Career Services Technology Meeting 2012

  

Located at Villanova University, Garey Hall in Villanova, PA.
Friday, December 7th, 2012.

  

For details on travel & accommodations, please refer to the event website https://sites.google.com/site/careerservtechmeeting/ 

 

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Event Details & Tentative Agenda.

The full agenda will be determined by the proposed sessions and topics submitted through the registration form and here on the Barcamp.

 

8-9:00 am Arrival & Breakfast 

9:00 am Welcome & Introductions

 

9:15-10:30 am Session One: “Cool Tools & Topics” Presentations/Round-Table Sharing by Participants

Participants  will offer a 4-5 minute presentation on a favorite technology tool or topic or offer to moderate a round table discussion on a cool topic

 

10:30-11:30 am  Two Breakout Sessions offered on  different topics indicated in barcamp (choose one)

Session # 1 Social Media Policy & Guidelines, Eva Kubu

Session #2 TBA

 

12-1:00 pm LUNCH (ice-breaker/get to know someone new)

 

1:00-2:00 pm Breakout Sessions offered on 2 different topics from barcamp (choose one)

Session # 3 TBA

Session #4 TBA

 

2:30-3:30 pm Session Two: “Cool Tools” Presentations by Participants

Continuation of presentations and/or roundtable discussions

 

3:30-4:15 pm  Guest Speaker TBA

 

4:15-4:30 pm Conference Wrap Up

 

Sponsors

Bucknell University Career Development Center

Princeton University Career Services

University of Pennsylvania Career Services

Villanova University Career Center 

 

Planners

Kevin Grubb, Assistant Director, Villanova University Career Center
Shannon Kelly, Associate Director, University of Pennsylvania Career Services
Evangeline "Eva" Kubu, Manager of Communications and Outreach, Princeton University Career Services
Megan Wolleben, Assistant Director, Bucknell University Career Development Center 

 

Cool Tools & Topics

In this section, please add the following: 

 1) Pre-Meeting Discussion. This will take place on Twitter or through another social media platform.

 2) The cool tool or best practice your school will present in the cool tool sessions.  

 3) Topics you would like to discuss/learn about in the breakout sessions.      

 

 

1) What would you like to discuss prior to the meeting?

1. Topic:   Interest in this event - what motivated you to attend? How did you hear of it?
2. Topic:   What are you looking forward to? What would you like to take away?
3. Topic: What were some of the topics shared last year, what was the biggest take away?
   

 

2) Cool Tool or Best Practice Session: (List Tool/Title of Best Practice, School and Name). Topics that are bolded & underlined*  are in need of a possible presenter.

  

 These are informal presentations where each school will spend 4-5 minutes talking about the best practice or a tool they use. If your cool tool/best practice is covered already, please consider another area where you could contribute. We will follow-up to determine the schedule of presentations.  

• add your topic...
• LinkedIn Networking Group: Engaging Students and Alumni in Career-Related Conversations, Diana Burkett, University of Richmond 
  
• Social Media Challenge/Contest, University of Pennsylvania Career Services, Shannon Kelly (Penn)
• Social Media Analytics for Facebook and Twitter - Megan W. (Bucknell)
• Blogging About Careers, Carmen Bilen, Penn State Engineering Career Resources & Employer Relations
• Virtual Career Center, University of New Haven Career Development Center, Matt DiGiovanni, Matt Caporale
  
• Virtual Grad School Fairs, Amanda Peters, MIT
  
• Tools for Designing Infographics, Eva Kubu (Princeton)
• Student, Social Media, & Recruiting Survey Results, Kevin Grubb (Villanova)
• Social Platforms to support Career Fairs/Events & how they influence Marketing, Lauren DeSoiza, Babson College  
• Online Engagement - how do you engage your students, alumni or employers? Cathy Shankweiler and Rochelle Crozier (Lafayette College)
• The Spider Way, Blogging: Career Tips, Tools & Insight from different constituents (student, alumni, faculty, employer), Anna Todaro (U of Richmond) 
• *Cross Platform Initiative - have you hosted an event or created a program that involves more than one social media platform or tech tool?
•  *Is FB over? What do the new paid promos mean for your pages? or present on something like: Polyvore, Tumblr, Twylah, Paperly, Paperli 
• *Cross-Campus Partnerships - Have you partnered with other departments/office on campus for a campaign or program? 
• Twitter Use - How many accounts do you have? Do you have a featured chat? Have have you increased your followers? Erika Fields (Wellesley) 
• *E-Portfolios - Does your school have these? How is career services involved? Would you recommend a certain platform or program? 
• *Online Chat tools - Do you have online chat hours?
• *New Tools or Vendors we should know about?
• Task Management for Teams (e.g., Student Interns, Campus Collaboration) using Asana, Gerald Tang and Katie Taflan (Columbia)
• Capture the Moment with Tout, Gerald Tang and Katie Taflan (Columbia) 

 

 3) Breakout Sessions: Topics I would like to discuss/learn about.

Please add your name in the "Interested" list for each topic you would like to learn or discuss, this will help determine the most popular topics & what we will cover.

*If you are an expert in a particular area or comfortable leading a session, please add "Lead" next to your name.  The planners will determine session leaders and topics as the event gets closer. 

 

• Topic: Developing a social media policy. - Leader: Eva Kubu 
• Interested: Shannon Kelly, Megan Wolleben, Carmen Bilen, Matt DiGiovanni, Kevin Grubb
   

 

• Topic: Twitter Chats with Students
  
• Interested: Megan Wolleben, Eva Kubu, Kevin Grubb, Cathy Shankweiler, Diana Burkett, Amanda Peters, Anna Todaro, Katie Taflan, Gerald Tang
  

 

• Topic: Determining success with social media
  
• Interested:  Matt DiGiovanni, Kevin Grubb, Erika Fields, Shannon Kelly, Cathy Shankweiler, Amanda Peters, Megan Wolleben, Sarah McDowell, Katie Taflan, Gerald Tang

 

• Topic: Social Recruiting - trends, why it has become popular, what have you seen from employers
• Interested: Shannon Kelly, Erika Fields, Cathy Shankweiler, Diana Burkett, Amanda Peters, Anna Todaro, Sarah McDowell
  
• Topic:  Management - how have you managed new accounts? what tips do you have?
• Interested:  

 

 

Participants add yourself...

Please add your name, title, school/career center & social media handles.

• Shannon Kelly, Associate Director, University of Pennsylvania Career Services, @shannonckelly
• Carmen Bilen, Associate Director, Penn State Engineering Career Resources & Employer relations, @psuengincareer
• Megan Wolleben, Assistant Director, Bucknell, @bucknellcareer
• Matt DiGiovanni, Virtual Technology Coordinator, University of New Haven, @unhCDC, @matt_digiovanni
  
• Elisa Seeherman, Director of Career Services, The University of the Arts, @UArtsCareers
• Erik Embrey, Coordinator for Alumni Career Services, University of Maryland, @UMDCareerCenter
• Eva Kubu, Manager of Communications & Outreach, Princeton University, @princetoncareer, @eva_kubu
• Kevin Grubb, Assistant Director, Student Services, Villanova University Career Center, @vucareercenter, @kevincgrubb 
• Lauren DeSoiza, Assistant Recruiting Manager, UG Center for Career Development, Babson College, @BabsonUgradCCD, @Remshy
• Erika Fields, Web Content Communications Director, Center for Work and Service, Wellesley College, @MyCWS
• Kathleen Bracken, Assistant Director, Systems & Marketing, Villanova University Career Center, @vucareercenter
  
• Cathy Shankweiler, Database and Communications Coordinator, Career Services, Lafayette College, @LafCareerSvcs  
• Matt Caporale, Executive Director of Career Development, University of New Haven, @unhCDC
  
• Diana Burkett, Communications Manager, Office of Alumni and Career Services, University of Richmond @URSpiderNetwork
  
• Amanda Peters, Career Development Specialist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology @acpeters (office: @MITCareerOnline)
  
• Kristy Liu, Assistant Director of Recruiting & Technology, Wellesley College, @MyCWS
• Anna Todaro, Assistant Director Career Services, Office of Alumni and Career Services, University of Richmond @msannatodaro @URSpiderNetwork
• Sarah McDowell, Job Location & Development Program Coordinator, Towson University, @TUCareer  
• Katie Taflan, Associate Director of Marketing, Columbia University Center for Career Education, @ColumbiaCCE, @katietaflan
• Gerald Tang, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Career Development, Columbia University Center for Career Education, @ColumbiaCCE, @geraldtang  

 

 

Social Media

Will you be blogging, tweeting, etc. about the event? If so, please list your name & the handle for the platforms/technology you will be utilizing.

• Shannon Kelly, @shannonckelly
• Eva Kubu, @eva_kubu 
• Kevin Grubb, @kevincgrubb
• Matt DiGiovanni, @matt_digiovanni
• Lauren DeSoiza, @remshy 
• Diana Burkett, @URSpiderNetwork
  
• Amanda Peters @acpeters
  
• Anna Todaro, @msannatodaro
• Katie Taflan, @katietaflan
• Gerald Tang, @geraldtang