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Re: Welcome to the EDUser Group! Introduce yourself here

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MaddieJ
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hey there, and welcome to the official Airtable EDUser Group!

Whether you're a seasoned Airtable user or just getting started, this group is your go-to hub for all things Airtable as it relates to the world of education. We welcome you to use this space to explore, connect, and collaborate with other Airtable users in K-12, higher education, L&D or customer-facing EDU roles.

Be sure to join this group hub, and subscribe to the group so you're notified of upcoming events and fun discussions. 🎉

To kick things off, lets introduce ourselves! Here's a template to get started:

Name:
Company/Role:
Location:
How has Airtable helped you unlock wins for your work in the EDU world?

 

We can't wait to see the connections that are made through this group! 

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sarahschoon
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Hi everyone! Glad to see so many folks in education taking advantage of Airtable.

Name: Sarah Schoonhoven
Company/Role: University of Texas at Austin, Center for Teaching and Learning; Assistant Director for Strategic Events and Programs
Location: Austin, TX (USA)
How has Airtable helped you unlock wins for your work in the EDU world?

I was introduced to Airtable by a colleague to help me manage an annual faculty peer observation event with lots of moving parts--before then I was using tons of spreadsheets and manually copying and pasting updates from one to another on a daily basis, and it pretty much consumed all of my time. Once I realized how much Airtable could make my planning process I started using it for other events, and then project management, until I got to my "big one:" a complete database and directory for the large faculty fellowship program I coordinate that includes and connects everything from the moment they apply through when they transition to program alumni, including a decade of records from dozens of spreadsheets and miscellaneous documents that had been haphazardly stored and were nearly impossible to track. Now I can look up any fellow and see not only their progress in the program, but every committee they've been on, every incoming fellow they mentored, and every "impact" (article, presentation, resource) they've submitted for our web directory, all in one place. I have so much data about the history of the program/applicants/acceptance over time that I could never utilize before because it was all over the place, and using interfaces I can present that data to campus leadership to petition for additional funding. None of that was possible before migrating everything to Airtable.

I've also become a bit of an Airtable evangelizer, and have gotten my entire center on board with using it in a variety of ways. We're slowly working on other campus units to find other users and hopefully end up with an institutional license, so we can take advantage of the enterprise features we know we'd benefit from. I'd love to hear from anyone else in higher ed about the types of plans they're using (team, business, enterprise, etc), how widely Airtable is used at their institution, and anything else you'd want to share! I'm also happy to answer questions about the fellowship program management base--it's affected every part of my job in positive ways and I love helping others benefit in the same ways.

wperque
Airtable Employee
Airtable Employee

Yay @sarahschoon ! So glad to have you in the EDUser group! I'm always happy to help with connecting to other customers in addition to those that respond here!