Professional Development

I’m a little behind on my posting, but the last few days have been too hectic, so bear with me.

Tuesday was the final presentation and showcase.  My director, Lynn Sutton, came to be my support, which was wonderful.  All of the directors were invited, but not all of the directors decided to come.  Some folks had their immediate supervisors, and that is nice, but it is more reassuring to have your director there, I think, there’s a lot of unspoken support in that act.  I would have loved to have my supervisor, Susan Smith, of course, I would have brought everyone if I could have, but that wasn’t possible.  Anyway, I thank Lynn for coming, it meant a lot to have her there supporting me.

My presentation was excellent.  I was second from last to go (out of 15 people), so I was ready when my name was called.  I made a few witty comments, got a few laughs, but I also made a great presentation.  During our showcase I had a lot of people asking me about my topic (RSS) and how we were able to get an RSS Feed set up with our catalog.  I of course didn’t know all the answers to the technical questions, but I would like to learn (Erik and Kevin).  I have a pretty good idea, I know how to set up a RSS Feed, but how it works with out catalog, no clue, probably very similar to any other site.

I gave out a lot of business cards and handouts, so I hope to hear from people in the next few weeks.  It was great to hear that I/we as a Library at ZSR are doing something considered amongst our peers as very “cutting edge.”

I graduated after the Showcase and now have a certificate of completion and an official Master Trainer of North Carolina name badge.  I have meetings with my regional group lined up for the summer and fall (I might be hosting the meeting in the fall) and am now on an email list of all the Master Trainers in the state.  I have started coming up with a lot of ideas of different training classes I want to offer in the fall, I just hope the creativity keeps flowing!

Thanks again to everyone that supported me through this process, I could not have done it without you.