Keynote Panel Announced - Library 2.019 "Open Data" Mini-Conference - June 5th

We're excited to announce the keynote panel for our second Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Open Data," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 5th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone).

Local, state and federal governments are releasing data - the public's data - in new ways. Property maps, 311 data, school quality information and census statistics - all of these are examples of open data that give people the tools they need to learn and advocate for their causes. This web conference will explore how librarians are using open data, teaching others about it, and even creating it. You’ll learn about tools you can implement in your own library and hear stories from libraries that have partnered with their local and state governments. Armed with practical tools and experiences, you’ll be ready to start diving into open data to help your library and community!

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
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We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. The call for proposals is open now at https://www.library20.com/page/call-for-proposals. We will also need volunteer moderators for sessions rooms--if you've been through our training before (and even if you haven't!), email steve@learningrevolution.com if you might be able to help.

Participants are encouraged to use #library2019 and #libraryopendata on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.

KEYNOTE PANEL:

Anne Neville-Bonilla (Keynote Moderator) Director, of the California Research Bureau, California State Library Anne Neville-Bonilla is director of the California Research Bureau where she and her team develop non-partisan, independent research for the Governor and Legislature. As part of the California State Library’s Executive team, she is co-director a Knight Foundation grant to support open data literacy in public libraries and communities and serves on the board of CENIC, California’s research and education broadband network. Previously, she directed the State Broadband Initiative at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) at the US Department of Commerce. At NTIA, she was responsible for the National Broadband Map, the largest open dataset of its kind, and $300M in grants to support the digital economy. Before this, she was a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, and prior to this served as Assistant Secretary for Economic Development and Technology for the State of California. Anne served as a Senate Fellow and as an AmeriCorps*VISTA volunteer, founding a community technology training center in San Diego. Anne holds an MPA from the University of Southern California and a BA (Hons) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Wilford (“Will”) Saunders (Keynote Moderator) Open Data Guy, State of Washington Office of Privacy & Data Protection Will Saunders leads the State of Washington's Open Data program in the Office of Privacy and Data Protection. He has worked on communications and technology issues for the state since 2005, including telephone regulation, broadband, economic development, central services management, data governance, and technology assessment. He is a co-author of Data Equity for Main Street, an open data curriculum for public libraries, and co-sponsor of a variety of civic technology projects including BCAT – the Broadband Community Assessment Toolkit. A graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of Maine School of Law, he is admitted to the bar in Washington and Maine, and serves on the board of OBee Credit Union.

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Lilian Coral Director/National Strategy + Technology Innovation, Knight Foundation Lilian Coral joined Knight Foundation in September 2017. Coral is Knight's director of national strategy, where she manages the national portfolio and focuses on the development of the foundation’s Smart Cities strategy. She came to Knight from the City of Los Angeles, where she served as chief data officer for Mayor Eric Garcetti. In this role, she led the mayor's directive on Open Data beyond the lens of transparency and towards his vision of a data-driven Los Angeles through the management of the City’s Open Data program, the expansion of the use of data science and analytics, and the development of user-centered digital services. Coral led the development of the GeoHub, a first-of-its-kind data management solution for integrating geospatial information across the City of Los Angeles’ 41 departments, and oversaw the publishing of 1,100 city datasets and APIs, the management of five portals of operational and financial data, and the roll-out of 15+ digital services, applications and public facing dashboards. Prior to joining Mayor Garcetti, Coral spent 15 years working on a wide range of health and human services issues as an advocate and executive leader, having had the opportunity to work with labor unions, NGOs, foundations and human service agencies at all levels of government to transform the way government uses data and technology to serve its citizens. Coral has a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of California, Irvine and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a native of Colombia, a place from where much of her inspiration for innovation and social justice emerged.

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Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA) U.S. Congressman (WA 6th District) Derek Kilmer serves as the United States Representative of Washington’s 6th Congressional District. Born and raised in Port Angeles, and the son of two school teachers, Derek was taught to appreciate the value of education. As the dad of two little girls, he is working to make sure all children receive a quality education. Derek wanted to make a difference in his community, so he chose to study public policy, looking for ways to help economically struggling communities. He received a BA from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford in England. Derek put his education into practice in Washington state, first as a business consultant for McKinsey & Company, where he helped businesses, non-profits, and government agencies run more efficiently. Derek served in the Washington state House from 2005 to 2007 and the state Senate from 2007 until he was elected to the US House in 2012. Derek was reelected to a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 and chosen by his Democratic colleagues to serve on the House Appropriations Committee, one of only four ‘exclusive’ committees in the House. Derek serves on the Interior and Environment Subcommittee and Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee. Derek has championed bipartisan efforts to better leverage federal research dollars to spur private sector innovation and job growth and bolster a 21st-century workforce. Derek has learned that addressing the challenges facing our nation will require an end to political brinkmanship and a focus on finding common sense, practical solutions. He's a member of organizations like the Bipartisan Working Group and the Problem Solvers Caucus, which work to bring Democrats and Republicans together to forge a greater consensus on a wide variety of issues. In his time in Congress, Derek has been recognized by a wide variety of groups for his effectiveness and advocacy. He’s been awarded the U.S. Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest honor a civilian not employed by the Navy can receive from the Secretary of the Navy. Derek has also received a Silver Helmet award from AMVETS and a Friend of the National Parks award from the National Parks Conservation Association, been named a Hero of Main Street by the National Retail Federation, an Outstanding New Member by the Voices for National Service, and a Humane Champion by the Humane Society.

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James Neal Senior Program Officer, Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services James Neal is a Senior Program Officer in the Office of Library Services with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). He manages a portfolio of grants focused on building equitable digital communities, including open educational resources, digital inclusion, data privacy and security, and e-books. James is a graduate of the MLS program at the University of Maryland College of Information Science, Maryland's iSchool in the Information and Diverse Populations concentration. He worked for two years as a librarian with Prince George's County Memorial Library System. He maintains a strong interest in the future of public libraries. His background and experience consists of bookselling in several independent book stores, volunteer service in the Peace Corps in Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo); graduate education in anthropology; publicity, marketing, editorial, and sales roles in academic and scholarly publishing; public school teaching; experience in public relations, and project management and web design experience in user experience design.

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MORE INFORMATION:
The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor. Please register as a member of the Library 2.0 network to be kept informed of future events. Recordings from previous years are available under the Archives tab at Library 2.0 and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.

Global Education Conference 10th Anniversary - Member Support Drive - Can You Help?

To Our Dear Global Friends:

Ten years ago this November the two of us started the Global Education Conference, a fantastic, grass-roots virtual event that came out of our passions to help students, teachers, and organizations connect globally. We did something that was incredibly unique: we created a free online conference that let educators from around the world present to their peers at a convenient presentation time based on their local time zone; we let attendees see the schedule in their time zone calendar, and attend live sessions at no cost; we made the recordings available immediately after live presentations. That first year the conference ran for five days, 24 hours a day, with over 450 presentations and keynote sessions. It was a life-changing experience.

Over the past ten years, we have accumulated a combined audience of over 30,000 from 190+ countries, we’ve developed an open repository of recordings of every session presented, and we’ve maintained a global online community. Additionally, we have held other interactive online and physical events that have helped to elevate the profiles of many global education organizations.

During this time, some very thoughtful organizations have sponsored the Conference and our events, but that has never been enough funding to cover our labor and time-intensive work. As a non-profit organization, we have been committed to keeping the Conference authentic, open, and accessible with the hope that like-minded organizations would share our mission and value our work. The continuation of the Conference reached a crisis point last November when we had to cancel our flagship event because we could not raise the bare minimum to host the event.

After much deep reflection, we have decided to become a member-supported organization. Do not worry--this is voluntary support! We know that many of our members who are committed to global education face the same budget constraints that we do, so you do not have to contribute to stay a member of the conference network or attend our free events. However, for those that are in a position to help, we have created a structure for $10, $25, $50, $100, and $250 donations, with some fun ways of recognizing contributions. Please consider clicking HERE to see the member-contribution information page that also allows one to contribute immediately.

We have also set up a structure for very-reasonable non-profit or non-commercial “partner” commitments. If your organization is open to helping in this way, or you represent a commercial organization wanting to help, please email steve@learningrevolution.com.

Also, we are reconfiguring our next set of events including a series of day-long mini-conferences. Here is what is coming!

• Global Education Day at #ISTE 19 - Philadelphia, PA - June 23, 2019
• Global Project-Based Learning Online Mini-Conference - August 1, 2019
• Global Collaboration Week - Online - Week of September 23, 2019
• GlobalEdCon Around the Clock Online Mini-Conference - November 19, 2019
• Student Empowerment Online Mini-Conference - February 13, 2020

We are so grateful for our global education community, and we want to find a way to have the next ten years be as exciting as the first ten have been. We hope you will consider helping us to do so!

Here's to a more globally-connected world!

Steve + Lucy


Steve Hargadon
steve@learningrevolution.com
www.stevehargadon.com

Lucy Gray
lucy@lucygrayconsulting.com
www..lucygrayconsulting.com

WEBINAR - Active Shooter / Armed Attackers: Stopping Them Before They Get To Your Campus

"Active Shooter / Armed Attackers: Stopping Them Before They Get To Your Campus"

A 60-minute webinar (live and recorded) in a new PD.live series with Dr. Steve Albrecht, held on Thursday, April 25th, 2019, at 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. 

DESCRIPTION: Cases of school violence involving armed perpetrators are both rare and catastrophic. Despite what the news media says, these events are not predictable, but they can be prevented, using threat assessment protocols. Recent attacks have heightened the awareness of the need for all school employees to follow the suggested DHS response: Run-Hide-Fight. Since all school staff are in charge of their own security, they need to know what to do, what not to do, and how to protect themselves, their co-workers, and their students before, during, and these life-changing events.

Steve uses empowerment over fear to make the webinar participants feel comfortable about this uncomfortable subject. In this fast-paced and tool-based webinar he covers these issues:

• A brief history of school-based events and lessons learned from recent US Secret Service and FBI reports.
• Learning the ATAP “Pathway to Violence.”
  Understanding the motives and behaviors of school violence perpetrators.
• Recognizing “information leakage” warning signs and knowing who, why, and when to report what you see or hear.
• How to deal with social media-based threats, bomb threats, and publicized mass attack warnings/hoaxes.
• Making cost-effective security changes to your campus or District offices.
• The DHS Run-Hide-Fight protocol and understanding the intensity of the police response.
• The need for mass communication and evacuation strategies and post-incident business continuity and mental health management.

COST: $75/person - includes access to the recording and access to the attendee discussion forum. (For group or other purchases, to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, emailsteve@learningrevolution.com.

TO REGISTER: Click on the JOIN WEBINAR button HERE. You will first need to be a member of PD.live (free) and be logged in. Please click "Sign Up" on the top right and we'll get you approved quickly.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

As a trainer, speaker, author, and consultant, Dr. Steve Albrechtis internationally known for his expertise in high-risk HR issues. He specializes in threat assessment, threat management, Threat Assessment Team training, and workplace and school violence awareness and crisis response programs for private-sector firms, municipal government, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and libraries.

In 1994, Dr. Albrecht co-wrote Ticking Bombs: Defusing Violence in the Workplace, one of the first business books on workplace violence.
Besides his work as a conference presenter and keynote speaker, he appears in the media and on the Internet, as a source on workplace violence, security, and crime. His 18 business and police books include Library Security; Tough Training Topics; Added Value Negotiating; Service, Service, Service!; and Fear and Violence on the Job.
In 1999, Steve retired from the San Diego Police Department, where he had worked since 1984, both as a full-time officer and later as a reserve sergeant, reserve training officer, and a domestic violence investigator.

He holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment. He holds the designation “Certified Threat Manager” (CTM) from the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP).