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I’m excited to be attending the R-Squared conference in Telluride! I have been trying to write about my expectations for this conference but while I am excited, I also don’t have any expectations so I’m going to write about what I’m excited about.
Location
This will be my first visit to Telluride and my [...]
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In this special extended edition of George and Joan, Thinking Out Loud, we share George and Joan’s closing talk at this year’s Eureka! Leadership Institute. While the talk was aimed at the departing Eureka fellows, the message was important enough to share as an extended podcast. What is the [...]
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The 32 fellows for the 2010 Eureka! Leadership Institute have been selected! Congratulations to them all! the Institute will take place Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2010 at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose, CA. This year’s fellows are:
Bonnett, Polly – Sierra Madre Public Library Burdick, Ashley – Palos Verdes Library [...]
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One of the 2009 Eureka! Leadership Institute fellows, Thomas Vose from Riverside County Library System, put an idea from the Institute into action. I’ll let one of his mentors from the Institute, Kathy Gould, tell the story:
Last fall I had the privilege of serving as a mentor for the Eureka [...]
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In this podcast George and Joan talk about the concept of place – not just library as place, but the very basic idea of locality and how we develop a sense of community – and of course, how it ties into libraries. This conversation was prompted by their experience at the
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The 2009 Eureka! Leadership Institute is underway at the Dolce Hayes Mansion in San Jose, and we have some links to share. The keynote address by Mary Catherine Bateson is available in MP3 format, and we have photos of the Institute on Flickr (more are being added).
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Acting State Librarian of the California State Library Stacey Aldrich will be helping current and prospective library leaders use current tools to explore the future in her Infopeople workshop, “Building Leadership Skills: Planning for the Future,” scheduled in libraries throughout California in June 2009.
“We’ll be looking at what kinds of [...]
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Overcoming challenges in the library workplace involves a mixture of creativity and fun, Suzanne Merritt suggests in her new full-day Infopeople “Building Leadership Skills: Stimulating Creativity” workshop sessions being offered in libraries throughout California from April 10-24, 2009.
“I think the important thing that people will [...]
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We don’t have to look very far to see that leadership is an issue which is much discussed and often promoted within libraries and the communities they serve—possibly because so many of us sense a leadership void in so many of the organizations and political entities we encounter.
The great news here in California [...]
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Current and prospective library leaders who love to practice, play, and learn should feel right at home in Gail Griffith’s “Building Leadership Skills: Community Engagement” workshop—the latest entry in Infopeople’s Eureka! Leadership Program series.
The daylong session, to be offered in libraries throughout California [...]
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