Presented by Jaime Hammond, Allen McGinley, JP Porcaro, and Lisa Carlucci Thomas at the Connecticut Library Association Conference, Mystic, CT. May 8, 2012.

1. intro slide

2. the
commonplace
book
http://www.stevenberlinjohnson.com/2010/04/the-glass-box-and-the-commonplace-book.html

3. BIG
BOLD
MSG
http://www.facebook.com/HillsdaleLibrary
http://www.facebook.com/ccjpl
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587707

4. jersey

5. http://newhavenreads.org/
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
http://www.us.worldbooknight.org/

6. jokes
http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/
topic/humor/benefits-humor

7. Hip Hop

8. listening
http://www.google.com/voice
focus groups & white boards

9. perspective

10. talking
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/cont
ent/feb2007/sb20070226_761145.htm
http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_
where_good_ideas_come_from.html

11. Enthusiasm Enthusiasts

12. #sxswLAM

13. risks
http://youtu.be/ZmMFIganRQY
http://youtu.be/nPly0DPyJUs

14. legacy knowledge

15. DISTRACTION

16. is
wh orange
o mitch?
http://www.orangemitch.com

17. Video
Games

18. fresh starts

19. customize & share
http://www.legobuildersoftomorrow.com/tips_legoclub.htm
l
http://pinterest.com/babsylove/

21. connecticut

22. https://dev.twitter.com/

23. librarians

24. hot teams
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/hot-team

25. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/05/wicked-lasers-shark

26. yes, and...
Fey, Tina. Bossypants. New York: Little, Brown and, 2011. Print.

27. RIP MAURICE SENDAK
MAURICE SENDAK ON EBOOKS, JANUARY
23, 2012: F*CK THEM IS WHAT I SAY. I
HATE THOSE EBOOKS! THEY CANNOT
BE THE FUTURE; THEY MAY WELL BE, I
WILL BE DEAD, I WON'T GIVE A SH*T.

29. The
NFL

30. http://www.kickstarter.com/

31. partying

32. micro communities
Digital: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc, etc
http://www.alathinktank.com
Physical: meetups, unconferences

33. Making It
Happen

34. self-serve

35. we > me
https://www.facebook.com/andrea.davis.121
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_five

36. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/ff_aiclass/all/1
http://www.edxonline.org/
https://www.coursera.org/

37. Being
Awesome

38. being
early
because
you are
excited

39. nostalgia

40. diy culture
http://www.etsy.com/
http://blog.makezine.com/
http://makerfaire.com/
http://www.thingiverse.com/
http://www.makerbot.com/

41. http://makehaven.org/

42. tumblr

43. compassion
& causes
http://www.warbyparker.com/do-good/
http://www.toms.com/our-movement/

44. getting fired
(or doing
something
you could
get fired for)
Beard, Alison. "Francis Ford Coppola An Interview with Francis Ford Coppola."
Harvard Business Review Oct. 2011. Web.

45. motivational
speaking

46. user generated content
http://piscatawaylibrary.org/i_remember_piscataway
http://pplkids.wordpress.com/
http://pwayteens.tumblr.com/
http://storycorps.org/listen/

47. this.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2012/04/17/150820261/how-that-tupac-hologram-at-coachella-worked

48. http://zenhabits.net/25-ways-to-help-a-fellow-human-being-tod
http://loosecannonlibrarian.net/?p=3

49. http://informationactivist.com/2012/04/12/ia-greatest-hits-the-apple-
way-for-libraries-a-manifesto/
Isaacson, Walter. Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Print.

50. smiling

51. you :)

52. last slide
(mic drop)
50 Awesome Things – Connecticut Library Association Conference – May 8, 2012 – #50AT
Jaime Hammond – Allen McGinley – JP Porcaro – Lisa Carlucci Thomas