Saturday, January 31, 2015

Looking to the work of others


I spend a lot of my time as a professional looking at the work of other schools. The nice thing about my profession is that people are very willing to share information and tools with each other, because there is no direct competition between our target audiences (i.e. the alumni from JMU don't have to worry about getting hit up by Tech!). When it comes to volunteer training resources, I've seen a lot of schools move from a pdf file of a handbook, to a more interactive web toolkit that lays out all of the different aspects of chapter leadership in different pages. This trend shows an increase in the awareness alumni offices have of how their volunteers process information. As millenials step in to the picture more often, so does the need for online training tools.

I found that the University of Delaware went above and beyond in their online resources by creating a slideshare pictured here (if you click the image it will take you to the actual slideshare). 



I really like this for an online training module and may consider using slideshare to create mine as well. I'd like to spend a little more time researching before I make my final decision. I was also considering making a powerpoint/prezi and doing a screencast so that I can make it more visually exciting.

No comments:

Post a Comment