I’d like to talk about grant proposals. I’m in the process of crafting my frist DH proposal and I’d love to hear from people (A) in the same situation and (B) who have written successful proposals. What are the things we need to think about to get literary DH projects funded?

I am open to any number of sessions, from design and why it is important for digital humanities to maps to “social” media in the humanities.

However, I do have a very particular session I would thoroughly like to participate in that revolves around teaching digital humanities:

1. What we teach.
2. How we teach what we teach.
3. Why we teach what we teach.

I am particularly interested in finding out what other DH’ers would consider necessary skills—conceptual as well as technological—that students should learn or at least become aware of in a DH class.  What are, or should be, the core goal(s) for a DH class? How can we best reach that goal(s)?

On a final note, I would also concur with Jana Remy’s session recommendation on “Using WordPress’ CMS features for building an online CV/portfolio.”

There are numerous topics that I’m interested in discussing at THATCampSoCal.  Here are a few:

• Rapid digital tool-building experiments.  I can share insights from my work on CHNM’s One Week | One Tool team.

• Using WordPress’ CMS features for building an online CV/portfolio.  Recently I used WP3.0 as a platform for Chapman University’s Faculty Promotion & Tenure ePortfolios, and can share my work on that project as well as suggest possibilities for future plugin/widget development that would streamline this process.

• Strategies for building local DH communities, via sites like DHSoCal, and also through creating & hosting a California-based DH summer institute that’s loosely-modeled on the work done by University of Victoria’s DHSI.

• The impact of social media on the terrain of humanities scholarship.  I can contribute my experience based on promoting and podcasting Yale’s “Past’s Digital Presence” conference.