Recordings of eXtension Professional Development Sessions

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This list includes recordings of professional development sessions offered by eXtension.
For upcoming events, see our Schedule of Professional Development Opportunities.

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Contents

MediaWiki Trainings

Basic Wiki Media

  • MediaWiki Bare Essentials - We'll cover the basics you need to get started working in an eXtension wiki. Whether you're part of a Community of Practice, helping to copy-edit articles in CoP wiki, or working in Collaborate wiki, join us so you can get started! (for all Extension). February 6, 2008 by Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.

Categories

  • Categories in the Wiki - Categories are the primary mechanism for navigation that to lets you find what you're looking for at the right time in a wiki. (for CoP leaders & members, and all Extension) April 16, 2009, by Beth Raney, eXtension Professional Development Leader. Watch the Recording.

Finishing Touches

  • MediaWiki Finishing Touches – using templates for final stylistic touches in the CoP wiki, March 27, 2007 by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.

Images and Graphics

Links in a MediaWiki

  • Links in a MediaWiki, September 19, 2006. Watch the Recording.

Lists in the MediaWiki

Metadata for MediaWiki

Tables in MediaWiki

  • Sometimes the information you're sharing in your wiki article will be better understood if displayed in a table. A WikiTable is an arrangement of columns and rows used to organize and position data. We'll show how to use a table in the wiki, syntax to build a table, and where to find more help. (for CoP leaders & members, and all Extension) May 20, 2009 by Beth Raney, eXtension Professional Development Leader. Watch the Recording.

Questions and Answers

  • MediaWiki - Questions and Answers, September 21, 2006. Watch the Recording.

Social Networking

Blogging

  • Blogging -- So you think you want to be a blogger? How you can use blogging to enhance your educational programming? What’s involved, how it’s done, and how to get started. Participants will be exposed to several blogging tools with an emphasis on Blogger.com, Google’s newly revamped blog hosting site, May 20, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Designing for Participation

  • Creating Web Applications with User-Centric Design -- The barriers to building web applications have never been lower. Individuals and small teams can create, deploy and test a web application in as little as a few months, weeks or even days. This iterative process gives designers and developers a chance introduce small changes over time and constantly refine the end product. This is a look at web application development from a design and user interface point-of-view. August 21, 2007 by Ben MacNeill. Watch the Recording.

Drop.io for Filesharing and much more

  • February 19, 2009 by Larry Lippke. Watch the Recording.

Engaging Communities on Their Own Turf: Secrets of Social Networkers

  • This session shows tips and tools that people use to discover and monitor online conversations. It focuses on the filtering mechanisms used to surface emerging conversations, and strategies for Extension educators to use to begin to engage with learners in communities of their own choosing. July 31, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Facebook

  • About Facebook - Now you can have a Facebook account too! What used to be open only to students has been opened to everyone. Find out what Facebook is all about and learn how it took over the college campus. Is this the social networking utility for you? This is an introductory look at Facebook, its networks, groups, event calendars and how they can be used by Extension professionals.. August 22, 2007 by Ray Kimsey. Sponsored by the ACE IT SIG. Watch the Recording.
  • Using Facebook for Professional Networking - Users will explore different features that Facebook has to offer. We will explore how many Extension professionals are utilizing social networking to connect to peers and clients. Also learn how to set your privacy settings to limit the information that others have access to. (for all Extension) April 1, 2009 by Mark Light, Ohio State Cooperative Extension. Watch the Recording.

Flickr

  • Sharing images using Flickr and the Extension Photographers Flickr group, September 9, 2008 by Henrietta Richie-Holbrook, eXtension. Watch the Recording.

FriendFeed

  • Making FriendFeed your Friend - Part 2. This follow-on session will introduce you to FriendFeed's most powerful features: lists, filtering, advanced search, groups, and those extra add-ons that make it's use so enticing: widgets, book-marketlets, and cross-posting to other social networking sites. (for all Extension) Presented June 23, 2009 by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. Watch the Recording.
  • Making FriendFeed your Friend - Part 1. FriendFeed is a service that makes it easy to share with your friends online. It offers a fun and interactive way to discover and discuss items of mutual interest. It falls into the genre of an aggregation and filtering tool. This session will show you everything you need to know to get started in sharing your own information. In Part 2 next month, we'll show you how to use it to intelligently sift thru piles of information to find only those things of most interest. (for all Extension) Presented May 27, 2009 by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. Watch the Recording.
  • FriendFeed: You Learned to Share in Kindergarten. The web has become more social; with new connections and communication methods come tools that one should consider to help themselves become better playmates on the web playground. This session will take a close look at FriendFeed and why you should consider making it part of your digital workflow. Viewing "Secrets of Social Networkers" before this session would be beneficial. (for all Extension). Presented August 27 by James E. Robinson, III, eXtension Software Engineer. Watch the Recording.

Google Analytics

  • Evaluate Your Content with Google Analytics (by Category!) - Google Analytics (GA) reveals tons of information about which pieces of content perform the best on the eXtension Public Site. However, until recently, it was only possible to look at performance for all content or single pieces of content. If you wanted to find the top-performing piece of content in a specific category (eg. fire ants), you were out of luck. This all changed last month, and you can now use GA to drill down to a specific category. Come learn how to use GA to find your best (and worst) performing content. You will learn about bounce rate, the power of links, traffic sources, organic search keywords and how to get this information emailed to you from GA on a weekly basis. You have to have a Google account to access Google Analytics. (for CoP leaders & members, and all Extension) May 12, 2009 by Ben MacNeill, eXtension User Interface Designer. Watch the Recording.
  • Advanced Google Analytics - Now that you're familiar with the basic features and tools in Google Analytics, it's time to learn more advanced features. Come discover Advanced Segments, Goals and Custom Reports to get the most out of Google Analytics (for all Extension). March 31, 2009 by Ben MacNeill, eXtension User Interface Designer. Watch the Recording.

Google Custom Search Engine (CSE)

  • Google Collaborative Search Engine. This session will show you how simple it is to use Google search technology to create a free Custom Search Engine that reflects your knowledge and interests. It will also show you the Cooperative Extension CSE, teach you how to place a custom widget on your own site, and show how you can participate in a collaborative environment to further customize and make it better. April 9, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Google Search

  • Why Can't Google Find My Stuff? - We get asked on almost a daily basis, "Why can't I find my article when I search for it with Google" (or any other search engine). This session will hone in on the major reasons content is not found, and discuss concrete things you can do to try to fix the situation. Warning: Some of it you may not want to hear. (for all Extension). July 7, 2009 by Kevin Gamble, eXtension. Watch the Recording.

Google Presentation

  • Google Presentation is a new tool introduced in September for the collaborative development of slideshows. It is cut from the same cloth as Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets and shows great promise as a new collaboration technology. Participants will be given an introduction to the tool's use, discuss its advantages and disadvantages, and see how this tool can be used to facilitate online learning. October 31, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Google Sites

  • In February 2008 Google released a new wiki tool called Sites which is included in the Google application suite. The Sites application is derived from JotSpot, which was purchased by Google in 2006. Sites, allows users of the Google application suite to create wikis that may be edited by other Google apps users and may be made publicly viewable. While not as robust as an application like MediaWiki, Sites looks to be a promising tool for allowing users to create and manage a wiki, without knowledge of wiki markup conventions. This presentation will give an overview of Sites and demonstrate setting up and managing a wiki using the tool. March 25, 2008 by Stephen Judd, UNH Cooperative Extension, Manager - Information Technology and Distance Education. Watch the Recording.

Google Spreadsheets to Conduct Surveys

  • A Google Spreadsheet is an easy and convenient way to create a survey, and to collect, share, and analyze your results. For instance, you might use one to collect your colleagues' preferred dates and topics for a meeting agenda, or to evaluate and educational program from a survey embedded on your Website. This session will show you a very powerful, but also very easy method to conduct surveys. All in just 30 minutes-- it's that simple. November 13 2008 by Kevin Gamble, Associate Director, eXtension. Watch the Recording.

Jabber

  • Jabber — eXtension’s enterprise chat application, January 31, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

OpenID

  • Using OpenID - Are you tired of creating a new account on every web site you visit? Do you not sign-up for new sites because they require you to create yet another account? Do you go to sites and can't remember your login, password, or both? OpenID is a new technology that aims to solve these problems. Everyone with an Extension ID already has an OpenID. Come to this session to learn how it works, and about the growing list of Web sites where it can be used. Once you go OpenID you'll never want to go back... (for all Extension). February 12, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p69514141/ Recording].
  • Introduction to OpenID - More and more websites that require the site users to sign in with a username and password are taking advantage of an open protocol for authentication called 'OpenID.' eXtension is converting all of its web applications over to OpenID. In this session, we'll briefly touch on what OpenID is, and how eXtension is using it., August 15, 2007 by Jason Young. Watch the Recording.

Second Life

  • Introduction to Second Life - Multi-user virtual environments such as Second Life (http://www.secondlife.com/) are growing in popularity. Learn what Second Life is and how it is being used. Some experts have predicted that 80 percent of active internet users will be using this type of environment by the end of 2011! Why not spend just a half hour in 2007 to learn more about it so you’re better prepared?, September 11, 2007 by Vishal Singh. Watch the Recording.

SlideShare

  • SlideShare for Collaboration and Online Learning - Slideshare (slideshare.net) is sort of like a YouTube for sharing presentations. Agents and specialists are always looking for ways to share their slideshows, and Slideshare is an easy, powerful, and free solution. It’s also an effective environment for fostering online learning. This session will show you everything you need to know to get started with Slideshare, and discuss how this technology can be used for collaborative work across the Cooperative Extension System., September 19, 1007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

SharePoint

  • An introduction to using Microsoft SharePoint for internal collaboration. This 30 minute session covers the basics for getting started with SharePoint for team collaboration; demonstrating out-of-the-box capabilities and a walking through a few example sites. (for all Extension) Professional Development session offered in partnership with the ACE IT SIG. August 7, 2008 by Sarah Johnston, Louisiana State University and Darin Dugan, Iowa State University. Watch the Recording.

Social Bookmarking

  • Social Bookmarking as a collaboration tool -- How to keep your team on the same page without burying them in email... Social bookmarking is a great tool for reducing email, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing, and increasing team efficiency. The emphasis will be on delicious but other options will be shown. (for all Extension) April 23, 2009 by Kevin Gamble, Associate Director, eXtension . Watch the Recording.

Tagging

  • It seems like everywhere you go on the Internet today someone is asking you to tag things. This session is targeted for people just getting started with social networking software, and is designed to get you off to a good start, and to help you avoid the most common pitfalls. January 24, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Twitter

  • Twitter: Easy Way to Microblog and Be Social by Anne Adrian, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University. Twitter is a presence, communication and social technology. It is a way to have short, disjointed conversations, maintain relationships, share information, and have fun. Additionally, Twitter has been used in emergency situations, such as during the San Diego fires. NASA also used Twitter to describe their recent mission to Mars http://blog.twitter.com/2008/06/nasa-twitter-and-news-from-mars.html. Twitter is easy, immediate, and easy way to connect, converse and learn. This session describes Twitter, shows how it works, and gives a few examples of Twitter being used by several Extension colleagues across the country to communicate inside and outside of the Extension community. (For all Extension) Watch the Recording.

Using Feeds

Video (YouTube, etc)

  • Instructional Video and Screencasting 101 - How to put together videos for consumption via YouTube and other video sharing sites, the tools they use, their workflow, and other tips and tricks, and get you started down the road to producing your own. March 25, 2009 featuring 4 presenters: Emily Rhoades of Ohio State, Janyne Kizer of NC State, Stephen Judd from the University of New Hampshire, and Kevin Gamble from eXtension. Watch the Recording.

Web 2.0 (includes sessions by Special Guests: Luke Wroeblewski and Beth Kanter)

  • Designing for Web 2.0: The Visual Ecosystem, by Luke Wroeblewski. July 18, 2007. Watch the Recording (1 hr. 30 min)
  • Ten Steps to Web 2.0 for Extension, by Beth Kanter. May 24, 2007. Watch the Recording (1 hr. 35 min).
  • Ten Steps to Web 2.0 for Extension, by Beth Kanter. April 24, 2007. Watch the Recording. (1 hr. 43 min).

Widgets

  • Widgets, December 6, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
  • Follow up to Dec. 6 Widget session, December 20, 2007. Sharing by Chad Waters, John Dorner and Karen from Montana. Watch the Recording.
  • Getting Started with Widgets, April 18, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
    Follow up to April 18 Widget session, April 26, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Wikipedia

  • Getting Involved with Wikipedia, January 27, 2009 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

eXtension

Get an eXtension ID

  • eXtension 101 on July 12, 2007 by Imported Fireants CoP, Kathy Flanders, Anne Adrian & Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.

AJAX: Cleaning up your Web Applications and Reducing User Clicks

  • Many users today are preferring websites that provide information faster with a minimum amount of work necessary. AJAX is a mechanism that gives users almost instant availability of information when it is requested within web pages without having to redirect the user to new pages. This presentation familiarizes the audience with AJAX and its different uses in web applications, September 26, 2007 by Aaron Hundley. Watch the Recording.

Ask an Expert Question Wranglers

  • Question Wrangler Meet-Up, October 7. Want to help people find answers to their questions? Work with your Extension colleagues from across the country? Help to serve Extension clientele in a new and exciting way? Then maybe you'd like to become an eXtension Question Wrangler. We have new opportunities for our public to ask questions through our new "Ask an Expert" system, but in order to ramp-up this effort we're needing a few good people to volunteer to help make this a reality. If you think this is something you'd like to do please join us to talk about how we can handle this together. (for all who have signed up as Question Wranglers... see the article, "Become an eXtension Question Wrangler") Watch the Recording.

Ask eXtension Widget

  • How to Answer Ask an Expert Questions - With expertise in so many areas, extension gets asked many questions! More and more are coming from the public via eXtension's Ask an Expert form on www.extension.org and through Ask eXtension widgets. This session will take you step by step through answering questions, and some of the guidelines to keep in mind. (for all Extension) June 11, 2009 by Beth Raney, eXtension. See the Recording.
  • The Ask eXtension Widget - How to use the Ask eXtension widget to receive and answer questions directly from your county Extension web site or Extension-related blog. This widget adds question asking capabilities to your site, but uses the power of the eXtension Ask an Expert and FAQ systems to assist you in answering. Take questions from your clients, and use the 40,000 questions in the FAQ system to assist you in providing a timely and accurate answer. Check out the widget tracking feature that allows you to name the widget and monitor questions coming from your site. Also learn about the widget routing capability that will allow you to have questions routed to you from your widgets. This session will introduce you to the tool, show you the latest features developed, and will discuss what is necessary to begin using it immediately in your own county sites and blogs with helpful tips. (for all Extension) June 16, 2009 by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer. See the Recording.
  • Discussion and Q/A of the Ask eXtension Widget - If you are currently participating in answering questions that come from any of the Ask eXtension Widgets, this will be a great discussion to be involved in. This session will focus on answering questions that you might have on the Ask eXtension Widget or the Ask an Expert system in general. We'll share tips and recommendations for using the Ask an Expert system and discuss surrounding topics. (for all Extension) June 18, 2009 by Aaron Hundley, eXtension Software Engineer. See the Recording.
  • Ask Widget Early Adopters: special "open" session for counties that have installed the AskExtension! widget on their county sites (open to all counties with an installed AskExtension! widget on their county sites.) Held May 21, 2008 by Beth Raney. See the Recording.

Browser Configuration and Use

  • Optimal Configuration and Use of Your Browser with eXtension Applications, April 17, 2007 by Beth Raney and Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Collaborate

  • Using the Collaborate Wiki, the place for the whole Cooperative Extension System to work. This session will show you what you need to do to get started working in the Collaborate Wiki, and show you some examples of how others are using it today. October 15 by Beth Raney, eXtension professional development leader. Watch the Recording.
  • eXtension's Collaborate Wiki, January 8, 2008 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
  • Using Collaborate -- for agents/educators to share your educational materials… photos, PowerPoints, diagrams, and other media, February 8, 2007 by Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
  • Need a Place to Wiki? Come to Collaborate!, August 31, 2006. Watch the Recording.

CoP to Public

  • A Guided Tour on how an existing CoP is organized and operates, March 12, 2007 by Craig Wood and Kathy Flanders. Watch the Recording.
  • From CoP wiki to public eXtension Web site workflow, February 28, 2007 by Kevin Gamble and Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.

Developing Quality Web Content

  • Best Practices for Structuring Your Web Content, by Ben MacNeill, eXtension User Interface Designer. This session is an overview of best practices for structuring your web content. He introduces the idea of the three parts of the modern web page structure - content, presentation and behavior - and focus on how to improve the structure of the content. Focus is on the content structure because everything else will get stripped away as your content moves across the web. When mobile devices, feeds and search engines access your pages all that matters are your writing and the html markup. Make them count. July 8, 2008. Watch the [Recording].
  • What should you consider when developing Web content? What are the things that really matter? Should you concentrate on style or format, structure, redundancy, how search engines work, links to other sites, or how people read Web content? What are the critical things that matter? This session discusses creating high quality and discoverable content. October 9, 2007 presented by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.
  • October 23, 2007 presented by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.
  • Do you need to understand how people read Web pages? Should you concentrate on style or format, structure, redundancy, how search engines work, links to other sites?, September 27, 2007 presented by Craig Wood. Watch the Recording.

Events calendar application

  • Cover the basics you need to get events related to one of the 16 Communities of Practice entered into eXtension's Events calendar application online. (for CoP leaders and members). March 6,, 2008 by Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.

FAQ Sessions

  • Getting Started with eXtension 101: The FAQ App, September 30, 2008 by Ben MacNeill, eXtension User Interface Designer. How to start from scratch and get involved with the eXtension Frequently Asked Question tool. This session will be geared toward non-users (or brand-new users) who want to know "why" they should use and "how" to make it happen. (for all Extension). Watch the Recording.
  • FAQ Orientation for agents/educators, December 11, 2007 by Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
  • Updated FAQ Application, November 13, 2007 by Ben MacNeill. Watch the Recording.
  • Updated FAQ session for recent, frequent users, October 30, 2007 by Ben MacNeill. Watch the Recording.
  • FAQ Orientation for agents/educators, March 28, 2007 by Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
  • FAQ Orientation for agents/educators, February 15, 2007 by Kevin Gamble and Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
  • FAQ Orientation for agents/educators, January 30, 2007. Watch the Recording.
  • FAQ System - Questions and Answers, September 6, 2006. Watch the Recording..
  • FAQ Orientation, August 29, 2006. Watch the Recording.
  • FAQ Orientation for IT Staff, June 28, 2006 (one hour). Watch the Recording.
  • FAQ Orientation, June 22, 200 (one hour). Watch the Recording.

Finding Stuff (Managing Content)

  • Managing Content in the CoP Wiki, July 11, 2007 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.
  • Finding Stuff in the eXtension Wikis, November 9, 2006 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Google Webmaster Tools

  • "Using Google Webmaster Tools, February 19, 2008 by Brian Webster. Google Webmaster Tools is a system where you can get information about how Google sees your site and troubleshoot potential problems. This presentation will show you how to configure your site to use the tools. It will also show what information Google Tools will tell you about your site. In conjunction by ACE IT SIG. (for all Extension) Watch the Recording.

InstantSurvey

  • InstantSurvey: Results and Reports (Session 3), by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader. Presented October 23, 2008, by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader. Watch the Recording.
  • InstantSurvey: Distributing a survey (Session 2), by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader. This session will focus on distributing an online survey using the InstantSurvey web-based application available to eXtension CoP’s. It will focus on the two ways to distribute a survey in InstantSurvey. This session will be useful to Extension Professionals considering a web-based survey application, like InstantSurvey. (for CoPs and all Extension) Presented September 25, 2008, by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader. Watch the Recording.
  • InstantSurvey: Creating a Survey (Part 1). This session will focus on creating an online survey using the InstantSurvey web-based application available to eXtension CoP's. It will focus on developing a survey using the eXtension CoP Survey Template to assess use and impacts of eXtension public website information and education applications. This session will also be useful to Extension professionals considering a web-based survey application, like InstantSurvey. (for CoPs and all Extension). Presented August 26, 2008, by Michael Lambur, eXtension Evaluation and Research Leader. Watch the Recording.

Mentor Series

  • eXtension Mentor Series: Creating Learning Lessons - In this 30 minute session, an established CoP will cover how they plan, outline and implement learning lesson development. They will discuss some of the multimedia tools and technology they use including things like Google maps, Captivate, video, options for adding accessibility to your lessons, and more. (for CoP leaders & members, and all Extension) May 5, 2009 by Krishona Martinson, HorseQuest CoP and University of Minnesota, and Nick Broady, eXtension. Watch the Recording.

Moodle

  • Moodle, September 24, 2008 by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension. Learn what all the excitement's about regarding the Modular Object Oriented Learning Environment known as Moodle. Hear what Moodle is, learn how eXtension is making it available, see examples of the types of education you can design, develop and deliver, and listen to lessons learned. (for all Extension) This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE IT SIG. Watch the Recording.
  • Introduction to Moodle, October 10, 2007 by Jennifer Jahedkar. Learn what all the excitement's about regarding Moodle. Hear what Moodle is, learn how eXtension is making it available, and see examples of the types of education you can design, develop and deliver with Moodle. Watch the Recording.

Mentor Series

  • eXtension Mentor Series - Creating Learning Lessons - In this 30 minute session, an established CoP will cover how they plan, outline and implement learning lesson development. They will discuss some of the multimedia tools and technology they use including things like Google maps, Captivate, video, options for adding accessibility to your lessons, and more. (for CoP leaders & members, and all Extension) May 5, 2009 by Krishona Martinson, HorseQuest CoP and University of Minnesota, and Nick Broady, eXtension. Watch the Recording.

People

  • eXtension People Application, February 25, 2009 by Kevin Gamble. Watch the Recording.

Search Engine Optimization Training for DairyeXnet

  • Andrew Barnett's (Fleishman Hillard) training for DairyeXnet on August 6. This was conducted using FH's Webex service. Watch the Recording.

Subversion

  • February 17, 2009 at 2:00 ET, a "30 Minute Session" on Subversion - How eXtension Developers use SVN by James Robinson. Subversion is used daily by eXtension developers. In this session you will get an overview of eXtension's workflow and other features that make SVN an invaluable source code revision tool for our needs. See the [xx Recording].
  • December 9, 2008 a "30 Minute Session" on Source Code Version Control: Use It or Lose It, by James Robinson, eXtension Software Engineer. See the Recording.
  • Subversion Clients Roundtable - A demo and discussion of various client applications/interfaces for subversion, a centralized version control system. (for all Extension). March 26, 2009 by Brian Webster, Iowa State Extension

Stephen Judd, Univ. of New Hampshire Extension and Ben MacNeill, eXtension. Watch the Recording.

There's a Place in the Wiki for Copy Editors

  • December 3, 2008 by Virginia Morgan, EDEN CoP manager/administrator, and Admin III and Extension Specialist for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. If you think there's no room on a Community of Practice (CoP) work team for a copy editor, think again. Copy editors' skills are critical to creating and adding to high-quality content in the CoPs. Join this session to learn how you can join a community, what tasks need to be done, what resources are available, and how you can get credit for helping make a CoP look good! (for all Extension) Watch the Recording.

Why Can't Google Find My Stuff, Search Engine Optimization, Google Juice, Titles in the Wiki

  • Why Can't Google Find My Stuff? We get asked on almost a daily basis, "Why can't I find my article when I search for it with Google" (or any other search engine). This session will hone in on the major reasons content is not found, and discuss concrete things you can do to try to fix the situation. Warning: Some of it you may not want to hear. July 7, 2009 presented by Kevin Gamble, eXtension (for all Extension). See the Recording.
  • Why Can't Google Find My Stuff - We get asked on almost a daily basis, "Why can't I find my article when I search for it with Google" (or any other search engine). This session will hone in on the major reasons content is not found, and discuss concrete things you can do to try to fix the situation. Warning: Some of it you may not want to hear. (for all Extension). March 18, 2008 presented by Kevin Gamble. See the Recording.
  • Search Engine Optimization - A large percentage of the hits to your web site come from search engines. This session on search engine optimization includes tips and techniques that will help people find your pages. We'll talk about things that you can do on your pages to help boost its ratings, things you should never do and things that other people do that help your site. January 15, 2008 by Brian Webster (ACE IT SIG). See the Recording.
  • Google Search Engine Optimization meeting, October 3, 2007 presented by Kevin Gamble. See the Recording.
  • "30 Minute Session" Google Juice - Help search engines find your information and ours! The basics of search engine optimization, May 22, 2007 by Kevin Gamble and Beth Raney. Watch the Recording
  • "30 Minute Session" Google Juice - Help search engines find your information and ours! The basics of search engine optimization, March 7, 2007 by Kevin Gamble and Beth Raney. Watch the Recording.
  • Google Juice, October 5, 2006. Watch the Recording.
  • Wiki Titles & "Google Juice and Categories, July 11, 2006 (one hour). Watch the Recording.
  • Titles in the Wikis and "Google Juice", June 1, 2006 (30 minutes). Watch the Recording.

Special Events!

2008 National CoP Meeting

Several of the sessions at the 2008 National CoP Meeting (June 23-27) were recorded and have been converted to video and shared. Check out sessions on

Copyright Issues for eXtension

A special presentation featuring attorneys and MBAs Steve Wyatt and Amy Light Mills. December 18, 2007. Watch the Recording. (1:30 hours)

Extension faculty and staff across the country are encouraged to engage in collaborative work with eXtension. This session will help more Extension employees understand copyright and how it applies to them as they work with eXtension.

Designing for Web 2.0: The Visual Ecosystem

by Luke Wroeblewski. July 18, 2007. Watch the Recording (1:30 hours)

Do You YouTube? How to Adjust Messages to Meet New Audiences NEW!!

by Emily Rhoades, PhD, The Ohio State University. July 24, 2008. Watch the Recording. (1:30 hours)

If you're interested in joining the YouTube sharing and discussion with others in Extension, go to YouTube in Extension.

eXtension Launch

National Ribbon Cutting Ceremony MC'ed by Colien Hefferan. February 21, 2008. Watch the Recording

Stump the Expert featuring CoP leaders. February 22, 2008. Watch the Recording. (Audio begins 5 minutes in.)

Prediction Markets

Adam Siegel, co-founder of Inkling Markets, shares how prediction markets are being used to forecast the answers by buying and selling shares in "stocks" representing alternative outcomes. Using a stock market-like mechanism allows people to express their opinion as a "weighted vote" over time in response to new information or a change of opinion. Unlike a poll, a prediction market is asking "what will happen?" vs. "what do you want to happen?" Lots of examples of progressive organizations using prediction markets to guide their decision making. January 30, 2008. Watch the Recording. (1:07)

Ten Steps to Web 2.0 for Extension

by Beth Kanter of Beth (Kanter)'s Blog. April 24, 2007 (1:42 hours). Watch the Recording.

Virtual Work Arrangements

Presenters: Dr. Jerry Thomas, Myra Moss, Dr. Cindy Torppa and Dr. Niki Nestor McNeely of Ohio State, Dr. Kevin Gamble of eXtension, and Dr. Jim King, University of Nebraska. August 20, 2008.

This session will focus on the current research findings, the practical experiences and lessons learned from Extension distributed work/virtual teams and an actual virtual office pilot, and the new information technologies enabling new modes of work: lifestreaming, virtual environments, and social software. Watch the Recording.

Wikis Work!

featuring Kris Olsen, May 24, 2006 (2 hours). Watch the Recording.
Comments and Discussion on the Wikis Work! session featuring Kris Olsen

Help Wanted

  • eXtension: Help Wanted, April 20. Watch the Recording.

ACE SIG Professional Development Sessions

Understanding and Using Creative Commons

January 26, 2009 in partnership with the ACE Information Technology SIG by Anne Adrian, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and Deb Coates, Iowa State University Extension. Sharing and obtaining information on the Internet is extremely easy. However, it is confusing to know what products you can use and which are restricted. You may want to share products, such as pictures and presentations, but don't know how to share with appropriate license or copyright. In the past, sharing products meant that you gave away your products with no control or that you restricted control of the distribution of your products by full copyright (all rights reserved). Creative Commons licenses provide options between the extremes of giving your rights away and all rights reserved. This session will describe Creative Commons license options, describe how to use Creative Commons licenses, and how to use products and content that are licensed using Creative Commons. (for all Extension) Watch the Recording. Slides.

Drinking from a Fire Hose

April 14, 2009 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by Anne Adrian, Associate Director, IT for the Auburn University College of Agriculture and Alabama Cooperative Extension System Auburn University. With so much information, sometimes it seems like you are drinking from a fire hose. Anne Adrian will describe the importance of keeping up with various streams of information. She will also describe how the workstreaming environment forces us to consider new ways of receiving, gathering information, and possibly learning. You may preview of a similar presentation on Slideshare at http://tinyurl.com/dzrp2c . Watch the Recording.

Five Dysfunctions of a Team

January 14, 2009 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by Terry Meisenbach, the Communications and Marketing Leader for the National eXtension Initiative. Terry will lead a discussion of the book, "Five Dysfunctions of a Team." If you're a team member or a team leader, teams and teamwork can be challenging. And, if you're working across a conference table or across the country additional dynamics are involved. Patrick Lencioni has written a great deal about teams, teamwork, and leadership. This book is particularly good in discussing how teams can effectively work together to succeed. It's a great, simple read and participants are encouraged to read the book prior to this session. Watch the Recording.

Four Generations in the Workplace

August 13, 2008 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by Patrick Deery, Director, Human Resource Development/Auburn University. For the first time, we have four generations in the workplace. This additional element of diversity adds a new dimension to workplace dynamics affecting productivity, team work, and customer/stakeholder relationships. This Web conference will assist you in understanding this new workplace dimension by describing the four generations, explaining their impact on the workforce, and offering some suggestions on how to respond to generational differences. Watch the Recording. PDF of the Presentation. Acknowledgments (pdf)

Having significant conversations, a discussion of the books: Fierce Conversations and Crucial Conversations

December 10, 2008 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by Anne Adrian, Alabama Cooperative Extension System. To progress on projects, organizational and technology changes, and family decisions, having effective conversations is absolutely necessary. Practically anything that we want to achieve is dependent on having one or several conversations. However, when we are passionate, emotional, and pressured about some topics, we often don't listen well, nor do we communicate our own goals well. Two books, Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, et. al., and Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott provide guidance on improving the way we converse. The goal in improving our individual and group conversations is to achieve personal, professional, and organizational goals. This session briefly discussed some of the approaches given in these two books. Recording Slides

It’s all about ME! An introduction to personal accountability

March 11, 2009 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by: Debra Davis, LSU AgCenter. Accountability means different things to different people at different times and often that meaning is negative. What would happen if we began to look at accountability from yet a different point of view? What if we looked at it as a means to controlling our own future? In this session, we will define accountability for this purpose and explore things that keep us from being accountable. We’ll examine our own accountability and see where we fall on the accountability scale. Then we will look at ways we, individually, can begin to develop a more accountable lifestyle. And finally we will look at how we might begin to create a culture of accountability in our respective organizations. Complete the accountability self-assessment in preparation for the session. Watch the Recording.

Moodle

September 24, 2008 by Jennifer Jahedkar, Texas AgriLife Extension. Learn what all the excitement's about regarding the Modular Object Oriented Learning Environment known as Moodle. Hear what Moodle is, learn how eXtension is making it available, see examples of the types of education you can design, develop and deliver, and listen to lessons learned. (for all Extension) This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE IT SIG. Watch the Recording.

Peer Review

October 8, 2008 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by Bob Sams, University of California, Davis. In this presentation, Bob Sams will discuss two major issues related to peer review. The first is the topic of online peer review management systems. The second is whether and why extension publications, media, web content, or other information for end users should be peer reviewed. Part of that topic must be to ask what does peer review in our context mean and what are current practices within our community. Finally, who cares and so what? (for all Extension) This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG. Watch the Recording.

Personal Accountability

September 10, 2008 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by: by Floyd Davenport, Information Technology Officer, Iowa State University Extension. In this session, we will discuss John Miller's book, "The Question Behind the Question (QBQ)". QBQ outlines an approach to improve your organization, meet goals, build teams and develop a more positive culture through personal accountability; eliminating negative responses to situations and focusing on your own capabilities to contribute to a solution. This session is being offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. To learn more about ACE, visit http://www.aceweb.org. Watch the Recording.

Project Planning and Management

November 12, 2008 in partnership with the ACE Leadership and Management SIG. Presented by Tom Knecht, Executive Director, ACE Leadership Institute and Melanie Eirich, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In this session Tom and Melanie will present an overview of main project management processes and issues as related in the project development process. Initial project start-up questions such as problem and opportunity identification along with stakeholder analysis will be explored. In addition the two will discuss strategies for resources, team forming among other important steps in the project planning and management process. This session is designed to capture the key elements with plans to follow up with more in-depth sessions at the ACE/NETC conference in Des Moines. (for all Extension) This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Leadership & Management SIG. Watch the Recording.

Top 10 Tech Tools for Extension Agents

October 22, 2008. Presented by Dave Palmer, District Instructional Media Agent, University of Florida. Many great opportunities currently exist for Extension Agents to use the Web to reduce their workload, increase productivity, disseminate information, and even offer online learning modules. A high workload, lack of time to research the possibilities, and the simple lack of awareness of the existing tools prevents many agents from exploring the possibilities. This presentation is intended to give Extension Agents a jump-start by introducing 10 Web-related tech tools. (for all Extension) This Professional Development session is offered in partnership with the ACE Information Technology SIG. Watch the Recording.

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