LIANZA2009 Call for abstracts deadline extended!

For all you library folk who were hoping to become famous by speaking publicly at this years LIANZA conference in Christchurch in October, you've been given divine intervention - the deadline's been extended to next Wednesday! (27th of May)

See the conference blog for more details, here and here.

Chur,
H

LIANZA Conference 2009 Update

Call for Abstracts

The LIANZA 2009 Conference Committee invites the submission of abstracts for this year's conference at the Christchurch Convention Centre, October 12-14.

Our theme this year is "he tangata, he tangata, he tangata", and we are looking for contributions that celebrate the importance of people, both within and outside our profession.  The Conference will, "Acknowledge the past, Embrace the present, and Advance the Future".

In 2009 we are encouraging participation from all parts of our profession

• Young and not so young;
• first time presenters and seasoned campaigners;
• recent graduates;
• those new to the profession and experienced librarians;
• representatives from all aspects and sectors of librarianship and related fields.

To support this we are offering opportunities for local mentoring to assist with nurturing your idea into an abstract and then into an engaging presenation.  We are also offering a wide variety of formats, so that hopefully there is something for everybody.

Don't be shy - if you've got something you're passionate about, a great idea, something that has worked for you and might have wider applicability, or something controversial; please consider presenting at LIANZA 2009.  This is your chance to interact with the people in your profession, engage in some healthy debate, and contribute to our collective future.

Please visit the call for abstracts for more details.

Thinking of writing a paper?  Come to our Presentation Skills workshops

The Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui regional committee is pleased to confirm we are offering a series of three workshops on presentation skills this month.  One's actually already been but I'm sure if you contact Paddy and ask nicely, she could let you go to two of them on a reduced price. 

The regional committee accepted a proposal from Paddy Plunket and Moira Fraser which covers Voice and body language, Beginnings and endings, Engaging with your audience, Content & visuals, and Interactions.  The next one is on Thursday 14th May.

Check out the Conference Blog

The 2009 Conference blog is chock full of interesting posts.  This is your place to go for up to the minute information, and to get your thoughts out there!  http://lianza2009.wordpress.com/.

PS.  I (Hana) may be writing for it soon.

Join us on Facebook

Conference 2009 is also on Facebook – search for LIANZA Conference 2009 in events and groups.  Make contact with other people attending or thinking about attending Conference.   Or maybe make friends with the mysterious Libby Church!

Professional Registration

Don't forget that you've only got until the 30th of June to apply for Transitional Registration.  See the links on the sidebar for info about it and an application form.  

PS. I am applying for it and this does in no way suggest you should too, but have a read anyway if you're even vaguely interested.

You will need:

• current membership with either LIANZA, TRW, NZLLA, SLANZA, SLA or IAML
• a 500 word (guideline) whittled-down CV
• certified copies of relevant qualifications
• NZD$56.25

Cheers and I wish you luck!  Yay, more letters after your surname!

Easter weekend musings

Hi everyone,

My name's Hana and I'm a commitee member on the Wellington Regional Council... of LIANZA that is, not the ever-reliable WRC.

I just had a brief musing before, on a Saturday night yes. Nonethless it's worth writing about I think. I was reading through the pages of our LIANZA website presence, (visit it if you haven't already) and came across this thing called Magpie online. I've actually already come across it and wondered what it was, and at the time, suggested archiving it because it was just some wierd thing on our webpages that I didn't know anything about. Funny how you want to get rid of things (in some way or another) that you don't understand or don't want to know about at the time. Anyway, I gather Magpie was some post-print newsletter, pre-blog sort of Wellington region industry updatey thing, and it's interesting to see how time's have changed. As I understand, it was started by a former committee member, Neil Coup. I'll leave the corrections about this and other facts in this post to current more clued-up committee members :)

I'm in the process of writing a web development strategy for our committee, including a style-guide (and the way I'm talking it up, it's going to be ummm pretty far-out!), and it's good to come back to see how things used to be done here in terms of communication. Back in the good ol' days of the early 1990's, there was a format of a "...beige multi-page newsletter..." which is an improvement I gather, from the "...variously-coloured double-sided single page..." previous era.

My how times have changed. We didn't even have consultation regarding if fellow committee members approved of my recent template change on this blog! I'm continuing to read this archive as I type this, as history is so important to document.

By the way, I thought I'd make a note of the reason why this previous regional newsletter was called "Magpie". It's because it included lots of shiny things from around the place. Cute, but doesn't hold a huge lot of relevance anymore and isn't intuitive. I've been trying to come up with a catchy sort of thing for our committee, but yeah, to no avail. Maybe just saying the reo translation faster will make us sound cooler?? Back to basics - we are LIANZA Te Upoko o Te Ika a Maui!

Anyway, it's quite amazing how things change. There seemed to be a bit of documentation back just 10 or 15 years ago in this regional committee. Now I don't see it as much, but I haven't actually seen a committee member pull out a folder full of past minutes during a meeting as I haven't even met my fellow members! (been in Perth, forgive me, I'm still there actually, oh the shame).

So times have changed, yeah yeah, and everything moves a lot faster now, we all love nz-libs, but we love blogs just as much, and RSS feeds and other stuff that I'm sure Timothy can fill me in on. NZ-libs is a stalwart for us I think. I've been keeping up with your conversations, oh yes, and some really interesting stuff is going down on there. I propose (actually Paddy proposes) that we regularly post something controversial up here and let you know about it on nz-libs. Good idea? I thought so too.

Anyhoo, 'til my next musing/aimless ramble - watch out! Stay safe! aaand remember to return your library books on time!

H

Deliver It!

Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Regional Committee of LIANZA invite LIANZA members in the Lower North Island to

Deliver it!
a series of workshops aimed at improving the effectiveness of your workshops, presentations and training events.

Focussed on developing the skills that will help you engage your audience, this series of three half day workshops include time to practice your delivery and get useful feedback in a safe environment. Practice is supported by presentations from the facilitators, group discussion and exercises.

Facilitators:
Moira Fraser and Paddy Plunket – both from the Parliamentary Library
Moira and Paddy are librarians who have more than 25 and 10 years experience respectively in delivering presentations, workshops and trainings in New Zealand and overseas. Both facilitators focus upon making knowledge transfer more effective, more fun and longer-lasting. Previous participants in the course found it practical, and directly applicable both in their day to day work and in preparing for formal presentations.

Dates:
Friday 1st May 2009 - 9am – 12 noon
Thursday 14th May 2009 - 9am – 12 noon
Friday 29th May 2009 – 9am – 12 noon

Venue:
Turnbull House, Bowen St., Wellington Central

Fees:
LIANZA members - $150.00 + GST
Non members - $350.00 + GST
Maximum number of attendees – 30

To register or for more information contact: Paddy Plunket
Registrations close 5pm Tuesday 26 April

Course Content
Workshop 1 – 1 May 2009
Introduction
· Making your message more memorable
· Communication framework
· Monitoring your audience
Voice and body language
· Making your voice more interesting
· Using pitch, tone, pace, resonance and volume
· Using body language to support your message

Workshop 2 – 14 May 2009
Beginnings and endings
· Starting with impact
· Establishing rapport
· Introductions
· Next steps/call to action
· Ending convincingly
Engaging with your audience
· Working with your audience
· Giving away control and getting it back
· Forming groups

Workshop 3 – 29 May 2009
Content & visuals
· Defining your audience
· Matching your message to your audience
· Structuring content
· Increasing the impact of your message
· Using visuals more effectively
Interactions
· Designing interactive content
· Drawing upon what your audience knows