Presented at Web 2.U conference put on by the Faculty of Information students at McGill University, Montreal, February 7, 2014 This keynote talk looks at the changing world of work and new opportunities available to information professionals.

1. Build a Career
in the Brave New World
of Work
Connie Crosby
@conniecrosby
McGill University , Faculty of Information
Web 2.U, Montreal, February 7, 2014

2. First.....an apology

3. Photo by Iain Farrell
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58442690@N00/3765607867/

4. The traditional 9 to 5
job is disappearing

5. Workplaces are
changing

6. Libraries are being
downsized

7. What’s an Information
student to do?

8. What my colleagues
had to say....

9. look at the skills you
have, see how they fit

10. the jobs may not be
called “library” or
“information”

11. they may not be full
time, permanent
positions

12. “The future is too
important to be left to
chance.”

13. “The future must be
created day by day, person
by person, rather than left
to chance or fate.”
- Bruce Rosenstein
on Peter Drucker

14. CreateYour
Future the
Peter Drucker
Way
by Bruce Rosenstein

15. Skills you have are
needed....right now!

16. ...but people don’t
know it yet.

17. What are these areas
of opportunity?

18. information
management

19. information
architecture

20. indexing, taxonomy,
metadata

21. linked data
& semantic web

22. website development

23. user experience
(UX)

24. search engine
optimization

25. website data analysis

26. content strategy

27. content management

28. knowledge
management (KM)

29. knowledge strategy

30. project management
(PM)

31. change management

32. intranet development

33. intranet maintenance

34. usage analytics
monitoring

35. records management
(RIM)

36. business analysis

37. data analysis

38. big data analysis

39. database management

40. business information
(BI)

41. competitive intelligence
(CI)

42. social media
planning

43. community
management

44. social media
monitoring

45. audience outreach

46. influencer outreach

47. mobile usage

48. mobile app
development

49. accessibility

50. content creation

51. management

52. policy development

53. privacy

54. freedom of information

55. advocacy

56. Phew!
(what did I miss??)

57. How to meet the
future?

58. Develop a portfolio of
work

59. Competitive
intelligence...for your
own future

60. Be flexible

61. Be entrepreneurial

62. Follow the
opportunities

63. Keep connecting

64. Keep developing your
skills

66. Howard Rheingold:
5 social media literacies

67. • Attention
• Participation
• Digital Know How and Collective Intelligence
• Crap Detection
• The Shape of Networks and Why They
Matter
5 social media literacies

68. Develop your
communication skills

69. Keep learning

71. Thank you!
Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consulting
http://crosbygroup.ca
connie@crosbygroup.ca
416-919-6719
@conniecrosby
@crosbygroup
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72. Image credits
• nerd girl, svetikd, istockphoto
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-17266695-nerd.php
• I’m really sorry, Iain Farrell, Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58442690@N00/3765607867/
• Howard Rheingold, by Joi Ito, Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/2120715411