3 Responses:
- Information
- Quiet
- Studious
- Library
- Organization
5 Responses:
- Smart
16 Responses and the NUMBER 1 answer:
- Book(s)
Most surprising omission (to me)? Any mention of helpful (except from me).
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Librarian: What's the First Word you Think of?
ALA Game: At ALA I asked 75 people (1 for every card I handed out) to tell me the FIRST word they thought of when they heard the word LIBRARIAN.
3 Responses:
5 Responses:
16 Responses and the NUMBER 1 answer:
Most surprising omission (to me)? Any mention of helpful (except from me).
3 Responses:
5 Responses:
16 Responses and the NUMBER 1 answer:
Most surprising omission (to me)? Any mention of helpful (except from me).
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Fun in Radiation Treatment: Part 2
A little while ago I offered a post about how the staff at Valley Medical Oncology Consultants brought a little fun to the process by offering the "toss the ring" game (http://humorinlibraries.blogspot.com/2012/08/fun-in-radiation-therapy-yes.html) I never did succeed at this, although I had quite a few near misses; and my lack of success had nothing to do with the cheering and encouragement of the staff.
Well, radiation comes and goes and pretty soon it's over. And what do these folks do? They have a graduation party complete with certificate of completion signed by everyone on staff and a bottle of sparkling apple juice. There are also hugs all around and a well-intended invitation to return (but not for radiation!).
I thought this was great and came to think that those of us in the service game could learn something from these specific acts of fun and celebration. If we don't find moments to reduce stress by introducing fun, perhaps we should; and if we don't celebrate our users/clients/customers/colleagues successes who will! Ready. Set. Go.
Well, radiation comes and goes and pretty soon it's over. And what do these folks do? They have a graduation party complete with certificate of completion signed by everyone on staff and a bottle of sparkling apple juice. There are also hugs all around and a well-intended invitation to return (but not for radiation!).
I thought this was great and came to think that those of us in the service game could learn something from these specific acts of fun and celebration. If we don't find moments to reduce stress by introducing fun, perhaps we should; and if we don't celebrate our users/clients/customers/colleagues successes who will! Ready. Set. Go.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
MadLibs(TM) for the Office
I have to give inspiration to this to the wonderful folks at MadLibs(TM).
(See http://www.madlibs.com/ if you don't know/remember what MadLibs(TM) are/were.)
The gist is that a reader has a piece of prose with some parts of speech left blank. The reader then asks the players (team members, committee, etc) to provide a preposition, definite article, proper noun, etc. depending on what the story calls for. No Context is Provided!
After all the parts of speech are recorded, the story (memorandum, strategic goal, mission statement, etc.) is read back with the suggestions in their proper grammatical and syntactical place. Usually, hilarity reigns.
Example: Reader asks for a noun and a noun
Possible answer(s): money senate
Context: It was the best of money; the worst of senate.
This could be a nice way to take the sting and stress out of some of that (formal) writing that we are all called upon to do.
It is also a nice diversion as a party game. There is a version for family trees that I am going to bring to our family reunion this summer. I can't wait to see/hear the results!
(See http://www.madlibs.com/ if you don't know/remember what MadLibs(TM) are/were.)
The gist is that a reader has a piece of prose with some parts of speech left blank. The reader then asks the players (team members, committee, etc) to provide a preposition, definite article, proper noun, etc. depending on what the story calls for. No Context is Provided!
After all the parts of speech are recorded, the story (memorandum, strategic goal, mission statement, etc.) is read back with the suggestions in their proper grammatical and syntactical place. Usually, hilarity reigns.
Example: Reader asks for a noun and a noun
Possible answer(s): money senate
Context: It was the best of money; the worst of senate.
This could be a nice way to take the sting and stress out of some of that (formal) writing that we are all called upon to do.
It is also a nice diversion as a party game. There is a version for family trees that I am going to bring to our family reunion this summer. I can't wait to see/hear the results!
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