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Entity Relationship and Legacy Mapping
Program Code:
214
Date:
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Time:
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
EST
SPEAKER
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William O'Brien, Senior Advancement Knowledge Officer,
Marquette University
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During a decade working in the university library, I finished graduate studies in architectural history. A new senior administrator's question about a plaque in a campus building was directed to me. Finding the subject of that memorial led to work on potential building sites and an account of a major prospect's Milwaukee youth and early career. The library director's demand that Development hire me or send me back to catalogin preceded almost two decades in this fascinating field, where my curiousity has been well exercised, typically by what we didn't yet know or have. My current role as Knowledge Officer allows generous play of my inclination toward jack-of-all-trades, encompassing reference desk, data collector-connector, account interpreter, genealogist and tour guide.
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Holly Hamilton, Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives,
Marquette University
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Hamilton serves as the Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives at Marquette University. A professional in the fields of information management and technology, project management and advancement services, she creatively incorporates techniques from these disciplines into the work of advancement research. Hamilton is a member of APRA and CASE and is a frequent speaker on topics relating to collaborative project management, aligning research with development and prospect management.
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Description
Understanding subtle connections between prospects and the wider world is a necessary component of research. Whether seeking a clearing or a quicker pathway to a target, we need to find the shortcuts and streamlines connecting here and there. This session demonstrates the importance of detecting and diagramming "offline" networks, exploring how entity mapping and genealogical tools can supplement current database practices, without complicating or replicating them.