Career Agility: The Independent Information Professional
Speaker: Amelia Kassel
Join your SLA colleagues for a breakfast program on Friday July 31, at Exponent in Menlo Park.
Ever considered becoming an information entrepreur? Want to learn what's involved in setting up your own business? Are you curious about the skill sets needed to become an independent information professional? Want to learn how you market your services, get engagements and get paid (it's not a paycheck!)?
Then sign up for our third session of Career Agility! This time we'll be talking about the steps to take if you want to establish youself as an independent researcher or consultant. Amelia Kassel, independent consultant, teacher and mentor extraordinaire will be our speaker.
Amelia Kassel is President of MarketingBase, specializing in industry, company and competitive and market intelligence research since 1982. Amelia holds a Master's Degree in Library Science from UCLA, and combines expertise in Internet research and fee-based databases with knowledge of business and marketing strategies. She has been a lecturer in the SLIS program at San Jose State, and taught at the University of California Berkeley Extension for 15 years.
Cindy Hill, our moderator, is the founder and president of Hill Information Consulting Group. She was previously Vice President, Information Management Service, with Outsell, Inc., a research and advisory firm focused on the publishing, information, and education industries. Prior to that, she had been the manager of Sun's Digital Libraries and Research Group.
Lee Pharis will be our host at Exponent on July 31. Exponent is located off Marsh Road on the Bay side of 101. A buffet continental breakfast will be served in our meeting room prior to the program. We are starting this one early and plan to end by 10 am, for a minimal impact on your work day.
Agenda:
7:45 - 8:15 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 9:45 a.m. Program
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Q&A
Cost: $12 for members; $16 for non-members and guests; $8 for student/unemployed members
Location: Exponent -- 149 Commonwealth Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Parking: Free parking is available at Exponent.
DEADLINE: Make sure your registration form & check are received by Wednesday, July 29.
Download, print, fill out and send the form with your check to:
SLA Reservations, c/o AIM Library & Information Staffing, P.O. Box 391210, Mountain View, CA 94039-1210
Patricia Parsons
Jean Bedord
Program Directors, San Andreas SLA
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