This training is primarily designed for student affairs or student success professionals who:

• Are focused on improving online community building for a co-curricular activity, program, or initiative for the spring semester
• Would like to learn how to build community online, especially for students, within that activity or program

Student leaders who are tasked with creating and/or moderating digital communities are also encouraged to attend.

1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Opening & Introductions

1:00 – 1:10 p.m.

Building Digital Spaces

1:10 – 2:00 p.m.
Learn the building blocks of crafting engaging and meaningful digital communities in co-curricular spaces. You will gain practical knowledge that will help you choose the right digital platform for your students. Selecting the right platform for your community is just one key component for purposeful digital engagement. Our expert speaker will ground your learning in her Digital Community Building Framework that will help you create online communities that are:

• Intentional
• Interactive
• Inclusive
• Impactful

Q&A and Break

2:00 – 2:10 p.m.

Brainstorming

2:10 – 2:20 p.m.
This section allows you to create an outline of what your digital community will look like by applying what you have learned in the previous session.

Group Sharing

2:20 – 2:45 p.m.
As a group, you will share community designs and help each other improve your thinking through interactive collaboration. This will allow you to adjust your digital community plan in a peer-to-peer setting.

Action Planning

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
As we wrap up, you will create an implementation plan for your refined digital community design. You will answer key questions such as:

• What will it take to make this community come to life?
• What resources will you need?
• What can you start today that will get the ball rolling?