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Professional Development Resources for Library Staff May 2017
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May 8 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm $199 Sometimes, due to circumstances that are beyond your control, work can become overwhelming for employees. Whether it’s trying to do more with less or cope with a less-than-ideal work situation, when your team is overstretched and overwhelmed, stress runs rampant. If you don’t find some way to alleviate the pressure, you can find yourself in a world of trouble. But how can you help your team cope with difficult situations and still keep productivity high?
You need to walk a fine line. You need Managing Employees Who Are Stretched to the Max. This one-hour Webinar will give you the proven strategies used by expert managers to help overworked employees meet their goals and reduce their stress at the same time.
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May 11 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) $45 for members/$55 for non-members You are more powerful than you think you are. In fact, we are all more powerful than we think we are. We influence decision makers every day in our personal and in our professional lives. Every conversation is a negotiation and you can lead from any position in the organization.
This session will provide specific strategies you can implement right away to influence decision makers in your life regardless of whether they are your colleagues, your boss or your community members. By telling your story well, often with the assistance of others and in a visual, easily understood format, you can shift the narrative from the project's financial cost to the project's impact.
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May 24 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm $199 One negative employee can cut a team’s performance by 20%, 30%, even 40%! There’s tension … drama … hostility—all completely unproductive. A backstabbing shot at a meeting, a broken promise, withheld information—all toxic behaviors that could spread and undermine productivity or hurt your reputation.
In one hour, this information-packed Webinar will arm you with strategies to turn things around—defuse these venomous individuals before they poison the entire work environment.
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May 25 | 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT) $45 for members/$55 for non-members This one hour webinar will be useful for new supervisors and managers, or those aspiring towards a role with staff responsibilities. Adrienne and Melanie will offer some practical insights to help begin a successful management career within libraries.
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May 30 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) $45 for members/$55 for non-members Let's face it: change is uncomfortable but inevitable in today?s changing library environment. How each of us handles our reaction to this uncertainty can dramatically impact our decision to 'buy-in' with change. Learn how to recognize and manage resistance to change in yourself and in others, practice changing your mindset to a more open perspective and how building strong leadership and team communication skills will support everyone in embracing positive change.
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June 6 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) In this highly interactive and practical session, we will explore how lack of self-awareness, everyday stress and personal triggers limit our ability to make the best decisions and build positive relationships with key stakeholders. We will discuss specific strategies that can promote more productive relationships and close with Leadership Action Planning to apply after the webinar.
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Conflict is a natural part of today’s workplace. The rapid pace of change, feelings of stress and pressure, different work styles, and competing demands can lead to intense situations. However, it’s not the fact that conflict arises as much as our approach to dealing with it (or not) that creates a barrier to our success.
Some of us engage in conflict when emotions are high which can amplify an already tense situation. Others take the approach of avoiding conflict which simply delays a breakthrough in a situation or relationship that could deliver a different and more productive outcome. There is however, a balanced approach that will allow you to move from friction to action. Join us for the FREE 1-hour webinar to get strategies that will help you identify the source of conflict, manage the impact and arrive at a solution that delivers better results.
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$120 US In this webinar, you’ll learn practical, actionable research-based tips and advice from Dr. William Gentry, the author of CCL’s newest book, Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For: A Guide for New Leaders. As someone who researches and trains new leaders, and is one himself, Gentry will share his latest science, practice, and art behind becoming the boss everyone wants to work for.
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Original broadcast - March 16, 2017 Working together to accomplish library goals is essential to the success of your organization. When interactions between staff members are healthy, ethical, strong, as well as flexible, the library can then pass on excellent service to their patrons. However, when bad attitudes and obstinate behaviors take over, as the old saying goes, one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch!
In this interactive and informative webinar, participants will learn: - How to have professional conversations that foster healthy attitudes
- To embrace different communication styles, but achieve the same positive outcomes
- Techniques to build an environment of trust
- Plans to help shift work-place dynamics to a more positive collaboration
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Original broadcast - March 30, 2017 Join us for "Teams are Trending: How to Spark True Teamwork Online," presented by Meghan M. Biro, CEO and founder of TalentCulture. Meghan discusses how online and video conferencing and meetings can empower and engage your teams, and how to optimize your digital environment for maximum creativity and performance. She covers the new array of tools from virtual whiteboards and interactive drawing to team messaging and meeting spaces. You’ll have the chance to click through screens and try features yourself. She talks about why we’re so comfortable online — today’s digital-centric workforce may even more comfortable working screen to screen than face to face.
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May 9 - June 5 $200 US Supervising others can be exciting and gratifying, but it can also be challenging. While it is great to watch the people you supervise grow and learn, and very satisfying to see your department succeed, it can also be difficult to watch others make mistakes or do things differently than you would. Being a good supervisor means leading other people, effectively communicating goals and objectives, and coaching and mentoring others to help them become the best they can be. However, most library supervisors start without any formal training in these important interpersonal skills.
This course will help you identify your own expectations of yourself and others, and give you practice in some of the interpersonal skills required for supervision: communication, mentoring, coaching, conflict resolution, mediation, feedback, and more.
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*subscription required Bullying is a social phenomenon in which the bystanders, leaders, and organizational culture all play a role. It has emotional, psychological, and financial costs to targets and the business. In this course, workplace bullying expert Catherine Mattice helps HR professionals, leaders, managers, and supervisors put a stop to workplace bullying.
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The elephant in the boardroom : how leaders use and manage conflict to achieve greater levels of success by Edgar PapkeIn a survey of more than 4,000 CEOs, executives, and managers, more than 90 percent admitted they were uncomfortable confronting or engaging in conflict. Yet leaders must realize that every conflict presents an opportunity to reach higher levels of performance. In The Elephant in the Boardroom, award-winning leadership psychologist Edgar Papke explores the unique and challenging relationship that leaders have with conflict, and offers the know-how needed to use conflict as the engine of innovation and creativity.
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Effective difficult conversations : a step-by-step guide by Catherine SoehnerIn an information landscape where change is the status quo, difficult conversations come with the territory. Being a library leader means knowing how to confidently steer these conversations so that they lead to productive results instead of hurt feelings, resentment, or worse. Employees in a library will also encounter conflict, especially during times of change. Using a step-by-step process, this book walks readers through learning the skills to have effective difficult conversations that hold themselves and others accountable. Practice activities throughout the book will help readers feel prepared beforehand.
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Original broadcast - March 9, 2017 How can you tell your library’s story to increase public support? Video and other digital media is an attention grabbing method to share stories of library impact. But it can be challenging to develop high quality digital stories on budget with limited time.
Learn how to develop a compelling story for your library, tell it using digital media, and leverage it to show your impact in the community. Gain ideas for how video can be used to deliver an advocacy message. Learn simple tips for DIY video production on a budget. Walk away with a list of technology tools and video production tutorials to develop top-notch stories. All experience levels welcome.
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May 9 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Get up-to-speed on fresh new titles for young-adult readers, from fantasy, to contemporary realism, to large print titles perfect for reluctant readers. This free, one-hour webinar will feature representatives from Blink, an imprint of HarperCollins, Harlequin Teen, Thorndike Press, Penguin Young Readers, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Moderated by Books for Youth Senior Editor, Sarah Hunter.
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May 10 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Invest in a Maker Space, add staff, or buy more books? Determining how best to use limited funds to get the greatest return has plagued libraries since the newest technology was the phonograph. How do we balance the need to serve new users in new ways when we don’t have the funds to take care of our traditional users in the traditional ways they expect -- i.e. buy more books?
Join three leading public library directors as they share the math they use to balance this equation in their communities. This session will provide three dynamic visions of how the communities of Hillsboro, OR; Delaware County, OH; and Charleston, SC are balancing the demands of the new while delivering services to everyday readers. They will share the challenges they are facing, where they think public libraries are headed and where readers’ advisory service fits in their 21st century libraries.
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May 10 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) The world of young adult literature is a dynamic one that has become one of the most vibrant areas of publishing. Each publishing season brings a plethora of new titles, new forms, and new formats, many of which require new methods of evaluation. Keeping up with these changes and the 5,000+ new titles flooding the market annually can be a full-time job. This webinar will help you identify new trends and the best new titles for your collections.
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May 24 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm $60 US By building programs that engage and attract active seniors to your library, you can help reinforce your library’s status as an important community center for residents of all ages.
In this workshop, Amy Alessio will provide you with several programming ideas and tips on how to market these programs, so that you can build successful programs that attract more seniors into your library. She has conducted over 250 live programs on related topics at libraries, senior centers, and national conferences including 2013 ALA Annual and is recognized as one of the top library programming authorities in the country.
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Original broadcast - January 25, 2017 Virtual and augmented reality devices have been hyped for decades, but the technology is finally starting to reach its full potential. In this presentation, we’ll talk about the differences between VR and AR, discuss the plethora of VR devices, and explore how to utilize them in a library setting.
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Original broadcast - March 15, 2017 Design challenges are a fantastic way to help student dig deeper into making in your makerspace. Learn strategies for creating design prompts, running challenges and incorporating the design process into projects with your students. We’ll discuss how to create open-ended and specific challenges in a way that will maximize your students’ creativity. We’ll also talk about some of the problems that educators face when running challenges, and how to help your students focus.
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Original broadcast - March 29, 2017 In today’s age, it is important to have a basic understanding of computer programming. Although not everyone will become a computer programmer as a result, it is helpful these days to understand how computers and various software applications run code behind the scenes; plus, troubleshooting esoteric messages becomes much easier with some computer programming essentials under your belt. Without a doubt, it can be difficult to teach coding skills, but if fun and engaging tools are introduced it won’t be too bad. Thinking like a programmer does involve problem solving, but it can enhance creative confidence and inventive learning.
In this webinar: - Learn the basics of some visual programming languages like Scratch, Hopscotch, App Inventor, Raptor and others
- Understand basic code syntax to gain important mathematical, computational, and creative thinking concepts through playful learning!
- Discover alternative tools and applications to give people practice programming while having fun!
- Gain other programming ideas, computing devices, and apps to help children & young adults thrive in a world based on technology
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Original broadcast - April 6, 2017 The idea of having a 3D printer at your library can be overwhelming. You may be asking yourself questions like: “How can we afford it? How can our patrons benefit? How does a 3D printer even work? I am not tech savvy!!”
Don’t be afraid! Even though 3D printing can be intimidating, you don’t have to be a tech guru to implement a 3D printing program at your library. In this fun and informative session, learn from start to finish the ins and outs of 3D printing!
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July 20 | 8:00am - 2:00pm (MT) $99 US (early bird pricing) This arts integration and STEAM conference provides a flexible and affordable learning option for K-12 classroom and arts educators seeking practical tips, resources and ideas for integrating the arts into any classroom.
Attend via live-stream on July 20th from 10AM-4PM ET or access everything on-demand anytime after the event concludes.
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11 on-demand lessons Learn the basics of sewing on a home machine, and working with different types of fabric! In this class you’ll get to know your sewing machine and be introduced to a wide range of simple machine sewing techniques, tools and materials. Then we’ll practice these skills by applying them to some practical projects. Working with both stretch and woven fabric, we'll start from the basics and use our skills to create a grocery bag, a stuffed creature, a stretch scarf, a simple zipper case, and a pair of pajama pants.
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Asynchonous eCourse beginning June 5, 2017 $175 US If you perform and develop programming for preschool children and families, knowing the basics of early literacy training will help you create a school readiness program that will best prepare children for a successful transition into kindergarten. Early care expert and education trainer R. Lynn Baker's successful approach to school readiness programming connects school readiness indicators and early childhood standards with early literacy best practices. In this four-week eCourse, Baker will guide you through the ins and outs of developing early childhood programs through discussion boards, pre/post-tests, assignments, and readings. You’ll walk away with tools for connecting developmentally appropriate principles of early childhood development with the early literacy skills/best practices of Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) 1 and 2.
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Design thinking by Kristin FontichiaroSome of today's most incredible innovations are coming from the global community of makers. These thinkers, inventors and hackers share information and technology to push new ideas forward. Readers will discover how they can join the maker movement and help improve the way we live.
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Littlebits by Amber LovettWith LittleBits, you can build your own electronic devices using modules that snap together easily with magnets. With this book, students learn the art of innovation through detailed explanations and hands-on activities built to foster creativity and problem solving.
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Makey Makey by Sandy NgMakey Makey is a kit that helps you turn everyday objects into touchpads that control your computer's keyboard. With this book, students learn the art of innovation through detailed explanations and hands-on activities built to foster creativity and problem solving.
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May 18 | 11:00am - 12:30pm (MT) $199 US Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives, yet even people who are generally confident can buckle when facing powerful or demanding people. The truth is that many who appear self-confident often aren't. The difference is that they possess a set of skills they can use when needed. The good news is that you can come across as more self-assured in these situations, too.
In this webinar, you’ll discover techniques you can use to project an aura of confidence that works in any circumstance, but especially when you’re in the hot seat with demanding bosses and colleagues.
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May 18 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) Join this free, resource-rich program for tips on how to leverage technology to help new and struggling readers. Learn about the best storytelling apps, digital sources of high-interest content for kids and teens, and more.
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June 1 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm $45 for members/$55 for non-members The traditional library worker skill set is not sufficient to identify, prioritise and meet community needs. We need a new skill set to create a new kind of library worker where the focus is on community development, rather than technical library, skills.
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June 1 | 1:00pm - 4:00pm (MT) What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information? How is it that the fulfillment of human hopes for a open knowledge society seem to have resulted in both increased skepticism of, and casualness with, information? What tools and understanding can library professionals bring to a world that seems to be dominated by fake news?
In this Library 2.107 mini-conference, we start with the foundational relationship of libraries and librarians to media, information, and now digital literacy, and then we ask some pointed questions. How should library and information professionals address the issues of fake news, propaganda, and biased research? What technical skills are required for critical thinking in the digital age? As learners increasingly move from just consuming information to also socially producing it, what are the new requisite skills of critical thinking and decision-making? What are appropriate uses for social media when conducting research? What is digital citizenship in a global, globally-diverse, and often globally-fragmented world? What work on digital literacy is available, what frameworks already support these efforts, what are the perspectives of the leading thinkers?
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Employees everywhere are getting busier, faced with competing demands and higher levels of urgency. Many of us are feeling increasingly stressed and overwhelmed.
In a world where our priorities can shift on a dime and new projects and requests regularly emerge, adopting a new approach to re-gaining control of our time can yield personal and professional benefits. Join us for this FREE rebroadcast webinar to find out how you can manage yourself to be more productive and even more strategic!
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Original broadcast - March 23, 2017 After a perplexing interaction with someone, you’ve probably said to yourself more than a few times, “What were they thinking?”
Emerging research findings is showing us that understanding “HOW” people are thinking can be more important than “WHAT” in understanding and relating to others. How people process information, their underlying world view, and their thinking processes and patterns can drastically impact the way we connect with, and understand them. Recognizing how people think and understanding our differences can transform your relationships. In this interactive, stimulating and thought-provoking program, you will learn: - How to identify a variety of thinking styles
- To be more empathetic by understanding diverse perspectives
- How to be more effective at work and home by understanding your own thinking patterns
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*subscription required Workplace change is hard. In this course, Chris Croft explains why we struggle with change, and shares many practical techniques that can help you manage—and even thrive—in a world of constant change. Chris begins the course with general overview of change, explaining why most of us dislike it and how to prepare for the changes you'll inevitably encounter throughout your life. Next, he outlines five common types of workplace change—restructuring, layoffs, new initiatives, starting a new role in a team, and getting off to a good start with a new boss—and provides strategies for dealing with each. Even as he addresses particular types of workplace change, Chris shares helpful techniques that could easily apply to other changes in your life.
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The compassionate achiever : how helping others fuels success by Christopher L. KukkDrawing on new research in biology, neuroscience and economics, a practical guide for cultivating compassion—the scientifically proven foundation for personal achievement and success at work, at home and in the community—provides a unique four-step program for becoming a compassionate achiever.
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*subscription required You can write to customers—via email—with consistency and professionalism, but you don't need to sound robotic to be efficient. Writing instructor Leslie O'Flahavan has real customer service emails she shares with you in this course, so you can see how to communicate with clarity and sincerity to help customers feel heard and ensure your responses provide the help they need. Leslie shares techniques customer service agents can apply that help build strong practices in a contact center and improve customer relations.
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May 19 | 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT) Join library experts and hundreds of your colleagues for interactive discussions on pressing issues in modern librarianship. American Libraries Live webcasts cover the full spectrum of library topics and give the ALA community a chance to learn about and discuss issues it deals with daily. Each program lasts 60 minutes.
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Original broadcast - February 8, 2017 Thousands of libraries are using Instagram. What’s next for you in this space? Join in the practical fun with this hands-on session to learn how to use photos for community engagement and integrate Instagram into your library’s overall PR & communications strategy. We’ll share examples from libraries, museums, and archives that are doing excellent work in this space and you’ll leave with ideas you can implement immediately.
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May 16 | 10:00am - 11:00am (MT) $45 for members/$55 or non-members Join Brian Pichman from the Evolve Project as he covers tips for success when designing interactive library spaces and experiences on a limited budget. Brian will offer ideas for your library, from programming for all ages to display tips to makerspaces, that will help you engage your community.
You'll learn about furniture and design concepts, which maker technology to include and how to find additional funding to make your dream into reality. This is a jam-packed session full of ideas, data, and of course, cats. Put technology, people and spaces together so patrons can become creators and innovators.
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Charlottetown, PE click here for conference rates In the words of Ursula K. LeGuin, “A library is a focal point, a sacred place to a community; and its sacredness is its accessibility, its publicness. It’s everybody’s place.” This year’s conference theme will provide the opportunity to demonstrate, share and celebrate the work we do every day. Join us for this annual opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, refresh your personal inventory of library skills, and revitalize your community to action.
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June 7 - July 12 (4 live sessions over 6 weeks) $349 US Designing a great library used to start with the books. Now, it starts with users and their needs. Register for this course to learn what people want from their library. Learn strategies from leading librarians and design thinkers in live keynote sessions and get personalized feedback on your plans from a dedicated advisor that will provide one-on-one feedback for your plan. You will also participate in online discussion groups, where you can share resources and best practices with peers from across the country.
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Disclaimer: The links provided in this newsletter are intended to inform subscribers about information and learning opportunities that may be of interest. Inclusion in this newsletter does not constitute a recommendation by Marigold Library System or its staff members. |
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