Comments on: Visioning and Watching: Redux http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux.html Learning in Libraries and Loving It Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Strategic Planning 2.0 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-1403 Strategic Planning 2.0 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:06:02 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux/#comment-1403 [...] our rousing success with the vision statement meeting (posted on here and here), the entire library staff got together to discuss our three-year strategic plan. [...] [...] our rousing success with the vision statement meeting (posted on here and here), the entire library staff got together to discuss our three-year strategic plan. [...]

]]> By: Be Careful What You Wish For http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-1402 Be Careful What You Wish For Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:58:10 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux/#comment-1402 [...] remember when I said that our all-staff meeting to discuss the draft of our 10-year vision statement was so surprisingly [...] [...] remember when I said that our all-staff meeting to discuss the draft of our 10-year vision statement was so surprisingly [...]

]]> By: Iris http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-20 Iris Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:10:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux/#comment-20 There are pros and cons to having all-staff/all-library meetings being forums for discussion (or would that be "fora"?...). One of the beauties of having a relatively small staff is that we're able to do this if we want to. On the other hand, I don't think we've ever had a 45-minute meeting. That would be quite a boon some days! There are pros and cons to having all-staff/all-library meetings being forums for discussion (or would that be “fora”?…). One of the beauties of having a relatively small staff is that we’re able to do this if we want to. On the other hand, I don’t think we’ve ever had a 45-minute meeting. That would be quite a boon some days!

]]> By: Julian http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 Julian Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:03:00 +0000 http://pegasuslibrarian.com/2006/04/visioning-and-watching-redux/#comment-19 We only have 3-4 all-staff meetings per year, and they're put together by the library's human relations committee. We definitely don't have refreshments after (hmm... that sounds like a good suggestion). They pretty much go like this: a report from the director on the state of the library; a presentation of some sort -- sometimes related to a department of the library, sometimes a short professional development exercise; and a brief information session that is HR-related (often about benefits that staff can take advantage of). And, for some reason, they're always held mid-afternoon in the middle of a week.<br/><br/>I can't recall an all-library (that's what we call them) meeting lasting longer than 45 minutes. They're definitely not set up as a forum of discussion centered around agenda topics. The meetings are more like a collection of presentations that are packaged together for the consumption of the staff. The meatier subjects are discussed in the topic-specific forums and division meetings.<br/><br/>I guess my library has such a specific focus (nothing wrong with that), and so many people in such specific positions, that it might make sense to have a more hierarchical format of discussion for larger "vision" issues. We only have 3-4 all-staff meetings per year, and they’re put together by the library’s human relations committee. We definitely don’t have refreshments after (hmm… that sounds like a good suggestion). They pretty much go like this: a report from the director on the state of the library; a presentation of some sort — sometimes related to a department of the library, sometimes a short professional development exercise; and a brief information session that is HR-related (often about benefits that staff can take advantage of). And, for some reason, they’re always held mid-afternoon in the middle of a week.

I can’t recall an all-library (that’s what we call them) meeting lasting longer than 45 minutes. They’re definitely not set up as a forum of discussion centered around agenda topics. The meetings are more like a collection of presentations that are packaged together for the consumption of the staff. The meatier subjects are discussed in the topic-specific forums and division meetings.

I guess my library has such a specific focus (nothing wrong with that), and so many people in such specific positions, that it might make sense to have a more hierarchical format of discussion for larger “vision” issues.

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