New AIIP member becoming major player in business research

Bizologie – how three librarians are becoming major players in business research

Laura Young, an AIIP member, and Bizologie partners Lindsey Schell and April Kessler have turned former careers as librarians into a growing new venture. The partners are also active in SCIP and SLA, as well as the Texas Library Association.

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Welcome New Members!

AIIP welcomes the following new members, who have joined this winter, to our community.

figure 3d globe hold hands community network-1019737_1920Please take a minute to check out their business profiles in our directory and see how they can potentially help you, your organization or business today. Among them are backgrounds as an organizational psychologist,knowledge manager, private investigators, social science and English teachers, a Ford Fellow in Journalism, a legal researcher/law librarian, genealogists, project managers, Certified Knowledge Managers, librarians and technical writers.

See the wide range of skills our info pro colleagues have – check out their websites and click their name to see the AIIP Business Directory profiles of our newest Full Members!

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Members in the News-March

 

A roundup of news mentions, articles or presentations from AIIP members and partners

Computers in Libraries from our Partner InfoToday – March 2016

A number of AIIP members attended #CILDC and presented to their library, education, technology and info pro peers. There were also keynotes and featured presentations by information industry luminaries who have also presented at AIIP events or are preparing to do so in the very near future.

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Public Speaking Tips for Info Pros and Entrepreneurs

Public Speaking – Overcoming stage fright and lessons learned from center stage

For consultants and independent info pros, public speaking can be an excellent way to showcase our expertise, skills and share our knowledge. It’s also a tried and true marketing tool to build our networks and raise visibility among our target client base. But public speaking can be intimidating and many people shy away from it because of anxiety or uncertainty.

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Hello Info Pros!

AIIP Excited About Newest Resource

The editorial and content team at AIIP are excited to debut this new venue for sharing news and articles about the lives of independent info pros. Its home to our new blog and hub of excellent original and curated content, Knowledge Shared.  Members of the Association of Independent Information Professionals are a community of info pros who love to discover and share knowledge, with their clients, their colleagues, and now YOU!

hand-woman-input-data-blue blocks-19805866_sSTAY INFORMED.

Watch this blog for:

  • Articles and research tips from our knowledgeable info pro members
  • Success stories about how we work with clients
  • Posts on how to start, build and grow your info-centric small business.
  • News from and about our members, our partners and AIIP itself

If you are an AIIP member  and would like to contribute an article that you have posted, we would be happy to hear from you. Please check out our About and Contributions pages.

We know a resource center utilizing a blog isn’t new to many of you, and our members often utilize this platform in their own businesses; but this space is an exciting step forward for AIIP and the result of hard work, and of course, research! We built on past projects, we listened to what our membership asked for, we talked to other independent, solopreneurs, we watched other nonprofits and associations and we listened to what those thinking of going independent told us at conferences, local meetups, career expos and online. We plan to keep on listening, researching and adapting so that what we share here is useful.