The Career Counselor Technology Gathering is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for career counselors to share and learn about new and useful technologies in a flexible environment. It is an interactive and fun learning event with discussions, demos, and contributions from attendees.

June 23, 2011
10:00am - 4:00pm
Elon University, School of Communications
(see the initial invitation)

Directions to Elon University's School of Communications:

• Take Interstate 85/40 to Exit 140 (University Drive). From southbound 85/40, exit right and turn right.  From northbound 85/40, exit right and turn left.
• Turn right onto Boone Station Drive, and then immediately left at St. Mark's Church Road.
• Follow this road for 1.4 miles. Note the road's name changes to Williamson Avenue after crossing S. Church Street.  You will cross railroad tracks as you enter campus.
• Make your FIRST RIGHT after crossing the tracks (it is immediately after the tracks) on to Lebanon Rd and park in the parking spots by the railroad tracks

Parking:

• Please park in the parking spots on Lebanon Road by the train tracks.
• The School of Communications is building #8 on this map 
• If you have any parking problem, call Ross Wade at 919-274-3742 (mobile number)

Rough Schedule And Next Steps

10-12

• organized introductions
• success/failure/what you’re hoping to learn
• “cool stuff”, each participant presents one
• tech on the horizon + group brainstorm on how it meets career center needs

12-1:30

• lunch is unstructured, information on walkable (or close-to-drive) locations will be provided

1:30-4

• as a group, determine afternoon conversation topics & schedule
• reconvene, share highlights
• how do we keep the community going?

I'm coming, now what?  

1. create an account by clicking the button to the right (or login with a PBWorks account if you have one).
2. add your name, contact information, and introductory information to the participant directory below.
3. use the contribution checklist below to shape the event. 
4. check back on this site as you'd like & see you on June 23rd!  

Every participant is a contributor! 

1. claim anything you would like to offer from the "Task List" below
2. add your "Cool Tool" and come ready to briefly present it to the group (exact length to be determined by number of attendees, but likely no more than 5 minutes)
3. share your ideas on the topics list below.
4. list yourself if you plan to liveblog or livetweet the event. 

Event Details

The "Cool Tool" I'll describe to the group:
(the more variety, the better!  If you have multiple ideas and are flexible about which you share, list them all.  If you'd like to "claim" an idea from someone who has listed many, use the strikeout font above to indicate you have it covered.)

• www.creately.com, collaborative designing online OR having a personal Facebook Page for professional use OR www.scribd.com, document sharing OR www.chatter.com, creating a feed of staff activity OR RememberTheMilk, project and task manager OR "Digital Storytelling", making videos with iMovie -Cameo Hartz 
• iPhone photo apps (instagram, picplz,, halftone, photosynth, uSketch, hipstamatic,) OR screenr.com screen capture site OR bre.ad "link toaster" site -Gary Alan Miller
• join.me for working with alumni or students remotely allowing them to view your computer screen - Ross Wade
• Adobe Connect Pro - resource for conducting online presentations and recording them to then post on your Career Services site - Ross Wade
• Using Moodle (and other online teaching/learning tools) to provide career related content-Karen Arnie 
• Pagemodo for building Facebook pages or Cinchcast / Spreaker for podcasting - Lisa Simmons  
• HootSuite to manage multiple social media accounts - Rebecca Cody 
• Can we discuss student use of Facebook-centric recruiting apps such as Branchout, Identify, and Zumeo?  I'm curious to see how others feel about these and if they advise their students to utilize them.  - Lisa Simmons 

Topics I would like to learn about:
(add your ideas to the list, and your name to ideas to agree)

• creating a successful webinar event or series -Cameo Hartz, Gary Alan Miller, Mallory Bower, Lisa Simmons
• does podcasting appeal to students - Lisa Simmons, Rebecca Cody 
• social media goals & analytics -Cameo Hartz, Lisa Simmons
• social media experiences, what works & what doesn't, how do you know? -Cameo Hartz
• how to make social media more interactive (i.e., generate "likes," conversation) - Rebecca Cody 
• self-directed/on-demand learning (online modules, worksheets, videos, etc.) -Cameo Hartz
• career center website best practicies -Cameo Hartz 
• video stuff (editing software, content, more) - Gary Alan Miller, Lisa Simmons
• student-driven technology projects - Mallory Bower 
• Mobile apps, Google apps & emerging soc media (Foursquare,etc) uses for career centers-Karen Arnie, Rebecca Cody, Lisa Simmons
• QR Codes - Rebecca Cody, Lisa Simmons 
• The politics of career center social media usage on campus and increasing the support of faculty / staff - Lisa Simmons 
• Social media reputation management tools - Lisa Simmons 

Task List
(please add your name alongside to claim a responsibility)

Tech

• Wifi (Ross Wade)
• Projector, White Boards Big Pads & Markers (Cameo Hartz)
• Nametags (Cameo Hartz) 

Non-tech

• Snacks
• something like nutrigrain bars. :0 (Gary Alan Miller)
• Easy-to-tote munchies of some sort - "brain food" (Lisa Simmons) 
• Coffee/Tea/Drinks
• please no bottled water (Cameo Hartz)

Document the Event
(multiple volunteers is great for when we break into small groups)

• I can video record (Mallory Bower - flipcam)
• I can audio record (Cameo Hartz - iPhone app)  
• I also can audio record (Rebecca Cody - w/ iPhone)  
• I'll take pictures (Gary Alan Miller - using instagr.am, mostly)

Social Media
(Please use the tag #CCTG for content related to this event)

Who is Tweeting?

• @justcameo / Cameo Hartz, Duke University

• @garyalanmiller / Gary Alan Miller, UNC Chapel Hill
• @rrwade / Ross Wade, Elon University
• @mallorybower / Mallory Bower, UNC Pembroke 
• @uncccareer / Rebecca Cody, UNC Charlotte 
• @neffashley / Ashley Neff, Davidson College 

Who is Blogging?

• uncccareer.wordpress.com / Rebecca Cody, UNC Charlotte 

Planners

• Gary Alan Miller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

          @garyalanmiller / skype: garyalanmiller / gary.miller@unc.edu

• Ross Wade, Elon University
• Mallory Bower, University of North Carolina, Pembroke
• Cameo Hartz, Duke University Career Center 
  @justcameo / skype: careercameo /cameo.hartz@duke.edu

Participants
(add yourself and any pertinent information, look above for ideas... )

• Karen Arnie, Queens University of Charlotte (arniek@queens.edu, @queensinterns, www.facebook.com/queensinternships ) 
• Lisa Simmons, Wake Forest Schools of Business  simmonll@wfu.edu  
• Rebecca Cody, UNC Charlotte (rcody2@uncc.edu, @uncccareer, on Facebook - University Career Center @ UNC Charlotte) 
• Ashley Neff, Davidson College, Davidson, NC

          asneff@davidson.edu / @neffashley