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Jane Dysart posted this in Learning on August 2nd, 2009 Further to my recent post on Transparency, Strategy & Success where I linked to Michael Edson‘s talk on the Smithsonian’s transparency strategy process, the Smithsonian Institution has relased its web and new media strategy.
“The strategy talks about an updated digital experience, a new learning model that helps people with their “lifelong learning journeys,” and the creation of a Smithsonian Commons—a new part of our digital presence dedicated to stimulating learning, creation, and innovation through open access to Smithsonian research, collections and communities.” Check out Edson’s post for more about the transparent process and to see more details of SI’s web & new media strategy.
Jane Dysart posted this in Blog Posts, Conferences on July 30th, 2009 Nancy Dixon just blogged about A-Space, a Facebook-like space for the US intelligence community. She mentioned this to me a few months ago when we were finalizing her participation in KMWorld 2009 and I’m really pleased to see the executive summary in this post and the full 30 page study here. It talks about how A-Space is shaping the analysts’ work bringing in cogintive diversity. It emphasizes:
A-Space is an environment in which analysts collaboratively create new meaning out of the diverse ideas and perspectives they collectively bring to an issue. Through this collaboration, analysts have the potential to break through long held assumptions to provide new ways of thinking about complex problems.
Networked relationships on A-Space provide a stream of cognitively diverse information without the costly time investment that maintaining strong ties requires.
A-Space is reinforcing the value of asking questions of colleagues, providing analysts the means to uncover flaws in their own data and reasoning.
A-Space is providing analysts a set of new practices to: 1) build cross agency networks, 2) gain situational awareness, and 3) hold discussions of interpretation, that operate in parallel with the normal production process. These new practices constitute an emerging model that provides a level of cognitive diversity not previously available.
The non-hierarchal nature of A-Space, results in analysts feeling that it is okay to offer their thinking even if it is not completely formed or thought through, increasing the speed of product development by eliminating faulty hypotheses early
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on June 5th, 2009 I totally disagree with this statement (see below for the full context) — “The word ‘conference’ is synonymous with bad food, hard chairs and boring speakers. At least it is for many of us.” But then, maybe I’m spoiled by the organizations I work with as a conference planner (Information Today is a great conference producer), or some of the conferences I attend (FastForward ’09), or maybe I just make my own interesting experiences by networking with speakers and colleagues, choosing good restaurants to frequent with stimulating people who share their insights and ideas, and finding nuggets from most speakers. Speakers always seem to spark thoughts and ideas in my mind; colleagues never fail to intrigue me with their experiences and practices. Yes, I’m curious.
That said, here are some links to a program on the future of conferences at SxSW which discusses issues relating to use of blogging and twittering at conferences. Both of these technologies are heavily used by conferences I attend, many having top trending tweets!
The future of conferences
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The word ‘conference’ is synonymous with bad food, hard chairs and boring speakers. At least it is for many of us. But it doesn’t have to be that way and, in fact, it’s already changing. We speak with three conferencing professionals about conferences past and future and the way the industry is adapting to meet changing consumer expectations.
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Jane Dysart posted this in Uncategorized on June 2nd, 2009 This could be really interesting. Am checking out the video and sneak peek and a good article from CIO magazine. “Google’s newly unveiled Wave may be called a communication and collaboration tool, but it’s much more than that. Wave combines key trends that we’ve seen the last couple years on the Web into one elegant application. And it may make today’s enterprise tools such as Microsoft SharePoint look ridiculously complicated.” It “mixes old technologies like e-mail, IM and online documents in a unified, socially-oriented view, could break down the traditional ways in which we compartmentalize and separate information — both as consumers and businesspeople.” Looking forward to hearing how this tool might affect knowledge management practices at KMWorld 2009, Nov 17-19, in San Jose CA.
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on June 1st, 2009 Wish I had been at the first Twitter conference “focused on Twitter as a business platform: how to use Twitter to reach and engage customers, influence opinions and activate markets.” Great speakers, a number of whom I am already following, and including the fellow who created the Twitterverse pic in my last post. Live tweeting, which is still going on while people are commenting on the post-conference buzz in blogs — I really liked this post by Frederic Paul which included the author’s 5 tips from the sold-out one day conference along with his stream of tweets in chrono order.
Jane Dysart posted this in Tech & Tools on May 27th, 2009 Twitterverse by Jess3 & Brian Solis
Love this picture. Certainly puts in perspective the influence of technology — trends and analysis, marketing/advertising, search, relationship management, contextual network analysis, communication management, mobile applications, event managaement, and more. Great visualization. Thanks.
Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on May 20th, 2009 Oct 26-8, Monterey CA
The program for Internet Librarian 2009, the 13th annual IL conference, is getting ready to go to print and be uploaded to the conference site. There is a terrific faculty of speakers which you will see soon but I thought I’d give you a sneak preview of the wonderful keynote sessions and networking events we have planned. Conference theme: Net Initiatives for Tough Times: Digital Publishing, Preservation & Practices.
Saturday Oct 24 — Library Camp Monterey @ Monterey PL, 9.30-12.30 — a new free interactive discussion about people, technology, and libraries. There are a range of workshops in the afternoon too.
Sunday Oct 25 — full and half day workshops including the popular Searchers Academy & Web Managers Academy. At the end of the day network, play, and have fun at the Gaming & Gadgets Petting Zoo.
Monday Oct 26 — The day begins with an insightful keynote interview with Vint Cerf, Internet pioneer and VP & Chief Internet Evangelist, Google focused on Digital Publishing, Preservation & Practices. Four tracks of sessions during the day are following by the opening reception in the exhibit hall, always goodies there.
Tuesday Oct 27 — Paul Holdengraber, Director, Public Programs, New York Public Library & former Founder & Director, Institute for Art and Cultures at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is interviewed about Libraries of the Future: Places of Desire. He believes that public conversations are a fundamental way to make libraries irresistible, ensuring their everlasting
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on May 20th, 2009 I’ve been working with ITI’s techie wizard JD Thomas on a new Internet Libraian wiki.
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences on April 8th, 2009 Wishing I was there.
Unfortunately it has been a few years since I have been able to attend the Mesh conference in Toronto with key themes: conntect, share, inspire. I decided to check in with the conference via Twitter today and found it was a top trending Twitter topic, just as Computers in Libraries 2009 was last week! And I discovered an interesting presentation by Bonin Bough, Global Director, Digital & Social Media, Pepsico. I thought I’d share what I learned from watching other people’s comments and see if I could blog about the session even though I wasn’t there.
Bough emphasized that “It is all about the story telling” whatever the medium — the best will succeed. “You can no longer stand on a hill & talk to people, you have to come into their homes and share.” You can’t be disruptive, you need to add to the experience — be an enabler. “If you drive passion, interest in the product follows.” “Have a digital strategy board and be focused in a digital direction.” “We are shifting from impressions/perceptions to connections –listening, understanding, conversing.”
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Jane Dysart posted this in Conferences, Learning on April 8th, 2009 Great conference!
I hope all the 2000+ attendees, speakers, and exhibitors enjoyed Computers in Libraries 2009 as much as I did. Three terrific keynotes: Lee Rainie, Paul Holdengraber interviewed by Erik Boekesteijn, Michael Edson. Almost 200 terrific speakers. A fabulous Dead & Innovative Tech evening. Follow the coverage by Information staff and other bloggers at the conference. And, of course, the Twitter feed (#CIL2009) which was a top trending topic for several days of the conference as well as the hundreds of pictures on Flickr which are still being loaded. And I just got the link to Michael Sauers’ highlight video — 4 days of CIL in 11.5 minutes. Thanks everyone for making it such a great experience — filled with learning, laughing, conversations, networking, and so much more.
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