Ballad in Plain E

Going through the posts tagged for SLA2008, I came across this one about delegate April Younglove’s personal goals for the conference: to accept a scholarship award and get through the entire thing without paying for any food.

“The secret genius of my original goals, I later discovered at the convention, is that they actually caused me to do far more networking and professional development than I might have otherwise. Getting an award became a natural conversation starter, and by forcing myself to find out where the food was, I had to sit at tables with strangers and meet them. I had to attend events sponsored by divisions like the agricultural division and the military division that I never would even have dreamed of attending otherwise, had it not been for my personal scavenger hunt.”

What a clever challenge to set for yourself. April goes on to list some interesting things she learned about transferable skills as well as some creative career development tips.  This would make a fascinating full-length article (in Information Outlook, perhaps?)!

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