Tag Archive | networking
Influencing through networking
At the Ark Group conference, the last presentation of the day was from freelance trainer Nick Davies, on “Influencing through Networking”. Nick is a very engaging speaker, and very funny, so it was a great way to round off the day! I doubt I’ll have captured any of his humour in my notes, but I […]
SLA Europe talk: Engaging with social media for fun and career success
Last week, I did a talk for SLA Europe on “Engaging with social media for fun and career success”, alongside co-panellists Meghan Jones and Neil Infield. It went pretty well, I think – and was filmed, so will be available to the wider world fairly soon! Eep… In the meantime, here is, more or less, […]
Reflections on the first LIKE North event
Well, the first LIKE North event was last night, and despite some problems with the venue I think it went pretty well. I just wanted to jot down a few thoughts here while it’s still fresh in my mind! What went well Lots of people turned up – thanks to everyone that came! There’s a […]
Want to network in Leeds? Come and join us at LIKE North!
Very, very excited about this! Ok, so a few of us have been wanting for a while to get some networking events going in the North (initially in Leeds, ’cause that’s where we are, but would be nice to spread out to wider areas too). So, with that in mind, three of us are launching […]
Thing 12: Putting the “social” into social media
This post is part of 23 Things for Professional Development. As mentioned in previous Thing posts, I am a big fan of social media. I continue to believe that social media has revolutionised communication, socialising and networking for us introverts – I quite like this (perhaps slightly tongue-in-cheek) article from the Atlantic talking about how […]
Thing 7: Face-to-face networking and professional organisations
This post is part of 23 Things for Professional Development. This week’s Thing is actually two linked Things, and I consider both particularly important to my own professional development. I’m a member of several different professional associations, and find all of them valuable in different ways. One of the main things they do is give […]
Online Networks, Or: In Cyberspace, No One Can Hear Your Awkward Pauses
This post is part of 23 Things for Professional Development. I’m a very active user of online networks, and have been for several years. For introverts like myself, online networking is invaluable: it allows me to make connections with people who I’d have been too nervous to approach in real life, it lets me dip […]
Thoughts from LIKE 19
Last night I went along to a LIKE (London Information and Knowledge Exchange) meeting on open source library management systems (LMSs). Ray Phillips from the King’s Fund spoke about their transition from Unicorn to Koha. I won’t go into tremendous amounts of detail about the talk – other than to say that Ray is an exceptional […]
Do we need New Professional groups?
Below is an article I wrote for Information Outlook, the SLA’s journal, in August 2010. Since the online version (and obviously, the paper copy too!) is only viewable by SLA members, I have reposted here now the embargo has passed for the benefit of any non-SLA members reading. Librarians who are new to the profession […]
More reflections on CILIP Yorkshire and Humberside Members Day
I’ve already jotted down some hurried first impressions of the CILIP Y&H Members Day, but I wanted to say a little bit more about the sessions I actually attended, besides the one I was co-presenting! The first talk of the day was Biddy Fisher’s welcome and keynote address. Biddy spent a bit of time talking […]
