Presentations

Karen Blakeman on October 16th, 2010

My presentation on using social media search tools as part of research, which I gave at Internet Librarian International on 15th October 2010, is now available on the sites listed below. I have uploaded it to several different sites and services as I know some of you are not able to access one or more [...]

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Karen Blakeman on May 13th, 2010

I have now uploaded the slides for my workshop at the Information for Energy Group (IFEG). As usual, I have uploaded them to several different web sites in case one or more are blocked by corporate firewalls. If you have problems accessing any of the locations, let me know and I’ll sort out some other [...]

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Karen Blakeman on May 9th, 2010

Phil Bradley and I are doing a double act on social networking tools tomorrow (May 10th, 2010) at the Dental Librarians Group Annual Meting 2010. My presentation is a run through the tools that I regularly use in my personal and working life. I’ve called it “A day in the life of…” but is really [...]

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Karen Blakeman on March 1st, 2010

The presentation that I am giving at this evening’s CLSIG meeting in Birmingham is now available: PowerPoint (download from this site – 3.2 MB) Slideshare authorSTREAM I have given the presentation a Creative Commons 3 non-commercial by attribution license, which means you are free to download and re-use it as long you cite me as [...]

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Karen Blakeman on February 24th, 2010

A free evening event organised by CILIP in the Thames Valley Date: Tuesday, 2nd March 2010 Time: 18.00 for 18.30 Venue: Great Expectations, 33 London Street, Reading, Berkshire  RG1 4PS Speaker: Chris O’Hare Chris O’Hare is manager at Henley & District CAB. Chris will consider the transferable skills from the information industry, the challenges and [...]

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Karen Blakeman on February 21st, 2010

Slidefinder  (http://www.slidefinder.net/) was recommended to me way back in August 2009 and I have been using it ever since to track down information inside presentations. PowerPoint presentations can hold a wealth of information: corporate structures, strategic plans, research activity, statistics, industry information etc. Using the advanced file format search options in the general search engines [...]

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Karen Blakeman on January 29th, 2010

CLSIG is re-running the popular Web 2.0 event it held last year in London. Both Phil Duffy and I are presenting again but this time it is to be held in Birmingham. Details are as follows: Event: Web 2.0 – the truth behind the hype Date: Monday 1 March 2010, 6.30-8pm. (Doors open 6 pm) [...]

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Karen Blakeman on December 3rd, 2009

The three  presentations I gave at Online Information 2009 are now available on Slideshare: The Everchanging Landscape of Search: Google is not enough View more presentations from Karen Blakeman. Twitter for Business: an essential marketing and research tool View more presentations from Karen Blakeman. Business research: Web 2.0 is not an option but a necessity [...]

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CILIP in the Thames Valley, 6th October 2009, Great Expectations, Reading The presentation I gave to CILIP in the Thames Valley on 6th October is now available in a number of locations. At least one of these should be accessible through your firewall! PowerPoint presentation – RBA web site Slideshare Authorstream Slideboom Some of the [...]

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Karen Blakeman on October 2nd, 2009

CILIP in the Thames Valley evening meeting Date & Time: Tuesday 6th October 2009,  1800 for 1830 hrs Location: Great Expectations, 33 London St, Reading Google threatens to go hyper with its “caffeine” search. Bing is taking over Yahoo. Image search options are expanding: creative commons, colour, similar images. More specialist search tools for the [...]

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