The document outlines the unveiling of a professional development portal and a training workshop led by Rebecca K. Miller on February 10, 2011. It describes the portal's features, including a centralized place for calls for participation (CFPs), webinars, and professional development resources, all hosted on Blogger. The document also discusses the workflow for managing content updates and user engagement strategies for the portal.

1. Unveiling of a Professional Development Portal RIS Training Workshop February 10, 2011 Rebecca K. Miller College Librarian for Science, Life Sciences, and Engineering

2. Inspiration from other CFP sites Desire for a centralized place for CFP and other professional development resources LFA Mentoring Committee sponsorship Confluence of the tools, ideas, and support Decided to use Blogger to host the site Free Tied into Google accounts Easy! The beginning

3. http://pd-vtl.blogspot.com/

4. The components CFPs, Calls for Participation, Calls for Contributions Webinar repository VT professional development options Recommendations for Web 2.0 people and organizations to “follow” (Facebook, blogs, Twitter) Upcoming conferences Recommendations for publications & websites Web 2.0 tools Applause: information about publications, presentations, and offices held by VT faculty and staff members

5. The resources: CFPs ALA listservs (ILI, NMRTWriter, ULS, etc.) H-Net listservs IFLA listservs Beyond the Job (blog) A Library Writer’s Blog (blog) Delores’s CFPs (blog) Library Professional Development (blog) Virginia Library Association Blog (blog)

6. The resources: everything else Same as CFPs (professional listservs, trusted blogs, Facebook pages) Recommendations from colleagues Experience Any other recommendations?

7. The workflow: how I do it I receive all my listservs digested, for easy consumption I frequently check my blog reader, Google Reader Whenever I see a relevant CFP, I will create a post for it Describe the CFP Link to more information Tag with descriptors and due dates Add to the “Weekly Roundup” post that is posted every Friday at 2 p.m. Remove expired posts every Monday morning (or so) Time? I just work it into my daily workflow

8. The site: navigation RSS feeds from recommended blogs CFPs: Home-- the “posts” you will receive Tags that organize types of CFPS and due dates

9. The site: behind the scenes Header Page navigation Blog information Search box RSS feed, Tags, Archive Home: the posts RSS feeds from recommended blogs

10. The site: publishing & authors Signed in through Google account Currently, only one author Can publish via email—send post to blog’s email address Can add authors (up to 100)—interested?

11. The site: adding analytics Google Analytics gives you the script to copy/paste into the HTML template of your blog

12. The site: statistics & analytics google.com/analytics Log in through Google account (which is tied to Blogger)

13. The site: who’s using it

14. The site: how you can use it Contribute CFPs Contribute information about your activities (Applause) Contribute other information about webinars, publications, etc Use it through RSS: Use a Feed Reader (check out suggestions on blog) Use Outlook (look under Account Settings/RSS Feeds) to read content delivered via the blog Visit it regularly; use the tags to see what will be due soon! Other ideas?

15. The end Questions? Suggestions? You know where to find me.