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Learn How to Brag Without Sounding Like a Jerk

September 24, 2010
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Learn How to Brag Without Sounding Like a Jerk

Believe it or not, self promotion is not something I do well. It is brought home to me regularly when I’m writing monthly reports in the office or when someone asks me for my bio for a speaking gig. A couple of months ago I tweeted that I needed help with this and several people replied that they did too. I am by no means done in my quest but I thought I’d share what I’ve found so far. I didn’t find much online so I turned to books.  My library didn’t have anything specifically about self promotions so I turned to the career books thinking there had to at least be a chapter in each.  The first one I picked up at my library as a book on CD was Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success. The book is aimed at an audience slightly younger than me, probably someone just starting out in their career. But I figure it’s never to late to teach an old dog, or well, slightly older than young dog, new tricks.  There is some good general career advise in this book and I would definitely recommend it. It let me to the second book, Brag!: The

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I Wrote a Chapter for The Readers’ Advisory Handbook!

May 3, 2010
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I Wrote a Chapter for The Readers’ Advisory Handbook!

I’m excited to announce that The Readers’ Advisory Handbook is now out! Over a year ago my friend, and awesome librarian, Kaite Mediatore Stover asked if I would be interested in writing a chapter for her readers’ advisory book.  She wanted me to address the online aspects of RA.  I’m more of a blogger than an article or book writer but Kaite convinced me it was worth it. I am honored and humbled to be included with the contributors to this book.  Check it out! Part I Getting to Know Your Materials Chapter 1 How to Read a Book in Ten Minutes, Jessica E. Moyer Chapter 2 Nonfiction Speed Dating, Sarah Statz Cords Chapter 3 How to Listen to a Book in Thirty Minutes, Kaite Mediatore Stover Chapter 4 How to Read a Graphic Novel in Five Minutes, Erin Downey Howerton Chapter 5 Keeping Up: Genre Studies as Continuing Education, Lucy M. Lockley Part II Reviewing and Evaluating Materials Chapter 6 Reviews and Annotations for Fiction and Nonfiction, Lynne Welch Chapter 7 Reviewing Audiobooks, Sue-Ellen Beauregard Chapter 8 How to Review Graphic Novels and Manga, Jessica Zellers Chapter 9 Reviewing and Evaluating Reference Materials, Jessica E. Moyer Part III Marketing, Promoting, and Sharing Materials Chapter 10 Passive Readers’ Advisory: Bookmarks,

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Time Off for Reflection, Regrouping and Prioritizing

December 18, 2009
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Time Off for Reflection, Regrouping and Prioritizing

I am taking the next two weeks off. Your regularly scheduled blog posts will resume on January 4th 2010. Why? The short version – It’s the holidays, things are slow and it’s always good to take a break. The long version – I need time to regroup and realign my priorities.  Lately I’ve been scrambling like mad to keep up, I feel like I’m letting everyone around me down, including me. There are emails I haven’t returned, emails I haven’t written. I feel disconnected from my friends on Twitter and Facebook. Work takes up a large part of my personal time. I’m beginning to feel a little dazed and confused, like I’ll never be caught up. This is a red flag for me, time to take two steps back and regroup. I was already considering it when I downloaded What Matters Now from Seth’s blog. As I read through it this week so many passages struck a chord, professionally and personally. It confirmed what I was already thinking, I need to pause and regroup. I am publicly declaring my holiday for two reason, the first so regular readers will know I haven’t disappeared, I haven’t run out of things to

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Voting is Open for the 2009 Edublog Awards – Go Vote!

December 11, 2009
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Voting ends Wednesday December 18th. Yes even you library people. You’ll find some great new blogs to read and trust me there are names in there you’ll recognize! The Edublog Award Categories…. Best individual blog Best individual tweeter Best group blog Best new blog Best class blog Best student blog Best resource sharing blog Most influential blog post Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion Best teacher blog Best librarian / library blog Best educational tech support blog Best elearning / corporate education blog Best educational use of audio Best educational use of video / visual Best educational wiki Best educational use of a social networking service Best educational use of a virtual world Lifetime achievement Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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My Nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards

December 4, 2009
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My Nominations for The 2009 Edublog Awards are: Best individual tweeter – Marianne Lenox and her blog Best new blog - Emergent by Design by Venessa Miemis Best resource sharing blog – Librarian in Black Best librarian / library blog – The Unquiet Librarian by Buffy Hamilton Deadlines for nominations is Tuesday 8 December!  Then the voting begins, ending Wednesday 16 December! Award Ceremony: Friday 18. So make your nominations today! PS there are more categories than I listed. Found out about the Awards on Information Wants to Be Free Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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