2011 NACADA Conference Denver, CO October 2-5, 2011 Presentation Handout: http://bit.ly/AcAdvChatHandout

1. #AcAdv Chat: The Online Advisor Learning Network @laurapasquini @peacox @howardsj @bradpopiolek

2. Advisors Are Connected

3. Personal Learning Networks How We Stay Connected

4. The Social Web Image c/o Luke Mahan http://www.flickr.com/photos/kremovich/4471473109/

5. Learning in the Social Web

6. Before #nacada10: #AcAdv Twitter conversation started to grow During #nacada10: Tweet-Up + Backchannel + Advisors = GOOD How did #AcAdv Chat Start?

7. After #nacada10: How did #AcAdv Chat Start? {We heart the #sachat !!}

8. How Did #AcAdv Chat Start? Image c/o The Out Sourcing Company http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/idea.jpg

9. The #AcAdv Chat Team

10. Twitter http://twitter.com/ A Key Tool for Our PLN

11. PD & Training on Demand

12. Twitter Chat What’s a Twitter Chat? Image c/o JarbasAgnellihttp://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/10/article-1212468-065E3A10000005DC-249_634x320_popup.jpg Opportunity to share expertise & learn from a community

14. A threaded dialogue

15. A specific date & time

16. Contains a topic and/or theme

17. Grown out of discussion boards

18. Interest groups, associations, organizations & more

19. Question & Response posting

20. Connects to an identity or trend

21. The chat is connected via a hashtagWhat’s a Twitter Chat?

22. What Is A Hashtag?

23. http://bitly.com/TwitterChatSchedule There Are MANY Twitter Chats

24. #AcAdv Chat http://acadvchat.posterous.com What’s #AcAdv Chat? Twitter bird logo icon illustration c/o Matt Hamm http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthamm/3383916444/

26. New topics for discussion each week

27. MOD (moderator) asks 4-6 questions

28. ONE 60 minute chat per week

29. Participants respond with Q# in their status update

30. e.g. Q1: [Answer to question 1]

31. Answers: ideas, resources & sharingAre you following the conversation? http://twitter.com/#!/acadvchat What’s #AcAdv Chat?

32. Low Impact: Read chat transcripts Medium Impact: Set up a Twitter account Search for #AcAdv hashtag Post advising-related content as you wish “Lurk” during a chat, Tuesdays from 12-1 pm CST High Impact: Set up a Twitter account Search for #AcAdv hashtag Chime in with your thoughts/opinions/experiences during a chat, Tuesdays from 12-1 pm CST How can I get involved?

33. Why Engage in Alternative Professional Development? #AltProDev PD on daily basis Shrinking budgets Routine: stay up-to-date on relevant issues Build your own PLN = support Don’t operate in a vacuum Stay fresh Share resources Connect to new ideas

34. #AcAdv Chat Tools of the Trade

35. http://twtpoll.com/ TwtPoll

36. Twitter & TweetChat http://tweetchat.com/

37. http://posterous.com/ Posterous Blog

38. Facebook

39. Delicious http://www.delicious.com/

40. Google Docs {Google+, Gmail, G-Chat and Skype…. OH my!} https://docs.google.com/

41. The #AcAdv Chat Archive

42. Archiving Tools

43. {Embrace Code}

44. How’s #AcAdv Chat Going? Image courtesy Colin_K: http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinkinner/2200500024/sizes/o/in/photostream/

45. Tell Us How You Really Feel

46. Twitter: Stats 38 chats to date average participant range: 15-20 average number of tweets: 175-200 Blog: 2600+ page views on acadvchat.posterous.com roughly 50% of views are for chat transcripts Facebook: over 700 post views, 50+ active monthly users numbers on the rise

47. We LOVE Feedback

48. HOW TO: Not Be A Fail Whale with #AcAdv Chat How can I get involved?

49. Low Impact: Read chat transcripts Medium Impact: Set up a Twitter account Search for #AcAdv hashtag Post advising-related content as you wish “Lurk” during a chat, Tuesdays from 12-1 pm CST High Impact: Set up a Twitter account Search for #AcAdv hashtag Chime in with your thoughts/opinions/experiences during a chat, Tuesdays from 12-1 pm CST How can I get involved?

50. Other places to chat NACADA webinars Google+ LinkedIn Group Discussion #AcAdv and #sachat blogs Staying ACTIVE on Twitter More #AcAdv Conversation Image c/o CRUSTINA! http://www.flickr.com/photos/crustina/3196036316/

52. New moderators

53. Guest MODs: individual, groups

55. Presentation Handout http://bit.ly/AcAdvChatHandout