Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category
Restorative Practices and Librarianship – another framework to tie unconferencing and social media to librarianship?
Posted by: greebie on: October 7, 2009
To what degree can restorative practices be applied to the act of leading people to information? To me, it does not hurt to ponder the possibilities. I’ve been working in the community on these lines recently, and see many many connections to what libraries and librarians already do. Certainly, restorative practices already are used [...]
Speaking Engagements Galore!
Posted by: greebie on: March 24, 2009
Over the next few months, I will be doing a little bit of presenting at various conferences and events. Here is the list:
Wednesday April 1st, at Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington D.C.: CM Tools: Drupal, Joomla, & Rumba
Alongside one of my library heroes, John Blyberg, I will be presenting on ideas and features around [...]
Podcamps in Libraries
Posted by: greebie on: January 26, 2009
I have always guessed that unconferences and public libraries are a natural fit. Now, after Podcamp Halifax, I am absolutely convinced. If you are a director of a public library, I suggest you drop everything, do a twitter search for “podcamp”, catch the feed in your aggregator and pay attention to who, when and where [...]
Obama, Your Day Has Filled My Brain
Posted by: greebie on: November 5, 2008
It’s always a good feeling when you are at a stage where you cannot possibly be stimulated more. It lets you give yourself permission to stop thinking about things and just experience, learn or appreciate the things around you that make you feel good. After three important events, one community related, one family related/personal and one [...]
Mark Your Calendars: Halifax Podcamp 2009 on January 25th
Posted by: greebie on: October 14, 2008
I am very pleased to announce that, along with some great players (namely Craig and Jon), Halifax is going to have a podcamp on January 25th. The even more interesting news (for librarydom) is that it will be hosted at the Alderney Gate Library with support from MPOW.
So. . . you might have some questions? [...]
There’s a New Wiki in Town: Wikifax Bursts into Action!
Posted by: greebie on: July 18, 2008
In my many travels around town, I’ve been hearing that “this town needs some site where we people can easily make announcements, show their worth, and generally inform people about our home town.” The idea of a wiki came up in this regard more than once.
Two elements have been missing where I live (Halifax, Nova [...]
Dawn of the Dewey: What About A New Standard?
Posted by: greebie on: July 11, 2008
Tim Spalding of Library Thing has initiated an idea for an open source, crowd created replacement for the Dewey Decimal System called OSC. On the whole, I am for starting anything. I think entrepreneurialism like this is a good thing. Competition of any kind cannot hurt the process of information organization — it makes [...]
Presenting Out of Your League? Try a Fishbowl!
Posted by: greebie on: July 6, 2008
Recently, I was asked to present at a conference called Student Edge on student engagement and the web. The audience included executives of Student Unions from across Canada and the facilitation process worked more like an unconference than your standard “get up and do a powerpoint” style of conference.
Anyway, as I prepared for my [...]
For Local Readers: Halifax Social Media Group Meet-Up
Posted by: greebie on: May 17, 2008
Last month, we had some great fun attending the Halifax, Nova Scotia Social Media Group Meet-up. We’re doing it a second time, and I hope anyone in town will consider joining on in for some beverage and chat.
In case you do not want to hit that link, it’s going on May 22 at the Argyle [...]
What am I doing now?
- RyanDeschamps: @TheCoolestCool If you want to present, I would find yourself on wave with a search for 'with:public podcamp'. Or wait until the wiki is up.
- RyanDeschamps: @ahniwa All PALE compared to Rosemary, Ella, Nat King Cole, etc. 1st evidence - these guys rarely use miasma to hold their pitch.
- RyanDeschamps: @TheCoolestCool An unconference about social media - we had 173 people show up to the last one!
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