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Issue

Wikipedia is a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit". It has at least 684 million visitors per year, 75,000 authors and almost 2.5 million article in English. (More at About Wikipedia.) A Google search for "Wikipedia" produces 296 million results.

I assert ...

1. that the Wikipedia (WP) articles on "career development" and "career" are insufficient (WP considers the CD article a "stub article") and that either one or both should be a Wikipedia:Portal similar to the Education Portal,


2. that there may be other career-related WP articles (216k = "career") that are insufficient,


3. and that there may be many career-related articles that need to be written for WP.

I do not have sufficient knowledge of CD or of the Wikipedia policies and guidelines to work on these articles, but I am interested in organizing those who are or might be via a Wikipedia:WikiProject.

Actions I have taken so far (as of 7/15/08)

1. A year ago, I told Darrell that I had a project idea for the Leadership Academy. I felt the Wikipedia article for “career development” was quite anemic and needed significant development. He said he would present it to them. I did not follow up and I have not heard of any responses. 


2. At this year's conference
   
   
   1. I talked to Debbie Osborn about this and she liked the idea (for herself). I don't know what she plans to do about it.
   
   
   2. I asked Melanie what she thought. She recommended a CC article.
   
   
   3. I asked Rich Fellar. He suggested a draft proposal to the Board (but I'm not sure what to propose.
   
   
   4. I talked to Ed and he said he would talk to Deneen.
   
   

Proposal

I propose that ...

1. based upon Melanie's suggestion, that I write a Career Convergence article about this topic (it will describe the situation and encourage readers to express their interest by going to my Wikipedia account and adding links to their accounts where they list those articles that they will co-author. age joining this CD Forum topic to support each other in learning about the Wikipedia culture and the policies and guidelines for creating Wikipedia articles),


2. and periodically ask Melanie to run an e-blast that links to this article to attract future Wikipedia CD authors

Below are some ideas for the CC article (Title, Abstract, body)

CC article title: “Wanted: CD authors to write and manage Wikipedia articles about career/career development topics.

Abstract: Imagine that you just wrote an article about “career development” (CD) for a notable encyclopedia publisher. Think about your content; particularly references to other relevant CD articles in the encyclopedia. Now, compare your article with the current one in Wikipedia. I think you will agree with me that the Wikipedia article needs a lot of attention.  If you have ever thought of writing an article for Wikipedia, and you are willing to spend the time and energy needed to maintain and develop this and perhaps other related articles, we  hope you will read this article and join other Wikipedia CD authors.

What is Wikipedia and Caveat emptor?

Wikipedia is a "free encyclopedia that anyone can edit"¹. Wikipedia cautions² readers against relying on its articles as a primary resource. Notable strengths and weaknesses are cited in this article "Researching with Wikipedia". Notwithstanding the criticism, Wikipedia has at least 684 million visitors per year, 75,000 authors and almost 2.5 million articles in Englilsh.

A Google search for "Wikipedia" produces 296 million results. Any student with access to a computer has read at least one Wikipedia article, and if it was the article on "career development", they were probbaly very disappointed.

If no one signs up, NCDA should consider an award or reward.

The purpose of this article

If you do an Internet seach for "career development", the first result you will see is the Wikipedia article. Take a moment to review it and ask yourself if this is the best we - the national association of career development professionals - can offer to the world. The article was created in 2003 and has remained essentially unchanged even after 300 edit attempts by 20+ authors as chronicled in this "history" page for the article.

These "edit attempts" exemplify the problem that I want to address. Wikipedia has high standards. And since anyone can edit an article, management can become a time consuming annoyance.

I would even go so far as to declare that the Wikipedia "career development" should be a Wikipedia Portal which will require even more work and attention by the authors.. . . errwhat you would want your you think this is the best that of more and more people. It's embarassing to me to see this very meager article languishing there almost unchanged since it was started May 18, 2003. There is so much that we - the career industry - can add to it. And there are hundreds of related article that could also be written and spun off of this main page.
We need someone to volunteer to learn the Wikipedia submission and editing rules, to maintain that article and related articles, and act as a funnel so that people like you and I can feed them with additonal content.

Good article - http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/wiki

If you agree that career professionals need to (co-)author career related Wikipedia articles ...

It is possible that some of the authors of the "career deveopment" article are career professionals, but I have my doubts. This version of the article has a warning that it is cosnidered a "stub article" which means that Wikipedia authorities feel that it needs considerable more work. (See the evolution of an article.)

If you have an interest in becoming a Wikipedia author ...

and learning WP policies and guidelines, the a WP article on conrtributing to WP, and understanding the evolution of an article.

If you have the time and the patience to manage Wikipedia articles ...

Then join a cadre of other Wikipedia CD authors ...

The current cd article is what W calls a stub which means … It only mentions OD and does not provide linkages to other key articles about cd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About#Contributing_to_Wikipedia

What if I need help?

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Wikipedia culture, policy, ecology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines

Vandalism and Vigilance

e-blast:  If you like to write about career development topics and you like the concept of Wikipedia, please read this CC article and consider  joining and you would like to write, ConIf you thiknl

Where can we congregate to share?
CD Forums
LWPS community blog
Yahoo Group
A different blogging platform

Here is I'm looking at the Wikipedia history page for the "Career Development" article and notice an addition made by Janet Lenz [1].

The Wikipedia CD Authors Association (WCDAA)

Information about Wikipedia

1. Wikipedia Introduction page


2. Wikipedia Vandalism article  Types of vandalism


3. What W is not

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About#Contributing_to_Wikipedia

¹More at About Wikipedia. ()

²"Wikipedia can be a great tool for learning and researching information. However, as with all sources, not everything in Wikipedia is accurate, comprehensive, or unbiased." (Downloaded 7/21/08)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researching_with_Wikiped

Summary

Google Alerts are an excellent tool for you and your clients to use to automate repetitive searches that will keep you aware of the latest web-based news and information.

Alerts are easy to create, modify and delete.

Create an Alert for your name and anything else that is a long term interest.

References

Hubbard, P. (2007). Creating, Shaping and Managing your Internet Presence, National Career Development Association Website. Retrieved on May 24, 2008.

Bio

Pete Hubbard is the Founder of LifeWork Planning Services, and CD Forums (formerly NCDA Forums), member of three NCDA committees, Chair of the ACSCI Public Relations committee, and (co-)author of two other Career Convergence articles. Pete received the 2005 NCDA Presidential Recognition Award for his work on NCDA Forums. More info is available at http://lifeworkps.com/hubbard/weblog/3530.html or by emailing Pete at hubbard@waypt.com

1. Your blog: If your blog offers access controls so you can create private posts, your LWPS blog


2. Templates you can use and modify to your needs


3. The six (6) step career/lifework planning/development decision-making process 


4. NCDG


5. Books


6. Websites


7. Networking

1. There was never enough time at the conference to see everything I wanted to see. (This still happens, but much less.)


2. I took almost 2+ hours (total, throughout the conference) to re-read/scan the 60+ page conference program book to find events of interests.


3. I often missed something important to me.

Now that the program book is online, I use the PDF (Adobe) "Search" function ("binoculars" icon) to search the program for key words of interest to me and fill out my Outlook Calendar schedule for the week of the conference with the events that match my interests. Specifically, I ...

1. update my prioritized list of key words/names (for people, events, and topics that interest me) so I stay focused on what is MOST important to me at the conference. I ask myself "If I could attend only one event, would this be the one?"


2. keep this list in one of three (3) open windows on my PC


3. open another PC window with my Outlook Calendar for the conference dates


4. open the third window displaying the PDF version of the conference program book
   
   
   1. do a search for my first item and size the screen so it is split showing the conference page of the left and all the search results on the right, thus giving me a long sentence segment with my key word so I can decide if I want to click on it to see the page containing that sentence and event.
   
   
   2. when I find an event of interest, I COPY the title, location, and page number and PASTE it into the appropriate date/time in my Outlook page.
   
   
   3. I continue to review all the search results for that first key word, COPY/PASTE those I want to attend, then go back to my prioritized list for the next key word until I have filled up my Outlook schedule..
   
   
   4. I print off my Outllok schedule (in Landscape format) and keep it with me during the conference.
   
   

This usually takes me about 20-30 minutes compared to 2+ hours (in totaI) I used to spend during the conference re-reading/scanning the program book - and missing items.

Click here to view the 2008 PDF version of the program book on the NCDA website.

Previous PDF version of the conference program books are listed in this NCDA conference forum on CD-Forums.

If you don't have the latest Adobe PDF Reader (8.1), click here.

We have talked about you or one of your committee members registering for an LWPS account and creating an LWPS community for your NCDA committee. People could see this as some form of a relationship between LWPS and NCDA. Therefore, I want to inform you that we must suspend these conversations until the NCDA board has had an opportunity to evaluate this situation. I will get back to you when I know more.

Purpose of proposal

Rationale for proposal

Expected outcomes (client's - in this case, NCDA)<

Action Plan:

Assessment of your objectives and client outcomes (How will you know if you have achieved your objectives and if client has met expected outcomes?)

Summary of proposal

Your bio

1. Main handout: Side A (Report); Side B (Internet Presence)
   
   
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Notes to myself

All CCC team members,

Barry Chung has graciously given me 15 minutes to make a presentation to the NCDA board at their board meeting on Sunday, July 9th.

I will be accumulating ideas in this post over the next 11 days on how to best use that time. I will begin drafting the agenda below.

I invite your comments as it grows. You should "mark this post as interesting" if you want to participate.

I will spend about 5 minutes on NCDA Forums and 10 on the Career Cybercounseling (CCC) community project.

If you have the time, and you see the value of what we are doing, please create a (short) post that describes the "Value of CCC" to YOU. For the moment, emphasize CCC and career cybercounseling, rather than LWPS or LifeWork Planning Services. LWPS sounds too commercial. Before you save that post, add the tag "Value of CCC" to the keywords box so your post will be listed when readers click on the "Testimonials" link below.

15 minute presentation to the NCDA Board

Internet/web presence of the board and selected NCDA members

NCDA Forums

1. Annual NCDA Forums Report to the NCDA Board
   
   
2. NCDG
   
   

Careeer Cybercounseling (CCC) community project

1. Testimonials (1) of the value of the Careeer Cybercounseling (CCC) community project
   
   
2. Careeer Cybercounseling (CCC) community (2)
   
   
3. Three (3) Chicago presentations, NCDA Publications meeting, Cyber Cafe activity
   
   
   
   
   
   1. PDI # 5 agenda script ... 31 registered attendees - the most for all Chicago PDIs; 26 in the next most popular PDI
      
      
   2. Presentation # 212 ... ___ attendees
      
      
   3. Roundtable 8-8 ... ___ attendees
      
      
   
   
   
4. NCDA Publications meeting concerning possibly converting the proposes monograph "The Value of Virtual Career Development Communities" into an NCDA eBook. (Proposal PDF; Pete's chapter PDF)
   
   
5. Cyber Cafe responses to CCC
   
   
6. The Value of CCC (LWPS) to NCDA (PDF)
   
   

• (1) A list of posts with the tag "Value of CCC"
  
  
• (2) The CCC is linked to from this topic in NCDA Forums which is also linked to from the "CCC Project" hot-link in the header of every NCDA Forums webpage.
  
  

1. Click here to learn how LWPS mailboxes work.
   
   
2. When you get your LWPS account, add a comment here so we know you have joined us.
   
   
   ]]> http://lifeworkps.com/ncda/weblog/555.html http://lifeworkps.com/ncda/weblog/555.html Fri, 21 Apr 2006 15:07:03 GMT Executive Summary: "The Value of LifeWork Planning Services (LWPS) to NCDA"
   
   (Click here to read/print a PDF version of this Executive Summary.)
   
   
   
   

   (One page Executive Summary)

   
   
   

   The Value of LifeWork Planning Services (LWPS)
   
   
   to NCDA and lifework decision makers

   
   
   

   NCDA's relience on the Internet to leverage its delivery of career development (CD) services and resources is obvious and substantial, and will only increase.
   
   

   Internet savvy users also rely more on lifework websites, mailing lists, emails and other Internet based applications to assist them in their lifework decisions. But how many of these applications can claim to offer a combination of ALL of the following services and resources in one package?
   
   

   
   
   
   1. A commitment to the CD industry to support, use and expand NCDA services and resources.
      
      
   2. A commitment to each lifework decision maker to  
      
      
      
      
      
      1. only focus on lifework planning, and
         
         
      2. offer a no-fee service for a basic account
         
         
      
      
      
   3. A commitment to each career cybercounselor and client to offer a secure and private webspace to conduct counseling sessions.
      
      
   4. Weblogging and social networking via keyword tagging
      
      
   5. Private, semi-private and public access restrictions of weblog posts and files
      
      
   6. File repositories to store digital artifacts (documents, pictures, video, audio)
      
      
   7. ePortfolio development
      
      
   8. RSS feeds and aggregation
      
      
   
   
   

   Only LifeWork Planning Services (LWPS) can make this claim!
   
   

   Need for Research and Review

   
   
   

   “Since the use of the Internet is new for the delivery of career planning and counseling services, it is mandatory that the career counseling profession gain experience with this medium and evaluate its effectiveness through targeted research. The capabilities of Internet delivery of services will expand rapidly as the use of sound and video becomes more feasible. … early guidelines will need constant monitoring and revision as research data become available and additional capabilities become cost-feasible.” (Harris-Bowlsbey (2002), p.80)
   
   

   LWPS is an infant - a work in progress.  I invite your scrutiny and your support.
   
   

   Harris-Bowlsbey, J., Riley-Dikel, M.,  Sampson, J.P., Jr.  (2002) The Internet: A Tool For Career Planning,  NCDA.]]>