Draft of a quick informal presentation for METRO in NYC. Focus on time-management and productivity tools. Social media coordination for professional development and continuing education for librarians

1. Pecha Kucha
Exploring Digsby as a PIM tool
Presented by Stephanie L. Gross, MLS
METRO Thursday, March 11th, 2010

2. What do I organize?
 SocialMedia
 Instant Messaging (IM & Chat)
 Email

3. Social Media
 Facebook
 LinkedIn
 MySpace
 Twitter

4. Instant Messaging
 Digsby has built-in Meebo widget
 Also provides for Google/Yahoo, etc.
Chat
 Trillian and Pidgeon on hormones

5. Personal Use
 So far, not for mobile reference @ YU
 Main interest: Keeping abreast of
edu-tech trends and technology
[SLG]
 Alternate with Google Reader AND
 RSS feeds to email
 Listservs: Copyright, electronic
reserves (not on s/media sites)

6. Mission: Develop a following
 Organizational blog (e.g. Blogger)

7. Be a critical follower
 Twitter microblog most popular
 Follow “mavens”
 Blogs, listservs, wikis
 No pressure to converse with all
 Answer occasional email query or
Twitter DM (Direct Message)
 Post answers on LinkedIn

8. Digsby on the Desktop
 My morning coffee “buzz”

9. Digsby on Facebook
 On Profile Page

10. Notifications on Facebook
 Remember to edit out “noise”

11. Digsby Sidebar on Desktop
Hover & Click on desired contacts

12. Keeping up with edu-tech
 Twitter Feeds

13. Be “uber-organized” elsewhere
 Twitter Lists

14. Bookmark useful URLS
 Delicious or Faviki

15. Be visually consistent
 TwitBacks : Electronic e-card

16. Share professionally
 AJL Wiki

17. Wiki maintenance
 Cool picks, addendum, etc.

18. Instant messaging and Chat
 Remember “Netiquette”
 Chat to touch bases for quick
consult.
 Use email for longer discussions.
 IM useful for working with groups.
Helpful for keeping in touch with
members (NYLM 430+). Personal
touch.

19. Time Management
 Know when to use Digsby & when
NOT to
 Literature (Mashable 2010) suggests
the more we multi-task, the worse
we become
 Alternate between email alerts & RSS
feeds and Digsby.
 Set aside time during day/week.

20. Be a “Shareaholic”
 Social media as “Virtual Consortium”

21. Retaggr e-Card
 Card or page