Computers in Libraries Wrap Up in Tweets #cil2010

As always conferneces are amazing and intense and I'm left with huge amounts to process when I get home. Here is what I'm thinking about (in bold) & the tweets that inspired it. Team Work - RT @jlborgerding: Three things needed in order for the team approach to work - Flexibility (Key!), Creativity, Innovation #cil2010 Leading from … Continue reading Computers in Libraries Wrap Up in Tweets #cil2010

Registration Open for the first Transliteracy Conference, Leicester UK, 9 Feb 2010

The first Transliteracy Conference takes place at Leicester's new Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre on Tuesday 9 Feb 2010 Find out more and register at http://www.transliteracy.com The full schedule for the day will be released soon but in the meantime a list of speakers and abstracts can be found at http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/2010abstracts.html Transliteracy is the ability to read, … Continue reading Registration Open for the first Transliteracy Conference, Leicester UK, 9 Feb 2010

Reminder Transliteracy Conference 9 Feb 2010 Call for Papers Dec 1st Deadline

Call for Presentations : Transliteracy Conference : Tuesday 9 February, 2010, 9:30 - 17:30 Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre Leicester, UK In association with the Institute of Creative Technologies & the NLab Small Business Network,  De Montfort University http://nlabnetworks.typepad.com/transliteracy/conference2010.html Deadline for Abstracts:  1 December, 2009 Transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range … Continue reading Reminder Transliteracy Conference 9 Feb 2010 Call for Papers Dec 1st Deadline

Put Down the Phone and Pay Attention

Last week I (and many others) spent a lot of time documenting the Internet Librarian conference, photos, tweets, blog posts, facebook updates. Did the act of digitally documenting the events change anything? Did the process of lifestreaming change my (and others) behavior, perception of what was happening and memories of it. Will we remember it better or worse? A recent … Continue reading Put Down the Phone and Pay Attention

Collaborating in the Clouds: Selecting Tools

One of my presentations from Internet Librarian 2009. For this one I presented with Tom Ipri, Rachel Vacek and Anna Creech Collaborating in the Clouds: selecting toolshttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=il2009cloudslideshare-091031094115-phpapp02&stripped_title=collaborating-in-the-clouds-selecting-toolsView more presentations from Bobbi Newman.

Persuasion, Influence & Innovative Ideas

Notes from the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference Rebecca Jones Nicole Henning Nicole Henning Avoid abstraction like the devil Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die We should reward success and failure, punish inaction Innovation comes from quantity The Art of Woo: Using Strategic Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas Results only work environment … Continue reading Persuasion, Influence & Innovative Ideas