Attached are the slides and the webinar recording of Advanced Resume Writing. The examples are specific to the CYC staff but you are welcome to make use of the slides for yourself or your staff.

This module covers resume content, presentation, and style plus how to use a resume and the importance of your online presence.

This module was created and delivered with the intention of helping CYC staff prepare for their next great adventure when they leave CYC.

As with all CYC training materials, both the slides and the webinar recording has a Creative Commons license. We encourage others to use our materials in non-commercial settings. You are welcome to edit them. Please keep give us credit for the materials and maintain the Creative Commons license.

2012 is CYC’s second and final year. Some of the staff will remain and some are looking for the next position. CYC is dedicated to helping all staff find their next new challenge!

Content for this webinar was adapted from “Job Networking Tips: How To Find A Job By Building Relationships” created by HelpGuide.org.

The PowerPoint slides are below. As with all CYC curriculum modules, all are welcome to revise and use the slides for non-commercial purposes.

In an effort to help facilitate parent engagement, CYC is teaching parents how to find the information they need from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s website. The attached slides reinforce the digital literacy skills CYC teaches regarding how to successfully search and find information on a website.

As with all CYC curriculum, we welcome others to use our modules and revise as needed, keeping the slides at the end regarding CYC creation of the module and the Creative Commons license.

The second webinar in the series is LinkedIn For the Job Seeker. In this webinar we cover LinkedIn profile content, connections and job seeking strategies. The examples used and the webinar content are specific to CYC staff but anyone is welcome to the webinar recording or to adjust the slides to their own needs. The slides are available for download at the bottom of this post.

The website includes online reference and research tools such as:

• encyclopedias
• dictionaries
• magazine articles
• biographies

The CYC module attached here guides new users through the website and helps them explore the benefits for themselves and their children.

• Participate in a high-visibility national Broadband Technology Opportunities
  Program (BTOP) focused on Sustainable Broadband Adoption. This $25mil
  program is one of the largest public investments of its kind.
• Promote their equipment and services offerings to the Connect Your Community Local Community Agencies and their sub-recipient partners.
• The opportunity to sell up to 6,000 – 8,000 refurbished desktop or laptop computers over the course of the next 12 months.

The full RFI is the attached document below.

Attached below is the beginning document our instructors use to customize the list to their particular population and location. We welcome you to do the same.

Some of the instructors provide the list as a printed handout. Some of them email the list. Others have set up websites.

CBAIS had 220 participants representing 23 states (plus the District of Columbia and Taiwan!). Based on the conference evaluations and the wiki, the hottest topics were:

• Sustainability
  • Session Notes – Sustainability through Community Engagement
  • Blog Post – Sustainability Through Community Engagement
• Evaluation
  • Session Notes – Program Evaluation Strategies Panel
  • Session Notes – Data Gathering Tools & Process for Evaluation
  • Session Notes – SBA & PCC Training Programs Evaluation Designs
  • Blog Post – BTOP: User v Subscriber v Adopter
  • Blog Post – Evaluation: What and how are you measuring your impact?
• Sharing Resources (during and post conference)
  • Session Notes – Sharing Training Materials (*Lots of useful links on this page!)
  • Wiki Page – Next Steps
  • Blog Post – Digital Inclusion Resource Sharing

We’re cleaning up the wiki to help make content easier to locate. The wiki will remain live andand we will continue to approve new users.

We are very grateful for all the support we received in putting together the conference and the overwhelming level of comaraderie we observed among the conference participants.