Learning Webinars & Community Meetups
Here you can find all the upcoming learning webinars and upcoming meetups for Regional Bluenotes Chapters and Community Interest Groups, as well as all past learning webinars.
Learning webinars for Bluenotes community members are one example of how you can globally connect and share experiences with improvement in mind. Created and presented by experts from Blue® powered institutions and experts from Explorance, these sessions will give you an opportunity to learn best practices from real Blue users.
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The Blue community is all about learning from one another. Join the long list of Blue institutions that have shared their best practices with their fellow Bluenotes community members. Let us know below if you are interested in presenting the next session.
If you want to explore sharing via a webinar, please contact us at bncommunity@explorance.com.
Bluenotes West Coast CoP Meetup: May 19
Tuesday, May 19th 2026, 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Eastern Timezone
16 days remaining
Community members are meeting for the Bluenotes West Coast Community of Practice on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 @ 11am PST to connect, share experiences, and continue discussions from the January CoP meetup including what changes institutions are making to stay compliant with the new accessibility mandate (ADA Title II). Please specify any topics you would like to discuss together as a community as you register, or feel free to continue the conversation on the community discussion forum.
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Time: 11am PST
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chairs: Juliet Wilhelm, University of California Santa Cruz, and Kayla Hardin, California State University-San Marcos
Building Sustainable Blue Projects Through Smart Naming Conventions, Tags, and In Project Documentation
Wednesday, May 20th 2026, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Eastern Timezone16 days remaining
Clear documentation and naming conventions are more than an organizational preference; they’re a critical safeguard for the long term sustainability of your feedback processes.
In this learning webinar, we’ll explore how thoughtful naming practices, combined with strategic use of categories, tags, documentation, and built in Blue fields, can dramatically reduce confusion, support cross team collaboration, and prevent institutional knowledge loss.
If you have any specific questions that you would like us to consider while preparing for this webinar, please feel free to let us know on your registration form or via the community’s webinar discussion forum post.
This learning webinar is scheduled to be delivered three times for our community members in different time zones worldwide. Register in a time zone that best fits your schedule.
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
- May 19, 9pm ET / May 20, 1pm AEDT, mainly for customers in the APAC regions
- May 20, 8am ET / 3pm SAST, mainly for customers in the Europe/Africa/Middle East regions
- May 20, 2pm ET, mainly for customers in the Americas regions
Presenter: David Norenberg, Explorance Training Academy
Bluenotes U15 CoP Meetup: May 27
Wednesday, May 27th 2026, 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Eastern Timezone24 days remaining
Members in the Bluenotes U15 Community of Practice (community members that are a part of the U15 Consortium - a group of Canadian Research Universities) are meeting on Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 2:30pm ET to connect and share experiences. Please specify the topics you want to discuss together as a community as you register or on the community discussion forum community discussion forum.
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Time: 2:30pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Chair: David Greaves, University of Saskatchewan
CoP Meetups at Explorance World 2026
Tuesday, June 16th 2026, 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Eastern Timezone43 days remaining
Planning to join the Community of Practice meetups at Explorance World 2026?
Let your CoP Co-Chairs know here and submit any topics you would like to discuss together as a community during the meetups.
Tuesday, June 16 | 9:00 - 10:30 AM
- MLY CoP Meetup
- CoP Chair: John Jordi, University of Florida
Tuesday, June 16 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
- Response Rates & Engagement CoP Meetup
- CoP Chair: Bridget Madden, Massachusetts Bay Community College
Tuesday, June 16 | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
- Blue Experts Private Lunch
- CoP Chair: Daniel Glover, University of Minnesota
Tuesday, June 16 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
- Reporting & Analytics CoP Meetup
- CoP Chair: John Jordi, University of Florida
Tuesday, June 16 | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Medical & Health Sciences CoP Meetup
- CoP Co-Chairs: Christina Pomykal, The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Lawrence Williams, Oregon Health & Sciences University
Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes CoP Meetup: July 15
Wednesday, July 15th 2026, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Eastern Timezone73 days remaining
Members in the Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes Community of Practice are meeting on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 @ 2pm ET to connect together and continue discussions on topics relevant to the Mid and South Atlantic region. Please specify any other topics you would like to discuss together as a community as you register, or feel free to continue the conversation on the Bluenotes Atlantic Hurricanes CoP Discussion Forum.
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Time: 2pm Eastern Time
Facilitated by CoP Co-Chairs: Heather Thompson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Adam Flanders, University of Maryland Global Campus