It's All Hallway! An Unconference Approach to Professional Development

It's All Hallway! An Unconference Approach to Professional Development Lisa Chow | Karen Huffman | Mary Talley SLA Annual Conference DBIO Medical Section Program Monday, June 13, 2011 | 10:00-11:30 AM

Introductions

Agenda
Overview of Unconferences (Karen)
Examples of Unconferences:

Embedded Librarianship (Mary)
HealthCampNYC: Community Health & Health Literacy (Lisa)
Wrap-up (Karen)
Additional Examples & Resources
Key Takeaways
Applying What You Learned... (You)

Definition
SLA Unconference wiki wiki.sla.org/display/unconf/Glossary
A facilitated, participant driven conference around a theme or purpose. This model is used to foster and engage better professional communication. There are a handful of ways unconferences are arranged. Organizations may include unconferences within traditional conferences.

To Summarize...
Key points
Participant-driven
Professional development event
Collective knowledge of the group
Informal learning environment
Loosely based structure
Free-form meetings (or un-meetings)
BarCamps
Open Space Technology
Podcamps
Mind Camp

Four Principles
Whoever comes is the right group of people.
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.
Whenever it starts is the right time.
When it’s over, it’s over.
Law of Two Feet
“ Any persons neither learning from nor contributing to a group discussion must walk to another one.”

Rules Revised

Unconference Proposal
Concerns:
Unconference = unproductive
Nontraditional concept
Anxiety about this new idea
Benefits:
A way to engage staff
Foster skills
Boost staff morale

Format: All Day vs. 2 Hours

Capture Ideas

Summarize Ideas

Facilitated UnConferences

Facilitated UnConferences - Why?

Facilitated Unconferences - When?

HealthCampNYC
What: HealthCampNYC: Using Collective Knowledge to Improve Health Literacy and Community Health

When: May 14, 2010
Where: New York metro and tri-state areas

Who: Librarians, literacy professionals, public health professionals, medical professionals, community-based organizations

Timeline
Six months before (December) - Reserve space

Five months before (January) - First team meeting

Three months before (February) - Send out Save the Date

Two months before (March) - Send out event flier and info
One month before (April) - Open registration on wiki, finalize logistics, room setup, and technology requests

One week before - Go through list of suggested topics, printing/photocopying, etc.

Marketing

HealthCampNYC Wiki Stats

Opening Session

Discussion Topics

Learning/Sharing/Brainstorming

Lessons Learned
Choose a different weekday, not Friday

Better explain unconference concept and what the day will be like

Give out evaluations at the beginning

More Information
HealthCampNYC Wiki
http://healthcampnyc.wetpaint.com/
HealthCampNYC Summary Report
http://bit.ly/healthcampnyc-summary-report

Additional Examples & Resources
SLA Unconference wiki
wiki.sla.org/display/unconf

Del.icio.us tag: Unconference
www.delicious.com/tag/unconference
LIS Wiki: Library Camps
http://liswiki.org/wiki/Library_Camp
"Revitalizing Communication and Professional Development Through Unconferences" Presentation at PLA
http://slidesha.re/pla-unconferences
METRO LibGuide on Unconferences
http://bit.ly/unconferences

Key Takeaways

Unconference in ~30 minutes
How will you use this model?
Which model works best for you -- all day, 2 hours, [or less]?
What are some challenges that you might encounter in your organization with doing an unconference?
Five key takeaways from what you heard today?
Other topics or ideas?

Summary of Ideas www.tagcrowd.com

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