: Step 4:
- 43. How could a community of practice benefit you? Or your staff? Or your volunteers?
- 44. Step 1: Identify Need Step 2: Identify Resources Step 3: Step 4:
- 45. What communities already exist? What tech resources are needed to create your own?
- 46. Step 1: Identify Need Step 2: Identify Resources Step 3: Step 4: Join/Create
- 47. Will you join an existing group? Will you create your own?
- 48. Step 1: Identify Need Step 2: Identify Resources Step 3: Step 4: Join/Create Share
- 49. How will you engage the group? How will you promote it?
- 50. Step 1: Identify Need Step 2: Identify Resources Step 3: Step 4: Join/Create Share
- 52. Questions?
- 54. What did you think? Evaluate this session! Or, search by session title at www.nten.org/ntc/eval When you evaluate a session, you will be entered to win a prize!