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Finding the Hotel Menage

Published on July 21, 2008 in ala, hotels and travels. 2 Comments

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In Anaheim, CA looking for my hotel - the Hotel Menage.

Mickey Picket

Published on July 5, 2008 in ala, amusement park and travels. 0 Comments

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My hotel was a good mile from the ALA2008 conference. One morning, I had to walk through a line of picketers outside Disneyland - it felt odd.

Community Building & Experience

Published on June 17, 2008 in ala, conferences, digital experience and web2.0. 0 Comments

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I am one of the presenters/conversation starters at BIGWIGs Social Software Showcase at the American Library Association’s annual conference (ALA2008). What is the Social Software Showcase, you ask? From the website: “The general idea for the BIGWIG Showcase is to highlight up-to-date technological innovations for libraries, while giving as broad an access as possible to the content and the presenters.”

Screencast Description: Engaging your librarys local community is NOT an easy task. Engaging your librarys local DIGITAL community is even harder. This presentation introduces the concept of the experience economy and mashes that up with digital community participation and engagement. Whats that get you? A headache! No, wait thats the wrong answer. It REALLY gets you Community Experience, aka the Conversation Economy.

Enjoy!