Sunday
Oct032010
Inspiration from reality
Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 12:41PM We were fortunate to have Buffy Hamilton and Cathy Jo Nelson deliver keynote sessions at MEMO, our state school library conference this year. I am happy to report that despite severe speech impediments regional accents, they delivered.
Like the Amy Obert/Anita Beaman keynote team last year, Buffy and Cathy Jo were particularly inspirational because:
- They are practicing library media specialists
- They reflect the gender make up of the organization (See Is AASL Sexist?)
- They are pushing the envelope, but are also practical
- They exhibited good slide design sense and relaxed, confident presentation styles
- They don't pretend to have all the answers
- They encourage rather than scold
- They are hopeful
- They are real people
- They are low maintenance (we only had to pick one color of M&Ms out of the bags)
Book them for your next conference. You could do worse.
Buffy's slide deck for her keynote is here: Beyond Balance: Participatory Librarianship for Creating, Connecting, Conversing, and Contributing
Cathy Jo's resources are here: 10 Tools to a More Relevant Library
Thanks to Buffy's Facebook page for the photo...
Reader Comments (3)
Why thank ya kindly!!
Doug---a vote of confidence from someone who inspires your own work is truly priceless. What an honor it was to be part of such a great conference and learning experience with you and other MEMO participants! Thank you for being such a leader in our profession---I'm proud to contribute to it side by side with you and our colleagues.
Buffy
Hi Buffy and Cathy Jo,
Just pay it forward one day!
Doug