Welcome to the AILA Annual Conference 2007 Blog, AILA’s new method of bringing all things annual conference to a computer near you.
AILA is joining the rapidly growing cast of associations, politicians and celebrities floating around in the blogosphere. Blogging isn’t just for computer geeks anymore. Wikis, Web 2.0 and RSS feeds have become the talk of the town. Okay, admittedly, I had no idea what any of this meant until last night. While I should have been lounging on my couch watching the latest American Idol reject walk dejectedly from the audition room, I was slaving over my laptop trying to make sense of this new (or not so new) world of social media. What I found was really interesting – this stuff is important. And cool. With regard to the sharing of information, blogging is great in that it takes the power out of the hands of the few and into the hands of the many. With the Internet being the largest community we have, blogging has provided a new outlet for any and all kinds of discussion.
AILA InfoNet will remain your go-to spot for the substantive bits, like programming changes, registration and housing details, etc. We designed this blog to bring you updates, fun facts and more than you’ll ever want to know about the inner workings of the annual conference. So let’s give it a shot.
Last night, in my cyber travels, I came up with a set of ground rules for this blog. To you, I pledge the following:
AILA is joining the rapidly growing cast of associations, politicians and celebrities floating around in the blogosphere. Blogging isn’t just for computer geeks anymore. Wikis, Web 2.0 and RSS feeds have become the talk of the town. Okay, admittedly, I had no idea what any of this meant until last night. While I should have been lounging on my couch watching the latest American Idol reject walk dejectedly from the audition room, I was slaving over my laptop trying to make sense of this new (or not so new) world of social media. What I found was really interesting – this stuff is important. And cool. With regard to the sharing of information, blogging is great in that it takes the power out of the hands of the few and into the hands of the many. With the Internet being the largest community we have, blogging has provided a new outlet for any and all kinds of discussion.
AILA InfoNet will remain your go-to spot for the substantive bits, like programming changes, registration and housing details, etc. We designed this blog to bring you updates, fun facts and more than you’ll ever want to know about the inner workings of the annual conference. So let’s give it a shot.
Last night, in my cyber travels, I came up with a set of ground rules for this blog. To you, I pledge the following:
- This blog is hopelessly devoted to the AILA Annual Conference. While a tidbit from another AILA event or initiative may creep in from time-to-time, we’ll try to keep our eye on the ball.
- I, Michelle Gergerian, Director of Education here at HQ, will be your regularly scheduled blogger, but fear not, you’ll hear a variety of voices with different perspectives (association leaders, executive committee members, AILA National staff members). Not just mine.
- One of the biggest challenges in maintaining a blog is the level of commitment required. I’ll post something at least weekly or whenever something earth-shattering pops into my brain. I’ll also try and ensure that each entry passes the “Who Cares?” test.
- We invite you to help us build this blog. Agree, disagree and let us know how we’re doing by using the comment function.
So there you have it. Even if blogs and wikis eventually become uncool and AILA finds itself in the lone company of the computer geeks, it really never hurts to communicate in a manner that provokes thought and responsiveness. I think we could all agree with that.
Until next time.
2 comments:
This is a fantastic idea! I can't wait to hear more about AC and will be checking in regularly.
The hotel has a water slide. How can we be expected to go to any panels?
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