parezcoydigo on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
We're finally starting up a small digital humanities initiative at UT, Knoxville. One of the three elements I'm proposing to the Office of Research and to the College is, of course, a speaker/workshop...
View ArticleStéfan Sinclair on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
A registry of people and expertise sounds like it would be very useful indeed.There are so many directions we could take DHAnswers, but I think we want to be careful about growing into an over-extended...
View ArticleBethany Nowviskie on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
I like Stéfan's suggestion, not only because I agree about over-extending the DHanswers framework (though it's fantastic that the site is becoming the community focal point we thought it could be!),...
View ArticleJulie Meloni on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
I agree w/ Stéfan & Bethany here but just want to note that a speaker wiki is something that at least Back in the Day was used widely in the valley to increase opportunities for women to speak on...
View ArticleBethany Nowviskie on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
Replying to @Julie Meloni's post:More power to you, Julie! If a speaker wiki pops up, I will take my overbooked self as far as possible in the other direction! ;) But that's clearly just how I'm...
View ArticleJulie Meloni on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
Replying to @Bethany Nowviskie's post:Well, you know, that's the beauty of a wiki versus a printed publication: people can add and remove themselves when they're overcommitted, and also just indicate...
View ArticleBethany Nowviskie on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
I guess the main thing that seems to me more attractive about using subject-specific Q&A threads in DHanswers for this is that it calls on the community to identify the people they've seen give...
View ArticleVika Zafrin on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
To Bethany's point about widening the potential speaker pool I'll add a small point: some of the folks best suited to speaking on certain subjects don't come here, and don't hang out on Twitter. They...
View ArticleJulie Meloni on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
Replying to @Bethany Nowviskie's post:All true; my concern would be that people get volunteered without actually being available and thus have to expend more energy declining things, or they wouldn't...
View Articleparezcoydigo on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
Hi everybody-- thanks for your thoughtful discussion. I had in mind a voluntary wiki, where one could only put on and edit themselves or something. But, I do certainly see how fraught that is with...
View Articlespeakerwiki on "A Wiki Speakers Bureau?"
Look no further... http://www.speakerwiki.orghttp://speakerwiki.org/United_States/Tennessee/Knoxville
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