I had a go at a Prezi earlier for Cam23 things, and you can see my first attempt here. Being a visual person, I like the look and movement of Prezi (as long as there isn't overuse of movement to avoid inducing motion sickness!) I hadn't realised that it was possible to upload and enhance Powerpoint slides in Prezi - this could be a useful time-saver if you don't want to start from scratch. I could perhaps see myself using Prezi to create an introduction or induction to the area of the library that I work in.
Slideshare is something I've also previously explored in the same post as Prezi. Although I haven't used it since as I haven't done any presentations, I'll remember it for future reference. Personally, I'm not convinced about putting my CV on slideshare. I prefer to share it only when needed e.g. when applying for a job, in which case it can be tailored to demonstrate how I meet the criteria and requirements for that particular job.
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Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Things galore - presentations and visualisation #cam23
I've previously blogged about slideshare here, but haven't used it since. I just had another look to see if there were any interesting new presentations up there. There seemed to be a lot more advert-style presentations compared to last time, but it may have just been the search terms I was using that brought up more of those (e.g. ebook) I found an interesting presentation called Library 2.0 jump-start your library with blogging and Twitter which had some useful tips on it.
I've seen a few Prezis and like their visual appeal, but I've never created one before. First I signed up with Prezi and explored a few. One that caught my eye was on the history of candy. I did find on occasion when moving through it quickly that it was a little bit motion-sickness inducing - one thing to beware of when creating mine! I then found a more serious but effective Prezi on the history of evolution. I think Prezis are harder to make look good than may first appear, but I had fun making mine! Here it is:
Onto Gliffy next. I particularly like the flowcharts, which look just as professional as those done in Microsoft Visio. This would have been really useful to know a few months ago in my previous role, when I had several flowcharts to create. I had to do them on a colleague's computer as it was the only one with a Visio licence. I also found organisational charts can be awkward to create if you have a large or complicated organisational structure which doesn't easily fit into the powerpoint templates. So, is Gliffy any better? Well I didn't have much time to play around with it, but it wasn't as straightforward as I had hoped. Perhaps once you get the hang of it, it will be easy to produce slick-looking things. I definately found it easier to start from scratch rather than use a template. One to come back to perhaps!
Finally for this post - Wordle. My wordle is quite different to the one that I created for the first 23 things. This time library features less, but I'm glad to see 'useful' still features quite strongly!
I've seen a few Prezis and like their visual appeal, but I've never created one before. First I signed up with Prezi and explored a few. One that caught my eye was on the history of candy. I did find on occasion when moving through it quickly that it was a little bit motion-sickness inducing - one thing to beware of when creating mine! I then found a more serious but effective Prezi on the history of evolution. I think Prezis are harder to make look good than may first appear, but I had fun making mine! Here it is:
Onto Gliffy next. I particularly like the flowcharts, which look just as professional as those done in Microsoft Visio. This would have been really useful to know a few months ago in my previous role, when I had several flowcharts to create. I had to do them on a colleague's computer as it was the only one with a Visio licence. I also found organisational charts can be awkward to create if you have a large or complicated organisational structure which doesn't easily fit into the powerpoint templates. So, is Gliffy any better? Well I didn't have much time to play around with it, but it wasn't as straightforward as I had hoped. Perhaps once you get the hang of it, it will be easy to produce slick-looking things. I definately found it easier to start from scratch rather than use a template. One to come back to perhaps!
Finally for this post - Wordle. My wordle is quite different to the one that I created for the first 23 things. This time library features less, but I'm glad to see 'useful' still features quite strongly!
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Hello from LibRhi! (Previously known as Newbie Blogger)
I have been very quiet on the blogging front for some months now since the end of 23 Things, but with the spring comes new enthusiasm. I found during 23 Things that keeping a blog really helped me reflect and evaluate my learning so here's hoping I can keep it up on this new blog! I decided to start a new blog as I don't feel like such a Newbie Blogger any more.
It was a while ago now, but back in January I attended the Libraries@Cambridge 2011 conference, which was inspiring. Unfortunately I couldn't make it to the first two sessions, and was disappointed to miss Ned Potter's talk, especially as this seemed to generate a lot of discussion throughout the day. I plan to catch up with the slides though, to find out what escaping the Echo Chamber is all about.
Lesley Noblett's session on redesigning the library was very interesting, especially thinking about how by removing counters and moving towards self-service, the focus can switch from library processes to users. It was particularly interesting to hear about new ways of working in Cambridgeshire public libraries, such as floor-walking/roving, the skills staff needed for this and how they adapted to the change. It was good to get a different perspective on ways of working in libraries as this is quite different to how we currently work.
The afternoon sessions celebrated working together in Cambridge libraries. It's always nice to hear about what is going on. One of the sessions was about the Cambridge Librarians TeachMeet in September, which I attended as an 'enthusiastic lurker'. The short presentations and informal atmosphere of the TeachMeet made for an enjoyable evening and I was disappointed to miss TeachMeet 2 earlier this week. My favourite thing from TeachMeet was Prezi, which seemed quite popular with other attendees judging by those who used it at the Libraries@Cambridge conference. Prezi presentations are visually appealing and make ideas so easy to follow. I don't have any presentations lined up, but I would consider using Prezi as an alternative to Powerpoint for future presentations.
All in all, it was a good day at the Libaries@Cambridge conference!
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