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These are posts centered around presentations delivered by John LeMasney on various technology, branding, and design topics.

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Talk on Personal Branding accepted for Trenton Computer Festival 2014

presenter by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
presenter by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
presenter by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org
presenter by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org

Company/Organization Affiliation
LeMasney Consulting

Title of Talk or Forum
Discovering your personal brand

Talk or Forum abstract (135 words max)
In this talk, technology and design consultant John LeMasney will discuss the key ways in which you can determine, shape, and reinforce your personal brand. Personal brand is the reason that people feel love, dislike, or indifference towards you, and using technology, visuals, social media, and interpersonal interactions, you can use your brand to help you gain influence, gather an audience, and find new successes. Come to the session with three keywords that you feel represent you well. Also, do a google search on LeMasney and see if you can choose three keywords that you feel best represent him. If John is doing his branding right, it should be very clear the ideas and things that represent him. Fun and discovery await you!

Biographical Info (75 words max)
John LeMasney now offers consulting in technology, design, communication, branding, and nutrition. He was the Manager of Educational Technology Training and Outreach at Princeton University from March 2011 to March 2013. He had worked from 1998-2011 at Rider University as the Manager of Technology Training. He was recently awarded a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership with honors from Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture with honors from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. . He is a designer, artist, writer, poet, technologist, consultant, open web advocate and open source evangelist.

Indicate the time of day you prefer to give your talk
Afternoon

We will provide digital projectors in all rooms. Speakers are expected to bring their own computers. If you need special media equipment please specify below what you will need and we will let you know if we can provide it.
Not applicable.

Indicate length/type of session
110 minutes (workshops only)

 

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On Library Branding #gclstaffday

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papercraft (Photo credit: lemasney)

I had a genuinely fantastic time meeting new friends and discussing social media, libraries, branding, and mobile devices today at Gloucester County Library’s staff day retreat. Melissa Brisbin was kind enough to cover the breakouts on mobile devices, Brian at GCL took on the Facebook breakouts, and I did the breakouts on Pinterest. In between the breakouts, I had the privilege of discussing library branding and social media best practices with the kind, attentive, and patient staffers using the presentation linked below. We did it through Library Link NJ’s onsite presentation program, and I do not think it could have gone better. Special thanks so much to Ralph at GCL for his moderation, Anne at GCL for reaching out, and everyone else at GCL for their attention and care. Here’s the presentation for today’s talk, which discusses Social Media best practice, questions about organizational brand, mobile devices and adoption, the power of emotion in branding, the difference between visual branding and brand proper, and a lot more.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pDZd7juwxB0lOKiMgO-pc4n6Bo2la2QxoqbfGXi6RsM/edit?usp=sharing

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Codecademy for Adults: Learn How to Write Code for Free (Session 1 of 3) DATE/TIME: Oct 9 2013 – 7:00pm – 8:30pm

Libraries, the original co-working space by John LeMasney via lemasney.com
Libraries, the original co-working space by John LeMasney via lemasney.com

“Codecademy for Adults: Learn How to Write Code for Free

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LOCATION:  Technology Center Session 1: Wednesday, October 9, 7-8:30 Session 2: Wednesday, October 16, 7-8:30 Session 3: Wednesday, October 23, 7-8:30

Have you ever wanted to know how to write code, build websites, and develop applications, but did not know where to start? Codecademy is a free, hands-on, cloud based learning community focused squarely on helping people to learn languages like HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, and Python. Come learn how this fantastic free resource can help you to master coding. Skill Level: Intermediate” ~ Codecademy for Adults: Learn How to Write Code for Free (Session 1 of 3) | Princeton Public Library –

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Sharing Food Virtually: an Introduction to Food Blogging DATE/TIME: Oct 7 2013 – 7:00pm – 8:30pm

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“Sharing Food Virtually: an Introduction to Food Blogging

DATE/TIME:  Oct 7 2013 – 7:00pm – 8:30pm

LOCATION:  Technology Center

In this session, John LeMasney will show you how to use WordPress to share photos, video, recipes, reviews and other information about your passion for food. A delight in eating, talking about food, and sharing information about food are required, and some experience with websites is suggested, but not required. Come and learn how to start conversations online about food, nutrition, eating, and deliciousness.

Skill level: Intermediate” ~ Sharing Food Virtually: an Introduction to Food Blogging | Princeton Public Library –

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This week’s events and opportunities with LeMasney Consulting

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Hi, all. There’s a lot going on this week, and I wanted to make you aware of some of the offerings and events that might help you. Also, you can always click on the link at the bottom of my site to see what classes and other public offerings I am taking part in. For the sake of simplicity, you can visit the link here: Upcoming talks with LeMasney Consulting

First, tonight at 7:30 to 8:30, I’m offering the first of a two-week class for free on WordPress at Princeton Public Library in the Tech Center. In the class, we go over the benefits of using WordPress to publish, discover how to get started, and next week we have a follow-up that allows you to share what you are doing. We learn about pages, posts, plugins, asides, statistics, sharing and more. Please visit!

Tonight I’ll be speaking with Brian Kelley about Technology and Art. Tomorrow I’ll be speaking with Sean Piotrowski about Customer Service. I usually advertise these on Facebook, but archives and podcasts are available. Probably the best way to get those is by subscribing to my YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/lemasney

I’m teaching a class on Tuesday nights at Rider University on Media and Technology for Organizations, and while registration for the class is complete, I’d love to sit with you and share what I’m teaching and learning there. If you’d like to sit down, consider grabbing a spot on my schedule at and remember that the first hour of a new consulting relationship is always free.

On Wednesday, I’ll be visiting the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library to talk about using Android. In the class, we’ll discover how to make the most of the popular mobile platform, why you should consider it if you are using something else, the benefits and differences of the platform and more. Mary Jacobs Memorial Library is at 64 Washington St. Rocky Hill, NJ 08553

Next week, in addition to the second WordPress class, I’ll be starting my classes at the Princeton Adult School, including creating a site, graphic design, personal and organizational branding, and photomanipulation. Visit their site to register: http://www.ssreg.com/princeton/classes/results.asp?string=lemasney

I hope that we get a chance to visit this week and in upcoming weeks, and thanks, as always, for your support!

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Using “templates” in Google Drive

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A client and friend asked me how one can use templates in Google Docs/Drive.

When I want to use a starting template in Google Drive, I usually create or import a document into drive, then title it “some topic template” like “invoice template” or “essay template“, then I have a folder for those in drive called “templates”. I often start these kinds of documents by right clicking (or two-finger clicking) and choosing “make a copy” to make a copy of the template, which I rename to whatever the document is.

If you want to use a document someone shares with you as a template, for instance, you want to add it to your Drive, then rename it to “something template” and use it as a starting point by copying it to a new document. You preserve your original (template), and your new document (copy) allows for free range.

You don’t have to do all of this to use templates in Google Drive though. https://drive.google.com/templates?view=public is an official repository for Google Drive templates which you can use to find lots of good starting points for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

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