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Jun
17
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“Sometimes… it seems to me that… all the works of the human brain and hand are either design itself or a branch of that art.” Michelangelo Michelangelo is not the only one who thinks design is important in all human activities. In his book A Whole New Mind, Dan Pink considers design to be one… Read More »
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Jun
10
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A couple of months ago, I accidentally set an objective for the NEO Shop Talk blog. First, let me give you my definition of an objective. I think of objectives as observable outcomes. An outcome defines the effect you want to make through a project or initiative. (You can read more about outcomes here.) Then,… Read More »
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Jun
03
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Requests for Proposals often have a “Needs” section that usually says something like “Describe the need for your project.” For over a decade I read hundreds of proposals for funding in my last position, and it often seemed like there was a lack of understanding of what that question meant. As you probably know from… Read More »
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May
27
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You may already know that the NEO offers some booklets that work through some basic evaluation processes, called Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Projects. You can view them as a PDF, an HTML or you can order a print version (there are limited copies of these left, so no promises). But I think the… Read More »
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May
20
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If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there – Yogi Berra Next week, Karen and I will be facilitating an online version of one of NEO’s oldest workshops, Planning Outcomes-Based Outreach Projects for the Health Science Information Section of the North Dakota Library Association.The main tool we teach in this workshop… Read More »
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