@@=====**Staff and Intern Resources for Professional Development**=====@@

Professional development can mean a variety of things, but at its core, it means learning skills, habits, work practices, etc. to succeed in the present and the future. Your professional development can take a variety of paths. Below you will find a plethora of resources for developing some skills and for getting to know our field better:

**Reading**

[[http://hackshackers.com/resources/hackshackers-survival-glossary/ Hacks and Hackers Survival Glossary]]

[[https://github.com/oreillymedia/open_government#readme
free download of 400+ page book on "Open Government"]] - [[http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596804367.do about the book]]

[[https://opengovdata.io/ "Open Government Data: The Book"]]

[[http://datajournalismhandbook.org/1.0/en/ free "Data Journalism Handbook"]]

[[http://kcnn.org/reports/journalism-2-0/ free Journalism 2.0 Book]]

[[http://beyondtransparency.org/ free ebook "Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of Civic Innovation"]]

[[http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/ Journalist Toolbox]]

http://www.amazon.com/Newsgames-Journalism-at-Play-ebook/dp/B004HD49P8

**Courses**

[[http://training.sunlightfoundation.com/ Sunlight Academy]]

free online courses centered around Data Journalism: [[http://open.journalismcourses.org/ Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas]], [[http://www.newsu.org/courses Poynter News University]], [[http://forjournalism.com/ For Journalism]], [[http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/ Berkeley School of Journalism]]

Free online courses in a variety of topics: [[https://www.coursera.org/ Coursera]], [[https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree Udacity]]

Online graduate programs: [[http://www.gradschools.com/search-programs/online-programs directory]], [[http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education rankings]]

Learn to code: [[http://www.w3schools.com/ W3 Schools]], [[http://www.codecademy.com/learn Codecademy]], [[http://www.lynda.com/ Lynda]]


**Conferences**

events list: http://www.intellitics.com/blog/category/events/

May: [[http://transparencycamp.org/ Transparency Camp]]
June: [[http://personaldemocracy.com/conferences Personal Democracy Forum]], [[http://alaac15.ala.org/preliminary-program?interest_tid=110&libtype_tid=All&meettype_tid=All&sponsor=&transforming= ALA]], [[https://civic.mit.edu/conference2014 MIT Civic Media]]
September/October: [[http://ncoc.net/events National Conference on Citizenship]], [[https://www.wolframdatasummit.org Wolfram Data Summit]]

[[http://www.codeforamerica.org/summit/ code for america summit]]

[[http://www.ire.org/conferences/nicar2016/ NICAR]]

**[[Resources Other Organizations]]**


**Moving on after Project Vote Smart:**

[[GettingtheJob Tips on "Getting the Job"]]


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