SWON Libraries

Co-Sponsored by the Cincinnati Chapter of the Special Libraries Association

Date & Time

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location

SWON Libraries Office

Speaker(s)

Rebecca Jones is a partner in Dysart & Jones Associates, specializing in strategic planning and facilitating clients' organizational design, job structuring, decision-making and problem-solving. After beginning her career working in two very progressive corporate libraries Rebecca was fortunate to move into roles in HR, IT and training. This experience led to the creation of Dysart & Jones where she has worked with public, corporate and academic libraries as well as many information-intensive organizations. Way back at the advent of e-mail (1984 for Rebecca), she developed a keen interest in how organizations "work" and the impact of technologies on work behaviours and organizational structures. She's been thoroughly enjoying studying this, helping clients deal with it and training people in the concepts for years.

Description

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS DELIVERED THROUGH WEB CONFERENCING TO THE SWON LIBRARIES OFFICE.

Organization 2.0 is a two-part course focusing on the critical success factors for and practical aspects of structuring organizations and working teams that are aligned with collaborative technologies. This course requires pre-work and provides approaches and templates for participants to apply in their own unique environments. Rebecca works with participants during the Webinar and after via e-mail, phone or IM.

Not having to drive to work, "working virtually," or managing a digital branch—it all sounds terrific, but the day-to-day reality can be rocky. Most of our attention has been on the cool technologies, getting them into place and training staff and clients to use them. But it's the nature of the work environment, communication strategies and work processes that determine the success of the technologies in truly delivering the results everyone is hoping for. The stresses of "out of sight is out of mind" are real for many people, and there's nothing like communication confusion to lead to conflict. This session focuses on practical steps for organizations to take to ensure that those individuals or teams working digitally have not only the technology but also the supports and work practices in place to be productive and happy (yes, happy!).

Critical Learning Questions

What organizational structures, reporting relationships and approaches are needed for Libraries 2.0 or Enterprises 2.0?

How do organizations truly benefit from the collaborative and social networking tools and technologies?

What do people need to successfully work together digitally or virtually?

Audience

Anyone, in management or non-management positions, who is working in an environment that is using or considering using collaborative or social networking tools and technologies, or that has people working virtually (i.e., people not physically working together).