Training

Since inception, BPOC has completed more than 500 person-days of training for staff of member organizations. We have held workshops for member institutions on topics such as Drupal coding, social media, collections management systems, mobile devices, and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) web accessibility.

We have also started a Wounded Warrior Technology Internship Program with funding from the Gary and Mary West Foundation. Through six months of on-the-job training with BPOC's technical staff, young individuals from the nearby Warrior Transition Units at Naval Medical Center San Diego learn valuable technology skills that will help them to attain employment in the civilian sector. If you're a current or former service member interested in this program, please contact Tracie Umbreit for additional details.

BPOC's Previous Trainings

2011

March: "Who's Using Your Website & How?" (Seb Chan)

March: "Open Museums: Creating a Digital Commons" (Seb Chan, Jed Sundwall, Rich Cherry)

February: "Writing for Online Interpretation" (Kris Wetterland, co-founder of Sandbox Studios)

2010

November: "Bringing Wikipedia In-House: The British Museum Wikipedian in Residence Project" (Liam Wyatt, Wikipedian-in-Residence at The British Museum)

March: "Why can't I hear your website? Planning, Building, and Maintaining Accessible Websites" (Justin Obara, Colin Clark, and Jess Mitchell from the Fluid Engage Project)

February: "Going Mobile: Planning for Audience, Content, and Technology in the Museum" (Nancy Proctor, Head of New Media, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Titus Bicknell) 

The videos of this two-day seminar are now posted online:

• Nancy Proctor - 1 from Hall of Champions on Vimeo.
• Nancy Proctor - 2nd Session from Hall of Champions on Vimeo.
• Nancy Proctor - PM from Hall of Champions on Vimeo.
• Titus Bicknell - Going Mobile from Hall of Champions on Vimeo.

These sessions were for museum professionals who wanted to explore the value of mobile devices and portable computing for their institutions, patrons and learners with renowned leaders in the new media field. Attendees learned how to evaluate technology platforms and options, create interpretive content and deploy systems for supporting them.

2009

September: "Social Media" (Peter Samis, Shelley Bernstein, Susan Chun, Sebastian Chan)

August: "Drupal Basics and Theming for Drupal" (Palantir)

July: "Interactive Game Development" (Nina Simon of Museum 2.0)