Tag Archive | online11
Online 2011: Search Engine Update
This session featured three speakers each covering a different aspect of the current search engine landscape. First up was Marydee Ojala, with a talk entitled “So many search engines, so little time”. People equate both “search” and “online” with “google”. However, Google’s relevancy is declining: they have no more commitment to advanced search options, and […]
Online 2011: Identity Issues with Social Media
This session had three speakers each talking about various legal issues relating to the use of social media. I’m just going to write about the first speaker, Marydee Ojala, who spoke about who owns your “handle” – i.e. the name you use on social media sites. The other two speakers, John Sheridan and Graham Coult, […]
Online 2011: Knowledge Cafe – encouraging conversations in the workplace
The last session I attended on the first day of Online was a “knowledge cafe”, run by knowledge management consultant David Gurteen, on the role of conversation in the workplace and how we could encourage more of it. David started by explaining the rationale behind his knowledge cafes, which are mini workshops he has run […]
Online 2011: Demonstrating Value
I’d been really looking forward to this session. Demonstrating your value is a key issue for information professionals, so I was looking forward to getting tips from the impressive list of speakers for this session. I wasn’t disappointed – I came away with plenty of food for thought! My only criticism was that the session […]
Online 2011: Enterprise Social Media
Jacob Morgan from Chess Media Group gave the keynote in this session, discussing the results of a report from Chess Media on the state of enterprise social media. He started with the bold statement that a truly collaborative organisation can make the world a better place. He went on to explain this: a collaborative organisation […]
Online 2011: Opening keynote – Effective Social Media
At the end of November, I spent three days at the Online Information conference & exhibition in London. The conference pass was courtesy of a bursary from BIALL. This was the first time I’d been to the actual conference rather than just the exhibition. Over the next few days, I’ll be blogging what I thought […]
