Tasty Tech Tidbits and Tools

Pilot training program

A TASTE OF WEB 2.0 Ideas for what to call this series are welcome!

TAKE A BYTE OUT OF WEB 2.0!

Goals:

• HAVE FUN
• Raise awareness of web based tools in a fun, fast-paced, non-threatening environment
• Increase web 2.0 literacy across LIS
• Encourage innovation and fun in the workplace
• Welcome all LIS staff to present fun new tools they are using
• Foster a collaborative working environment
• Cross-departmental format
• Encourage use of tech tools to enhance efficiency
• Have fun and enjoy each other's company
• Encourage all LIS staff to present and/or attend
• Encourage playing with web tools
• Save money - many tools are in beta and are "free"
• Celebrate community and collaboration
• Enjoy a meal together; learn together outside usual workgroups; learn from each other
• Sandbox for staff to play with technologies and tools
• Tame technostress, technodivorce, technoshame, technophobia, technolust
• Did we mention...HAVE FUN!

Monthly lunch and dinner time presentations - cool and fun web tools

• Pilot project to begin Fall 08

• 1 hour each during mid-day and early evening
• Twice monthly; 2 in Oct; 2 in Nov; 1 in Dec
• Lunchtime program repeated at evening program - do we need the same person presenting at both sessions - even if the topic is the same - or do we want to be more fluid with topics and presenters?
• Raffle to encourage participation; all participants are eligible for the drawing at each session; all participants throughout the semester are eligible for the grand prize at the end of the semester
• Everyone brings their own bag meal
• Each presentation - 10 - 15 minutes long max for a total 30 - 40 min
• Time to share recent discoveries and new fun web tools at the end
• Create a blog to document training series - do we want/need this?

• Staff across LIS as presenters - starting with 3 presenters the first meeting:

Pending presenters accepting the invite!

• Request volunteers for future sessions

• • and more!
  • Bryan - Delicious
  • Mary B. - GoodReads

Schedule: Location Main Lib 105 10/9 12 - 1 pm : Mike Roy on Cha Cha, Jott, and Remember the Milk
10/23 6 - 7 pm

11/6 12 - 1 pm
11/20 6 - 7 pm

12/4 - last meeting of the semester - grand prize drawing

Possible topics - please add other wicked good web tools and ideas!

• Sign up for a feed reader/RSS
• Bloglines/Google Reader
• Delicious
• GoodReads
• Flickr
• LibraryThing
• Facebook
• iTunes U
• Download a Podcast
• Feedzie
• Mozio
• Twitter
• Hiogi
• Ning
• Youtube
• Comment on a blog
• Meebo
• Librivox
• Podcast Alley
• Gabcast
• Image generators - Imagechef, Add Letters, Dumpr,

• • What will the prizes be?
    • Small monthly prizes
      • Coffee card
      • Bookstore gift certificate
      • Coffee/tea mug with coffee card
      • Other ideas?
    • Large prize at the last meeting of the semester
      • iPod/iTouch
      • Canon Flip camera - perfect for Youtube and Flickr
      • Other fun tech toys?

• Encourage managers and supervisors
  • To give release time
  • Acknowledge participation in annual performance review

• Where and how to advertise and encourage other LIS staff to present and/or participate?
  • LISt blog
  • All LIS email from Mike
  • Flyers in staff mailboxes

• Catch phrases - ideas welcome! Please!
  • Take a bite out of web tech tools
  • Wicked wonderful web tools
  • Fun with Web 2.0
  • Tricks, tips and tools
  • Discover Web 2.0

Proposed text for the announcement: (Help please!)

• Save the date! Announcing an all LIS web2.opportunity!
• When:October 9th at 12 noon; with repeat session on 10/23 at 6 pm
• Where: Lib 105
• What: 1st in a series of brown bag mealtime sessions to discover and share cool new web 2.0 tools. Come and hear Mike, Mary and Bryan share some fun web tools they are using
• Get together with your coworkers across LIS to share fun web tools.
• How long: 1 hour max; 3 presentations - 10 minutes each; time at end to share the web tools you are using!
• Bring your own bag meal
• There will be prizes drawn at each session; everyone who attends will be eligible for the grand prize drawing in December.
• Looking for volunteers to present in November - please contact Elin Waagen or Bryan Carson.

Loosely based on the concept of 23 things - topics could be used as springboard to design first sessions

• The 23 Things
• Infopeople Project 23 Things
• Vermont's 23 Things