Presentation Extras!
Thank you for attending my workshop. I've included some extra materials and links here just for you... Enjoy!
2010 Special Libraries Association Meeting—New Orleans June 14 and 15
In this presentation, given at the Special Libraries Association in New Orleans on June 15, 2010, I look at how Info Pros can move beyond "merely" providing information. Creating a culture of knowledge and insight sharing requires that we understand how people seek and share information. I share lots of ideas and strategies for enabling inherent knowledge sharing.
It's true: I'm not a natural negotiator. Which means that I've had to develop my own techniques and strategies over the years. This "Spotlight Session" presentation was given at the Special Libraries Association in New Orleans on June 15, 2010, I discuss tangible tools for negotiating with internal clients, with senior leadership, and with your boss.
This presentation, given at the Special Libraries Association in New Orleans on June 14, 2010, looks at how we info pros can make use of the social Web to build our professional networks, establish our credibility and share our expertise—all while maintaining (and even enhancing!) our professional image.
This is a 15-minute "cybertour" given at Computers in Libraries on April 11, 2010, with some not-so-common sources for business researchers.
Merely providing added value to information services is no longer enough. We also have to use a new vocabulary that emphasizes the value we're adding. This 15-minute "cybertour" given at Computers in Libraries on April 11, 2010, gives you new words to use when communicating your value.
Learn the new sites and search techniques highlighted during my presentation at Computers in Libraries on April 11, 2010.
This slide deck looks at how to use the collaborative web for competitive intelligence, and how to develop an Early Warning System for new information needs. Presented for the Michigan Chapter, Special Libraries Association, March 24, 2010, Detroit MI.
Would you like me to inspire your group of info pros or knowledge workers? Here's more info on my speaking services.
Would you like me to inspire your group of info pros or knowledge workers? Here's more info on my speaking services.
My librarian's look into the Crystal Ball...made in 2003! Read it for yourself and tell me: What of this isn't still applicable today? How accurate (or not) was my look into the future of our Info Pro world?
This is from a short talk I gave at the Information Online 2003 conference in Sydney. I was asked to prepare a 5-minute submission on the role of information professionals in the online environment. I predicted the day when we saw the distinction between librarY and librarIAN, when info pros permeated the workplace, when we were seen as an essential component of every information management function within organizations and institutions.
This is from a short talk I gave at the Information Online 2003 conference in Sydney. I was asked to prepare a 5-minute submission on the role of information professionals in the online environment. I predicted the day when we saw the distinction between librarY and librarIAN, when info pros permeated the workplace, when we were seen as an essential component of every information management function within organizations and institutions.
This is the Shirley Alldredge Presentation I gave at the Annual Business Meeting of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Special Libraries Association on February 3, 2010.
Would you like me to inspire your group of info pros or knowledge workers? Here's more info on my speaking services.
Would you like me to inspire your group of info pros or knowledge workers? Here's more info on my speaking services.
Click on this link to download my slides from my Information Revolutionaries presentation.
Change is coming. Are you ready? How to align your research priorities with those of your clients, and then charge full-steam ahead with new ideas for re-inventing your research strategy.
Change is coming. Are you ready? How to align your research priorities with those of your clients, and then charge full-steam ahead with new ideas for re-inventing your research strategy.
Also of Interest:
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—Mark Evans, Banchroft Research Group
—Mark Evans, Banchroft Research Group
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—Marcy Phelps, Phelps Research
—Marcy Phelps, Phelps Research