Join us for next week’s NCompass Live, “Organizing a Successful Comic/Maker Con at Your Library”, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 10:00-11:00 am Central Time.
Comic Cons are organized conventions for fans of comic books, anime, manga, science fiction, cosplay, and more. Maker Cons showcase the maker movement to include 3D printers, robotics, virtual reality, drones, and other emerging technologies that creative people use as tools to innovate. The first annual
Mid-Pinellas Comic and Maker Con was organized in less than 6 weeks and with very little money. This event had 3,500 people attend, which was second only to a visit to the St. Petersburg College Seminole campus by President Barack Obama in September 2012! The second year, even with a name change to Pinellas Comic and Maker Con, attendance went up to over 4,000 participants! And, the third year over 5,000! Learn the ins-and-outs including legal, sponsorship, security issues, and much more of organizing a Comic and Maker Con to help highlight your library’s unique collections/services and to have a lot of fun doing it!
Presenter: Chad Mairn is a librarian, teacher, author, and self-described geek who frequently shares his enthusiasm for ‘all-things technology’ as a speaker at library and technology conferences. He is an Information Services Librarian, Assistant Professor, and manages the
Innovation Lab at
St. Petersburg College (FL).
Upcoming NCompass Live events:
- Oct. 19 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE THIS WEEK – Enjoy the 2016 NLA/NSLA Annual Conference!
- Oct. 26 – Organizing a Successful Comic/Maker Con at Your Library
- Nov. 2 – 2017 Nebraska Library Internship Grant Program
For more information, to register for NCompass Live, or to listen to recordings of past events, go to the
NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the
Official U.S. Time website. The show is presented online using the GoToWebinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the
NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoToWebinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
