OhioERC Free November Webinar

The OhioERC is proud to offer a free webinar presentation Shifting to a Remote Workplace: Records Management Best Practices and Lessons Learned While Working from Home on Friday, November 4th. Records management and educating your offices about record retention requirements is more important than ever when considering the management of organizational records in a remote work setting. Learn about records management program implications and lessons learned while working from home for some ideas to carry forward to better support a remote work environment for public agencies. Topics include perspectives from several public work environments and includes discussion on the management of records on online conferencing platforms that need to be managed.

There will be a morning and afternoon session; both having the same content. To register, please use the following links:

10:00-11:30 AM EST: https://ohiohistory.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7DCKRvz6RMut-nMv-dP4Fw

1:30-3:00 PM EST: https://ohiohistory.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zfy3TrBJSo6-d8fiWdDZDg

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at [email protected].

Free Online Social Media Training Still Available!

If you are looking for training that can be completed remotely, the OhioERC still has spots available for its free online training module Social Media: The Records Management Challenge.  This training delves into topics such as:    

  • Government use of social media – through both public and personal accounts
  • Capture, management and disposition factors of records created on social media
  • Citizen interaction with government through social media

This training is geared toward governments that have social media accounts as well as elected officials and public employees who may find themselves balancing a personal social media presence with their public roles.  This is a great resource to have Human Resources bookmark and make available to newly hired staff or newly elected officials.  It is especially important for department heads and those in elected offices to be aware of the issues brought up in the training.

The training registration can be found at http://go.osu.edu/ohioerc-socialmedia. After registering, you will be taken to BuckeyeLearn to access the training.  The training will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes.  Upon completion of the training, you will be able to print a certificate of completion from BuckeyeLearn. 

Grant funding from the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB), through the National Historical Publication and Records Commission (NHPRC), has provided for up to 2000 unique registrations.  Since the number is limited, act fast to take this online training! Please share this exciting opportunity with others that you feel would benefit from the training.

New Social Media Training Now Available!

The Ohio Electronic Records Committee (OhioERC) is proud to announce the release of its first interactive, online training module!  The module, Social Media: The Records Management Challenge, delves into topics such as:

  • Government use of social media – through both public and personal accounts
  • Capture, management and disposition factors of records created on social media
  • Citizen interaction with government through social media

This free training is geared toward governments that have social media accounts as well as elected officials and public employees who may find themselves balancing a personal social media presence with their public roles.

The training registration can be found at http://go.osu.edu/ohioerc-socialmedia. After registering, you will be taken to BuckeyeLearn to access the training.  The training will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes.  Upon completion of the training, you will be able to print a certificate of completion from BuckeyeLearn.

Grant funding from the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board (OHRAB), through the National Historical Publication and Records Commission (NHPRC), has provided for up to 2000 unique registrations.  Since the number is limited, act fast to take this online training!

Please share this exciting opportunity with others that you feel would benefit from the training.