career agility second life library buzz sept 2009
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Career Agility: The Brand is You
Second Life Library Buzz Series: Career Agility
Christian Gray (aka Graymatter Voom)Cindy Hill (aka Sydney Delphin)
September 24, 2009
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Please use local chat to ask questions at any time…
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Corporate Brands
We know what to expect
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Personal Brand: A Definition
Total perceived value
As compared to other choices or competitors
In the eyes of your target market
Valerie Gonyea, Career Encouragement Officer2009 Right Management presentation
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Brand You
Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.
-- Tom Peters 2007
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“…create information that people want. Create an online presence that people are eager to consume. Establish a virtual front door that people will happily link to…”
David Meerman Scott
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“…And one that employers will find.”
David Meerman Scott, www.webinknow.com Nov 11, 2008
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Personal Brand 1.0
• Enterprise-oriented
• Difficult to stand out
• Formal
• Reliance on traditional media
• ???
Personal Brand 2.0
• Focused on the individual
• Individuality counts
• Informality counts
• Web 2.0 info channels
• ???
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/nessman/2590572476/
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The Resilient Career is
- Agile
- Opportunistic
- Sustainable
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The Big Picture Personal Information
Convergence Reunion &
Alumni
Social Networks
Contact Manager
People Search
Match Makers
Associations &
Communities
Government Records
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The Big Picture Professional Information
Convergence Publications
Professional Networks
Internal Projects
People Search
Match Makers
ProfessionalAssociations
Government Records
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The Big PictureA Social Network Diagram
Mike
Cindy 1st Degree
2nd Degree
3rd Degree
Christian
Sun Alumni Group
Scott
Kim
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Use Web 2.0 tools to build:
- Visibility
- Portfolio
- Community of Colleagues
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You have to sing every day to work
up to being, you know, amazingly brilliant.
Mick Jagger
Start building…
…your own visibility
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Search: “knowledge management”
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273,913 results for "Competitive" 20,799 results for "Competitive intelligence"
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Knowledge is information that changes something or somebody – either by becoming grounds for
action, or by making an individual (or an institution) capable of
different or more effective action.
Peter F. DruckerStart building……your own portfolio
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Only connect.
E. M. Forster
Start building…
…your own community of colleagues
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Hell is where you just drift – heaven
is where you get to steer. George Bernard Shaw
Take charge of your agenda……multi-purpose your
jobs, projects or assignments
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To venture causes anxiety. Not to
venture is to lose oneself. Søren Kierkegaard
Start exploring……your professional
options
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You’re not the boss of me!
Every two-year-old in the known universe
And consider yet another way to use your information
professional skills…
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All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act
without benefit of experience. – Henry Miller
Start pushing out…… your
boundaries
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Everything I know I learned bodysurfing
in Southern California. Kim Dority
• Anticipate• Position for opportunity• Paddle like crazy• Enjoy the ride, but know it will end• Don’t take the sand in your suit personally• Know that a new wave is always on the way
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Putting This in Play….
Write up a one-page LinkedIn plan, including:1.Build and improve your profile – be descriptive, show results, drive value2.Request connections - invite friends & associates to join – experience the network effect3.Request endorsements & endorse others4.Join groups5.Add “non-work” positions to your profile6.Try out questions and answers7.Search “just for fun” & some serious surfing8.Yes, add a headshot 9.Advanced: add reading list, blog, trip planner
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A Special Thank You to Kim Dority Rocky Mountain
Chapter, SLA
For her inspiration and thoughts
Kim Dority, G. K. Dority & Associates, Inc.
[email protected] www.rethinkinginformationwork.com
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Resources: Learn More
• Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals by G. Kim Dority
•The Virtual Handshake by David Teten & Scott Allen, www.thevirtualhandshake.com
• Guy Kawasaki, http://blog.guykawasaki.com
• Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time, Keith Ferrazzi
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Thank You
Second Life Library Buzz Series: Career Agility
September 24, 2009
Christian Gray, Reprints [email protected]
Cindy Hill, Hill Information Consulting GroupAka Sydney Delphin in SL