23 Things Summit
Originally presented March 3, 2009.
"23 Things" is a revolutionary staff development learning concept centered on social collaboration tools. Helene Blowers successfully created the first program while at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Thousands of libraries and library organizations of every size and type have adapted the idea for their staff. Hands-on, self-directed, and innovative, 23 Things style programs have introduced many, many library staff, volunteers, trustees, and others to 2.0 tools like blogs and wikis.
During this 2 hour Summit, organizers (and more than 300 participants!) from several successful programs around the world shared best practices and lessons learned. WebJunction, MaintainIT, the State Library of Kansas, and the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library collaborated to create this event.
Presenters and facilitators included:
Helene Blowers
David Lee King
Jen Maney and Mala Muralidharan (Arizona’s Baker’s Dozen)
Cindi Hickey
Brenda Hough
Ann Walker Smalley and Ruth Solie (Minnesota’s 23 Things on a Stick & More Things on a Stick)
Michael Sauers (Nebraska Learns 2.0)
Bobbi Newman (Missouri River Regional Library Learning 2.0)
Shirley Biladeau (Idaho’s SPLAT 101)
Archive viewing options:
- View in Wimba Classroom (combined archive of audio, slides and chat)
Learn more on this topic:
- Explore other WebJunction resources on this topic:
- Social Software
- Library 2.0 Interest Group
- Experience WJ Project
- MaintainIT Spotlight on Helene Blowers
- The 23 Things Summit on Twitter and WJ Members on Twitter (add yours!)
- Free 30-day Trial of Wimba Classroom, the online conferencing tool used for the summit
- WJ's March Learn Together Project and the group learning together about The Customer's Voice
- Keep the Discussion Alive
- Other websites (Many gleaned from chat. Thanks for posting):
- Baker's Dozen Arizona
- Minnesota's 23 Things on a Stick and More Things on a Stick
- Nebraska Learns 2.0 and final review of project archive session
- MRRL Library Learning 2.0 and round 2 MRRL Library Learning 2.1
- Idaho's SPLAT
- PLCMC Learning 2.0
- List of libraries doing 23 Things type programs
- Library 2.0 on Ning
- 43 Things I might want to do this year by Stephen Abram (article that inspired Helene)
- School Library Journal "All Together Now" 2.0 project for School Librarians
- hbraum's 23smt Bookmarks from the Summit on delicious (thanks!)
- Playtime 2.0 @ RPLD (Roselle Public Library District, small staff of 30)
- List of Librarians on Twitter: http://justtweetit.com/education/librarians/
- Plurk
- Great video on Twitter
- http://speedytexaslibrarian.wordpress.com/ (25-30 staff and our prototype)
- Clay Shirky video on time and TV
- David Lee King's notes on the session
- Screenshots on MaintainIT's flickr
Poll Results:
Notes from Q&A:
(These will make more sense when you view the archive)
