{"id":83035,"date":"2014-10-20T11:30:16","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T16:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=83035"},"modified":"2014-10-20T12:22:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T17:22:22","slug":"positivity-and-leadership-through-tweet-chats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inalj.com\/?p=83035","title":{"rendered":"Positivity and Leadership through Tweet Chats"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Leigh Milligan, Senior Editor, INALJ Pennsylvania<\/a>, Puerto Rico<\/a>, Rhode Island<\/a>, South Carolina<\/a>, South Dakota<\/a>, Tennessee<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Positivity and Leadership through Tweet Chats<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"leigh.milligan\"<\/a>So a few months ago, Naomi announced that she would be starting #INALJchat<\/a>. I did\u00a0not really know what this would entail, as I never did a tweet chat before or spend\u00a0much time on twitter. I was definitely interested in checking it out because I am also\u00a0looking for new ways to get involved in librarianship, networking with librarians\u00a0and to be educated by others in the field.<\/p>\n

So I attended my first chat, but I got very overwhelmed with the number of\u00a0tweets happening on at once from several participants. After the chat someone\u00a0recommended I use Tweet Deck, another Twitter client that can handle the multiple\u00a0tweets coming in at once. I fell in love with Tweet Deck. I love that I can organize\u00a0how my tweets come in on the screen and that I can tweet from multiple twitter\u00a0accounts at once.<\/p>\n

With using Tweet Deck, I was able to have a better handle on the tweets and\u00a0participate more and this made my #INALJchat experience so much better,<\/strong> I\u00a0definitely wanted to get involved and I signed up to moderate a few chats of my\u00a0own. My chats were successful, I definitely felt like I made an impression and\u00a0learned from others. I continued to participate in the #INALJchat discussions each\u00a0week because I have nothing but free time at 9 PM on Monday nights so I might as well\u00a0make my time resourceful and chat with other librarians<\/p>\n

In August, Naomi announced that she wanted to fill 4 month positions for @INALJchat <\/a>moderators to keep the chat going. I definitely was interested as I am\u00a0already participating each week already so I definitely had the time and passion to\u00a0moderate the chats. So now each week, I pick the topics for the chats based on an\u00a0INALJ blog, create the 4 questions, moderate the chat for the hour and then I send\u00a0Naomi the transcript. I also moderate the #INALJchat twitter by finding and adding\u00a0new followers and I promote the chat each week.<\/p>\n

I have never thought that in my lifetime, I would be a discussion leader and love\u00a0it!<\/strong> In person I am actually a pretty introverted person, I work great on my own or\u00a0in a group, but leading a discussion has never crossed my mind. #INALJchat has\u00a0been an amazing experience for me. It has given me the opportunity to connect\u00a0and learn from other librarians in the field, which is very important to me as I am a\u00a0non-working librarian and I do all that I can to get my name out there. It has given\u00a0me a great opportunity to use social media to be a leader in the librarian world. I\u00a0have had many great discussions through #INALJchat on a variety of topics such as\u00a0conferences, salary, the job hunt, adapting to change and more! I really feel like I\u00a0have made a difference for a few information professionals based on the feedback I\u00a0received. I also feel through #INALJchat it\u2019s a great space where idea collaboration\u00a0can happen because it has happened. Many have gotten ideas for blogs and projects\u00a0based on conversations in the chats.<\/p>\n

I have Naomi to thank for my #INALJchat and blogging experience.<\/strong> I never thought\u00a0I would love to write and lead discussions in the library world. This has been such a\u00a0great learning experience for me and I want to continue to strive from this. I actually\u00a0will be leading some discussions through NMRT (New Members Round Table) in the\u00a0coming months. I am a member of the NMRT Online Discussion Forum Committee.\u00a0I will be leading discussions on the NMRT listserv and a NMRT live chat. I am just\u00a0going up from here; I love leading discussions in the library online world.<\/p>\n

So here is what I will leave with you, participate or get involved in a library or info\u00a0pro tweet chat. You never know what the discussion will be like or what you will\u00a0learn, so give it a chance! Also library listservs, and other live chats such as Adobe\u00a0Connect, Google Hangout are great places for discussions so definitely keep an eye\u00a0on those.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of my Tweet Chats:<\/p>\n

#INALJchat<\/a> <\/strong>(obvious)<\/p>\n

#libchat<\/strong><\/a> (LIS topic chats on Weds nights)<\/p>\n

#SLAtalk<\/strong><\/a> (Special Libraries Association chats)<\/p>\n

#UKlibchat<\/a><\/strong> (chats on LIS topics in the UK monthly)<\/p>\n

Also check out @Emily_EasyBib<\/a>‘s list of Librarian related tweetchats<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What are some of your favorite Tweet Chats, or other social media library\u00a0discussions, share in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Leigh Milligan, Senior Editor, INALJ Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee Positivity and Leadership through Tweet Chats So a few months ago, Naomi announced that she would be starting #INALJchat. I did\u00a0not really know what this would entail, as I never did a tweet chat before or spend\u00a0much time on…<\/p>\n

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