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SLA 2009: Final Reflections
Looking back over my last few posts, it occurs to me that only one of the sessions I attended was specifically about LIS (or two, if you count Stephen Abram’s speech at the LMD business meeting). Looking at the programme, there were plenty of LIS-specific sessions available, so it wasn’t lack of choice. One thing […]
SLA 2009: Creating Groupies
The final session I attended at SLA was Mary Ellen Bates’ talk entitled: “Creating Groupies: How to Add Value, Make Yourself Indespensible and Beat the Pants off Google”. Well, with a title like that, how could any librarian resist? This was an absolutely fascinating session. Mary Ellen is a terrific speaker, and clearly very popular […]
SLA 2009: Onion Editor Calls For an End to Reading
By far the most entertaining session I attended, if not perhaps the most educational! Scott Dikkers gave a very entertaining look at the changing face of the Onion, including it’s coverage of historic events such as the moon landing (audio available here, NSFW). The session was a lot of fun, and a nice break from […]
SLA 2009: 60 sites in 60 minutes
Next up, I spent a very entertaining hour with John DiGilio (Reed Smith) and Gayle Lynn-Nelson (LexisNexis), going through “60 sites in 60 minutes” (although we did overrun a little – but I doubt anyone minded!). The sites were divided into 10 categories: Blogs, Resources, Research & Reference, Travel, Technology, Search, News & Info, Consumer, […]
SLA 2009: Transformational Leadership – Inspirational Language
Slightly less early start on Tuesday as my first session didn’t start until 9.30. I spent the morning listening to Steve Denning on “Transformational Leadership: Inspirational Language”. Steve began the session by warning us that what we were about to hear would be controversial, perhaps even disturbing – a rather ominous start! He described the […]
SLA 2009: Speak As If Your Career Depends On It
The final session I attended on the Monday was Sharol Parish’s session on effective public speaking. This session was full of practical tips on posture, language, tone of voice and articulation. Sharol started off by talking about people’s emotional responses to speeches and presentations: for example, she referred to a study which showed that the […]
SLA 2009: LMD Business Meeting Luncheon
As I was being co-sponsored by the Leadership and Management Division, I got to attend their business meeting lunch on the Monday. It was interesting to see, although a lot of the items discussed went slightly over my head, given that I don’t have much frame of reference for the inner workings of the division! […]
SLA 2009: Be the CEO of Your Life
I had planned to attend the “Social Networking: the essence of innovation” session, but as it wasn’t really what I’d expected (and I couldn’t read the slides from the back of the room – too many complex diagrams with tiny writing!) I left it and looked for something else instead. I ended up in “Be […]
SLA 2009: Thinking on Your Feet
It was an early start on Monday for the first session I attended, which started at 7am. “Thinking on Your Feet: Dynamic Communication” was an interactive session run by Greg Hohn, an actor and teacher of acting and improvisation techniques. The idea was to teach us how to “be in the moment” and overcome the […]
SLA 2009: Overall impressions
I’m back in the UK now – got into Heathrow early this morning. I am absolutely shattered (especially considering that a combination of lots of turbulence and screaming children meant that I got no sleep at all on the plane), but exhilarated. I’ve had an incredible time at SLA, and am full of ideas! As […]
