Click University Connections

SLA Wikis - Learn all about them!

SLA hosts wikis for chapters, divisions, and caucuses and for special association projects. The SLA wikis are available to SLA members and leaders for organizing information, collaborating on projects, and presenting information.

SLA and Click U are offering a series of four fast-paced online sessions to help you learn about and use SLA’s wikis. The sessions, which will build upon each other, will include homework assignments, demonstrations, and opportunities to practice developing and extending wiki content. The presentations and materials will be made available after each session on SLA's Webinar replay page.

SLA Webinars, a members-only benefit, are free! Take advantage of this opportunity and register today to participate in the live online wiki learning sessions!

Questions? Contact clicku@sla.org.

Onsite CI Certificate Program Courses

Take advantage of an opportunity to enhance your skills in the field of CI and register for one or both of the upcoming courses of Click U’s Competitive Intelligence Certificates program that will be held at SLA Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, on 5 and 6 November 2009. 

Registration closes on Monday, 2 November 2009, and enrollment is limited to 30 participants per course.

CIC11a. Introduction to Financial Intelligence (Analysis Elective)
Thursday, 5 November 2009 [8:00am - 5:00pm]
Instructor: Matt Evans, CPA, CMA, CFM

CIC12. Scenarios Analysis & Futures Techniques
Friday, 6 November 2009 [8:00am - 5:00pm]
Instructor:  Cynthia Cheng Correia

KMKS09 Using Technology: Connecting People with Knowledge

KM Certificates Course: KMKS09 Using Technology: Connecting People with Knowledge

Dates:  2 - 20 November 2009

View discount options including the EOS scholarship and buddy discount.

Recognizing that technology is the tool that enables KM, this course provides attendees with a critical framework for assessing the role of technology, focusing on application services, smart tools, organizational data management, and similar solutions while at the same time identifying issues that relate to the management of intellectual capital from the non-technical and interpersonal perspective. Topics covered include:

• cross-functional team management and success in the larger organization
• building successful relationships with IT professionals
• the new movement to software-as-a-service for knowledge management/knowledge services provision
• standards for knowledge management/knowledge services

Click on the course title above for course details and to register.

Questions? Need more info? Contact clicku@sla.org.

Second Life - Learn All About It!

Introduction to Second Life Part 1: Curious as to what Second Life is all about? Want to know how you can get started? Want to find out more about what SLA is up to in this 3D virtual world? In Part 1, you'll learn about virtual worlds and SLA initiatives in virtual worlds. You'll also get the detail you need to get started using Second Life.

Upcoming Sessions:

Tuesday, 3 November, 2:00 p.m. ET
Thursday, 3 December, 2:00 p.m. ET

Introduction to Second Life Part 2: This session will take place in Second Life and will require that you get your Second Life avatar (www.secondlife.com). This is an in-world workshop to help you get up to speed on how to use the Second Life environment. We will take a look at the SLA space in Second Life and will discuss how to make friends, teleporting a person, creating a home location and landmark, camera controls, taking snapshots and profiles.

Upcoming Sessions:

Tuesday, 10 November, 11:00 a.m. ET
Thursday, 10 December, 11:00 a.m. ET 

Learn more & register

Webinar Replay Now Available: Managing the Intranet (in recessionary times)

Intranets hold the potential to deliver ongoing strategic business value, yet the majority of intranets receive only occasional nods of interest from executive management. Join Howard McQueen, an international intranet consultant since 1996, as he shares an effective methodology that can bring focus and awareness to your intranet and allow progressive and incremental business value to be demonstrated.

Howard will pull from dozens of case studies and discuss a number of organizations that have delivered value to staff and to the overall business with innovative intranets. He will highlight some of the Step Two Designs Intranet Innovation Awards winners (Howard is one of four judges who reviewed numerous intranet entries).

View recorded seminar

Onsite KM Certificates Courses in January 2010

Take an opportunity to enhance your professional development and expertise -- register for one or both of the upcoming courses of Click U’s Knowledge Management Certificates program. Courses will be held at SLA's Leadership Summit in St. Louis, MO USA on 26 and 27 January 2010.  Course enrollment is limited to 30 participants.

KMKS01 Fundamentals of Knowledge Management and Knowledge Services
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 [8:00am - 5:00pm]
Instructors: Guy St. Clair & Dale R. Stanley

KMKS03 The Knowledge Audit
Wednesday, 27 January 2010 [8:00am - 5:00pm]
Instructors: Guy St. Clair & Dale R. Stanley

The New execuBook: "The Hamster Revolution for Meetings: How to Meet Less and Get More Done" by Mike Song, et al.

What are the top five complaints about business meetings?

Meetings suck up people's time, add to personal stress and reduce productivity, and the five main complaints about them are: meeting overload, missing key elements, virtual meeting chaos, meandering meetings and incomplete action items.

In this execuBook, authors Mike Song, Vicki Halsey and Tim Burress outline the Hamster Revolution Plan, designed to help people get control of meetings and stop feeling like hamsters on a wheel. It includes the POSE technique for asking the right questions before agreeing to a meeting, the Meeting Power Draft to lock in the essential ingredients of a successful meeting, the NNMO tool for keeping meetings on course, and other ideas for making meetings more productive.

This summary is a guide to holding more effective meetings. It will be of interest to managers in any kind of organization.

If you want to read the full summary please log into your execuBooks account at http://www.aheadspace.com/login.cfm. Don't have an account? Visit Click U to get one.

CCM100 Introduction to Copyright Management Principles and Issues

Register now for CCM Introduction to Copyright Management Principles and Issues. This course is open to SLA members and to non-members. SLA members will earn .7 IACET CEUs, and this course also counts as credit towards members completing Click U’s Copyright Management Certificate program. This two week course begins 26 October 2009.

Brand NEW to this offering of CCM100: Participants will receive a workbook which will be used to organize the course materials and readings and will act as invaluable reference material. Using the workbook will save time and allow the participant to concentrate on all the important components of the course. The workbook will allow you to customize the course to meet your copyright needs. The workbook is only available to course registrants.

For detailed course information and to register please visit Click University: CCM100 Course Information

Instructor: Lesley Ellen Harris

Course Dates: 26 October – 6 November 2009

Questions? Contact clicku@sla.org

KMKS09 Using Technology: Connecting People with Knowledge

KM Certificates Course: KMKS09 Using Technology: Connecting People with Knowledge

Dates:  2 - 20 November 2009

View discount options including the EOS scholarship and buddy discount.

Recognizing that technology is the tool that enables KM, this course provides attendees with a critical framework for assessing the role of technology, focusing on application services, smart tools, organizational data management, and similar solutions while at the same time identifying issues that relate to the management of intellectual capital from the non-technical and interpersonal perspective. Topics covered include:

• cross-functional team management and success in the larger organization
• building successful relationships with IT professionals
• the new movement to software-as-a-service for knowledge management/knowledge services provision
• standards for knowledge management/knowledge services

Click on the course title above for course details and to register.

Questions? Need more info? Contact clicku@sla.org.

Webinar Replay Now Available: Promoting Effective Use of e-Resources Using e-Tools

A marketing-oriented library creates products and services based on its customers' needs, wants, and levels of satisfaction. Developing a realistic and flexible marketing strategy--a comprehensive plan of action designed to meet the needs of an organization operating in a particular environment--is essential. This session is designed to help library staff members understand how to promote the responsible use of e-resources available, utilizing various advanced technologies and techniques and taking advantage of all opportunities to "cross sell."

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