Comments on: Speaking Survey: Results http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A Passion For ‘Puters » Blog Archive » My .02 cents on the library speaking gigs issue http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-1781 A Passion For ‘Puters » Blog Archive » My .02 cents on the library speaking gigs issue Fri, 16 May 2008 16:13:40 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68#comment-1781 [...] Rachel Singer Gordon did a survey about library conference speaking and posted her results in two blog posts. The first describes the results of the survey in numerical form, the second goes deeper [...] [...] Rachel Singer Gordon did a survey about library conference speaking and posted her results in two blog posts. The first describes the results of the survey in numerical form, the second goes deeper [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-240 Rachel Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68#comment-240 Jill - Thanks, glad you found it useful!<br/><br/>Mickey - You were both professional and kind, and I had a great time in Kansas -- thanks again for inviting me :). Jill – Thanks, glad you found it useful!

Mickey – You were both professional and kind, and I had a great time in Kansas — thanks again for inviting me :) .

]]> By: Jill Hurst-Wahl http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-239 Jill Hurst-Wahl Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68#comment-239 Rachel, very useful and I suspect many speakers, as well as organizers, will be looking at these results. I've already forwarded the link to this post to several people. Rachel, very useful and I suspect many speakers, as well as organizers, will be looking at these results. I’ve already forwarded the link to this post to several people.

]]> By: Mickey Coalwell http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-238 Mickey Coalwell Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:08:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68#comment-238 Rachel, this was a useful and informative exercise. Thanks for taking the time to collect, compile and report the results. What a wide variety of experiences!<br/><br/>Part of my job is to locate and hire presenters for conferences and other events in our region, so this was interesting to me. <br/><br/>My best gauge of a speaker's value is word of mouth. If I hear good things on the library grapevine, I'll check the speaker out personally if at all possible, or call him/her up for a phone visit. I don't mind paying a decent fee for a top-notch speaker that will deliver the goods.<br/><br/>I think expenses should always be paid above and beyond a speaker's fee if the engagement requires travel. Period. Anything else would be unfair. <br/><br/>BTW, the practice of invited speakers being charged conference registration fees is reprehensible. If anyone tried to pull that one on me, I'd respectfully decline to pay and offer them the choice of a cancellation (on my part) or a comp reg (on their part).<br/><br/>I enjoyed having you as our guest in the Northeast Kansas region when you came to speak to our librarians earlier this year, and I trust we treated you in a respectful and professional manner, as you deserved. Rachel, this was a useful and informative exercise. Thanks for taking the time to collect, compile and report the results. What a wide variety of experiences!

Part of my job is to locate and hire presenters for conferences and other events in our region, so this was interesting to me.

My best gauge of a speaker’s value is word of mouth. If I hear good things on the library grapevine, I’ll check the speaker out personally if at all possible, or call him/her up for a phone visit. I don’t mind paying a decent fee for a top-notch speaker that will deliver the goods.

I think expenses should always be paid above and beyond a speaker’s fee if the engagement requires travel. Period. Anything else would be unfair.

BTW, the practice of invited speakers being charged conference registration fees is reprehensible. If anyone tried to pull that one on me, I’d respectfully decline to pay and offer them the choice of a cancellation (on my part) or a comp reg (on their part).

I enjoyed having you as our guest in the Northeast Kansas region when you came to speak to our librarians earlier this year, and I trust we treated you in a respectful and professional manner, as you deserved.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-237 Rachel Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:07:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68#comment-237 You're right, Dorothea -- Probably should have broken that down (as many of the comments made clear) -- although for a brief little survey, it already got up to too many questions! You’re right, Dorothea — Probably should have broken that down (as many of the comments made clear) — although for a brief little survey, it already got up to too many questions!

]]> By: Dorothea http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68&cpage=1#comment-236 Dorothea Sat, 18 Nov 2006 22:34:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=68#comment-236 Thanks for this, Rachel. I hope it leads to some wider conversation about this question, because practices appear to be so varied that a great many librarians strike me as being taken advantage of!<br/><br/>I want to see conference-payment practice be fair and aboveboard, and as uniform as is reasonable. Sure, some people are hot tickets and deserve to be paid more for it, but that doesn't mean everybody else gets screwed!<br/><br/>One thing I think we need is a conference taxonomy. Rules are different for academic conferences, association conferences, and "pro" conferences, not so? Thanks for this, Rachel. I hope it leads to some wider conversation about this question, because practices appear to be so varied that a great many librarians strike me as being taken advantage of!

I want to see conference-payment practice be fair and aboveboard, and as uniform as is reasonable. Sure, some people are hot tickets and deserve to be paid more for it, but that doesn’t mean everybody else gets screwed!

One thing I think we need is a conference taxonomy. Rules are different for academic conferences, association conferences, and “pro” conferences, not so?

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