This document discusses recruiting, training, and retaining experts for an online hotline program run by MSU Extension. It describes creating a database of 174 potential experts across various topic areas. It also discusses developing online training that welcomes experts and prepares them by having them test question widgets and familiarize themselves with the Adobe Connect room and incoming question page. The training aims to help experts understand what they will learn, whether they will get credit, how it helps them, and the time commitment. It also notes that retaining experts depends on the training's usefulness, usability, experts' passions, experiential learning approaches, and accounting for varying technology fluency.