anatomy of a virtual self-study group
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Anatomy of a Virtual Self-Study Group
The 99% Solution
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Overview
Defining the Problem● Talent shortage / skills gap
Offering a Solution● The virtual self-study group
What Skills to Focus On● The Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston
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Talent shortage / skills gap
Defining the Problem
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Talent Shortage
Top Three Hardest Jobs to Fill● Skilled Trades● Engineers● IT Staff
Source: ManpowerGroup's 2012 Talent Shortage Survey
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The Skills Gap
● The majority of U.S. workers (55 percent) report they are under pressure to develop additional skills to be successful in their current and future jobs.
Source: Accenture Skills Gap Study, November, 2011
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The Support Gap
● Only 21 percent of U.S. workers say they have acquired new skills through company-provided formal training during the past five years.
Source: Accenture Skills Gap Study, November, 2011
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The virtual self-study group
Offering a Solution
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"Innovation requires an eye."
Tom KelleyFounderIDEO
Innovation
Innovation Opportunity
Maximizing "Downtime"
There are more than 700 hours in a month.
Today's "Meetup" less than 7 hours.
How can we maximize non-Meetup time?
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The 99% Solution
Let's meet virtually!
No scheduled Meetup time.
Meet in your own place.Proceed at your own pace.
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How a Virtual Meetup Works
Decide on a topic (technology).Purchase the same textbook.Make a commitment to ...● read one chapter per week● complete the exercises● post a link to the completed work
Boston PHP Message Board
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Virtual Self-Study Groups
Started January 1, 2011
PHP Percolate!
Season 1 -- January thru April, 2011Season 2 -- May thru August, 2011Season 3 -- September thru December, 2011Season 4 -- September thru December, 2012
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Virtual Self-Study Groups
jQuery jAM
Season 1 -- September thru December, 2011Season 1.5 -- April thru June, 2012Season 2 -- November thru April, 2013
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Virtual Self-Study Groups
HTML5 Brunch
Season 1 -- January thru April, 2012Season 2 -- November thru January, 2013
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Alumni
PHP Percolate! -- 23jQuery jAM -- 28HTML5 Brunch -- 37
Self-Study Group | Wall of Accomplishment
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Road Map -- Training
PHP Percolate! Season 5January thru April, 2013
jQuery jAM, Season 3September, 2013 thru December, 2013
HTML5 Brunch, Season 3February, 2013 thru May, 2013
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Road Map -- Services
PHP Percolate! Website2013
jQuery jAM Website (beta)November, 2013
HTML5 Brunch Website2013
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The Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston
What Skills to Focus On
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Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston
#20 Ruby | 684 jobs#19 SharePoint | 685 jobs#18 PHP | 780 jobs#17 Ajax | 686 jobs#16 MySQL | 879 jobs
Source: Indeed.com
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Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston
#15 SaaS | 888 jobs#14 jQuery | 968 jobs#13 UI | 992 jobs#12 social media | 1066 jobs#11 Perl | 1068 jobs
Source: Indeed.com
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Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston
#10 HTML + CSS | 1179 jobs#9 Python | 1258 jobs#8 Web Services | 1291 jobs#7 C# | 1424 jobs#6 XML | 1493 jobs
Source: Indeed.com
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The NOT Top 20
#22 Photoshop #33 Illustrator #27 HTML5 #38 Ruby on Rails#29 iOS #41 iPhone#30 Android #50 Drupal#32 Flash #55 WordPress
Source: Indeed.com
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Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston
#5 SQL Server | 1518 jobs#4 JavaScript | 2157 jobs#3 Oracle | 2842 jobs#2 Java | 3505 jobs#1 SQL | 4300 jobs
Source: Indeed.com
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Opportunities
Participate in a group?Lead a Season?Build a Website?
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Conclusion
Let's narrow the skills gapone chapter at a time!
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