Top Technology Trends Committee

Chair Responsibilities

  • Create Doodle Polls and Schedule Meetings
  • Correspond with current and potential panelists
  • Work with Vice Chair and Appointments committee to select new members based on volunteer form applications

Vice Chair Responsibilities

  • Work with Chair and Appointments committee to select new members based on volunteer form applications
  • Shadow/Observe Chair for entire year

 Committee Member Responsibilities and Tasks

  • Find a place for Panelist Meetup the Saturday evening before Program
  • Monitor Social Media throughout year
  • Panelist Selection (Entire Committee) – See submission guidelines
  • Take Minutes during meeting
  • Work with Web Coordinating Committee to update TTT Webpage

Assignment of Committee Tasks on Day of Program

  • Be at Top Tech Trends program 1/2 an hour early
  • wrangles the speakers to make sure their comfortable and ready to go
  • monitor the twitter feed for questions
  • take notes during program for summary to be place on TTT webpage after the Program
  • We are not streaming, but there will be an automatic audio recording 
  • Take a count of the audience

Tools and Platforms

  • Adobe Connect (Ask Mark Beatty to set up for TTT Committee Meetings
  • Google Docs – at the end of term transfer ownership of any Google Docs over to LITA Google Docs (contact Mark Beatty)

Timeline

July

  • Committee: Meeting
  • Chair: Submit Committee Report and post on ALA Connect from Annual
  • Committee: Announce call for panelists for next Midwinter Program with a deadline of Sept 30th

August

  • Committee: Contact those who have been nominated by someone else and invite them to apply for panel
  • Committee: Send out reminder to LITA and ALA channels about open call for panelist nominations

September

  • (Registration and Housing opens for ALA Midwinter)
  • Committee: Contact those who have been nominated by someone else and invite them to apply for panel
  • Chair: Submit Committee Report and post on ALA Connect
  • Committee: Book/Reserve a venue (bar or restaurant) for Saturday panelist meetup during Midwinter
  • September 30th deadline for ALA Midwinter Panelists.

October

  • Committee Meeting: Decide on panelists nominations for ALA Midwinter

November

  • Committee: Announce call for panelists for ALA Annual program with a deadline of Jan 31st
  • Chair/Vice Chair: Meet with ALA MidWinter moderator/panelist to discuss program and have them prepare trends/discussion points
  • Committee: Get bios and headshots from ALA Midwinter panelists
  • Website: Work with WCC to update website with MidWinter panelists headshot and bios

December

  • Chair: Submit Committee Report and post on ALA Connect

January

  • Committee: Contact those who have been nominated by someone else and invite them to apply for panel
  • Committee: Send reminder out to LITA channels about ALA Annual panelist nominations
  • Chair/Vice Chair: Last Online meeting for Midwinter Panelists
  • Saturday at Midwinter: Committee Meeting – Discuss responsibilities during program
    • Saturday Evening at Midwinter: Panelist Meetup at a restaurant or bar
    • Sunday at MidWinter: TTT Program
    • Website: Work with WCC Committee to update with MW Summary of trends
  • January 31st deadline for ALA Midwinter Panelists.

February

  • (Registration and Housing opens for ALA Annual)
  • Committee Meeting: Decide on panelists nominations for ALA Annual
  • Committee: Book/Reserve a venue (bar or restaurant) for Saturday panelist meetup during ALA Annual
  • Chair: Submit Committee Report and post on ALA Connect

March

  • Chair/Vice Chair: Meet with ALA Annual moderator/panelists to discuss program
  • Committee: Get bios and headshots from ALA Annual panelists
  • Website: Work with WCC to update website with ALA Annual panelists headshot and bios

April

  • Chair: Submit Vice Chair volunteer from existing committee members to nomination committee

May

  • Chair: Submit Committee Report and post on ALA Connect

June

  • Last Online meeting for Annual Panelists
  • Saturday at ALA Annual: Committee Meeting – Discuss responsibilities during program
    • Saturday Evening at ALA Annual: Panelist Meetup at a restaurant or bar
    • Sunday at ALA Annual: TTT Program
    • Committee: Announce Call for Panelists for next Annual Program with a deadline of September 30th
    • Website: Work with WCC committee to update with summary of Annual program trends