Schedule for CPD23 2012

Here are the Things that we will be exploring during the 23 Things for Professional Development course this summer.  There is real a mixture of stuff: some web 2.0 and/or social media gadgets and gizmos, and some  ways of developing your career by more 'traditional', less technology-focussed, means.  Throughout the programme will be emphasising how these Things can help your professional development, although you're likely to find lots of tools useful in other ways, too! We are taking the Things at a slightly slower pace this time around, although the original posts from last year will remain in place if you prefer to go at your own pace.

The Plan

Week 1 (7th May) - Blogging

• Thing 1: Create your own blog, write about what you hope to get out of the programme. (If you already have a blog, then you're welcome to use that.)
• Thing 2: Explore other blogs and get to know some of the other cpd23-ers.

Week 2 (14th May) - Online presence

• Thing 3: Consider your personal brand

Week 3 (21st May) - Current awareness

• Thing 4: RSS feeds, Twitter, Storify

Week 4 (28th May) - Reflection week
A bit of a breather to think about what we've covered so far.

• Thing 5: Reflective practice

Week 5 (4th June) - Online Networks

• Thing 6: Online networks (LinkedIn, Facebook, LISNPN, LATNetwork, CILIP Communities)

Week 6 (11th June) - Real Life Networks

• Thing 7: National/Regional groups, Special interest groups and looking outside the library sphere

Week 7 (18th June) - Organising yourself

• Thing 8: Google Calendar
• Thing 9: Evernote

Week 8 (25th June) - Catch up week

• Guest post: CPD in your later career
  
  

Week 9 (2nd July) - Librarianship training options

• Thing 10: Graduate traineeships, Masters degrees, Chartership, Accreditation

Week 10 (9th July) - Librarianship training options continued

• Thing 11: Mentoring

Week 11 (16th July)-  Reflections

• Thing 12: Putting the social into social media 

Week 12 (23rd July) - Filesharing/Collaboration

• Thing 13: Google Docs, Wikis & Dropbox

Week 13 (30th July) - Organising your references

• Thing 14: Zotero / Mendeley / citeulike

Week 14 - (6th August) - Getting involved

• Thing 15: Attending, presenting at and organising seminars, conferences and other events

Week 15 (13th August) - Getting involved continued

• Thing 16: Advocacy, speaking up for the profession and getting published

Week 16 (20th August) - Presenting information

• Thing 17: Prezi / data visualisation / slideshare

Week 17 (27th August) - Presenting information continued

• Thing 18: Jing / screen capture / podcasts (making and following them)

Week 18 - (3rd September) - Reflection

• Thing 19: Some time to think about how you might integrate the Things so far into your workflow and routines.

Week 19 (10th September) - Catch up week

Week 20 (17th September) - Careers 

• Thing 20: Library Day in the Life and Library Routes/Roots 

Week 21 (24th September) - Promoting yourself in job applications and at interview 

• Thing 21: How to identify your strengths, how to capitalise on your interests, how to write something eyecatching that meets job specs. 

Week 22 (1st October) - Volunteering

• Thing 22: Volunteering to gain experience

Week 23 (8th October) - Final reflection 

• Thing 23: What have you learnt and where do you want to go from here?