Bio-Link on-line 2011

* What were our goals?* What have we accomplished?

* Where are we going?

Goals•show who we are•facilitate sharing•recruit students •help students find opportunities•present a professional image to industry•preserve best features of the existing

site

Articulate the value of community college technical programs to the community

Events Resources

Careers

Curriculum

Data

News

Publications

Change the paradigm

Reversing the flow

Bio-Link is a community

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Empower Bio-Link programs

* What were our goals?* What have we accomplished?

* Where are we going?

Program page add pages blog events photos, galleries certificates, degrees, career descriptions

Bio-Link Program

Strength in numbers

Strength in numbers

Strength in numbers

Strength in numbers

Strength in numbers

Expanding social media activities

•professional networking

•job postings

•text•notes•announcements

•quick messages

•list serve•email•archived on-line

•announcements

•email•on Facebook

329 members

123 followers

381 members

170 members

Expanding social media activities•Two YouTube channels •Slideshare

•Webinar

* What were our goals?* What have we accomplished?

* Where are we going?

The road ahead√ phase 1 - build infrastructure to support the site√ phase II - work out the bugs with small group of beta testers

phase III & IV - add more programs- improve navigation - more images, buttons- outreach - documentation, videos, how-to guides- add section for high school & 4 yr colleges- new features - job search buttons?- more career resources- more content

You are the Bio-Link

community