On Friday I attended
ACRL NEC's annual conference at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. I always enjoy this conference because it's a one-day conference and seems to have a lot of bang for its buck. The theme of this year's conference was "
We're All in This Together: Strengthening Librarians Through Professional Development" which was very helpful to me personally as I continue to look for full-time employment. The keynote speakers were Susanne Markgren and Tiffany Eatman Allen who spoke about
Taking Control of Your Future: Eleven Steps to Develop your Career. They emphasized the importance of professional development in helping you to advance your career. Here's their
presentation.
Here are some of the eleven steps:
- Identify strengths.
- Map out a plan.
- Accountability measures: must be self-motivated and self-directed.
- Network.
- Learn.
- Seek - opportunities for growth and learning, partnership, funding.
- Collaborate.
- Write/present (very scary for me but I know I have to do it!)
- Create, Fail, Redefine,
- Share!!!!!!!! (so, here I am sharing!)
If you want to learn more about what Susanne and Tiffany have to say, visit their
website.
