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ALA President’s Program: Learn to FISH
Sunday, January 21, 2007, 3:30-5:30 pm
Sheraton Hotel Grand Ballroom C/D
Join Join ALA President Leslie Burger and Deena Ebbert, FISH! Philosopher, to help inspire organizational and cultural transformation in your own library. The FISH!Philosophy - 1) Be there; 2) Play; 3) Make someone’s day; and 4) Choose your attitude about how you come to work - grew out of Seattle’s Pike’s Place fishmongers who learned how to turn stinky, grueling 12-hour shifts into a unique customer and employee experience. Whether you are contemplating dramatic change or looking for opportunities to effect smaller but no less meaningful enhancements to your mission, programs and services, or building, this program will expand your thinking about how you do business and the impact you can have in your user community.
Seattle Sunrise Speaker Series
Each morning of the Midwinter Meeting, Saturday, Sunday and
Monday January 20, 21, and 22, get up early and attend a lively,
educational and innovative speaker session, which will run from
8:00 am-9:00 am, in Washington Convention & Trade Center, Room 6 B/C
All fully registered attendees, as well as all exhibitors, are
invited to attend the Speaker Series. Exhibits Plus badges are
available, providing access to all four days of the exhbits (Friday
evening-Monday), as well as access to the three Sunrise Speaker
Series sessions.
Saturday, January 20, 8:00 - 9:00 am
Transforming Yourself: Reaching New Heights
Sue Ershler is an author, businesswoman and half of the first husband-wide team to reach the top of Mt. Everest. Learn how to achieve goals that seem overwhelming through vision, focus, risk-taking and commitment.
Sponsored by H.W. Wilson
Sunday, January 21, 8:00 - 9:00 am
Transforming the Future: 20/20 Foresight
Futurist Bob Treadway, a professional member of the World Future Society, provides insights into exploring future possibilities, for your library and your community.
Sponsored by H.W. Wilson
Eighth Annual Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture
Islam, Iraq and the War on Terror
Saturday, January 20, 2007, 4:00 pm
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Joe Klein, senior writer for Time magazine and author of several best selling books, will discuss “Islam, Iraq and the War on Terror” at the Eighth Annual Arthur Curley Memorial Lecture. Klein’s provocative weekly column, “In the Arena,” covers national and international affairs. He has written lengthy portraits of Barack Obama, John McCain and Tony Blair, to name a few. In 2004, Klein won the National Headliner Award for best magazine column. As “Anonymous,” Klein wrote the #1 bestseller, Primary Colors, inspired by the 1992 presidential race. The New York Times called it “one of the best political novels to appear in the latter half of the 20th Century.” His latest book, The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton, also was a New York Times bestseller. Klein has also written for Newsweek, The New Republic, The New York Times, Life and The Washington Post, and has been a consultant for CBS News, a Washington bureau chief at Rolling Stone and a political columnist for New York Magazine.
More information is available at: www.ala.org/arthurcurley
Author Forum
The Rise in Popularity of
the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genres in our Post-9/11 World
Friday, January 19, 2007, 4:00-5:15 pm
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Join us as three fabulous authors discuss “The Rise in Popularity of
the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genres in our Post-9/11 World.”
Mercedes Lackey is a full-time writer and has published numerous
novels and works of short fiction, including the best-selling Heralds
Of Valdemar series. She is also a professional lyricist and a licensed wild bird rehabilitator. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband and collaborator, artist Larry Dixon, and their flock of parrots. Sponsored by Penguin Putnam
R.A. Salvatore is one of the fantasy genre’s most successful
authors, and has published numerous novels for each of his signature
multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of
Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet. His novel The Silent Blade won the Origins Award.
Sponsored by Wizards of the Coast.
Timothy Zahn is one of science fiction's most popular voices,
known for pitting realistic human characters against a well-researched
background of future science and technology. He won
the Hugo Award for his novella Cascade Point and is the author of
eighteen science fiction novels. Sponsored by Random House
What's Included With Your Registration?
Over 100 discussion groups covering a variety of hot topics
Over 2000 meetings and events
Entrance to the Exhibits, including the Opening Reception
The ALA President's Program
The Author Forum
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