May 04, 2005

Program Discussion

By all accounts, yesterday's program was a huge success. Many folks have already indicated that they have been inspired to start using the tools for personal use or in their professional environments. Others have been motivated to delve deeper into some of the more complex issues related to security, control, and the challenges of overcoming institutional resistance to these tools.

We encourage you to use the comments area of this post to:

- share your thoughts about the day;
- report on your experiences in beginning to utilize these tools and/or the reactions of your colleagues/institution;
- pose additional questions you thought of on your way home;
- present various viewpoints about the topics, or;
- recommend additional resources you have found helpful.

We hope this blog can be a collective resource for everyone in the immediate future as we translate the knowledge and inspiration we gained yesterday into action and improvements in our own environments.

Posted by Caryn at May 4, 2005 10:01 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Okay, I'll start. I was so inspired by the conference that I took the day yesterday and started a blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/catablog/ I've decided to use it to keep a log of my thoughts as I explore all this. After I get it going, I intend to share it with my colleagues to introduce them to the idea... then, maybe, hosting one in house to accododate our current (static) News pages. I also decided that I could justify a brand new iPod as a professional necessity!

Posted by: Lichen Rancourt at May 5, 2005 04:23 PM

How completely inspiring!

I'm so impressed that you just went right out and did this. Not only is it exciting to see that our NEASIST program was successful, but it also proves that everything Megan, Jenny and Michael were saying about how fast, cheap and easy it is were right! I hope you will be willing to share with others the details of how you did it if they want some additional help. Good on you Lichen! Caryn Anderson (NEASIST Program Committee)

P.S. I've already added you to my Bloglines list to keep up with your developments! Hooray!

Posted by: Caryn at May 5, 2005 06:24 PM