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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This workshop will give a chance to try several different social media platforms hands-on and hear a well-known SM evangelist, all for not much money. I plan to attend--see you there?<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | OHIO University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 322 | Athens, Ohio | <a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style='color:#1F497D'>carleton@ohio.edu</span></a> | 740-597-2527 | <a href="http://media.library.ohiou.edu/"><span style='color:#1F497D'>http://media.library.ohiou.edu/</span></a> | @jcarletonoh | <a href="http://pinterest.com/ohiodigiarchive/">http://pinterest.com/ohiodigiarchive/</a> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ohiolink-bounces@lists.ohiolink.edu [mailto:ohiolink-bounces@lists.ohiolink.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alisa Mizikar<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 16, 2013 3:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> ohiolink@lists.ohiolink.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ohiolink] Register now for the ALAO Preconference! Social Media Spark: Tips and Tech Tools to Ignite Your Community<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=597 height=172 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CEAFD9.ED5381C0" alt="http://lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com/data/imagemanager/32790/preconference.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>ALAO Preconference: Social Media Spark: Tips and Tech Tools to Ignite Your Community<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>October 24, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Stark State College, North Canton, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Preconference website: <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://osu.campusguides.com/preconference" target="_blank">Social Media Spark</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.alaoweb.org/events?eventId=698178&EventViewMode=EventDetails" target="_blank">Register for ALAO Preconference</a> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-- Register early, space is limited!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Registration deadline is October 14, 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Registration is $25 and includes boxed lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Registration from 11am to noon, lunch noon to 1pm, program 1pm - 4pm.<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>[This message is cross-posted to various lists and other media. Please excuse duplications.]</span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Lots of experts will tell you how to succeed at social media, but very few will lay out a clear path to failure. Learn what the most common points of failure are for libraries, and why libraries often aren’t getting what they want out of this new medium. Find out if your library is on its way to a social shipwreck and how you might be able to change course.</span></i></strong><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Keynote: Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS, is the Library Services Manager for the <a href="http://www.oplin.org/" target="_blank">Ohio Public Library Information Network </a>and the former Web Applications Manager for the Cleveland Public Library. She is a <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/LJ/LJInPrint/MoversAndShakers/profiles2010/moversandshakersknappandsolomon.csp" target="_blank">2010 <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Library Journal </span></em>Mover & Shaker</a>. Her book <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Doing Social Media So It Matters: A Librarian’s Guide</span></em> was published in late 2010 and <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Librarian’s Nitty-Gritty Guide to Social Media</span></em> was published in 2013. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please note that this is an <i><span style='color:red'>interactive</span></i> workshop and <span style='color:red'>participants <i>will need to bring a laptop</i></span>.</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Questions about the preconference can be directed to Kathryn Venditti (<a href="mailto:kvenditt@ashland.edu" target="_blank">kvenditt@ashland.edu</a>) or Sara Klink (<a href="mailto:sklink@starkstate.edu" target="_blank">sklink@starkstate.edu</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>