Going Beyond The Great Idea

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    1. Getting buy-in and doing effective training for 2.0 projects Jenica P. Rogers-Urbanek Computers in Libraries 2008 Academic Library 2.0 GOING BEYOND THE GREAT IDEA
      • Without a head lemming, most groups will never step off the cliff.
      COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS STILL NEED LEADERS
      • 2.0 projects are described as ‘intuitive’, ‘social’, ‘participatory’… but they still need a leader to:
        • Sell the idea
        • Organize the project timeframes
        • Facilitate training, setup, and follow-through
      • Learn from Ghandi.
      • “ We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.” Step up!
      Collaborative ≠ self propelled
      • Most of us are the middle duck, if not the little bitty last duck. You need support from your supervisor, administration, colleagues, and support staff.
      • How to convince them all?
      GETTING YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW: YOU NEED SUPPORT FROM ABOVE, ACROSS, AND BELOW.
      • Avoid “uncritical me-too-ism”
      • Prepare the ground before you begin
      Sell the project: Utility
      • Consider each stakeholder separately – what do they care about?
        • Be relevant to internal and individual needs
        • Bring data to support your arguments
        • Adapt to your audience
      Sell the project: one size does not fit all
        • Focus on your reality-based library
        • Have reasonable expectations
        • Do sensible user assessment
        • Strive for achievable results
        • Plan to measure success in meaningful and do-able ways
      Sell the project: Avoid truthiness
      • You wouldn’t want to hang off a building without safety ropes, a training program, and appropriate oversight. We need to apply those same ideas to our projects – even small and informal ones.
      LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP: PREPARATION IS ESSENTIAL
      • Show and Tell
      • Provide documentation, no matter how “self explanatory” it seems
      • Hands-on exploration is worth 1000 words
      • Allow private learning before public roll-out
      • Integrate the learning into the doing
      Multifaceted Training = Learning 2.0
      • Maybe you do... The path to nirvana runs through training by doing – it’s like constant on the job training, only less painful.
      “ I DON’T HAVE TIME TO LEARN A NEW TOOL!”
      • You must teach and learn the basics formally – you can’t skip this step. But, then…
      • Encourage exploratory use of the tool
      • Assign, delegate, or collaborate on necessary tasks that require use of the tool
      • Have an “expert” who is prepared to assist when necessary
      • If the tool is relevant and useful, the task work will be relevant and useful – and will facilitate learning the tool with minimal extra time required.
      Advanced On the Job Doing
      • You’ve taken the lead, gotten key buy-in, and trained your participants, and now…
      TIME TO JUMP.
      • Plan for success – is your project scalable?
      • Prepare the ground – will your library know what you’re talking about when you first broach the topic?
      • Write it down – document your process for future use.
      • Assess the project – what’s working? What isn’t?
      • Respond to criticism – and then make appropriate changes.
      • Plan for failure – what happens if it falls apart?
      Other pretty good practices
      • Lemmings
      • Ducks in a row
      • iPhone party
      • Stephen Colbert
      • Safety Training
      • Road to Heaven
      • Learn
      • Base Jump
      • All found on Flickr or Wikipedia, licensed for reuse through Creative Commons.
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    2. Thanks for listening! Questions and commentary welcome now or during the unconference
    3. Jenica P. Rogers-Urbanek Collection Development Coordinator and Technical Services Team Leader SUNY Potsdam College Libraries http://rogersurbanek.wordpress.com [email_address] AIM/Meebo/Twitter: Jenica26

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