SLA 2011 Conference Highlights from a SLA Rising Star

SLA 2011 highlights:

Can you feel the LOVE?

Philly shows its brotherly love and welcomes SLA 2011

Thomas Friedman speaks at SLA General Opening Session

Takeaways from Friedman’s talk

1. Whatever can be done will be done. The question is will it be done by you or to you.

2. Being average is officially over. What’s your extra? Find it, develop it and exploit it.

SLA Rising Star Award

Congratulations!

Congrats to my fellow SLA Rising Stars and all SLA 2011 awardees!

Extra shout-outs to:

- Two Pratt SILS people - Clara Cabrera and Susan DiMattia

- My fellow panelists for “It’s All Hallway! An Unconference Approach to Professional Development” – Karen Huffman and Mary Talley Garcia

Elevator Speech Tips (Mary Ellen Bates)

1. Kill the “speech” – what you want to do is start/create a conversation.

2. “So, what do you do?” — Focus on why, not how or what.

SLA 2011: Pennsylvania Convention Center

Takeaways from Mary Ellen Bates’ talk on Info Pro Guerrilla Marketing

1. Create a brag-ologue.

2. Strut your stuff.

3. Build a 3D profile.

4. See yourself as a brand.

5. Work with fear.

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