In early September 2017, I delivered two presentations to the Public Libraries Western Australia conference at the University of Western Australia in Perth. The first of the presentations was entitled ‘The Future of the Public Library: from dusty tomes to disruptive technologies’. You will find the slides of the presentation below: The Future of the…
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Presentation: Marketing the Library – How to Achieve Cut-Through Amid a Tsunamis of Marketing Messages
Some thoughts about how to market your library in this day-and-age – the second of two presentations that I delivered to the Public Libraries Western Australia Conference in September 2017. Marketing the Library: How to Achieve Cut-Through Amid a Tsunamis of Marketing Messages from Clayton Wehner Video Here’s the video recording…
Presentation: How to create a website for your business
I delivered a presentation to a small group of business owners at the Unley Library on 26 August 2017 entitled ‘Creating a Website for Your Business’. The presentation covers: Why websites are important Where websites fit into a business’ digital mix A simple website development methodology – BPADCOM: 1 – Business Requirements 2 – Platform…
Presentation: Social Media and Libraries
The good folks at the Public Libraries of South Australia Association asked me to deliver a presentation about social media and libraries at their training day on Monday 24 July 2017. The presentation can be accessed below. Much of the presentation draws upon the content of the recently-released Sensis Social Media Report 2017. Social Media…
Two wide-eyed Aussies visit Linkedin in San Francisco
Recently I spent two weeks in the United States attending a conference and I had the opportunity to visit two of the world’s biggest internet companies in San Francisco, Google and Linkedin. Like many tech enthusiasts, I have a bit of a fascination with Silicon Valley and the global internet behemoths that originated there. So…
Digital Strategy for Library Network – Presentation to PLSA Quarterly
Yesterday I delivered a presentation to the Public Libraries South Australia association at their Quarterly Update meeting at the Cove Civic Centre, Hallett Cove. You can see the Prezi presentation slides here… The following is a transcript of the presentation: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. No koalas behind the back today, but I promise I…
The Marshmallow Challenge
I’m a big fan of the internationally-recognised Marshmallow Challenge team building activity and regularly use it in my training sessions. I think it’s a great tool for ‘breaking the ice’, exploring team dynamics, and emphasising the value of ‘out of the square’ design thinking and iterative development. What is the Marshmallow Challenge? In eighteen minutes, teams of four must build the tallest…
A Digital Vision for the South Australian Public Library Network
As a part of my consulting engagement with Public Library Services (PLS) of South Australia, I have produced a draft ‘digital vision’ statement (published below) for the SA library network for 2019. The vision statement is written from a retrospective viewpoint with the current date being ‘July 2019’. The vision statement is my own work. It…
Mindfulness and the Chinese Librarians
Last week my organisation farewelled ‘May’ and ‘Charles’, two librarians from China’s Shandong Province who have spent the last ten weeks working here in Adelaide with the State Library of South Australia on an exchange program. I hadn’t had a lot to do with May and Charles during their stay, but before they left for home,…
A Comparative Analysis of Two Public Library Websites
In my capacity as the digital strategist at Public Libraries South Australia (PLS), I was lucky enough to visit the Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) service when I was in Melbourne a couple of weeks back – thanks to Anita, Marcus and Felicity for spending some time with me. The YPRL service operates nine public…
The Library of the Future: Presentation to Public Libraries SA
Today I delivered a 25-minute presentation, entitled The Library of 2019, to the quarterly meeting of the association of public libraries in South Australia, PLSA. The presentation took place at the Hetzel Lecture Theatre at the State Library of South Australia. You can access the Prezi slide deck that accompanied the presentation right here… The full…
How Libraries of SA can become even more relevant in the digital age
Last week I wrote about how the SA Library Service has evolved and the great benefits that you can get by rediscovering your local library. In the second part of the series, I’ve got 10 ideas for Libraries of SA to become even more relevant in the digital age. Here we go… Libraries in the Digital Age…