How to organize an inclusive and accessible conference

I was asked by Brady Yano to offer feedback on the awesome OpenCon Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report that will be publishing as a PDF document in the second week of July. I love that OpenCon is making their values explicit and transparent and connecting them to...

liberating our yearly planning meeting

I’m a huge fan of Liberating Structures. Despite the name being a little hokey they are great facilitation techniques that are designed democratize participation and come up with different, new and better ideas. I’ve been dabbling in using these in regular...
Not all information wants to be free

Not all information wants to be free

It was an honour to be invited to give the closing keynote at LITA Forum. I have never been asked to do a keynote, so I was equal parts terrified and excited. Here’s the text from my talk. I’d love to know what you think: @tararobertson on Twitter or email...
Thank you

Thank you

I feel a great deal of gratitude towards many people who really have my back. I’m one of those annoying extroverts who needs to think out loud. I appreciate the generosity that all of these people have extended to me. These people are friends, colleagues, comrades,...

an interview and an article

It was a pleasure to do an interview with Jill Emery for her column “Heard on the Net” in The Charleston Advisor. She sent Peggy Glahn, Program Director, Reveal Digital, and I the same set of questions around developing the theme of balance of discovery...