# Favorite IUG Presentation?
**URL:** https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216
**Category:** General
**Created:** [September 15, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216 "2022-09-15T14:29:30Z")
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### Author:  [@jmgold](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/jmgold)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/1 "2022-09-15T14:29:30Z")
Given the number of presentations [in the Conferences & Events Section](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/c/conferences-events/6) it may be hard know where to start. So what are your must see sessions that anyone new to IUG should be sure to check out?
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### Author:  [@jmgold](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/jmgold)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/2 "2022-09-15T14:32:24Z")
I bring this up all the time, but Gem Stone-Logan’s 2018 presentation, [Automating Reports with Python](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/automating-reports-with-python-2018/128), is pretty much why I have the job I do now. After seeing her session I went back to my library thinking “I can actually do this”, and then I did and now I pretty much generate reports for a living.
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### Author:  [@wesochuck](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/wesochuck)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/3 "2022-09-15T15:02:07Z")
A virtual presentation version of: [Getting Started with Project Management](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/getting-started-with-project-management/187) in 2021 changed my life. Like many of us, the pressures of the pandemic caused me to become way burnt out and I considered exiting the library IT world altogether after 25 years.
After hearing about [Kanban](https://kanbanize.com/kanban-resources/getting-started/what-is-kanban) and understanding one of its core principles was limiting [Work-in-Progress](https://kanbanize.com/kanban-resources/getting-started/what-is-wip) it totally changed the way my team works. Add to that mix some meditation and the incredible book [Dare to Lead](https://www.worldcat.org/title/dare-to-lead-brave-work-tough-conversations-whole-hearts/oclc/1077711541) and 2021 ended up being a transformative year for this “old timer” 👴 .
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### Author:  [@jmgold](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/jmgold)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/4 "2022-09-15T15:18:40Z")
YES! Trevor’s session was a real highlight of that year’s conference and I also immediately built myself a Kanban board.
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### Author:  [@CyberpunkLibrarian](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/CyberpunkLibrarian)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/5 "2022-09-15T15:28:15Z")
> [@jmgold](#):
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> Gem Stone-Logan’s 2018 presentation, [Automating Reports with Python](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/automating-reports-with-python-2018/128)
_Solid_ favourite of mine too! Especially her subtle hints about “if you need Python but IT won’t let you, here’s what you do.”
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### Author:  [@lreynish](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/lreynish)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/6 "2022-10-06T18:38:48Z")
We’re on Polaris now, but back when we were on Sierra I got a lot out of Richard Jackson’s presentations on regular expressions. Those were very useful to me outside of Sierra as well. I see he gave one in [2021 with his typically exemplary hand-outs and examples](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/iug-2021-virtual-presentation-still-playing-with-matches-sierra-encore-eril/348).
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### Author:  [@wesochuck](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/wesochuck)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/7 "2022-10-06T19:41:44Z")
Knowing regex is a gift that keeps on giving. Great example!
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### Author:  [@jmgold](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/u/jmgold)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.innovativeusers.org/t/favorite-iug-presentation/216/8 "2022-10-06T19:43:36Z")
One of those is still up on YouTube and I just wound up going back to it earlier today for help.