Tomorrow after another Coffee with Cole I am meeting to discuss the rollout of the UChicago Voices space. I am not calling it a service quite yet, because I want us to think about it a little differently. Could we challenge ourselves to rethink how we support it? Perhaps we look at it like just another social space on the Internet and see how people use it and where they might fall down?
I’ve launched these things before, both at Penn State and Stony Brook. Support is a necessary piece of the puzzle, but in my experience it tends to be the kind of support that an FAQ, a google search, and some Lynda.com videos can handle. The heavy lifting is in how we promote, encourage, and model its usage.
It is in that last notion, modeling, that I want to invite you in.
We aren’t yet ready to open the gates to just anyone yet, but I would be interested in having some local colleagues to write and publish with here on the UChicago Voices platform. If you’d like a space to explore and use, please let me know. I’d love to have someone to follow, link to, and comment on. If you are a member of the UChicago community and you want a space just leave a comment and I’ll figure out how to get you in.
I’d be interested in trying this out — specifically writing about civic engagement programs/topics like the neighborhood schools program and the community programs accelerator
Awesome. I will get you set up with a space.
Awesome – looking forward to it!
Two more questions, what do you want your URL to be? voices.uchicago.edu/whateveryouwant and would you be willing to write an occasional post at the main Voices site about how you are using the platform?
1> since this is an individualized (rather than departmentalized) platform – can I get /shazrasul please?
2> Yes, definitely!