When we think of storytelling, our minds may return to when our parents would read us a favorite fable or fairy tale. But, as Steven Denning of the World Bank discovered, storytelling can also be a powerful tool for catalyzing organizational change. In his book, The Springboard: How Storytelling Ignites Action in Knowledge-Era Organizations, Steve tells his own story of storytelling and offers guidance to other change agents on how to master the craft. Information Outlook sat down with Steve to find out more about The Springboard, and to learn how you can use storytelling effectively in your organization.
Global 2000: Perspectives of a Foreign Delegate
by Marietjie Marais
Brighton, a beautiful city in the south of England, was chosen as the venue for the second worldwide conference on special librarianship arranged by the SLA. About 650 information professionals from all over the world gathered in the Brighton Hilton Metropole Hotel to discuss issues concerning the profession. Hardly any other work environment has been touched so deeply by the huge developments in the information industry. The world has indeed become a global village and we are a part of that. We as special librarians, information professionals, cybrarians, whatever you wish to call us, need to change to keep up with the needs of our clients, we constantly have to develop new skills and we must be willing to be facilitators in introducing our clients to the possibilities of the Internet.
Virtual SLA: A Wrap up of the Association's 2000 Virtual Association initiatives
by Maurice Harris
The Y2K Virtual Association (VA) initiatives focused on further developing the VA to continue remove barriers associated with access to the association's information by its membership and customers from anywhere at anytime. The VA initiatives were also realistically balanced and considered members' abilities and desires to access information electronically. This was done by assessing the membership's and industry's needs and preferences as related to the electronic dissemination of SLA's products and services.
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