Archive for the ‘Vision’ Category

Decision-Making Made Easier

I just finished reading Chapter 1 of Suzy Welch’s book: 10-10-10, which lays out an easy-to-use method for making decisions based on their short, medium and long term consequences.
In a nutshell, when making decisions, one needs to:

pose the question, crisis or challenge in the form of a query
collect data and given the question, explore the [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on May 14th, 2010 Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

Validation — the Best Kind of Positive Reinforcement

Take some time to watch this inspiring video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao
It’s amazing how one person can change the lives of others for good. In our personal and professional lives, we remember those who make us feel good about ourselves in a genuine way. Let’s make the world a better place by validating others. It takes little effort, but [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on February 12th, 2010 Tags:  •  No Comments

Deb Hunt Honored for Innovative “23 Things” Program

Deb Hunt, Principal at Information Edge, and a member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Board of Directors, was honored by Information World Review (IWR) magazine for her work on behalf of SLA to spearhead and implement the innovative “23 Things” program.
23 Things is a free, members-only, self-directed training program to help SLA members [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on January 6th, 2010 Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

What do you want?

In any endeavor, we must know what we want, clearly, with vision and without hesitation. Otherwise, we may set ourselves up for failure. Here is some advice from Training Camp, A Fable About Excellence: What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else by Jon Gordon.
“The best know what they truly want.They know what they’re working [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on October 28th, 2009 Tags: ,  •  1 Comment

Social Media at a Library Near You

Last night, I was part of a panel that presented to a group of SLA members from the Sacramento area. The topic was Social Media at a Library Near You. The presenters included a law librarian, academic librarian, special librarian and an independent information professional (me).  We covered blogging, Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, LinkedIn and SLA’s [...]

Posted by Deborah Hunt on September 24th, 2009 Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments