{"id":499,"date":"2008-08-19T02:03:41","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/19\/libjam-am-i-going-to-regret-this\/"},"modified":"2008-08-19T02:03:41","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T17:03:41","slug":"libjam-am-i-going-to-regret-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/19\/libjam-am-i-going-to-regret-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Libjam … am I going to regret this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been practising my presentation for the Libjam session at the Library 2.0 and beyond: getting our hands dirty unconference<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n

To give people time to write the program up on the wiki, and to get the energy level pumping, we decided to schedule a Libjam after we had set the topics for the day. The Libjam is a chance for people to talk about what they are doing in their libraries to get their hands dirty with Library 2.0. In. Just. Three. Minutes.<\/p>\n

It sounded like a piece of cake, and like a good idea at the time we proposed it.<\/p>\n

After trying to yell, talk twice my regular speed and cut half my slides – yes, I’m dumb enough to try to use Powerpoint – to pack it all into three minutes,\u00a0 I’m coming to terms with how hard it is to say *anything* in just three minutes.<\/p>\n

When I watched people at the Webjam Perth last year<\/a>, they seemed to fit so much information into their presentations, and some of them even seemed calm about it all. I’ve gone back and watched some of the videos of the evening<\/a> and am now really in awe of them .<\/p>\n

One thing is for sure, it will be an adrenaline filled presentation. Not sure it will be intelligible. Maybe a pecha kucha<\/a> would be a little less stressful ?<\/p>\n

From the Libjam topics currently on the wiki<\/a>, it looks like everyone else will be as stretched as I will be to smoosh it all into three minutes too. Wonder how strict we should be with the “exactly three minutes” thing? Much more of an arena sport (think Christians and Lions) if we stick to it. May the games commence!<\/p>\n