#22 Teaching people about Web 2.0

I've actually been doing this more or less ever since the original 23 Things came out of Charlotte Mecklenburg County. I've talked about Wikis, set Wikis up, trained people in how to use Wiki's, etc.

I've taught people how to set up Bloglines. I've talked about Flickr and what we can do with Flickr. I admit that teaching is one of my challenges - I can be a bit impatient and so I may not be the best of instructors. But I can definitely turn people onto the possibilities of new technologies. I am proud of the fact that more and more of our branches are setting up their own Wikis, to share information about their branch practices and information. I'm pleased that more and more staff members are tracking new trends and bringing new tools and new technologies up in the meetings. I like to think I had a little to do with this, as I've been talking about and introducing a lot of this stuff to staff and colleagues. And I think I've done a pretty good job spreading the word as an Administrator - I rarely get the chance to go out and deal directly with the public anymore.