[Baynet] Research for the Real World

[Janice Carter]

Greetings, the University Library staff at Golden Gate University would
like to invite you, your colleagues and patrons to attend any or all of
the following sessions in the Research for the Real World Symposium. 
Please spread the word!  If you would like flyers for these events,
please contact Janice Carter, jcarter at ggu.edu

Thanks!    Janice Carter, Director, University Librayr, Golden Gate
University 

Personal Branding:  Research as a Tool.   Tues., Oct.  21, 5:30 - 6:30
pm  Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, Room
6211, with Therese Martin, MBA, Executive Director of ArtSpan

Good research  including social networking  supports your daily work,
but have you used it for self advancement?  The real world moves
quickly.
Identifying and understanding potential clients or partners and
properly
supporting your positions increases your ability to present and
negotiate.
Research and independent study critically serve skill growth and make
you a competitive candidate for positions you seek 

Strategies for Keeping Current in an Ever-Changing World of
Information
Sat., Oct. 25, 11:00 am to noon, Golden Gate University, 536 Mission
Street,  San Francisco, Meet at the Reference Desk in the University
Library
 
With information coming at us from all directions in so many formats,
how can we keep currently informed on the topics we NEED to KNOW?

Join us for this workshop where we will explore ways to identify key
organizations, electronic conferences, and web sites.  We will discuss
how to develop:
--Strategies for keeping current
--Simple web portals to access key resources of information
--Alert services for databases and blogs
--Methods for organizing and retrieving the information we gain


Know Facts About Your Figures:  Understanding Statistics in a Headline
Society.  Mon., Oct.  27,  5:30 pm – 6:30 pm , Golden Gate University,
536 Mission Street, San Francisco, Room 5310, with Gene Springs, Data
Guru, GGU University Library.

Researching Funding Opportunities for a New Environmental TV Series
Thurs., Oct. 30,   5 pm – 6 pm,  Golden Gate University, 536 Mission
Street, San Francisco, Room 4225,  with Diane Hume, GGU alumna and
instructor, Advanced Business Communication Skills.

After working the last few years to get a pilot show about greening
one’s home produced ,  Diane and her colleague  submitted the pilot
and the business plan  to the three major distributors for public
television. They have received a letter of  intent to run a 13 episode
series of the show nationally from NETA (National Educational
Telecommunications Association). They now have to raise $1.2 million
dollars to fund it. 

Diane and her colleague have identified a number of target companies
and could use help identifying brand and marketing managers that can
provide sponsorship and in the process make their products known to a
very choice audience. If you would like to help, you can learn about
producing and  funding television shows for PBS. Diane and her colleague
are also going to be developing a website and ancillary materials for
schools and the general public so there may be other opportunities for
involvement as well.

Simply Clear Water for the World:  Lisa Farmen's Quest, Mon., Nov. 3,
2008, 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm,  Golden Gate University, 536 Mission Street, San
Francisco, Room 5224

Golden Gate University  alumna Lisa Farmen will talk about her passion
–making clean water available to even the poorest people throughout
the world, at a cost they can afford.