Keynote for Mount Laurel Library Staff Development Day, November 14, 2013, Mount Laurel, NJ

1. If You Can Make it Here…
Creation, Revolution and Happiness
at the Library
Peter Bromberg | peterbromberg.com
Mount Laurel Library| Mount Laurel, NJ | November 14, 2013

3. Why Are We
Here Today?

4. Here

5. Here

6. Here

7. Here

8. Here

9. Here

10. Here

11. Here

12. Here

13. Here

14. Today

15. World population: 7,200,000,000
Ever Lived: 108,000,000,000
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/3326203787/sizes/z/in/photostream/

16. Why Are We Here Today?

17. the absolutely crazy
historically unprecedented
accelerating pace of
Change
or…

18. The pace of change is accelerating and the
progression is exponential. We are actually
doubling the power of these technologies
now in less than a year.
Indeed [for a wide variety of technologies],
we find not just simple exponential growth,
but “double” exponential growth, meaning
that the rate of exponential growth is itself
growing exponentially.
- Ray Kurzweil, Author, Inventor, Futurist
http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns
https://www.facebook.com/blog/blog.php?post=112344532130

19. Permanent Whitewater
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20. Permanent Revolution
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21. Graveyard of Disruptive Technology

22. Graveyard of Disruptive Technology

23. In a Permanent Revolution…
What changes?
Forms (Ways of Doing)
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24. “A new breed of educators are inventing radical new
ways for children to learn, grow, and thrive.
To them, knowledge isn’t a commodity that’s
delivered from teacher to student but something that
emerges from the students’ own
curiosity-fueled exploration.
Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then
they step aside so students can teach themselves
and one another. They are creating ways for children
to discover their passion - and uncovering a
generation of geniuses in the process.”
“How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses”
By Joshua Davis, Wired Magazine, 10/15/13

25. Skills and Values needed for
success in a deeply weird world
Communication
Analytical Skills
Technical Literacy
Flexible/Adaptable
Interpersonal Ability
Multicultural Awareness
Planning/Organizing
Problem Solving
Creativity
Teamwork
Willingness to Learn
Self-Motivated
Self-Confidence
Tenacity
Positive Attitude/Energy
From: http://www.quintcareers.com/job_skills_values.html
by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D., and Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.

26. In a Permanent Revolution…
What changes?
Forms (Ways of Doing)
What doesn’t change?
Values (Ways of Being)
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27. So we were in this toy store
trying on funny noses and…

29. “The library
saved my life.”

30. Copyright W. Andrew “Andy” Woodworth
All rights reserved. Used by permission

31. Copyright W. Andrew “Andy” Woodworth
All rights reserved. Used by permission

32. Copyright W. Andrew “Andy” Woodworth
All rights reserved. Used by permission

33. “Work is love made visible”
- Kahlil Gibran

34. In a Permanent Revolution…
What changes?
Ways of Doing
What doesn’t change?
Ways of Being
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35. “The public library is a center of
public happiness first”
-John Cotton Dana
A Library Primer, 3rd ed. 1903
-Image Credit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/John_Cotton_Dana_01.jpg

36. “Happiness is love.
Full stop.”
- George Valliant
Results from 50 year longitudinal study of happiness

37. The Happiness Advantage

38. The Happiness Advantage
Three Gratitudes
One Positive Experience
Meditate
Acts of Kindness
Exercise

39. Continually Connect…
…one’s own small flame to the
central flames of life and the world.
We cannot predict the exact details of the
future, but we can have a hand in shaping the
heart of the future, including its context of
meaning and our commitment and courage in
advancing into the unknown.
- Robert K Cooper, Ayman Sawaf, Executive EQ

40. Peter Bromberg | peterbromberg@gmail.com
Mount Laurel Library Staff Day, Mount Laurel, NJ
November 14, 2013
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