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MLA: Discover Your Inner Leader @ MILE 2009 and the LMRT Business Meeting
November 20, 2008 06:22 PM | MLA2008Jonya Pacey, Help Desk Manager
I spent the first part of the morning talking to people, going through the Silent Auction, more networking, and then stopping back up at my room to work on a couple of tickets assigned to me. So the MILE 2009 session was my first today. I was very pleased that the room was packed and with a strong showing of interested potential attendees. As one of the initial session's graduates in 2005, MILE (Minnesota Institute for Leadership Excellence) has my support and interest and I am thrilled with the success of the 2007 graduates. I see them in strong leadership roles in their libraries, being active in MLA subunits, and advocating for developing leadership skills. MILE is a springboard for anyone wanting to explore their goals and advance their career while getting involved in MLA. As I was not the only SELCO attendee to this session, I will stop here.
Right after this session, I went into the Library Management Round Table business meeting. We spent most of the meeting planning and setting some goals and then for one of them, doing some action steps for me to do right away, over the next few months. And I think this is cool and exciting; we are going to hold a conference call where we can talk about a management topic. The first one was selected today. So LMRT members can call in and talk and I'll take notes, and then get them onto the subunit's blog where people can comment. Then I will send out email encouraging LMRT members to go read and comment, continuing the conversation. So the three areas of communication that seem to be comfortable to a large percentage of library managers - blogging, conference calls, and email - will all be used and hopefully integrated together into a more seamless conversation as time moves on.
