Liz Moffat Art

I really hope that several clubs have been inspired to help young people embrace sport of any manner in this post Olympic period. Everyone was so happy and motivated during the games themselves and it certainly gave our country a little boost with the amount of medals that were picked up. Still being motivated by the paralympics, these athletes are outstanding! I love all the post event interviews with the competitors and some quotes really struck a chord with me. (sorry can't remember all their names, just the events they were said at) 'I know what I can do and I never doubt myself' Usain Bolt (before the 200m sprint semi-final) We are all filled with self doubt at some points in our life. It is usually when we have bitten off more than we can chew though. The secret is to take on what we know we can achieve. There is nothing wrong with punching above our weight as long as there is advice we can seek, a training course we can attend in order to achieve what we set ou...

Just had a couple of days off to run a little party for my 13 year old granddaughter's birthday. A party was all she wanted from me for her birthday this year, says she. Ok, lets make it a good one. This got me thinking about my LinkedIn profile and my hesitation at ticking the Events Planning box under Skills and Expertise. How dare I? But look at the definition of Events Planning in wikipedia. Event planning is the process of planning a festival , ceremony , competition , party , concert , or convention . Event planning includes budgeting , establishing dates and alternate dates, selecting and reserving the event site, acquiring permits , and coordinating transportation and parking. Event planning also includes some or all of the following, depending on the event: developing a theme or motif for the event, arranging for speakers and alternate speakers, coordinating location support (such as electricity and other utilities), arranging decor, tables, chairs, tents, event suppor...

I have had to change the name of my Blog - why? Because the title seemed to be attracting the wrong sort of attention. Internet security was going haywire! Couldn't understand why! Until a kind group at work, the Stock Promotion Group I lead, pointed out that it may have something to do with having 'Nocturnes' in the title. So okay I said 'what else goes with 'Ouch'. Now Ouch is my Twitter username and comes from Outreach as in Community Outreach Librarian? Works ok as a Twitter name but it was suggested I may have to ditch this part of my name too! It is a dangerous business, this Blogging, Tweeting and Facebooking. Need to be watchful at every move. I am often posting comments and Tweeting, then immediately removing the Tweets again on second thoughts. Can't even repeat the 'gaff' I made at Christmas when I commented on one of my son's photos and had to remove the next day. Fine if you catch them on time, but if you get retweeted before you...

I have created this blog after attending a really informative social media workshop, 'Social Media; tools for reasearh and collaboration' at Edinburgh University. Speakers Lesley Thomson, a Knowledge Manager from Scottish Government and Helen Muir, Research Support Librarian at Queen Margaret University, gave excellent presentations and specifically spoke about using Social Media for research and collaboration. Phil Bradley was the afternoon speaker that day and he went over the use of Social Media and search facilities. How we use social media, how we now use websites, ways to search for information and ways to store information for later consumption. Everyone now talks about 'Information Overload'. Phil pointed out that we have always had too much information. All that is wrong nowadays is that the filter mechanism has broken down somewhat. Phil spoke about blogs, not only for research purposes, but also to share good information and best practice. If we have goo...