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Online Information 2009, 1st - 3rd December 2009. Olympia Grand Hall and Conference Centre, London

The Everchanging Landscape of Search: Google is not enough

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Twitter for Business: an essential marketing and research tool

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Business research: Web 2.0 is not an option but a necessity

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Internet Librarian International, London, 15th -16th October 2009

Social search: useful tool or time waster ?

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CILIP in the Thames Valley, 6th October 2009, Great Expectations, Reading

Internet Search: a challenging and everchanging landscape

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CLSIG 17th September 2009, London

Web 2.0 - the truth behind the hype. Evening meeting held at Hamonds LLP, Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4YH

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PATLIB 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria

Workshop: Social Collaborative Tools: how to use them to best effect. Wednesday 20th May 2009.

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Keynote: Social collaborative tools. Thursday 21st May 2009

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Mashups: delicious digital recipes for 2009
5th May 2009. BBOD, Great Expectations, Reading UK

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Make Web 2.0 and Social Networking Work for You, 12th February 2009. CILIP Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Martial Rose Library, University of Winchester.

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Older presentations

The following presentations are still available for download but some of the information is inevitably out of date. They are included in this list for those of you who are interested in "how things used to be".

The Research Practitioner - Skills Day. Chelsea Football Club, London UK. 26th November 2008

Using the Web

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Managing Information in the Public Sector - The Future - Relaunching ALGIS. Baden Powell House, London, Tuesday 18th November 2008

Web 2.0 in the Public Sector

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Internet Librarian International 2008, October 16th-17th, London

Search Tips - Maintaining Search Quality.

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The Research Practitioner - Skills Day. London, UK. April 23rd and 24th 2008.
Presentation on 'Using the Web' (emphasis on searching for people)

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Update on Search Tools
AUKML Conference, 19th April 2008

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I'm an Information Professional - get me out of here!
Presentations at a UKOLUG one day meeting, 8th June 2004, CILIP, London

Taming Your Inbox PDF of a PowerPoint presentation with notes. (746 KB)
Can the Spam! PDF of a PowerPoint presentation with notes. (808 KB)
Can the Spam! URLs
Monitoring Web Pages Without Tears PDF of a PowerPoint presentation, 2 slides per page. (1044 KB)

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PDF of PowerPoint slides and notes (1.4 MB)

Full Paper (PDF - 130 KB)