Control what you can - Brand – logo, identity - public website - opportunities for practice - best practices online let go when you can - what is tied to your brand - where can you let go? - What needs to have a system wide project? Trust - trust staff - give guidelines - provide opportunities to learn Evaluate - honestly assess performance - find the right person for the job - accept that it will take time - accept that there will be mistakes - it is a learning experience Communities have been around for years they do police themselves, think of book review on Amazon, some will be positive and some will be negative Social media monitoring Do we really need to talk about why again, everyone that matters is doing it Customer service – when you get negative feed back go out and respond Identify stakeholders Technorati Google search Backtype Discussion boards – niche communities Boardtracker Twitter Friendfeed Flock Optiem Techregime Not about the tools, its about the community using the tools Cultivating a culture of learning Learning is not a spectator sport Libraries are not a spectator sport Stewardship – Helping people manage info exchange
Conferences
Fee based Workshops should the presenter get paid?
I got into a conversation with Joshua Neff of Library Society of the World fame (among many other things), about this topic and he said – you should blog about it. Who am I to ignore a direct order Here is the jist. There are a lot of ways to present in libraryland. You can submit to a conference, which may or may not waive the registration fee and depending on the circumstances offer other compensations including but not limited to travel, hotel & meal expenses. This ranges widely from conference to conference and person to person. Ok I accept that situation. I know there are opinions on which conferences do what, but I’m not addressing that now. Then there are the other presentations/workshops where you’re asked/invited to come talk/teach/train about something. Some of these are free to attendees (never mind membership dues) and some are fee based. Here is my issue – if attendees are charged a fee the presenter should expect to be compensated. I’m not saying don’t present without compensation. I agree with Josh, I’m all for sharing information for free. But you should ask up front if attendees be charged a fee. If you’re going to
My presentation – Reaching Your Patrons in the Brave New World of the Social Web
My second and last presentation at the Missouri Library Association Conference. It was initially scheduled to be in a very small room, luckily I was able to get it moved. Library Learning 2.1 View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. 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
Library Learning 2.1 Presentation
I’m at the Missouri Library Association Conference this week and today was the first of my two presentations. Originally Robin & I were going to co-present (we each write half the lessons) but because she’s so crazy busy and I felt bad for bailing on her for the MaintianIT Webinar, I offered to do this one on my own. Library Learning 2.1 Library Learning 2.0 Library Learning 2.1 View more presentations from Bobbi Newman. 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
NEKLS Tech Day
Thank you to Brenda, Josh, Erin, Scott, Sharon, Heather, Kate, David and everyone else who welcomed me and, even more important, did not point and laugh when I confessed my clothes closet is organized by a serious system including color, sleeve length, style and whether it was a “work” item. I saw a lot of great gadgets, attended a session by Royce Kitts & Eric Gustafson on gaming in the library and one with Brenda Hough on Getting the Technology Training. David Lee King gave a thought provoking presentation on Emerging Trends. The keynote by Michael Porter was way more than a presentation, more like an experience, conversation starting and insightful. Its clear he sees an amazing future for libraries and wants to share his vision with the rest of us. Wow! I always come back from events charged up, and this one was no different. I have pages of notes and many more action items on my to-do list. What’s on your to-do list? 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
Reading
