Book Club idea

It's definitely worth trying. It might help for discussion leaders to also indicate when when and how discussion(s) would happen when starting a group. For example, if they are synchronous people signing up would know they are committing to use a particular technology at a particular time(s) (e.g., conference calls on January 6 and 13 at 2:30 p.m. EST). If they are asynchronous, they will know how discussions will be managed (e.g., Google Group discussions around four questions, with one question being introduced each Monday beginning January 2. All participants are expected to engage with each question. First question, will be...)  That way people signing up would also be committing to participate in the discussion in a particular fashion. 

Every year I ask my management staff to read a book and we work on the items in that book. They books are generally small but packed with information. The last three books I've ask them to read are: 1. Five Dysfunction of a Team -- this is a must read for any one in management. 2. Cirque du Soleil: The Spark - Igniting the Creative Fire that Lives within Us All -- this is a very fun read that identified critical elements of creating a innovative environment. 3. The Seven Arts of Change -- for people that are looking change management, this book gives you a simple read map. God Bless, Sam Young CIO Point Loma Nazarene University Sent from my iPhone

I'm obviously in. :) Sent from my iPhone

Oops. Sorry about all the grammatical errors. Fat fingers on iPhone... Sent from my iPhone

I'm in too, but why limit to 12?  If we're having online discussions, the more CIO readers providing thoughts and input, the better!

~Mike

I'm in too, but why limit to 12?  If we're having online discussions, the more CIO readers providing thoughts and input, the better!

~Mike

Michael Dieckmann * Chief Information Officer * University of West Florida * 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL  32514 *   Office 850.474.2558 * FAX 850.474.2634 * MichaelDieckmann@uwf.edu * uwf.edu

This sounds interesting.  I'm in.

I am interested too - 

I have two suggestions on platforms – if synchronous I could host on WebEx (nice because you can join on iphone, ipod, or android app even if not near an office) if asynchronous we could do on tumblr – I could set this up (nice part of tumblr you can post from email or web or text message and can easily add disqus for discussion list) - could also use an educause wiki as was done for the booklist or can do both (synchronous and asynchronous) – have a discussion online for those who can't make it and a synchronous one for those who can.

Best

Robert

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From: Kim M Bethea <KBethea@MATCMADISON.EDU>
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE CIO Constituent Group Listserv <CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:32:35 -0600
To: <CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
Subject: Re: [CIO] Book Club idea

I will volunteer to lead the first time and pick a book. Would someone suggest a platform for discussion?

On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:28 AM, "Michael Dieckmann" <MichaelDieckmann@UWF.EDU> wrote:

I'm in too, but why limit to 12?  If we're having online discussions, the more CIO readers providing thoughts and input, the better!

~Mike

Michael Dieckmann * Chief Information Officer * University of West Florida * 11000 University Parkway, Pensacola, FL  32514 *   Office 850.474.2558 * FAX 850.474.2634 * MichaelDieckmann@uwf.edu * uwf.edu

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Sign me up as well...Nick : ) Dr. Nicholas Konrad Langlie Director of Planning & Policy Longwood University 201 High Street Farmville, VA 23909 [voice] 434.395.2034 [fax] 434.395.2035 langlienk@longwood.edu http://mynerdalert.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________

If you have room let me know ___________________________________ Charles Keeler Mitchell College Office of Information Technology Chief Technology Officer (860) 701-5254 On 11/17/11 2:44 PM, "Langlie, Nicholas" wrote: >Sign me up as well...Nick : ) > >Dr. Nicholas Konrad Langlie >Director of Planning & Policy >Longwood University >201 High Street >Farmville, VA 23909 > >[voice] 434.395.2034 >[fax] 434.395.2035 > >langlienk@longwood.edu >http://mynerdalert.blogspot.com/ >________________________________________ >

Hi, everyone,
We certainly appreciate everyone's interest.  Please avoid sending any more "me too" responses to the full list while we assess how we might proceed.
Thanks so much for jumping on a good idea!

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Theresa Rowe
Chief Information Officer
Oakland University
 
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count me in.....great idea......

 

Rick Bauer

Director of Research & Development
Skills Certification Division, CompTIA

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Theresa, FYI, during the recent EDU Live webinar on analytics, there was a lot of interest in books or other background reading on this topic. So, analytics (or data science) may be one worthy book club theme. Thanks for the stimulating idea! Randy Randall J. Stiles, Ph.D. Special Advisor for the President - Business Analytics Colorado College 719-489-6347 rstiled@coloradocollege.rdu Sent from my iPhone

Was that webinar captured and available somewhere? Andrew C. Lawlor, Ph.D. Associate Vice President Technology and Communications Edinboro University lawlor@edinboro.edu Submit a Tech Help Ticket Have you had your My.Edinboro.edu today? ________________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE CIO Constituent Group Listserv [CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] on behalf of Randy Stiles [rstiles@COLORADOCOLLEGE.EDU] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 8:52 AM To: CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [CIO] Book Club idea Theresa, FYI, during the recent EDU Live webinar on analytics, there was a lot of interest in books or other background reading on this topic. So, analytics (or data science) may be one worthy book club theme. Thanks for the stimulating idea! Randy Randall J. Stiles, Ph.D. Special Advisor for the President - Business Analytics Colorado College 719-489-6347 rstiled@coloradocollege.rdu Sent from my iPhone

I am interested, too.

Given the high response rate, may I suggest multiple groups to keep individual group size down and some form of discussion summary available to all groups?

Ted Wilder
Senior Director of Technology
Luther Seminary

Going off of Teds previous email on organizing the books, maybe groups can be divided by area of specialization, industry and/or interest.  Something to consider.

Bill Liddick
Associate Director, Enterprise Application Development
Ithaca College

On 11/18/2011 9:53 AM, Ted Wilder wrote:

I am interested, too.

Given the high response rate, may I suggest multiple groups to keep individual group size down and some form of discussion summary available to all groups?

Ted Wilder
Senior Director of Technology
Luther Seminary

Hi all, just a thought, but perhaps we can do the first round with the whole group with one of the CIO books first mentioned? I fear that all of this interest to break the groups into distinct categories is a bit much. I would hate to see the interest, particularly in the titles first mentioned get lost in over attention to compartmentalization before we have begun. Someone pick a first leader to start us off (maybe one of our EDUCAUSE friends can pick) and let him or her pick a book and lets just roll with it . . . Nick : ) Dr. Nicholas Konrad Langlie Director of Planning & Policy Longwood University 201 High Street Farmville, VA 23909 [voice] 434.395.2034 [fax] 434.395.2035 langlienk@longwood.edu http://mynerdalert.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE CIO Constituent Group Listserv [CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Liddick [wliddick@ITHACA.EDU] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:07 AM To: CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [CIO] Book Club idea Going off of Teds previous email on organizing the books, maybe groups can be divided by area of specialization, industry and/or interest. Something to consider. Bill Liddick Associate Director, Enterprise Application Development Ithaca College On 11/18/2011 9:53 AM, Ted Wilder wrote: I am interested, too. Given the high response rate, may I suggest multiple groups to keep individual group size down and some form of discussion summary available to all groups? Ted Wilder Senior Director of Technology Luther Seminary

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Also how bout a hashtag that could be used across all the book discussions?  Maybe #CIObooks?

On Friday, November 18, 2011, Langlie, Nicholas <langlienk@longwood.edu> wrote:
> Hi all, just a thought, but perhaps we can do the first round with the whole group with one of the CIO books first mentioned?  I fear that all of this interest to break the groups into distinct categories is a bit much.  I would hate to see the interest, particularly in the titles first mentioned get lost in over attention to compartmentalization before we have begun.
>
> Someone pick a first leader to start us off (maybe one of our EDUCAUSE friends can pick) and let him or her pick a book and lets just roll with it . . . Nick : )
>
> Dr. Nicholas Konrad Langlie
> Director of Planning & Policy
> Longwood University
> 201 High Street
> Farmville, VA 23909
>
> [voice] 434.395.2034
> [fax]   434.395.2035
>
> langlienk@longwood.edu
> http://mynerdalert.blogspot.com/
> ________________________________________
> From: The EDUCAUSE CIO Constituent Group Listserv [CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Liddick [wliddick@ITHACA.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:07 AM
> To: CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
> Subject: Re: [CIO] Book Club idea
>
> Going off of Teds previous email on organizing the books, maybe groups can be divided by area of specialization, industry and/or interest.  Something to consider.
>
> Bill Liddick
> Associate Director, Enterprise Application Development
> Ithaca College
>
> On 11/18/2011 9:53 AM, Ted Wilder wrote:
> I am interested, too.
>
> Given the high response rate, may I suggest multiple groups to keep individual group size down and some form of discussion summary available to all groups?
>
> Ted Wilder
> Senior Director of Technology
> Luther Seminary
>
>
>
>

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> "The leader could set a limit, but for a good discussion the group would be limited to 12 or less, I would think.". As an adjunct I limit my online classes to 10 students or less so I appreciate the virtues of a virtual seminar. But this is a forward thinking group isn't it? Shouldn't we be exploring the potential of a MOOC? -Luke Sent from my iPad On Nov 18, 2011, at 8:21 AM, "Langlie, Nicholas" wrote: > Hi all, just a thought, but perhaps we can do the first round with the whole group with one of the CIO books first mentioned? I fear that all of this interest to break the groups into distinct categories is a bit much. I would hate to see the interest, particularly in the titles first mentioned get lost in over attention to compartmentalization before we have begun. > > Someone pick a first leader to start us off (maybe one of our EDUCAUSE friends can pick) and let him or her pick a book and lets just roll with it . . . Nick : ) > > Dr. Nicholas Konrad Langlie > Director of Planning & Policy > Longwood University > 201 High Street > Farmville, VA 23909 > > [voice] 434.395.2034 > [fax] 434.395.2035 > > langlienk@longwood.edu > http://mynerdalert.blogspot.com/ > ________________________________________ > From: The EDUCAUSE CIO Constituent Group Listserv [CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Bill Liddick [wliddick@ITHACA.EDU] > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 10:07 AM > To: CIO@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > Subject: Re: [CIO] Book Club idea > > Going off of Teds previous email on organizing the books, maybe groups can be divided by area of specialization, industry and/or interest. Something to consider. > > Bill Liddick > Associate Director, Enterprise Application Development > Ithaca College > > On 11/18/2011 9:53 AM, Ted Wilder wrote: > I am interested, too. > > Given the high response rate, may I suggest multiple groups to keep individual group size down and some form of discussion summary available to all groups? > > Ted Wilder > Senior Director of Technology > Luther Seminary > > > >