how to be a good trendspotter and early adopter

Learn how to be a good trendspotter

and an early adopter

Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

1. Why ?


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2. Advantages


3. Disadvantages


5. What do they do that is different?Trend spotters


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4What do we know?


1. Name some early adoters and

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2. What do they do that is different?


3. Where do these things fit in ?



Time



Money



Attitude



Organisational Support



Work/ Life balance


Being heard


or


Being connected


• Why?• Advantages?• Disadvantages?• Name some early adopters and trend spotters• What do they do that is different?• How do these things fit in?

– Time– Money– Attitude– Organisational support– Work / Life balance

• Being heard or being connected ?


Photo credits• ..."I SEE THEM!"...(wait...just look down!) Uploaded to Flickr on June 15, 2006 by axiepics

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