Mile High Conferences and Professional Development with No Budgets Peg Hohensee, Ph.D., Math Dept. Chair Leslie Johnson, M.S., Math Dept. Asst. Chair

Overview Free Resources Available Low Cost Resources Available Leveraging these Resources

Free Resources Available Google You can host an entire FREE online conference via Google! Email Calendar Forms Drive Sites Communities Hangouts (25 ppl)

Free Resources Available Join.me (up to 250 people) Appear.in (up to 8 people) MeetingBurner (up to 10 people) Big Blue Button (< 50 recommended) Course LMS?

Low Cost Resources Available (Free if already have account) Adobe Connect Blackboard Collaborate GoToWebinar Webinato MeetingBurner

Leveraging Free Resources (Google) Steering Committee Conference Theme Keynote Speakers Call for Proposal Blind Review Team

Steering Committee Conference Theme Brainstorm in Hangout Google Doc to record notes Share screen while recording notes Email out potential themes to committee Use a Google Form for a blind vote if needed

Steering Committee Keynote Speakers Address theme Internal and/or External Opening Plenary Closing Panel

Steering Committee Call for Proposal Same brainstorming process as theme Send out CFP via Google Form Collect results via Google spreadsheet Poster Session? Short Session? Long Session? Brown Bag Session?

Steering Committee Blind Review Team Send out blind reviews via Google spreadsheet Combine all blind reviews into master spreadsheet (viewed only by a few)

Logistics Committee

Leveraging Free Resources (Google) Logistics Committee Conference Site and Email (conference specific) Conference Promotion Session Days/Times Session Hosts Conference Survey

Logistics Committee Conference Site Design site around theme Create schedule pages Create presenter pages Create “at a glance” calendars Mobile access directions Social media info Survey link Put recording links on site after sessions

Logistics Committee Conference Promotion Twitter Facebook Emails Signature line image Google Communities Other internal/external opportunities

Logistics Committee Session Days/Times How long? How many per time frame? Good variety during time frame Practice sessions Poster sessions Google Calendar invites Actual sessions

Logistics Committee Session Hosts Sign-up Google spreadsheet with master schedule Share with hosts (can edit) Enter name next to selected session Separate spreadsheet for practice sessions (times may be different on those)

Logistics Committee Conference Survey Google form Collect via Google spreadsheet Share with presenters post-conference

Day(s) of the Conference Troubleshooters ready! Workarounds ready! Easy access survey link

Gen Ed Conference Same link every year Includes archives from current and previous years

Schedule Example

KU Village

Department Meetings

Contact Information: Peggy L. Hohensee, Ph.D. phohensee@kaplan.edu Leslie Johnson, M.S. ljohnson6@kaplan.edu