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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Next week, Infopeople is sending a few California librarians to a new and unusual library conference. “R-Squared” (Risk x Reward) promises an exciting “mountaintop experience,” both in that cheesy life-changing sense and also in a completely literal sense, as we’ll be spending a few breathless days in Telluride, Colorado, at close to [...]
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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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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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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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One of the best two-for-one deals for current and prospective library leaders is Pat Wagner’s “Building Leadership Skills: Developing and Leading Projects” workshop. Part of the Infopeople Eureka! Leadership Program series, it will be offered in California libraries through December 17, 2008; remains available after [...]
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