[Neasis-l] Fwd: Building Skills, Creating Value - Register for Friday, September 30th SLA New England Fall Conference

[Khalilah Gambrell]

Good day all

SLA New England's Fall Conference is Friday, September 30th. This year's
conference is in Southbridge, Massachusetts at the Southbridge Hotel &
Conference Center, conveniently located between Hartford, Boston, and
Providence. It is fairly close to Sturbridge.

The conference theme "Building Skills, Creating Value
<http://newengland.sla.org/archives/139807>" frames the day as we look to
provide information professionals opportunities to further develop existing
capabilities, no matter the stage of their career. Our keynote speaker will
be Tracy Z. Maleeff (@LibrarySherpa
<https://twitter.com/LibrarySherpa>) principal
of Sherpa Intelligence <http://www.sherpaintel.com>, a research and social
media consulting firm in the Philadelphia area.

*The entire list of sessions with descriptions are available at*
*http://newengland.sla.org/programs/schedule-and-participant-detail
<http://newengland.sla.org/programs/schedule-and-participant-detail>*. Below
is a selected list of sessions.


   - *Tracy Z. Maleeff*, Principal, Sherpa Intelligence will discuss
*"Networking
   As A Professional Skill*."
   - *Toby Pearlstein*, Retired Director of Global Information Services,
   Bain & Company, Inc., and *Jim Matarazzo*, Dean and Professor Emeritus
   of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College will
   present on "*Sustainability Through Strategic Focus -- Understanding and
   Demonstrating Contribution.*"
   - *Cynthia Cheng-Correia*, Adjunct Professor, Simmons College and *John
   Aubrey*, Associate Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals will discuss “*Smashing
   Silos – Expand Your Impact Harnessing Knowledge, Driving Collaboration,
   Sparking Innovation.*”

Register for this event at *https://slanefall2016.eventbrite.com/*
<https://slanefall2016.eventbrite.com/>. Fees are SLA Members – $65 |
Students/Retired/Under-employed – $35 | Non-members – $80. *As a NEASIS&T
member you can pay the SLA Member rate.*

Need a ride to the conference? Want to ride with other attendees? Check out
our carpooling site and sign-up for a ride: https://www.carpoolworld
.com/carpooling.html?c=newengland_sla.

We hope to see you in Southbridge!
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Khalilah Gambrell
SLA New England Chapter President
gambrell9899 at gmail.com
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