Difference between revisions of "Assessing and Addressing ESIP's Professional Development Needs"

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Conveners: LuAnn Dahlman, Margaret Mooney, and ESIP Student Fellows Brent Jesse Yasmin Tom Eric Oleg <br>
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This debut session of ESIP's newest working group will showcase the results of a needs assessment conducted by our inaugural group of student interns. Through the fall of 2011, the interns interviewed key ESIP members about their communication and education-related challenges. The Communication and Education Services Working Group will share results of the interviews and provide overviews of a range of solutions to the most commonly cited challenges.
  
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===Key Topics===
  
===Key Topics===
 
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Assest needs, 14 interviews, answers were mixed and nothing emerged in particular,
 
Assest needs, 14 interviews, answers were mixed and nothing emerged in particular,
 
either the questions were wrong or the needs are broad.
 
either the questions were wrong or the needs are broad.

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Date: 2012-01-04
Conveners: LuAnn Dahlman, Margaret Mooney

This debut session of ESIP's newest working group will showcase the results of a needs assessment conducted by our inaugural group of student interns. Through the fall of 2011, the interns interviewed key ESIP members about their communication and education-related challenges. The Communication and Education Services Working Group will share results of the interviews and provide overviews of a range of solutions to the most commonly cited challenges.

Key Topics

Assest needs, 14 interviews, answers were mixed and nothing emerged in particular, either the questions were wrong or the needs are broad.

Highest need:

Community Inreach


Communication occurs within a community of practice,

Top Needs:

75% or more indicated High Need or Some need: community inreach 95 effective tech demos 95 platforms for teaching 90 user's needs 85 usability 85 message development 85 communicating up the chain 80 social media 75


Usability.gov screencastomatic screencast


Possibly educate the participants about possible broblems that they might find apply to them



Overview of Social Media as a Tool for Collaboration

Margaret Mooney

Suggestion by LuAnn:

Have a workshop that encourages people to join SM (twitter etc) in a safe env


Action Items

(List potential business activities and who is responsible.)


Contributions

(Note presenters and clarification remarks.)

Related Projects

(Look for links to projects, their accomplishments, and works in progress)

Other

PowerPoint Slides of Presentations

Assessing and Addressing ESIP’s Professional Development Needs - presented by LuAnn Dahlman

Social Media - presented by Margaret Mooney