BattleDecks!
Jul 15, 2015
BattleDecks!
Rules… Each contestant will have a unique, unfamiliar and often
humorous set of ten slides
Each Contestant has 5 minutes to complete their slide deck
Judges will score contestants based on 5 criteria
Scores will be judged during the George and Joan exhibition round
In the event of a tie, the official Battledecks applause-o-meter will be used
Scoring…Content and Credibility
Poise flow and gestures
Audience responses
Getting through the whole deck as close to five minutes as possible
Overall level of AWESOME!!
Judges… Rosario Garza
Sam McBane Mulford Hildie Verlaine Kraus
Kirby McCurtis
Competitors… Stacey Aldrich Oleg Kagan Derek Wolfgram Lori Bowen Ayre Glenn Warren Jennifer Baker
Special Thanks…Timekeeper – Jill SonnenbergSlidemakers – Ashley Kagan
Stephanie RoachHalftime Show – George and Joan
Prizes…The #Calibconf Golden Microphone
A t-shirt of the winners choice from the library advocacy store
www.cafepress.com/libraryadvocacy
BattleDecks!
Stacy Aldrich
Seat belts:Another technology lost with the closing
of libraries.
LIBRARIESGet HBO Programming , on demand, ten years before everyone else.
Don’t worry, Tom is your friend!
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Dedication….
But… will your Boopsie App work on this?
Coming soon to your library…
Early literacy classes
Relax…
They were all about
vampires
BattleDecks!
Oleg Kagan
Yo momma goes to the Library
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Just Do It
In the not-to-distant
future…
Don’t be afraid to fail… Sometimes
More than 3,000 new books are published everyday.
Mostly by James Patterson
Find us on…
Or… Just come in the
freaking library!
Librarians Because some questions can’t be Googled.
BattleDecks!
Derek Wolfgram
Its storytime boys and girls!!
Maybe you should embrace
your heresy.
Never Forget…
… Our roots
#truth
When have we gone too far?
Clarity…
Central could run out in less than 5
Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computational
capability of the brain.
That’s how you know we’re serious.
BattleDecks!
Lori Bowen
Ayre
To whom were questions asked before Google?
Pick one.
Technical Skills
People Skills
Up next in mobile library
services
Sometimes…Things just
happen beyond our
control
Commitment to your decisions
Learn to take risks
eBooks
Everything I needed to learn in SLIS about reference I learned from this sign.
Meanwhile…
BattleDecks!
Glen Warren
Get out thecolor fonts.
This one is SERIOUS!
All the other kids with the pumped up ____
Future Libraries…
Mixed Messages
Library Signage 101
Use Clipart for clarity
Maintain your message
YO, Yo, Amazon…
I’m real happy for you and I’mma let you finish,
but libraries have the best loans of all time.
OF ALL TIME!
BattleDecks!
Jennifer Baker
Not every decision is a good
one.
#truth
Libraries and cats actual ly have a lot in
common.
That patron who wears sunglasses
inside
Seriously? ANOTHER
Twilight movie?
Werewolves. Discuss.
What Would Harry Potter
Do?
The librarian needs a rapper name.
BattleDecks!
George and Joan
Own it.
Pornography on a public computer
Talk about shameless self-promotion!
#truth
On the internet, you can be any age
HOW DO I PRINT??
Good thing Google checks for spelling
+
= Consulting
Those crazy teenagers
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…I believe in taking risks and biting off more than you can chew. And also, people were yelling, and I got confused about the rules.
It all comes down to the wisdom of Kenneth Parcell.
Why?
Then there’s this guy…
I’m looking for that book about that guy in that
place…
The book is always better.movie
Nevermind…
BattleDecks!