Following last week’s ALIA Information Online, a task on my post-conferencing ‘to do’ list is to review my notes and pull out some key takeaways. I took notes on my iPad into Evernote in most sessions I attended. Some presentations however, I couldn’t quite articulate key points in 140 characters...
Navigating a career path and coming up with a flight plan can be difficult for those new to the information professions. There are many possibilities and even more ways to get there. My last couple of blog posts have focused on career planning for newbies. I’m by no means an...
….well, that’ll be the first thought I have if, heaven forbid, Twitter disappeared tomorrow. Someone asked me the question recently, “If Twitter went kaput, was lost and disappeared, what would you do?” For a moment, well actually it was a little more than a moment, panic set in. No one...
For my final ‘Planning Sessions’ post, I’d like to share some final thoughts, benefits I’ve experienced and describe how my planning tools come together in the form of the ‘Weekly Review’. In my first planning session, I identified five tools to use to assist my planning and keeping on track....
There are two more posts in this “planning session” series which has detailed the process and approach I have taken to organising and planning the year ahead – the checklist and a summary, pulling all the planning tools together. I would’ve liked to have shared my thoughts on goal setting,...
I can’t stand clutter. Organised desk, organised mind, I say. Clutter is almost a reflection of one’s state of mind. It certainly rang true for me last year. At a point of total chaos, my study area reflected much what I was thinking and feeling about the (more than) plateful...
I couldn’t wait to plan my fresh start. It was difficult to know where to begin, but with pen, paper and a whole lot of ideas jumping round my head, one way was to just write. Here, I detail my first planning session, kicking off 2012. Write, list, draw, whatever,...
I love to organise. Depending on what needs to be organised, I’ll organise to the very last detail. I enjoy planning, seeing a project take shape, understand what I need to do to achieve or complete a task. I guess you could say that planning and organising, at least for...
What started out as a fragmented idea, fueled by curiosity and encouraged by a certain lecturer, has now evolved into a research project and paper, the presentation to be made at the New Librarians’ Symposium, held in Perth next weekend. Here, with this post, I’m reflecting on the inception of...
CPD23 Thing 3 considered personal branding. Prior to my LIS studies I was ignorant of this idea of creating and building my professional self as a brand. And it does make sense, especially in a working climate where people are not likely to stay with one organisation their entire career....
