The Fabulous Librarian (and fashionista, seriously. she has awesome fashion sense) Daenel over at Living Outside the Stacks created this video explaining the project and why she’ll be participating next week. Check it out! Not only is the video a great intro to the project Daenel has a lot of followers (both on her blog and on Twitter) who are not librarians, so the project is escaping the echo chamber (echolib). Awesome! Thank you Daenel! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed 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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TedX Atlanta Re:solve
Last week in the midst of a personal crisis (one of my doggies had emergency surgery and they are my babies) I received some exciting news – an invitation to TedX Atlanta! For those of you not familiar with Ted and Tedx Events some background info: TED is an annual event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. And in fact, the event is broader still, showcasing ideas that matter in any discipline. TEDx In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self- organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* This means they are all run a little differently. In the case of the Atlanta attendance is limited to 200 attendees and by invitation only. The theme
Women Who Tech TeleSummit
I’m excited to be attending the Women Who Tech TeleSummit. Four reasons I’m attending and you should too: 1. It is for women, sorry boys but we do seem to be under represented on the tech side of library issues. 2. It’s a telesummit, and its affordable! I happily paid the fee. 3. It’s not a library conference. Don’t get my wrong I love my library conferences but I’m also keenly aware of the need to escape the echo chamber. 4. There are some great session including How to Survive an Online Snark Attack and one with Clay Shirky and others that looks like it will address the issues in his Rant About Women post. If that’s not enough to convince you check out the program. Lightning Talks Kick off the Women Who Tech TeleSummit Diversifying Your Tech Teams: Shireen Mitchell, Digital Sistas and Liza Sabater, Culture Kitchen; Creating a Culture of Collaboration and Innovation: Tara Hunt, Author and Deanna Zandt, Author and Technologist; How to Survive an Online Snark Attack: Connie Reece, Every Dot Connects and Social Media Club International; Speak Up: Pitching and Public Speaking Mojo: Jill Foster, Live Your Talk and Allyson Kapin, Women Who Tech and Rad Campaign. Panels
Thinking Outloud About The Echo Chamber
Last week while I was traveling Net Potter brought to my attention a discussion happening on Twitter about the echo chamber (#echolib). This is an incredibly important topic to be thinking about and discussion to have. I’ve been thinking heavily about the ideas of the Echo Chamber and the Bubble lately (well last longer actually). Let’s talk about the Echo Chamber first – let’s face it most of us are preaching to the choir. Chances are if you didn’t believe in what I write and agree with me (most of the time) you wouldn’t be reading this blog. Chances are if I read your blog and/or follow you on Twitter I agree with you. I occasionally wonder if this is any different from a pack of high school aged “cool” kids, one of them says something and the others say “right on man”! We’re just puffing each other up. What about the unconverted? What if (gasp!) we’re wrong? In December when I decided to take a two week break I quoted from What Matters Now: “The echo chamber we’re building is getting larger and louder.” – Connected, Howard Mann. I was thinking about and concerned that I am only preaching to the choir. That
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