The information below is quoted from the Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2008 website. (Follow the link to access the PowerPoint.):
"Mary Ann Mavrinac, Chief Librarian, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, University of Toronto Mississauga.
Experiencing organizational change can be difficult, especially when the change is unanticipated and unwelcome. Let go, go with the flow, strategize, see opportunity, learn, and fulfill your aspirations! Sound good? Join us as we reveal the dynamic nature of protecting self, and provide practical, concrete leadership strategies based upon empirical research that can be liberating for the individual, and transformational for the library. Flourish and have fun in an unpredictable environment of ubiquitous change.
Resources:
Session Presentation (.ppt)
Leadership Focuser Form (.doc) "
Showing posts with label change. Show all posts
Showing posts with label change. Show all posts
Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Crisis as Story
In Telling Your Own Stories, Donald Davis provides several one-sentence prompts that he hopes will help story seekers uncover a treasured tale.
He also states, "The central hinge of any story plot is crisis," and then explains that, "A crisis is any happening which takes a part of our lives with which we are comfortable and turns it upside down so that we have to adjust to a world that is shaped differently than before."
Yesterday, my family experienced a major crisis; Ellie Paige was born.
Baby, have we got stories for you ...
He also states, "The central hinge of any story plot is crisis," and then explains that, "A crisis is any happening which takes a part of our lives with which we are comfortable and turns it upside down so that we have to adjust to a world that is shaped differently than before."
Yesterday, my family experienced a major crisis; Ellie Paige was born.
Baby, have we got stories for you ...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Digital Storytelling
While preparing for the Storytelling Techniques for a Preschool Audience workshop last month, I came across Jason Ohler's resources, particularly his digital storytelling book.
When I was looking at his website, I found his interpretation of a story's core elements intriguing. His image (scroll up a tad) of the problem or tension ("the new you pushing to change") needing a solution or resolution (from the "old you resisting change") spoke to me.
Change makes the story of our lives.
More and more I am seeing life as "story" and the potential for sharing all kinds of stories to transform lives and learn.
When I was looking at his website, I found his interpretation of a story's core elements intriguing. His image (scroll up a tad) of the problem or tension ("the new you pushing to change") needing a solution or resolution (from the "old you resisting change") spoke to me.
Change makes the story of our lives.
More and more I am seeing life as "story" and the potential for sharing all kinds of stories to transform lives and learn.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Learn to Change
Tonight I attended the premiere of Steel Valley: Meltdown, a documentary covering "Our History ... Our Choices ... Our Future" in Youngstown, Ohio. (Thank you, Mom, for being an avid Vindicator reader and informing me about it.)
Having taken classes like Urban Sociology and Cultural Landscapes at Youngstown State University, the history and choices were not unfamiliar to me. However, I had not been fully aware of nor had I fully explored a possible future economy in green technology and information.
Both of these topics made me think of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County -- the green buildings we have been willing and courageous to build and the information services we have adapted during 100 plus years of service in our community. Being a believer in libraries as community centers, my only disappointment in the film then was not seeing at least one shot of the downtown, Carnegie-built Main library.
The other idea and phrase in tonight's documentary that caught my attention was "... learn to change ..." Throughout the documentary, interviewees -- leaders like Mayor Williams and Congressman Ryan and academics like Professor Linkon -- talked about the changes that have taken place in the community and the need to adapt to these changes. Most importantly, Ryan referred to the idea that unforeseen changes are yet to come, so we need to learn how to be adaptable and not just adapt right now.
We need to learn how to change.
Defend Youngstown by supporting YOUR Library!
Having taken classes like Urban Sociology and Cultural Landscapes at Youngstown State University, the history and choices were not unfamiliar to me. However, I had not been fully aware of nor had I fully explored a possible future economy in green technology and information.
Both of these topics made me think of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County -- the green buildings we have been willing and courageous to build and the information services we have adapted during 100 plus years of service in our community. Being a believer in libraries as community centers, my only disappointment in the film then was not seeing at least one shot of the downtown, Carnegie-built Main library.
The other idea and phrase in tonight's documentary that caught my attention was "... learn to change ..." Throughout the documentary, interviewees -- leaders like Mayor Williams and Congressman Ryan and academics like Professor Linkon -- talked about the changes that have taken place in the community and the need to adapt to these changes. Most importantly, Ryan referred to the idea that unforeseen changes are yet to come, so we need to learn how to be adaptable and not just adapt right now.
We need to learn how to change.
Defend Youngstown by supporting YOUR Library!
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