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

2. Overview Free Resources Available Low Cost Resources Available
Leveraging these Resources

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

11. Logistics Committee

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

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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)

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

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

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

20. Schedule Example

21. KU Village

22. Department Meetings

23. Contact Information:
Peggy L. Hohensee, Ph.D.
Leslie Johnson, M.S.