Be the Change: Pragmatic Chaos!
- 1. Be the Change: Pragmatic Chaos! Natasha Casteel, Rendi Hodge, Chris Rohde Roseville Public Library
- 2. What is Pragmatic Chaos? Disruption with Intent Balancing Structure with Creativity
- 3. Never stop because you are afraid- You are never so likely to be wrong. Fridtjof Nansen
- 4. Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. Edward R. Murrow
- 5. Staff Reorganization Library Teams Location, Location Training & Engagement Get everyone moving in the same direction Staff are the drivers and need to have ownership Right person in the right role
- 8. Affinity Exercise Your summer reading program has been floundering and you need to rethink how you plan and implement it. Write down all the issues and concerns involved in changing the program.
- 9. You cannot fix what you cannot face. James Baldwin
- 10. Community Engagement “One City” model Strategic Plan Responsive, not reactive Use of real time assessment tools Outreach presence Elected officials
- 11. It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry S. Truman
- 13. When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it. Margaret Chase Smith
- 14. Successes & Challenges PowerON Services Mac Lab Open Source ILS Literacy Program Mobile Library Demand vs. Resources
- 15. It’s a delightful thing to think of perfection; but it’s vastly more amusing to talk of errors and absurdities. Fanny Burney
- 16. Take your job seriously, but don’t take yourself too seriously. Alex Trebek
- 17. Step one to running a marathon: You run. There is no step two. Barney Stinson
Editor's Notes
- #3: Natasha: what is it?
- #4: Natasha: Goal for our presentation is to lay the groundwork for successful change. Three stages: 1. Staff Organization and Engagement. 2. Community Engagement 3. Implement Change
- #5: Chris
- #6: Refer to sample tools that are featured in package Take notes, but don’t read slides Affinity exercise, resp matrix, Program proposal sheet, sample of expectations,
- #9: Chris explain Affinity, give them the problem, walk through 3 minutes, gives staff buy-in, and ability to speak up , take your post-its back to your own team. No one team thinks of every thing. Gives everyone a chance to speak up. Leverages organizational knowledge.
- #10: Natasha
- #11: Natasha One city model Examples of responsive not reactive Honor books/ Realtime online surveys facebook/twitter Talk to customers, listen to them, encourage feedback
- #12: Natasha
- #13: Natasha
- #14: Rendi
- #15: Rendi Mac Lab: donation, red tape, volunteer classes ILS: hosting, pilot project, open source guinea pig, underestimated usage Literacy: permanent staffing, funding, growing pains, partnerships Mobile Library: constricted timeline, community need, funding challenges Case Study: let audience come up with a challenge Remember we discussed the affinity, program proposal
- #16: Rendi: Audience Challenge. One problem or concern that we can talk through using the tools we have shared today.
- #17: Natasha
- #18: Natasha