Daily Archives: September 11, 2012

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Audience Polls from R-Squared

  http://rsquaredconference.org/news/mornings-live-polls (Click through for more and for the open ended answers to this question: What one thing can we do to accelerate learning and transformation in our libraries?)   Will we be most needed to help people consumer consume or create content? Answers Responses Percent Consume 90 35.20% Create 166 64.80% Total 256 Will our greatest value be our physical presence or our virtual presence? Answers Responses Percent Physical 89 56.70% Virtual 68 43.30% Total 157

Telluride Daily Planet: “Risk, reward and the survival of libraries”

The conference aims to offer an immersive experience where participants choose one of four themes to follow: creative spaces, culture, customer curiosity and abundant community. Josh Linkner, bestselling author of “Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity,” will kick off the conference as keynote on Monday. His mission is to “make the world more creative.” He’ll share thoughts on creativity as a commodity and the characteristics of creative individuals during his keynote discussion, according to the tourism board. Other speakers include John McKnight, co-director of Asset-Based Community Development Institute and professor emeritus at Northwestern University, John Creighton, former […]