participant driven events: clic community experience
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TeachMeets and Library Camps (or ‘unconferences’) have both been gaining in popularity over the last few years, as events that are slightly outside of normal conferences or staff development events. A shared factor is that they are predominantly participant driven events. TeachMeets involve short repeated sessions where participants share a teaching/presentation tip with members of the community. Library Camps bring together a community of library staff for a day. These events take place outside of work time and are free of charge. The ‘community’ of staff who gather determine the course of the day and are all full participants. How does this ‘community’ differ from main stream library conferences, and what are the factors that draw people to participate in their own time? In the last year CLIC, in conjunction with library staff in Wales, has hosted a TeachMeet and run a Library Camp; this session will talk about these kind of events and what benefits they provide to the community of library staff attending, as opposed to more traditional forms of training events.TRANSCRIPT
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Participant driven events: CLIC community experience
Karen F. Pierce (Cardiff University)
Kristine Chapman (National Museum Wales)
Gemma Southgate (Cardiff University)
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CLIC Members
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Cardiff Public Libraries
Cardiff University
Cardiff & Vale College
National Assembly of Wales
National Museum Wales
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
University of South Wales
Welsh Government
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CLIC members
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Previous events held
• Customer care• Floor-walking with
confidence• Library tours• Social Media / Web
2.0• Marketing your library• Information literacy
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Previous events held (2)
• Library tours for Love your Libraries Day
• Introduction to copyright• Presentation skills• Mobile technology & apps
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Social media presence
@CLICLibraries
http://cliclibraries.blogspot.co.uk
CLIC Facebook account
http://www.cliclibraries.co.uk/
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Participant driven events
• Feedback Forms
• Survey in 2012
And now…
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Group sessions
Library camps Gemma
Teachmeets
Karen
Kristine
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Learning from experience
Cardiff Teachmeet 2013
Library Camp Wales 2014
Twitter use at CLIC events and beyond
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Teachmeets – pre event
• Organise in advance to allow it to be participant driven
• Pitching – via email or a wiki rather than on the day
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Teachmeets – on the day
• Guiding event but participant driven
• Informal sessions
• Moving around
• Voting for best presentation
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Library camps – pre event
• Team collaboration
• More work than you might expect!
• Finding your participants
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Library camps – on the day
• Team collaboration/being ready to fill the gaps
• Pitching
• Guiding but participant driven
• Principle of ‘open space’ events
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Icebreakers & prizes
• Human bingo
• Speed networking
• Design your own badge
• Best cake
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Twitter – pre event
• Gathering participants
• Advertising / creating a buzz
• Starting to form a community
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Twitter – on the day
• Sharing sessions with non participants
• Interactive within and without
• Temporary community & new contacts
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Twitter – post event
• Networking post event
• Gathering tweets (e.g. Storify)
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Tips, suggestions, questions
Photo credits: thanks to Sarah Barker, Kristine Chapman, Karen Pierce, Gemma Southgate
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Contact details
Karen F. Pierce - @Darklecat
Kristine Chapman - @KrisWJ
Gemma Southgate – @Gemma_DS