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I’m a bit behind with Thank You messages and shout outs – so here goes! Thanks to everyone who made my stay in Geneva, Switzerland so wonderful! I was sponsored by the good folks at the US Mission Geneva for two days of touring and presentations/discussions. During my brief stay, I spoke with members of  AILIS, Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists, and led a discussion among social media practitioners from the private sector, consultancies, international organizations and the press. We also toured CERN and the UN Library. Thanks to everyone at the UN LIbrary as well for being so […]

Presentations that ROCK!, originally uploaded by _Marianne. Take a look: http://mlxperience.blogspot.com/2010/03/presentations-that-rock.html I really appreciate the points about telling your story and gathering support. The best presentations synthesize current thinking and discourse shared via passionate, unique story.

Social Media Talking Points View more presentations from Michael Stephens.

Here’s a breakdown of the events and presentation/discussions I’ll be doing over the next ten days or so in Switzerland and Germany. A big shout out to Nancy, Professor Hans-Christoph Hobohm and everyone at the embassies and U.N. Mission for making this trip happen. Geneva: March 8:  Morning Tour of CERN March 8:  Two hour lunch discussion with members of AILIS, the Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists Trends Tech 2010 for LibrariansView more presentations from Michael Stephens. Due to security protocols, I cannot bring my Mac into the mission, so I will be working from PDFs stored on local […]

I am thoroughly enjoying this Authors@Google talk by Garr Reynolds author of Presentation Zen. I’d suggest it to any presenter who wants to do better talk, educators and students. Take an hour if you can a give it a watch.

Presented at VALA2010

The plans for the March trip to Germany and Switzerland are shaping up: March 8, 2010: Geneva: Program with AILIS librarians and tour of CERN March 9, 2010: Geneva: Tour of UN Library & program with senior librarians, followed by program at US Mission. March 10, 2010: Hamburg: The Hyperlinked Community Library at the Hamburg State and University Library March 11, 2010:  Berlin: Ten Trends & Technologies for 2010 at the US Embassy March 12, 2010: Tour and meetup with librarians from http://zukunftswerkstatt.wordpress.com/ followed by an evening event: “a get-together with other librarians, social media specialist and cultural manager to exchange and […]

Links from my Dominican “Technology Bytes” session tomorrow: Finding My Tribe at EDUCAUSE LI WordPress as a Learning Management System – Move Over, Blackboard Slides: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/TechnologyBytesSessionStephens.pdf Links from ALA Techsource Post: Born Digital: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/BornDigital/196238 ELI2010 Presentations: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/ELI2010/37186 Gardener Campbell’s Blog: http://www.gardnercampbell.net/blog1/ Google Moderator: http://moderator.appspot.com/ Michael’s Hyperlinked Campus:http://www.educause.edu/Resources/CreativeCollaborationandImmers/196260 Twitter Symbiosis: http://www.educause.edu/Resources/TwitterSymbiosisALibrarianaHas/196234

A big shout out to the libraries in Canada that participated in my Education Institute talk today. I can’t believe how much we covered in one hour. Exploring trends shaping users information experiences and environments always fires me up. The trends I highlighted today include: Ubiquitous Social Tools Personal Learning Networks in the Cloud Spaces with Heart Immersive Learning & Play The Changing Path of Content Location Aware Information Environments Transliteracy Integrated Devices & Tablet Mania Building a Community of Users Learning & Teaching in Flux The slides are available here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/239835/StephensTrends2010.pdf