Gabriela Avram

Location: Limerick | Ireland
Speaking Topics: blogging | distributed software development | online facilitation | Online Research | Social Software

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Tales from the Field of Software Development

I started as a software developer, and I still love coding.
I managed projects, trained people, acquired new clients.
Then I moved to academia, teaching DBMS, expert systems and MIS.
I ran several international projects in adult education.
And then I eventually managed to fulfill my lifelong dream: doing research full time. I started looking at knowledge management and e-learning applied to software engineering. Then I embraced the topics of Open Source diffusion and Social Media.

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Where is the Knowledge? Reflections on social networking in corporate environments
What's happening behind the firewall? The emerging role of social software in IBM

Lauren Pressley

Location: NC | Winston-Salem
Speaking Topics: Blended Learning | E-education | Generational Technology Trends | Libraries | Online Research | Personal Branding | social media | social networking

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Lauren Pressley's Resume
Lauren's Library Blog

Lauren Pressley is a digital native with one foot in Generation X and another in the Millennial Generation. She's a librarian that examines new and emerging technologies that can enhance the library's services, reference, instruction, and workflow.

Lauren speaks on using technology to enhance education and technology with an eye to using new services to stay relevant for younger customers. She has published on the Millennial generation.

Previous Presentations: 
Womack, Giz, Kevin Gilbertson, & Lauren Pressley. (2008) “Situating Blogs and Wikis: The Value Added Proposition of the Library as Service Provider.” Triangle/Triad Instructional Technology Meeting, Greensboro, NC. May 7, 2008.
Pressley, Lauren. (2008) “Communication Strategies in a Library 2.0 Environment.” The ACRL/LAMA Joint Spring Virtual Institute: Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions, April 30, 2008.
Pressley, Lauren. (2008) “Managing Online: Web 2.0 Tools for Supervision 2.0.” Poster Presentation. The ACRL/LAMA Joint Spring Virtual Institute: Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions, April 29-30, 2008.
Pressley, Lauren & Kaeley McMahan. (2008) “A Connected Class: Blended Learning in the Information Literacy Classroom.” Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching in Greensboro, NC. February 8, 2008.
Mitchell, Erik & Lauren Pressley. (2007) “Social Software & the Future of the Library.” SOLINET Annual Membership Meeting. May 10, 2007.
Pressley, Lauren. (2007) “Training with Flickr.” Screencast. Five Weeks to a Social Library. March 5 - March 9, 2007.