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AIIP – The “Secret Sauce” for Global Infopreneurs

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 at 11:00 AM 

By the AIIP External Communications Committee

This week marks the 15th anniversary of Global Entrepreneurship Week, celebrated around the world each November. We take this opportunity to review benefits of membership in AIIP.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” At AIIP we know all about the work that entrepreneurs take on and about the thrill and satisfaction that is derived from owning and managing your own business.

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Categories : Global Entrepreneurship Week, Member Benefits
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Having Difficult Conversations with Clients

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 at 11:00 AM 

By Mary Ellen Bates

In Colorado, where I live, we sometimes experience a weather phenomenon called virga. It is precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates before it hits the ground. It’s quite a sight. Infopreneurs often encounter the business equivalent of virga when we see ahead of us a stormy and contentious conversation with a client. But we can help evaporate it before we get drenched.

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From Big Business to Solopreneur: A Success Story

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 at 09:00 AM 

By Kelly Berry

Starting Off

Like all good infopreneur stories, Janene Liston’s starts in the middle: after a successful career working for top international companies, she was burned out and decided to step back from the corporate world to heal and reassess. This was her opportunity to figure out what she really wanted to do. Like other solopreneurs, she found standing at the edge of her own new business to be scary and exciting.

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Categories : Growing Your Business, Independence
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Five Things I Learned as an Independent Information Business Owner

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 at 09:00 AM 

By Denise Carter

As I approach the 10-year anniversary of starting my information business, I have been reflecting on some of the things I learned about my business and my work processes. These five things help keep my business working:

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Reset, Refocus, Review: AIIP 2022 Conference “Takeaways” Process and New Watch Party

Posted by AIIP 
· Wednesday, September 7th, 2022 at 01:16 PM 

By Liz McLean

September is a time to reset and refocus for a productive end to 2022. And it’s an ideal time for a strategic pause to revisit some of the great topics and energies delivered at the #AIIP22 virtual conference in April 2022. Conference participants told us they loved the inspiration, learning, and conversations that grew from diverse and engaging speakers and topics.

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Online training: what I learned through lockdown

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022 at 09:00 AM 

By Elizabeth Hutchinson

In my school librarian background, professional development was neither valued nor recognized, so it may be surprising that my career is now based on providing training for the very type of professional I used to be. If your place of employment doesn’t recognize or value your professional development, and your opportunity for upward mobility is minimal, why would you ever bother?

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Categories : Independence, Information Skills, Working with clients
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Whose Job Is It Anyway? Calling on Different Others to Join in Our Work

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 at 09:00 AM 

By Connie Clem

“The founding of Dialog by Roger Summit ushered in an era of innovation and hope for information professionals. In every information era, we wish for the cutting-edge technologies that will propel us forward. However, what we need now are not new technical variations, but the development of an expanded community. To do that, we need to move beyond hope into action.”

AIIP22 participants heard thoughtful perspectives on diversity and inclusion from 2022 Roger Summit Lecture Award winner Jill Hurst-Wahl. Jill, a person of color, is Professor Emerita in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University and was formerly Director of the iSchool’s Library and Information Science program.

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Categories : Conference, Leadership
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No More “Fake It ‘til You Make It”

Posted by AIIP 
· Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 at 12:00 PM 

By Mary Ellen Bates

I was recently talking with a colleague who commented that there were steps she needed to take to help build her business, but it just felt like too much. She wasn’t the kind of person who reaches out to strangers and asks them for a 15-minute phone conversation; that’s something that phone researchers feel comfortable doing, but not an online researcher like her.

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