Library 2.0 Presentation Hecklers
I spent the morning giving a presentation about Library 2.0 to other members of our library system. The room was full, and I am positive that I got people thinking from their responses. I will be sharing my handouts and PowerPoint probably tomorrow with the caveat that I stole blatantly but gave credit. :)
My question for those of you who have done this sort of presentation before is what to say to those people who claim that they don't have time to do any of this. I tried to emphasize the fact that I was not insisting that they blog or IM. Rather that the approach their patrons, their community and their own jobs with a fresh perspective that is Library 2.0. Still, the person persisted in saying that there wasn't time for what I was talking about and that I didn't understand the pressures they are under as a small library director. Sigh. Any good responses?
Here are the ones I tried that didn't work, meaning they just had the person arguing more emphatically:
Don't do the technology, do the overall concept of 2.0.
Take the technology in small steps and make it part of every day.
Play, reduce the pressure and have fun with it.
Not doing this now when we are all learning it together puts you behind and catching up takes a lot more time and effort than learning it progressively now with the group.
It does take a changing of priorities, but that may be a good thing.
Any others??