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Meetings of the SAOUG

2009

» Training the Trainer: a new approach to training end-users, 20 May 2009 «

Venue: Witwatersrand Health Sciences Library, Medical School

by Glenda Myers (glenda.myers@wits.ac.za)

» SAOUG’s Valentines Breakfast , 13 February 2009 «

Venue: Swansrest, Centurion

Ada's Offspring by Anthony Olivier (anthony.olivier@standardbank.co.za)

See the presentation HERE

2008

» SAOUG’s end of Year Function / Workshop 11 November 2008 «

Venue: Foxwood House, Houghton

Stress Management Workshop by Gavin Novis

Gavin Novis
Tel: +27 11 485 2150
www.drjude.co.za

Get the presentation HERE

» SAOUG’s AGM Meeting / Talk 10 September 2008 «

Venue: CSIR Information Services

Wireless Africa by Kobus Roux

Get the presentation HERE

» SAOUG’s and SAOIS presentation 18 February 2008 «

Venue: Goldenpipit End Street 241, Centurion

Financial Strategic Planning for Libraries by Dave Crawford 

Get the presentation HERE

2007

» SAOUG’s End-of-Year-function 1 November 2007 «

Venue: Kenjara Lodge, Muldersdrift

Moeg Gewroeg/Tired of Agonizing by Gerhard Fourie 

Download the presentation of Gerhard Fourie

» SAOUG’s Workshop, 16 August 2007 «

Venue: Exxaro (old Kumba) Auditorium

Workshop 1:  08:30 – 12:00 Using Social Networks in the Real World
Workshop 2:  13:00 – 16:30 Advanced Web Search 

» SAOUG’s Workshop, 13 June 2007 «

Training with the Brain in Mind / by Cecil Murray

Venue: Dutch Cottage Houses, Wits Club, Wits University, West Campus, Yale Road
Time: 12:00-15:45

Programme
12:00-12:30 Registration  
12:30-13:15  Lunch  
13:15-15:45 Training with the Brain in Mind / presented by Cecil Murray

» SAOUG’s Valentines Breakfast , 14 February 2007 «

Informative building blocks between point A and point B by G.P. van Rheede van Oudtdshoorn

Venue: Centurion Lake Hotel
Time: 8:15- 11:00

Programme
08:15-09:00 Registration
09:00-10:00 Breakfast
10:00-11:00 Presentation

2006

» SAOUG’s End of Year FUNction, 10 Nov 2006«

The  Networking Highway by Dr. Renate Volpe from HIRS

Venue: Glencove, Glenburn Lodge
Time: 11:30 till late

Programme
11:30-11:00 Registration
11:00-12:00 Presentation
12:45-late Lunch

» SAOUG’s AGM Meeting/Workshop, 16 Aug 2006«

“The role of the Library and Information Professional (LIS) in managing Knowledge” by Annette van der Merwe, Senior Librarian at PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Venue: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Sunninghill, Smartie Room
Time: 12:30-15:30

Programme
12:30-13:00 Registration
13:00-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:15 AGM Meeting

Chairperson’s report

Financial report

Voting for new committee members

General

Blogging 101 for Dummies Workshop presented by: Rajendra Munoo from the National Library Board of Singapore

Venues:

• Monday, 13 February : Medical Library, University of Pretoria
  • Two sessions:  8:00-12:00 or 13:00-17:00
• Tuesday, 14 February : Dynamix Training Centre, Witkoppen Road, Sunninghill
  • Two sessions:  8:00-12:00 or 13:00-17:00
• Wednesday, 15 February : Dynamix Training Centre, Witkoppen Road, Sunninghill
  • Two sessions:  8:00-12:00 or 13:00-17:00
• Thursday, 16 February : University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus

FULLY BOOKED

• Friday, 17 February : University of Stellenbosch
  • One session: 9:00-13:00

2005

» SAOUG’s AGM Meeting/Workshop, 19 August 2005«

Southern African Online User Group (SAOUG)

Workshop: CSIR search strategies : effective literature
surveys & referencing / presented by Madelein van Heerden and Adele
van der Merwe

Madelein van Heerden and Adèle van der Merwe gave an overview of a
workshop that is regularly presented to end-users in the CSIR. The workshop
teaches users the principles of effective literature searching, focussing
on:

1. The stages of a literature survey

• Tactical overview, i.e. questions that need to be answered before
you start with the survey

• Resource selection

• Search strategy formulation

• The search

• Evaluating results

2. Citations and reference style, e.g. how to cite an electronic
source.

2004

17 August

13H30-16H00
SA Museum of Military History (SAMMH)
Elswold Way, Saxonwold
Annual General Meeting
Nomination Form 2004-2006 SAOUG Committee
Exploiting Corporate Knowledge in industry, media organisations, government, the pharmaceutical industry, and others. Piet Dempsey, Managing Director of Knowledge Focus

20 May

13H15-15H15 Deloitte & Touche Place
20 Woodlands Drive, Woodmead, Sandton
Knowledge Sharing and the Use of Storytelling Peter Tobin, GIBS

12 February

09H00-13H30
Len Miller Lecture Theatre, WITS Medical School
Workshop: Dialog Qantum2 Leadership Workshop

2003

12 November

13H00-16H00
Deloitte & Touche Place, Woodmead, Sandton
End-Of-Year Function
The Generations: Understanding Why We Don't Understand Neil Burnett, TomorrowToday.biz

22 August

Anglo American Head Office, Marshall Street
Annual General Meeting
Workshop: Training End Users to do Internet Searching. Louise Mitchell, Christa Fourie and Norma Roberts from Anglo American, ATD Tech-Know Link, Anglo Operations Ltd

3-5 June

7th SA Online Information Meeting
Misty Hills Country Hotel and Conference Centre
69 Drift Boulevard, Muldersdrift

13 February

St George Hotel, Centurion
Breakfast Meeting
Strategy in the Information Era: Building Institutional Capabilities
  Prof Nick Binedell, GIBS

2002

6 November

Northwards, 21 Rockridge Road, Parktown
End-of-Year Function
Joint meeting with SLIS
Get A Life! Prof. Johann Coetzee

15 August

Deloitte & Touche Place, Woodmead
Annual General Meeting
Election of new SAOUG Committee 2002-2004
A New Strategic Management Instrument: Competitive Intelligence Johan Havenga, IBIS Consultants

19 February

Centurion Lake Hotel
Breakfast Meeting
Convergence: Beyond the Technological Paradigm Pieter Geldenhuys, Post Graduate School of Leadership, UNISA

2001

22 October

Deloitte & Touche, Woodmead
End-of-Year Function
Tips of a super searcher Mary Ellen Bates

13 February

Centurion Lake Hotel, Centurion
Breakfast Meeting
Business process re-engineering in libraries Glynis Prosser, The Process Works

2000

9 November

Wits Club, Johannesburg
End-of-Year Function
Business is a challenge, not a drag. Mark Furman

27 July

Centurion Lake Hotel, Centurion
Annual General Meeting
Election of new SAOUG Committee 2000-2002
Knowledge asset management and the emergence of the knowledge service provider David McLean, Ernst & Young

6 April

Mintek, Randburg
The Net imperative: The emergence of the e-economy and the impact on global financial markets Lauren Liebenberg, Rand Merchant Bank

1999

12 November

Pretoria Botanical Gardens, Pretoria
End-of-Year Function
Emotional intelligence, self mastery and personal success. Dr. Pieter van Jaarsveld, Personnel Performance

10 June

Annual General Meeting

6 May

Video-conferencing: Telkom, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban
Electronic presentations made easy. Bev Short, Dynamic AudioVisual

12 February

Rosebank Hotel, Rosebank
Breakfast Meeting
Why data warehousing? A technical perspective of the requirements and technology. Rob Knowles, Intertech Systems

1998

18 November

Highlander Pub, Midrand
End-of-Year Function
McGregor Information Services, BFANet and Naspers. Tracy Campbell, McGregor BFANet

7 October

Mintek, Randburg
Establishing a corporate Intranet. Pieter van der Walt, Altron

30 July

Leriba Lodge, Centurion
The new economics of information. Vanessa Katz, DIALOG Corporation

13 May

Centurion Lake Hotel, Centurion
Annual General Meeting
Election of new SAOUG Committee 1998-2000
Universal Resource Sharing Application (URSA). Pierre Malan, SABINET Online

6 February

Eskom Conference Centre, Midrand
Breakfast Meeting
The limits of an online existence. Anthony Brooks, Future Foundation

1997

20 November

Centurion Lake Hotel, Centurion
End-of-Year Function
Annual General Meeting
Financial Times Information Systems in South Africa. Johan Strydom, INET

13 February

Protea Hotel, Midrand
Breakfast Meeting
The intelligent province. Sulieman Patel & Louis van der Merwe, Gauteng Provincial Government

1996

22 August

The challenges facing the information manager. Andrew McGregor, McGregors