The Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center in Fayetteville, NC, has been successful in using interactive mystery plays as public programs and as staff team-building exercises.
The document outlines strategic goals and recommendations for public libraries to remain relevant. It suggests libraries focus on community needs, prioritize impactful programs through partnerships, offer educational opportunities and credentials, understand curriculum, and invest in strategic collections. Libraries are encouraged to experiment, take risks, promote staff, and remove barriers to innovation. The overall message is for libraries to embrace change, focus on outcomes over activities, and tell their impactful stories.
This document summarizes Mitch Gitelman's experience in the gaming industry and how he used crowdfunding on Kickstarter to fund the development of Shadowrun Returns. It discusses how crowdfunding has become a viable way for independent game developers to fund projects before or without completion. It provides tips for running a successful crowdfunding campaign, including finding your audience, sharing your vision, keeping updates regular, and being responsive to backers. The Shadowrun Returns campaign raised $1.9 million over 25 days from over 36,000 backers.
What does John F. Kennedy's "We choose to go to the moon in this decade...", the recent organizational change that you had, and your latest update on social media have in common? Have you ever thought why well-intended, perfectly valid logical ideas fail to appeal to people?
One of the best ways to communicate with people is through a story. Stories or narratives help you to connect with the hearts and minds of your audience. An emotionally engaging story affects more areas of the brain than rational, data-driven messages - meaning that they are far more likely to resonate with people you lead. Realizing this, the importance of storytelling as a tool has gained prominence in organizations.
So what sort of stories can you tell in a business context? And an eloquent leader uses different narrative patterns of storytelling to achieve different outcomes. Learn about the skill of storytelling to communicate your vision, spark action, have people collaborate at work and transform your organization.
This document provides style guidelines for redesigning the masthead logo and edition of a newsletter called the Toilet Paper for a Missions program. The style guide recommends a funky, quirky, and casual look created through hand-lettering with an upbeat, positive, and fun vibe. A bright, bold color scheme inspired by Sharpies is suggested along with an eye-catching focal point that moves the eye around all the text, as well as creative illustrations and corny or silly jokes or riddles.
This document provides a summary of a presentation on building a storytelling culture. It introduces the guest speaker, Jerry Grimes, and his background. It then discusses why storytelling is important for organizations, defining storytelling and explaining the basic storytelling arc of introducing a character, their discovery or trigger, their transformation, and the result. The presentation provides guidance on gathering, refining, archiving, and sharing stories as part of creating a storytelling culture within an organization. It offers suggestions for collecting stories from various stakeholders and training staff to develop storytelling skills.
The document summarizes the agenda and announcements for a photography club's December meeting. It discusses past events in November, upcoming December activities like outings to wildlife centers and roller derby events, and a January photography tutorial. It also announces the winners of the December photo assignment contest on the theme of "Giving," with the first place photo receiving a Flickr Pro account as a prize.
This document provides advice on creating a diverse cast of characters to avoid having only white characters. It recommends that creators consider their target audience and medium, research other cultures thoroughly if writing about them, and make an effort to include non-white characters even if initially conceived as white. The document warns against tokenism and stereotypes, and advises to expect complaints from those accustomed to only white protagonists, but to not let those complaints discourage inclusive character creation.
This document discusses principles and strategies for rewarding employees in meaningful yet low-cost ways. It suggests rewarding employees through sincere praise and recognition using their name. Rewards can take many forms from small gifts to public acknowledgment. Leaders are encouraged to model rewarding behavior for others and empower employees to recognize their peers. The goal is to motivate employees through frequent, informal rewards rather than just large, formal awards for a select few.
The document outlines strategic goals and recommendations for public libraries to remain relevant. It suggests libraries focus on community needs, prioritize impactful programs through partnerships, offer educational opportunities and credentials, understand curriculum, and invest in strategic collections. Libraries are encouraged to experiment, take risks, promote staff, and remove barriers to innovation. The overall message is for libraries to embrace change, focus on outcomes over activities, and tell their impactful stories.
This document summarizes Mitch Gitelman's experience in the gaming industry and how he used crowdfunding on Kickstarter to fund the development of Shadowrun Returns. It discusses how crowdfunding has become a viable way for independent game developers to fund projects before or without completion. It provides tips for running a successful crowdfunding campaign, including finding your audience, sharing your vision, keeping updates regular, and being responsive to backers. The Shadowrun Returns campaign raised $1.9 million over 25 days from over 36,000 backers.
What does John F. Kennedy's "We choose to go to the moon in this decade...", the recent organizational change that you had, and your latest update on social media have in common? Have you ever thought why well-intended, perfectly valid logical ideas fail to appeal to people?
One of the best ways to communicate with people is through a story. Stories or narratives help you to connect with the hearts and minds of your audience. An emotionally engaging story affects more areas of the brain than rational, data-driven messages - meaning that they are far more likely to resonate with people you lead. Realizing this, the importance of storytelling as a tool has gained prominence in organizations.
So what sort of stories can you tell in a business context? And an eloquent leader uses different narrative patterns of storytelling to achieve different outcomes. Learn about the skill of storytelling to communicate your vision, spark action, have people collaborate at work and transform your organization.
This document provides style guidelines for redesigning the masthead logo and edition of a newsletter called the Toilet Paper for a Missions program. The style guide recommends a funky, quirky, and casual look created through hand-lettering with an upbeat, positive, and fun vibe. A bright, bold color scheme inspired by Sharpies is suggested along with an eye-catching focal point that moves the eye around all the text, as well as creative illustrations and corny or silly jokes or riddles.
This document provides a summary of a presentation on building a storytelling culture. It introduces the guest speaker, Jerry Grimes, and his background. It then discusses why storytelling is important for organizations, defining storytelling and explaining the basic storytelling arc of introducing a character, their discovery or trigger, their transformation, and the result. The presentation provides guidance on gathering, refining, archiving, and sharing stories as part of creating a storytelling culture within an organization. It offers suggestions for collecting stories from various stakeholders and training staff to develop storytelling skills.
The document summarizes the agenda and announcements for a photography club's December meeting. It discusses past events in November, upcoming December activities like outings to wildlife centers and roller derby events, and a January photography tutorial. It also announces the winners of the December photo assignment contest on the theme of "Giving," with the first place photo receiving a Flickr Pro account as a prize.
This document provides advice on creating a diverse cast of characters to avoid having only white characters. It recommends that creators consider their target audience and medium, research other cultures thoroughly if writing about them, and make an effort to include non-white characters even if initially conceived as white. The document warns against tokenism and stereotypes, and advises to expect complaints from those accustomed to only white protagonists, but to not let those complaints discourage inclusive character creation.
This document discusses principles and strategies for rewarding employees in meaningful yet low-cost ways. It suggests rewarding employees through sincere praise and recognition using their name. Rewards can take many forms from small gifts to public acknowledgment. Leaders are encouraged to model rewarding behavior for others and empower employees to recognize their peers. The goal is to motivate employees through frequent, informal rewards rather than just large, formal awards for a select few.
What are you worth? It's time to recognize your worth and invest in your dreams and passons. Is it time to set the writer within you free? Invest in yourself!
NAR18: 10 Ways to Up Your Relationship Marketing GameKatie Clancy
The document provides a summary of a session at the NAR Annual conference about 10 ways to improve relationship marketing. It lists the 10 tips which include having a purpose focused on others, knowing your target personas, being a storyteller, collaborating with others in your market, giving to others, leveraging social media, using a gratitude campaign, engaging in civic marketing, asking for referrals, and being focused on the activities not just outcomes. Attendees are encouraged to download the mobile app to access session materials and provide feedback.
This document promotes a social reading game called PocketTales that allows users to create a reading tribe by adding friends, read books to earn points unlocking activities like scavenger hunts and storytelling games, and rate, review and recommend books to others while discovering badges and customizing their experience.
This document discusses the need for libraries to change and adapt to remain relevant. It suggests that libraries focus on serving their communities' needs through partnerships and programs, rather than just housing collections. Libraries are encouraged to take risks, try new ideas like offering courses, and remove barriers between libraries and users. The overall message is that libraries must be open to change, criticism, and new approaches in order to "be the change they want to see."
A travel blogger’s influence extends across multiple channels where they share stories, destination highlights, tips and recommendations that targets people moving through each of the five stages of travel. How can you then collaborate with travel bloggers in a way that maintains the integrity of their story, yet tap into their influence to showcase your destination, and commit them to visiting?
Caroline (‘Caz’) Makepeace shared her insights into how they effectively marketed destinations on their road trip while keeping it very real to their own story. She offered tips on how to create these campaigns, choose the right bloggers and how to effectively work with them.
Caz is the co-founder of yTravel blog with her husband, Craig. They’ve just finished an 18-month road trip around Australia with their children, collaborating with many tourism boards along the way.
They’ve been featured on Lonely Planet, National Geographic Online, Virgin Australia, Expedia, and the Today Show. Their reach extends into the millions.
yTravel have partnered with brands such as Nissan, Ford, Qantas, Amex, and Canon. They were invited as one of the top travel bloggers in the world to attend the first ever travel summit at the White House and regularly speak at travel, blogging, and social media conferences.
TBEX Europe 2016, Cleaning Out Blogging Clutter, Larissa MilneTBEX
COMMUNITY, Larissa loves Entrepreneurship and Travel, and is happiest when the two coincide. A former CEO of two life science startups, she and her husband began traveling full-time in 2011. They parlayed their award-winning blog, “Changes in Longitude,” into a weekly travel column in the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly.com, as well as a book deal showcasing the historic sights in their hometown. She continues to evaluate startup companies for venture capitalists and judge business plan competitions. When she needs a break from constant travel, Larissa teaches startup strategies for Drexel University’s Close School of Entrepreneurship.
The document discusses self-publishing options for authors, including tips for writing, editing, and formatting books. It provides statistics showing that authors who pay for services like editing and cover design typically earn more from their work. The document also summarizes features of the Amazon subsidiary Create Space, which provides printing and publishing services, and closes by inviting feedback and questions.
The document summarizes the agenda and activities for the November 2009 meeting of the CPMG photography group. Key points included:
- An agenda covering general announcements, recaps of past events and activities, and presentations on portrait photography and high speed flash.
- A discussion of finances, with membership dues, event attendance, and events making up the majority of income.
- An overview of recent and upcoming events in October and November, including photo shoots, special interest groups, and social outings.
- Results from the November photo assignment and contest on capturing autumn scenes, with prizes awarded to the top photos.
- Details of the December photo assignment and contest focused on capturing scenes of giving
Review of interesting Social-Local-Mobile services, with ideas on top. Talk given at KR8V.Asia in February 2012 in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Manila.
Clubbr is a proposed mobile app that allows users to see live photos and videos from venues to know what the atmosphere is like inside before deciding to go. This helps solve the problems of venues being too crowded, having an unwanted DJ, or outdated online reviews. The app aims to provide a more real-time view inside venues and earn revenue from venue advertisements, ticket commissions, concert ads, and business consulting. It projects over $100 million in annual revenue by 2027 if it captures 10% of the US nightlife market.
Playing with chance good luck marc pestkaMary Chan
The talk will expose the value of randomness as a gameplay component from a high level point of view and then will present two ways to deal with it based on the experience of the speaker, who has worked on match-3 games and a hack'n slash, among others. Level design levers and tools for casual games will be discussed as well as content generation through Treasure Classes.
The document summarizes the agenda and results of the August 2009 Main/SouthSide photography meeting. The meeting included discussions of housekeeping, past activities, upcoming events in August, and the results of the August photo contest on the theme of "Wow". First place in the contest went to an image by Eric Karp capturing a lit match in perfect detail. The September meeting assignment and contest will focus on the theme of movement.
Learning never stops and no one person can know it all, do it all, or learn it all! Get help fast, when you need it, by calling on experts in your personal learning network. Take advantage of additional opportunities to learn from your peers with tools such as Facebook, Google Hangouts, blogs, and other online communities. In this session, North Carolina Master Trainers Lori Reed and Jessica O’Brien will get you started as you learn how to: Crowdsource answers to questions big and small; Prevent information burnout and overload; and create your own personal learning environment.
Presented at the North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference October 18, 2013
What ZSR Library Does to Build Value/Sage Value ResearchSusan Smith
This document summarizes research on how academic libraries can build value for teaching and research staff. The research included literature reviews, case studies of libraries in the UK, US and Scandinavia, and surveys of librarians. Key findings were that faculty have positive perceptions of libraries but may not understand the full scope of services, and personal relationships between librarians and faculty are important. Recommendations include knowing faculty needs, expanding librarian skills beyond traditional roles, documenting partnership building, and collecting evidence of library value through success stories and metrics.
The South Carolina Literary Map began in 2000 as a class project at USC-SLIS in partnership with the Palmetto Book Alliance to archive information on South Carolina authors. It has since evolved with the Palmetto Book Alliance becoming the SC Center for the Book. The map is a collaborative project between the SC State Library, USC-SLIS, and the Humanities CouncilSC. The document discusses archiving the old website, updating the new website at scliterarymap.org, defining submission guidelines and forms, and next steps for the collaboration including regular meetings.
Promoting Your Programs on the Web: More Than Just Calendar Entries (NCLA 2013)Matthew Clobridge
Your major programs deserve more than a simple calendar entry. Why not showcase them with their own space on the web? Options include a simple program page on your website, a custom section for the program on your site, and a full, separate program website complete with its own URL. We’ll share Durham County Library’s experiences, successes, and lessons-learned with these different methods. While this won’t be an overly technical discussion, we will examine some platforms available for easily creating a program website. Most options won’t cost you a cent and don’t take that long to set up.
Lessons Learned: Through a Librarian's LensSusan Smith
Through her career as a librarian, Susan Sharpless Smith has learned many valuable life lessons. She learned from her mother the importance of cleanliness, education, and acting appropriately as a young woman. As a library director, she recognized the value in team building, getting outside one's comfort zone, and focusing on relationships rather than individual accomplishments. She also learned to take risks by creating new library spaces and programs that benefited both students and faculty.
Reaching New Audiences with Library mini-MOOCsKyle Denlinger
Kyle Denlinger from Wake Forest University created an open online course called ZSRx to teach web literacy skills to parents, alumni and other external audiences. The course was created using free tools by one person over a few months. It exceeded expectations with over 1,000 total registrations from 6 continents and 50 US states, including alumni from 1954 to 2012. Feedback was very positive, with many asking for additional courses. The success demonstrated opportunities for libraries to reach new audiences through low-cost online courses.
The document provides biographical information about Ann Videan, including her career as a professional writer since 1981, owning an award-winning marketing firm since 1996, and authoring several books. It also lists some of her accomplishments such as being selected for a top PR award in 2007 and serving as a catalyst to reintroduce white rhinos to a zoo in 2004. The rest of the document offers ideas and tips for marketing books, including connecting with reader emotions, using word of mouth tactics, and brainstorming unique aspects of one's book that could capture readers' imaginations.
This document provides tips and strategies for effectively recruiting new members to a campus organization. It recommends understanding the campus and your group's identity before recruiting. Recruitment events can be formal, like a dinner, or informal, like coffee dates, to get to know recruits better. Tabling, networking, asking other groups, and engaging students are ways to get people to events. The goal is to understand recruits' interests and show how the group can meet their needs. Retaining recruits involves giving them responsibilities and input. Success is defined by engaged members, not just large numbers. Recruitment should be ongoing and can happen anywhere.
What are you worth? It's time to recognize your worth and invest in your dreams and passons. Is it time to set the writer within you free? Invest in yourself!
NAR18: 10 Ways to Up Your Relationship Marketing GameKatie Clancy
The document provides a summary of a session at the NAR Annual conference about 10 ways to improve relationship marketing. It lists the 10 tips which include having a purpose focused on others, knowing your target personas, being a storyteller, collaborating with others in your market, giving to others, leveraging social media, using a gratitude campaign, engaging in civic marketing, asking for referrals, and being focused on the activities not just outcomes. Attendees are encouraged to download the mobile app to access session materials and provide feedback.
This document promotes a social reading game called PocketTales that allows users to create a reading tribe by adding friends, read books to earn points unlocking activities like scavenger hunts and storytelling games, and rate, review and recommend books to others while discovering badges and customizing their experience.
This document discusses the need for libraries to change and adapt to remain relevant. It suggests that libraries focus on serving their communities' needs through partnerships and programs, rather than just housing collections. Libraries are encouraged to take risks, try new ideas like offering courses, and remove barriers between libraries and users. The overall message is that libraries must be open to change, criticism, and new approaches in order to "be the change they want to see."
A travel blogger’s influence extends across multiple channels where they share stories, destination highlights, tips and recommendations that targets people moving through each of the five stages of travel. How can you then collaborate with travel bloggers in a way that maintains the integrity of their story, yet tap into their influence to showcase your destination, and commit them to visiting?
Caroline (‘Caz’) Makepeace shared her insights into how they effectively marketed destinations on their road trip while keeping it very real to their own story. She offered tips on how to create these campaigns, choose the right bloggers and how to effectively work with them.
Caz is the co-founder of yTravel blog with her husband, Craig. They’ve just finished an 18-month road trip around Australia with their children, collaborating with many tourism boards along the way.
They’ve been featured on Lonely Planet, National Geographic Online, Virgin Australia, Expedia, and the Today Show. Their reach extends into the millions.
yTravel have partnered with brands such as Nissan, Ford, Qantas, Amex, and Canon. They were invited as one of the top travel bloggers in the world to attend the first ever travel summit at the White House and regularly speak at travel, blogging, and social media conferences.
TBEX Europe 2016, Cleaning Out Blogging Clutter, Larissa MilneTBEX
COMMUNITY, Larissa loves Entrepreneurship and Travel, and is happiest when the two coincide. A former CEO of two life science startups, she and her husband began traveling full-time in 2011. They parlayed their award-winning blog, “Changes in Longitude,” into a weekly travel column in the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly.com, as well as a book deal showcasing the historic sights in their hometown. She continues to evaluate startup companies for venture capitalists and judge business plan competitions. When she needs a break from constant travel, Larissa teaches startup strategies for Drexel University’s Close School of Entrepreneurship.
The document discusses self-publishing options for authors, including tips for writing, editing, and formatting books. It provides statistics showing that authors who pay for services like editing and cover design typically earn more from their work. The document also summarizes features of the Amazon subsidiary Create Space, which provides printing and publishing services, and closes by inviting feedback and questions.
The document summarizes the agenda and activities for the November 2009 meeting of the CPMG photography group. Key points included:
- An agenda covering general announcements, recaps of past events and activities, and presentations on portrait photography and high speed flash.
- A discussion of finances, with membership dues, event attendance, and events making up the majority of income.
- An overview of recent and upcoming events in October and November, including photo shoots, special interest groups, and social outings.
- Results from the November photo assignment and contest on capturing autumn scenes, with prizes awarded to the top photos.
- Details of the December photo assignment and contest focused on capturing scenes of giving
Review of interesting Social-Local-Mobile services, with ideas on top. Talk given at KR8V.Asia in February 2012 in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Manila.
Clubbr is a proposed mobile app that allows users to see live photos and videos from venues to know what the atmosphere is like inside before deciding to go. This helps solve the problems of venues being too crowded, having an unwanted DJ, or outdated online reviews. The app aims to provide a more real-time view inside venues and earn revenue from venue advertisements, ticket commissions, concert ads, and business consulting. It projects over $100 million in annual revenue by 2027 if it captures 10% of the US nightlife market.
Playing with chance good luck marc pestkaMary Chan
The talk will expose the value of randomness as a gameplay component from a high level point of view and then will present two ways to deal with it based on the experience of the speaker, who has worked on match-3 games and a hack'n slash, among others. Level design levers and tools for casual games will be discussed as well as content generation through Treasure Classes.
The document summarizes the agenda and results of the August 2009 Main/SouthSide photography meeting. The meeting included discussions of housekeeping, past activities, upcoming events in August, and the results of the August photo contest on the theme of "Wow". First place in the contest went to an image by Eric Karp capturing a lit match in perfect detail. The September meeting assignment and contest will focus on the theme of movement.
Learning never stops and no one person can know it all, do it all, or learn it all! Get help fast, when you need it, by calling on experts in your personal learning network. Take advantage of additional opportunities to learn from your peers with tools such as Facebook, Google Hangouts, blogs, and other online communities. In this session, North Carolina Master Trainers Lori Reed and Jessica O’Brien will get you started as you learn how to: Crowdsource answers to questions big and small; Prevent information burnout and overload; and create your own personal learning environment.
Presented at the North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference October 18, 2013
What ZSR Library Does to Build Value/Sage Value ResearchSusan Smith
This document summarizes research on how academic libraries can build value for teaching and research staff. The research included literature reviews, case studies of libraries in the UK, US and Scandinavia, and surveys of librarians. Key findings were that faculty have positive perceptions of libraries but may not understand the full scope of services, and personal relationships between librarians and faculty are important. Recommendations include knowing faculty needs, expanding librarian skills beyond traditional roles, documenting partnership building, and collecting evidence of library value through success stories and metrics.
The South Carolina Literary Map began in 2000 as a class project at USC-SLIS in partnership with the Palmetto Book Alliance to archive information on South Carolina authors. It has since evolved with the Palmetto Book Alliance becoming the SC Center for the Book. The map is a collaborative project between the SC State Library, USC-SLIS, and the Humanities CouncilSC. The document discusses archiving the old website, updating the new website at scliterarymap.org, defining submission guidelines and forms, and next steps for the collaboration including regular meetings.
Promoting Your Programs on the Web: More Than Just Calendar Entries (NCLA 2013)Matthew Clobridge
Your major programs deserve more than a simple calendar entry. Why not showcase them with their own space on the web? Options include a simple program page on your website, a custom section for the program on your site, and a full, separate program website complete with its own URL. We’ll share Durham County Library’s experiences, successes, and lessons-learned with these different methods. While this won’t be an overly technical discussion, we will examine some platforms available for easily creating a program website. Most options won’t cost you a cent and don’t take that long to set up.
Lessons Learned: Through a Librarian's LensSusan Smith
Through her career as a librarian, Susan Sharpless Smith has learned many valuable life lessons. She learned from her mother the importance of cleanliness, education, and acting appropriately as a young woman. As a library director, she recognized the value in team building, getting outside one's comfort zone, and focusing on relationships rather than individual accomplishments. She also learned to take risks by creating new library spaces and programs that benefited both students and faculty.
Reaching New Audiences with Library mini-MOOCsKyle Denlinger
Kyle Denlinger from Wake Forest University created an open online course called ZSRx to teach web literacy skills to parents, alumni and other external audiences. The course was created using free tools by one person over a few months. It exceeded expectations with over 1,000 total registrations from 6 continents and 50 US states, including alumni from 1954 to 2012. Feedback was very positive, with many asking for additional courses. The success demonstrated opportunities for libraries to reach new audiences through low-cost online courses.
The document provides biographical information about Ann Videan, including her career as a professional writer since 1981, owning an award-winning marketing firm since 1996, and authoring several books. It also lists some of her accomplishments such as being selected for a top PR award in 2007 and serving as a catalyst to reintroduce white rhinos to a zoo in 2004. The rest of the document offers ideas and tips for marketing books, including connecting with reader emotions, using word of mouth tactics, and brainstorming unique aspects of one's book that could capture readers' imaginations.
This document provides tips and strategies for effectively recruiting new members to a campus organization. It recommends understanding the campus and your group's identity before recruiting. Recruitment events can be formal, like a dinner, or informal, like coffee dates, to get to know recruits better. Tabling, networking, asking other groups, and engaging students are ways to get people to events. The goal is to understand recruits' interests and show how the group can meet their needs. Retaining recruits involves giving them responsibilities and input. Success is defined by engaged members, not just large numbers. Recruitment should be ongoing and can happen anywhere.
Word of Mouth Marketing Seminar - The Word of Mouth Company PresentationLibmark
Word of Mouth Club – ‘We love to talk’ Jo Schultz and Vicki Foster established the Word of Mouth Club brand to ‘make women’s lives easier’. They are flying in from N.S.W. to share the success of their brand and its underlying premise that word-of-mouth marketing in all its incarnations and across diverse platforms (even libraries) is the most effective marketing.
Presented at LibMark's Word of Mouth Marketing Seminar in June 2014
You should give a talk this year — Women Techmakers BerlinArmagan Amcalar
Participating in conferences and learning from experts is great, but as a community we are missing a lot when it’s the same faces every year, everywhere. We have to do our best to include everyone from a diverse background as speakers and learn from their experiences. This talk will prove you have what it takes to become a speaker yourself, and will give you practical advice to start your career as a speaker. We will talk about overcoming the impostor syndrome and eliminating self-doubt like “I don’t know what to talk about” and “I can’t talk in front of people”. This is a fun, inspiring talk, and by the end of it you will discover the super-hero speaker in you, bursting already with ideas for your first talk.
“To Share or Not to Share:” How Much Should College Applicants Share in Thei...Rebecca Joseph
This document discusses how much college applicants should share in their essays and applications. It provides advice on writing successful essays, including focusing on self-reflection, complex thinking, simplicity, coherence, personal style and tone, and proper syntax and format. The document also discusses understanding essay prompts, avoiding certain topics or styles, and sharing sensitive personal topics in a balanced way. It provides examples of appropriate and inappropriate essay reveals. Overall, the document aims to help students craft compelling essays that showcase who they are without oversharing inappropriate details.
Not sure where to find your audience? Stuck wondering if anyone is even listening to your podcast. Don't know where to market next? Then this is the talk for you! Come learn how to get your podcast in front of your target listener, find sponsors, and learn strategies that can help you build an audience.
What will you learn?
-- Learn where to find your podcast audience
-- Understand your hosting statistics mean and what success in podcasting looks like
-- Learn marketing strategies like evergreen content and social media sharing
-- Learn when and how to find sponsors for your podcast
-- Learn how to use your podcast as a marketing channel for other content
The Gagglepod Advantage
Coming to a Gagglepod Meetup comes with the added advantage of being able to ask any question you have about podcasting! Even if you're already podcasting, Gagglepod is all about building a community of podcasters. Come for the talks, stay for the Q&A!
The document discusses 7 strategic goals for public libraries:
1. Libraries will serve increasingly diverse communities with expectations of timely access across digital and physical platforms.
2. Library content will expand beyond text to include visual, audio, and interactive formats. Search capabilities will also improve.
3. Librarians will focus more on professional services and strategic alignment than traditional roles in organizing knowledge.
4. Collections, metadata, and e-learning resources will increasingly move to cloud-based platforms.
Participating in conferences and learning from experts is great, but as a community we are missing a lot when it’s the same faces every year, everywhere. We have to do our best to include everyone from a diverse background as speakers and learn from their experiences. This talk will prove you have what it takes to become a speaker yourself, and will give you practical advice to start your career as a speaker. We will talk about overcoming the impostor syndrome and eliminating self-doubt like “I don’t know what to talk about” and “I can’t talk in front of people”. This is a fun, inspiring talk, and by the end of it you will discover the super-hero speaker in you, bursting already with ideas for your first talk.
Wowing Your Customers: Inspiring Employee Happiness and EngagementQualtrics
- The document provides an overview of Zappos' company culture and focus on customer service. It discusses how Zappos prioritizes employee happiness and culture as the foundation for providing excellent customer experiences.
- Key aspects of Zappos' culture include establishing core values, hiring for cultural fit, fostering relationships and communication between employees, and making culture part of everyone's responsibilities.
- The presentation emphasizes that inspiring employee engagement through culture is essential for consistently wowing customers.
Presentation to the Brisbane Content Strategy meetup.
Meetup description: The language that we choose and the style in which we write can shape our customer's perception of our products and services. It can build trust, create rapport, and set us apart from our competitors. But how do you define voice? And, what about tone? In this meetup, I am going to show you a number of ways you can identify and document your brand's voice and tone. I'll explain the difference between voice and tone, take you through some practical workshop exercises you can run with your team or stakeholders, and provide you with examples of tools to communicate it to your content writers.
This document provides guidance on how to tell effective stories to raise more money for nonprofits. It discusses that stories are important because donors care about characters they can relate to. A good story has characters with needs, a believable plot tied to the mission, and a clear call to action. Stories can be found by talking to those served and asking engaging questions. Stories should be told succinctly everywhere possible, including websites, newsletters, social media and more, using compelling photos and videos. Tying stories back to the mission is important.
Presentation skills, quotations about presentation skills, body language, preparation, planning, 1st impression, fighting your fears, last impression, conclusion, education.
Growing your Technology User Group (SCALE 13x 2015)Kara Sowles
The document provides guidance on starting a new technology user group by outlining common challenges and solutions. It discusses establishing the basics like date, venue, speakers and communication. Additional steps include finding members, securing a venue, cultivating speakers, obtaining sponsors and food. The document emphasizes setting clear expectations, ensuring accessibility, and fostering an inclusive community through a code of conduct. The overall message is that starting a user group requires perseverance but can be rewarding.
This document provides tips and strategies for winning projects and influencing budgets. It discusses what clients want in terms of style, creativity, experience, attention to detail, and speed. An ideal client is described as a good fit with few negotiations who appreciates, trusts, and enjoys working with you while being profitable. The document emphasizes that the real product being sold is the thought response given to clients. It provides worksheets and recommends targeting specific industries and client traits, setting clear expectations and objectives, consistent communication, honesty, under-promising and over-delivering, building relationships through socializing and removing "bullshit", listening more than talking, blogging to get your name out there, and reading recommended books on influencing people and sales
This document provides an overview and timeline for a career fundamentals course. It discusses setting up and optimizing a LinkedIn profile, including adding a professional headshot, headline, summary, experiences, and connections. Examples of connection requests are provided. Students are instructed to complete their LinkedIn profile by the following week and connect with 5 classmates. Tips are given to leverage LinkedIn for career opportunities rather than expecting direct job offers.
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1. WORKING FOR THE
LIBRARY IS MURDER!
Tiffany Hayes, Library Training Coordinator
Sana Moulder, Local & State History
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
2. OBJECTIVES
What is an interactive play?
How to find a script
Casting the parts
Personalizing your script
Find the money
Team-building exercise
3. WHAT IS IT?
•
Script is ONLY a suggestion
•
Cast interacts with the audience
and draws them into the action
•
Dialog changes as the audience
becomes part of the event
•
Audience members attempt to
solve the mystery based on the
evidence
4. FIND THE PERFECT SCRIPT
Write Your Own
Pros
• Less Expensive
• Easy to tailor to your group
Cons
• More work
• Writers inexperienced with
the format
Purchase one from a vendor
Pros
• MUCH less work
• Glitches already worked out
• Script has been used
successfully
Cons
• MORE expensive
• May not be specific enough
5. RECRUIT YOUR CAST
Recruit the most outgoing
Consider ALL staff
Use staff from outside
agencies
Consider family and friends
of staff
Use a local drama club
6. GUIDELINES FOR CAST
Allow staff to choose their own
character, if possible
Need to “create” the character
One read-through and 4-6
rehearsals
If you make changes, give them
to EVERYONE
7. PERSONALIZE THE SCRIPT
Be sure to mention (and
thank) your funders and your
administration
Mention library events
Include local landmarks
Be aware of the sensibilities
of your community
8. FIND THE FUNDING
Friends of the Library funded ours
Adapt script to reduce props
Cast uses their own costumes or
borrow from a theater group
Sample budget
• Script: $25
• Props/costumes: $40
• Refreshments: $40
9. PUBLICITY &
PROMOTION
•
Advertised in our Monthly
Calendar of Events
•
Posters, signs, and fliers posted in
all of our branches
•
Heavily promoted on Facebook
using cast photos
•
Televised segment on our
monthly cable PSA
10.
11. TEAM BUILDING PORTION
What Worked
What Didn’t Work
Assigning teams randomly;
Clarity; we should have
staff loved working with people
explained what we expected and
that were unknown to them
not relied on them to read it
Script was rewritten to be
Timing; we didn’t allow
library and cast-specific
enough time for set-up
Zombie concept was popular
Teamwork; no debriefing
12.
13. THANKS FOR COMING!
Questions?
Comments?
Tiffany Hayes (thayes@cumberland.lib.nc.us)
• (910) 483-7727 ext 1306
Sana Moulder (smoulder@cumberland.lib.nc.us)
• (910) 483-7727 ext 1363
Editor's Notes
9:45 to 9:47 (Both)
9:47 to 9:50 (Both)Read over Objectives
9:50 to 9:55 (Both)1.The script is more a suggestion; as long as the characters stay true to the plot, the dialog doesn’t really matter2. The cast interacts with the audience; they sit next to audience members and draw them into the action. Often audience members are asked to participate by playing a small part or helping the cast to define clues or motives for the rest of the audience3. Each audience member has a program/ballot. At the end of the play, the guests fill out the ballot, identifying who they think committed the crime any why4. The ballots are collected before the conclusion/solution of the mystery and the library awards prizes to those who guessed correctly (we used copies of Mystery ARCs as gifts)
9:55 to 9:58 (Sana)Write your ownPros—less expensive; you can tailor it for your group and your communityCons—more work; the writer(s) may be inexperienced with the formatResourcesStaging an interactive mystery play: a six-week program for developing theatre skills By Justine Jones and Mary Ann KelleySuspects & Sleuth's Murder Mystery Design Guide: A Guide to Creating, Writing, and Hosting your own Murder Mystery... by Steven E. French and Brianna Carlisle Purchase one already writtenPros—much less work, glitches already worked out, script has been used successfullyCons—cost, the script may not be specific enough for your purposesResourcesSusan Haley Productions (www.haleyproductions.com)Murder Mystery Scripts (www.murdermysteryscripts.net)Pioneer Drama Service (www.pioneerdrama.com/Comedy_Murder_Mysteries)
9:58 to 10:01 (Tiffany)First time, we asked specific people1. We chose the funniest, most gregarious and outgoing people we knew2. Our system has eight branches, and we’ve had staff from all eight participate3.For each play, we have ended up using library staff from another county organization; once from our Community College and once from a public Junior High School. 4. You can always use the spouses and families of your staff. We’ve typically had trouble finding enough men to play parts in our little productionsSecond time, we sent out an all staff email1. We ended up with volunteers that we might not have considered2. We did have to do some begging and had to revise the script to reduce the number of male cast members
10:01 to 10:08 (Tiffany)1. If possible, you might want to allow them to choose the character they’d like to play. That said, we have not done that. We think we know our staff pretty well and have a really good sense of who would be best for what role2. Get the complete script to your cast and give them about two weeks to read through the script and to begin to get a sense of the character they are playing and how that character interacts with the rest of the cast.3. You’ll need at least one read-through and 4-5 rehearsals to get the timing down and work out the specifics for your location and “stage” area. 4. Make sure that if you find you need to change the script (i.e. there’s a line of dialog doesn’t work or that the physical positioning of the character is wrong), that ALL of the cast members make the changes on ALL copies of the script.
10:08 to 10:15 (Sana)Whether you write your own or choose a prewritten script, it’s important that you personalize it to fit your organization and community1. Mention your library and it’s important benefactors and administration2. Link it to your community and notable community eventsSince much of the action is improvisation, your cast needs to have a good sense of the character they are playing1. The staff should be able to react to customer comments and plot twists by adlibbing dialog that is consistent with the character they have developed2. The specific dialog doesn’t matter as much as maintaining the motives for the crimeMake sure that the script fits the sensibilities of your community1.The second play we did was set around a movie set for a Zombie film; we found that a few staff were not comfortable with the Zombie theme2. Depending on your audience, you may need to alter scenes and motives to remove references to gambling or premarital sex or prostitution; simply substitute another motive for the one you need to remove
10:15 to 10:18 (Sana)1. Friends of the Library funds our programming needs system-wide2. You can always adapt your script to remove or change a specific prop or costume is you can’t find one or can’t afford something3. Costumes were generally supplied by the cast member. For example, Jane found her costume at Goodwill for $3 and Tiffany used some of her belly-dancing garb. Our second production was set as a Hollywood-type premiere party and the ladies all wore evening dresses, many of them old bridesmaid dresses. Our two male characters both owned tuxedos, so they wore those. There may be a local theater group or drama club in your area that may loan you costumes4. Sample BudgetSupply list for Murder in Maui: Fake blood, 100 leis, fake knife, Hawaiian backdrop should cost around $40Sheet cake and bottled water for 75 people will run about $50-60Cost of the script and all supporting documents: $25
10:18 to 10:20 (Sana)Promoted to the publicAdvertised in our monthly Calendar of EventsPosted photos of the characters in costume on our Facebook pagePosters and fliers displayed within the libraryFacebook photos were shared by the cast on their own personal pages
10:20 to 10:25 (Both)1. No production will ever be perfect. EVER!2. Remind your staff that the whole idea is to HAVE FUN. If your cast members are enjoying themselves, then your audience will too3. Find a spot where your cast can go to re-check the script if they get lost or fix a costume or whatever it is they need to do4. For most of these plays, the murder takes place “off screen.” This means that for your cast to be suspected of the crime, they need to be out of the room during the “murder.” Make sure that they don’t all leave at the same time and have plausible reasons to leave. 5. Have a few “production assistants” roaming the room to help the cast stay on track and remind the audience to pay attention when there are important “clues” being uncovered or motives being outlined6. What are you going to do with the “dead” person? We usually hang a sign on them that says “Dead, but still interesting” and they continue to interact with the cast and the audience as a dead person (ghost). There is NO script for this, so make sure your “dead” person is comfortable with improvisation7. Appoint someone as official photographer. We were bad at getting photos for the second event8. Like most libraries, we use comment cards to gauge the success of our programming. One thing many audience members asked for was being able to dress up in costume for the program. We hadn’t expected that, so keep that in mind.
Very similar to the public performance, except that staff are divided into teams 1. We randomly assigned 60 staff to one of six teams to promote 2. Each team has specific tasks that have to be completed as a team, such as “auditioning” for a part, creating a team name and sign, etc.What worked:1. Staff loved working with other branch staff that they don’t get to see very often (breaking into random teams worked very well)2. Mystery was library specific—a character’s dying words might be, “Have . . . to get . . . to Headquarters for Hot Dog Day!” as he staggers across the stage3. Zombies. And staff feeling comfortable enough to BE zombies.What could be improved:1. Timing—we needed more time to get set up, get teams organized, complete the teamwork portions2. Clarity—instead of saying “you’re going to audition to be zombies,” we needed to say, “when our director comes up with the camera and says ‘give me your best zombie impression,’ you have 60 seconds to be a zombie; once all teams have auditioned at least one person, we will vote on who gets a part, using the scoring cards included in your packet”3. Teamwork—because of the lack of time and clarity, we didn’t get the full experience of the teamwork aspect, and some staff members were able to dominate their teamsSuggestions1. Give each person an envelope with a short description of their role: Facilitator, Reporter, Photographer, Spy, Cheerleader; allow them to choose roles if possible2. Tasks—decide what you want to emphasize or promote—creativity, communication, etc. Do you want them to be doing an activity at the same time as they are watching/solving the mystery? If not, plan in chunks of “down time” to do the team exercise.3. Some suggestions for team challenges from Susan Haley Productions: Have team members switch teams at a designated point; have team turn in one compiled solution log; make a team sign or presentation; pick team members to audition for parts in the “movie”; debrief and team assessment.
Here are some photos from our Staff Development Day presentation.