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CO-ASIS&T Presentation

May 14, 2008 – 5:58 pm

COASIST Talk - Getting Results with GoogleLast night I had an opportunity to speak at a CO-ASIS&T event at Columbus Metropolitan Library. I spent the hour sharing some tips and tricks for getting better results from Google.

You can find the slides on Google Docs. Thanks to everyone for the great questions and discussion! I hope to make it back to Columbus for some more CO-ASIS&T programs.

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CiL2008: Drupal and Libraries

May 11, 2008 – 10:52 pm

At the Computers in Libraries Conference, I got a chance to hear Ellyssa Kroski speak about the open source Drupal content management system and how libraries are using it. Her slides (with audio!) are below. It’s a great resource with examples, modules, and links for libraries using or thinking of using Drupal. SWON Libraries even gets a mention on slide 58!

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Got Gadgets?

May 4, 2008 – 11:21 pm

Last week Ohio Library Council’s IT Division held its annual bootcamp. I spent the afternoon talking about gadgets in libraries. Slides from my talk are now available.

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CiL 2008: Open Source Applications

April 9, 2008 – 11:10 am

Computers in Libraries 2008Today I’m presenting in the Open Source track at Computers in Libraries 2008. The slides are available to view or print on Google Docs. I discuss the ways that libraries are giving back to the open source community.

Update: The slides can also be found on SlideShare.

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CiL 2008: Innovation Starts with “I”

April 8, 2008 – 11:19 am

E201 - Innovation Starts with “I”

Helene Blowers, Director, Digital Strategy
Columbus Metropolitan Library

Tony Tallent, Director of Youth & Outreach Services
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (PLCMC)

Are you the jelly, the sandwich, or the cellophane?

Talking about ingredients today

  • Process improvement
  • Thinking outside the box

Innovation is and intersections of ideas

  • It is about doing new things
  • Putting it into action

Book: The Seeds of Innovation by Elaine Dundon

What do your want? What do you need?

  • Efficiency
  • Evolutionary
  • Revolutionary

Innovation is about doing new things and making them fresh

4 components of “I”

  • creativity
  • strategy
  • implementation
  • profitability

I am an innovator

  • I have ideas
  • I have done my homework
  • I’ll do the initial legwork
  • I am capable of more that my job description
  • I am a leader, too
  • I take risks with you
  • I offer you a framework
  • I put resources behind my expectations
  • I create growth opportunities
  • I SUPPORT your work
  • I celebrate your success
  • I take risks with you

Know your ingredients… then blend well.

Plant seeds – sprinkling your organization with ideas

  • you may create some wild success

Strategy = change agent

  • propose
  • plan
  • implement

Make it believable

  • Mission
  • Vision
  • Values
  • Tell a story about how someone’s life will be changed by this

Create alliances

  • get people on your side

Test drive your ideas

  • prototype it
  • Can’t just say “it’s really cool”
  • Give it a test run
  • your branches are test labs

Don’t ask for permission – ask for support

Never sell your ideas on paper

  • sell your vision personally

What does innovation or wild success look like to you?

  • happiness
  • crazy
  • magic
  • panic?
  • NOT business as usual

If your not having failures, you’re not being innovative enough

7 habits of highly innovative people

  1. Persistence
  2. Remove self-limiting inhibitions
  3. Take risks, make mistakes
  4. Escape
  5. Write things down
  6. Find patterns & create connections
  7. Stay curious
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