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Why Should You Cultivate and Grow Your Local AIIP Network?

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 at 09:00 AM 

By Liz McLean, Knowsaic Your local AIIP peer network could be one of the most effective strategic and marketing tools you have ever used. Here are a few of the reasons why: Clarify Your Vision Even though face to face ‘local’ AIIP gatherings have been overtaken by COVID-19 protocols, our need for instilling optimism and… Read More »

Categories : Business 101
Tags : business growth, member-to-member, networking

The Role of Info Pros in Information Retrieval: From Text to Thought, Presented by Joyce Ward

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, July 14th, 2020 at 04:05 PM 

By Phyllis Smith The Roger Summit Lecture Award is funded by AIIP Past Presidents to bring an inspiring and stimulating speaker to the AIIP Annual Conference. Roger Summit, the founder of Dialog—a pioneer in online information retrieval—and a longtime AIIP supporter, has inspired AIIP members with his demonstrations of self-renewal and continual learning. The 2020 recipient… Read More »

Categories : Conference
Tags : AIIP 2020, awards

Measuring What’s Really Important

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 at 10:00 AM 

By Mary Ellen Bates Back in March of this year, the topic for AIIP’s monthly Info Pro Café virtual event was “Meaningful Metrics: Measuring What Matters for Infopreneurs.” (The recording and notes are available for AIIP members at https://www.aiip.org/Members-Only/IPC-metrics/; my other thoughts on this topic are at https://www.batesinfo.com/reluctant-entrepreneur/meaningful-metrics/) That discussion, along with some conversations I… Read More »

Categories : Coach's Corner
Tags : running an info business, solopreneur

Effective Leadership During Difficult Times

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, June 16th, 2020 at 08:00 AM 

By Rhonda L. Bowen After the cancellation of the AIIP 2020 conference, Elizabeth Suarez, the designated keynote speaker, presented a webinar called Effective Leadership during Difficult Times. She began the session by asking participants: “What keeps you up at night?” “What is the one thing that could help you stop this worry?” “What can we… Read More »

Categories : Leadership, Working with clients
Tags : AIIP 2020, change, clients

COVID-19 and the Information Entrepreneur

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 at 09:30 AM 

By Connie Clem, Clem Information Strategies How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected AIIP members and their businesses? In a recent survey, 59 AIIP members shared what’s happening in their businesses, and several themes emerged from the results: Theme 1:  Virtuality As business adapts to connecting more virtually, AIIP members are already comfortable there. Some are… Read More »

Categories : Independence, Working with clients
Tags : change, running an info business

AIIP – Supporting Independent Information Professionals Since 1987

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 at 12:00 PM 

By Jennifer Pflaumer These are challenging times. COVID-19 has changed the landscape of economic and social activity globally, and it is likely that how we work and interact with others will be forever altered as a result. One thing that has remained constant for me throughout is the support that I receive from AIIP. My… Read More »

Categories : President's Message
Tags : member-to-member

AIIP Presents Several Awards to Our Valued Members

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 at 12:00 PM 

By Phyllis Smith The AIIP Awards Committee, chaired by Arthur Weiss with Michele Bate and Tom Wolff as judges, manages the nominations and the selection of the Sue Rugge and Pam Wegmann Award winners. Our president, Judith Binder, recommended the recipient of the Marilyn M. Levine AIIP President’s Award. In memory of the award’s first… Read More »

Categories : Association News
Tags : awards

How to Find Clients: My Strangest Referral Stories

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 at 11:00 AM 

By Kelly Schrank, Bookworm Editing Services LLC As a new solopreneur (three months into my second year), I am still trying to figure out how to find clients. I’ve done many of the things everyone tells you to do: I let everyone know I started my business; I got a previous employer as my first… Read More »

Categories : Growing Your Business
Tags : networking, referrals
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