The Pittsburgh Chapter report by member Nancy Flury-Carlson had an "a-ha moment" at the June SLA Conference:
"The Innovation Lab, and in particular the 23 Things initiative, really impressed me. Stephen Abram provided an overview during one of his talks, and at the end said something along the lines of "Is there enough value in that to justify your dues?" He is absolutely right on this point. I started the 23 Things initiative this past week, and though I'm only on the fourth or fifth Thing, I have already learned so much more by "doing" than I would have by reading or listening to someone explain these tools. I have a new blog, a wiki account, del.ic.ious capabilities, enabled an RSS feed, and yesterday I explored Technorati. This is enabled by the step-by-step instructions and the overall plan put together by the 23 Things team. Really, it's the most value I've received from the overall SLA organization in a long time, or maybe ever! (And I've been a member since 1980)."