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Professional Development Resources for Library Staff and Board Members April 2021
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April 20 | 1:30pm - 3:30pm (MT) OR April 22 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm (MT) "Grant writing …ugh." Sound familiar? For many non-profit volunteers and staff, grant writing can seem like a time-consuming task in creative writing with the payoff being luck of the draw. The truth is, with steep competition for limited grant dollars, a well-written grant is only part of the success formula. This 2-hour webinar covers core proposal and grant writing skills, how to avoid common pitfalls, understanding what funders look for, and tips on how to maintain good relationships with your funders.
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April 21 | 11:00am - 12:30pm (MT) OR April 22 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm (MT) $79 US Okay, let’s be honest. Everybody knows that to motivate donors to give (to motivate anyone to do anything, really) you have to tell stories. Facts and statistics don’t work. Brilliant arguments don’t work. Super-clear explanations don’t work. If you want people to pay attention to what you’re saying -- and then take the action you want them to take -- you gotta tell a story!
But there’s something hardly anyone knows yet: To really make fundraising work, you have to tell the right story. The story that speaks to the donor’s heart and mind and helps them connect their values -- and their money -- to your cause. The real story for fundraising. This practical, hands-on session will show you how to discover your fundraising stories. And how to tell them with grace, drama, and effectiveness!
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April 14 | 1:30pm - 3:00pm (MT) OR April 14 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm (MT) Understanding how laws and regulations affect your organization can be confusing. How do they determine what a board must do? What internal rules can an organization choose to create? Join us and we will help you understand how these rules combine to create the legal landscape that all Non-Profit organizations in Alberta operate in. You will also have the chance to ask questions, see what other organizations are dealing with, test your knowledge and receive additional resources.
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Board Development Program - Board Roles and Responsibilities Government of Alberta - Community Development Unit April 21 | 1:30pm - 3:00pm (MT) OR April 21 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm (MT) What is governance? What are the board’s roles? What are the board’s responsibilities? The truth is, there is no one answer to any of these questions. Join us as we help you understand governance from different perspectives. We will start with governance and what it means to the board. Then we will take you through how governance touches the entire organization, the structure of the organization, and the volunteers and staff that work in the organization. You will also have many opportunities to speak directly with others and share your experiences, test your knowledge, and ask your questions from the presenters.
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Board Development Program - Legal Responsibilities Government of Alberta - Community Development Unit April 28 | 1:30pm - 3:00pm (MT) OR April 28 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm (MT) Where do the board’s duties and responsibilities come from? What do board members need to know in order to meet their legal responsibilities? What actions can board members take to help them meet their legal responsibilities? Join us for a live and interactive webinar to find out the answers to these questions, hear what other Not-for-Profit board members are experiencing and test your knowledge of the information that is shared.
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Cybersecurity: What's the Board's Role? Government of Alberta - Community Development Unit May 4 | 1:30pm - 3:00pm (MT) OR May 6 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm (MT) News headlines remind us almost daily of cybersecurity threats facing business and government organizations that are operating online. Nonprofits are not immune, and they face risks as well if they engage in activities, such as processing donations, event registrations, and store information digitally about their donors, members, clients, and employees. Nonprofit Boards need to be able to recognize the risks associated with operating in a digital environment and how to take steps to protect their organization’s data. This webinar will explain the role of the board in cyber-risk oversight.
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Board Development Program - Organizational Purpose & Planning Government of Alberta - Community Development Unit May 5 | 1:30pm - 3:00pm (MT) OR May 5 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm (MT) How is planning connected to the board’s Roles and Responsibilities? How are an organization’s vision, mission, and values connected to organizational plans? What is included in the plan? We will introduce to you why planning is needed, what it includes, and give you some ideas on how to get started.
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Board Orientations Government of Alberta Public Library Services Branch (PLSB) PLSB offers online Board Orientations to interested library boards. During a Board Orientation, a PLSB librarian will present information about the structure of library service and board responsibilities as a two hour workshop. This includes:
- The structure of library service in Alberta, including a brief history of library service in Alberta and the roles of the province, the library system, the municipality and the board in local library service delivery
- The role of the board as whole, including essential information from the Libraries Act and Libraries Regulation, and information about your board’s plan of service, policies, bylaws, and budget.
- The roles and responsibilities of individual board members.
All this information can be customized to the needs of your board. PLSB staff will adjust the orientation to meet your needs. Contact us at 780-427-4871 or libraries@gov.ab.ca to request a Board Orientation.
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April 13 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) With recent events highlighting specific issues and challenges around racism in the U.S., libraries have started asking questions about how to transform themselves into anti-racist institutions. In this session, we will focus on anti-racism as action, rather than using the word anti-racist as an identity. Can changing how we define organizational culture in library workplaces be an example of anti-racist action? We will take a critical look at how certain hallmarks of white supremacist culture inform our notions of professionalism and workplace norms. These commonly accepted norms can actually contribute to low morale, the prevalence of microaggressions, retention issues, etc. This session will present specific actions to resist these norms, which libraries can then implement to create more equitable workplaces.
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April 20 | 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT) $39 Linguistic diversity addresses how companies can be inclusive towards employees whose first language is not what is predominantly spoken in the province in which they work. It explores how Canada’s two official languages can promote the values of linguistic inclusion in the workplace. We recommend this to employers with a multilingual and diverse workforce.
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How do library administrators and managers foster a healthy, inclusive work environment so all employees can succeed? Unfortunately, individuals with diverse backgrounds and uniqueness are being subjected to subtle and overt bias in the library workplace due to the divisive climate in which we live. We have each been a part of the process; on either end of the bias whether we know it or not.
In this webinar, presenter Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran will share examples of implicit bias within the library workplace and discuss best practices for addressing and minimizing implicit bias in recruitment, hiring and retention. Attendees will have access to a reference list of articles and videos on implicit bias including ones the presenter has authored and instructions for taking a free implicit bias test.
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RIPL 1:21:48 Public libraries serve increasingly diverse stakeholders, each with unique interests, needs, and strengths. Using the tools from community engagement and culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE), you can help create a welcoming space where community members see their culture, values, and lived experiences reflected in the library programing and collections; and an environment where they are excited to contribute to transparent and collaborative program evaluations.
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52:23 Microaggressions are a variety of words or behaviors that, deliberately or inadvertently, exclude, confuse, hurt, or harm people with marginalized identities. People often do not recognize, understand, or intend the hurt and harm these words create. Participants will increase awareness of these subtle acts that can exclude or devalue the presence and contributions of nonprofit members. Gain strategies to confront microaggressions in positive, supportive ways to change behaviors, create inclusion, and become an ally in the situation.
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Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions.
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April 13 | 10:00am - 11:00am (MT) Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation meant to cause a person to doubt their perception of reality and understanding of a situation. Gaslighting happens frequently in the workplace and is ultimately about exerting power and control over a person. It can be done by a colleague, boss, companion, or anyone in a position of power. This course brings awareness to workplace gaslighting and provides tools to help protect against this form of harassment that can result in demotivating employees or volunteers and disrupting the nonprofit mission.
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April 8 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) $49 US Formal strategic planning usually starts with an overarching mission and vision statement to prioritize long term goals and guide management-level decisions for the workplace. Reverse strategic planning, on the other hand, starts with the grassroots: the reality of what priorities personnel use to make decisions and take action. Formal planning tends to be idealistic; reverse strategic planning tends to be pragmatic: the difference between the “right” way to do things and the “real” way.
Reverse strategic planning is about creating a group snapshot of what members of a team, department, committee, or staff (25 people or less) are doing, based on what they think is important: In the meeting, everyone creates a prioritized list, which is posted and commented upon by the entire group, whose participants make comments in writing. Then each person makes a brief presentation, responding to comments and questions. This helps people understand what co-workers do and how everyone’s work fits together. This snapshot can reveal where a group is regarding current project goals, job descriptions, contracts, strategic plans, and much more. Project management flags, such as project drift, pet projects, and overreach, are revealed. Also, it can provide useful clues about which employees see and understand the big picture and which are “hiding out,” doing their jobs without consideration for how their choices can impact the bigger picture.
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April 14 | 1:00pm - 3:00pm (MT) $155 US Effective communication is what sets great leaders above the rest. As a manager, you need to adapt your style to get the most out of different people while assertively providing direction through effective feedback. This course will help managers and supervisors to communicate effectively to the diverse range of personalities in a workplace.
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April 15 | 8:00am - 11:00am (MT) $119 early rate | $149 regular rate Organizational change efforts stall when leadership forgets to focus on the impact change will have on employees. Managing the “people side” of change is often the most challenging and critical component of organizational transformation. Getting people engaged in the change will greatly enhance the likelihood of new structures and approaches being implemented successfully. This workshop focuses on the development of competencies that will provide a foundation for the “what,” “why,” and “how” of managing people during organizational change.
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April 29 | 8:00am - 3:00pm (MT) $259 early rate | $299 regular rate This is a live virtual event using Zoom, an online meeting platform.
Essential leadership skills and competencies often mean the difference between thriving or failing in a leadership role. To lead effectively, there are some things that leaders must do and know, and not all of them will come naturally. This workshop provides strategies to help leaders increase their abilities to inspire and lead teams effectively. Participants will gain insights about how to best engage others, assess team dynamics, make better decisions, and to improve trust and influence with those they are leading.
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April 7 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) $59 US Though the art of storytelling may seem like something innate, it should be more considered a skill. Like any skill, your storytelling ability can be fostered and grown. In fact, storytelling can be one of the most important tools when sharing the information about your library. If you think about your library assessment, you might often begin drowning in research jargon, numbers, and methodology. When we focus on the little pieces or individual data points, we lose the context frame that resonates with our users. Likewise, the ability to clearly share your story is a cornerstone of marketing and advocating for your library.
This webinar will teach the foundations of storytelling for library assessment, user experience, and marketing. It will share the secrets to effectively shine in the mind of your users, including promoting the user as the protagonist of their own story. You will learn storytelling principles to create a more engaging and user-centered experiences. Crafting stories can invoke empathy and connect to your users while keeping the message consistent and strategic. In times where users are bombarded by information daily, the ability to keep to a constant message and appeal to all users becomes an imperative skill for libraries of all types.
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April 13 | 9:00am - 10:00am (MT) There is an ever-increasing need to connect with patrons virtually and webinars are the perfect solution! This session will examine the best tools and practices of webinar presentations to help you provide a satisfying experience for your patrons. This session is facilitated by Julie Cox, Missouri State Library Outreach and Training Librarian.
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April 13 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) The mental health impacts of the pandemic are taking a toll on our communities, often compounding the physical and emotional effects of trauma experienced by many, including library patrons and staff. With increased understanding of mental health and trauma-informed care, library staff can be better prepared to provide unbiased service to those struggling to find help, information, and support. Join this webinar to learn how libraries can be better prepared to respond using the principles of trauma-informed care, and how Mental Health First Aid can equip staff with the knowledge and confidence to communicate with compassion, even in difficult situations. Learn ways to apply a trauma-informed approach to library services, internal and external policies and practices, and how to build connections with other community providers.
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April 15 | 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT) An overview of CELA service, including collections offered, eligibility, how to order DAISY audio books or other alternative format books for your library, patron registration, and promotional ideas.
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April 20 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) CELA welcomes guest speaker Christine Staley, Executive Director of Dyslexia Canada, who will present a webinar about best practices libraries can develop to support patrons with reading disabilities. Participants will learn more about reading disabilities and the impact on reading and writing, strategies and educational support for children and families, tips for building dyslexia-friendly collections, including decodable books, programming considerations and tips for creating written communications.
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April 21 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Children are exposed to more news at earlier ages through parents and teachers, students and friends, and digital devices. Join Tom Bober, school librarian and 2018 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, to gain an understanding of tweens’ and teens’ news literacy realities. Librarians of all kinds will leave the webinar with a practical set of simple terms, resources, and approaches librarians can support their news literacy growth.
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April 29 | 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT) Engaging patrons and creating awareness around the offerings of the library is one of the biggest challenges facing libraries across the country. The wide range of available library services seem to be a best kept secret and most library patrons, even those who are regular library users and advocates, don’t know all that today’s libraries have to offer or how they can engage with their library. This has been compounded by an ever-changing landscape and constantly evolving information brought on by COVID-19. Fortunately, new tools and tactics are emerging to address this situation and just like any other aspect of your library, attention and planning can yield positive results.
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May 6 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) $49 US One of the most difficult issues for frontline library staff to navigate is the balance between personalized service, which can devolve into special favors for well-liked customers, and even-handed consistency, which can become volumes of rigid rules. The key is to establish guidelines for how you treat all library users, regardless of who they are. The welcome for everyone, services that anyone can use, and common courtesy are standards that you can apply to every library visitor, including strangers, difficult customers, and people who are different from you.
Topics include examples of written standards, the importance of strategic planning and job descriptions that support customer services, and why consistency and civility can solve many customer behavioral issues.
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2:21 Chat support is not supposed to be rote like an ATM transaction. The idea is to insert a personal tone so you can build rapport and even delight customers. In this video, I give you four quick tips to make your chat support unforgettable!
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17:32 You can videoconference badly or you can videoconference like a pro. Peter Kelly tells you how to do the latter.
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April 6 | 11:00am - 12:00pm (MT) Engagement is the key to effective nonprofit videos. In this webinar you’ll learn the science behind creating highly engaging videos, review key findings from the largest study of nonprofit videos ever, and receive practical tips to make your nonprofit’s video more engaging.
Topics we’ll discuss include: - Why video engagement is key and how to measure it
- Which emotions trigger viewers’ impulse to share and comment
- Which social media platforms are the most important for nonprofit video
- Which video content types are most engaging
- How subject lines, descriptions and calls-to-action can increase engagement
- How to use audience testing and seed groups to improve engagement
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April 15 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $65 US Libraries and museums around the world are discovering that they can create podcasts that showcase their own special stories and collections to drive interest, engagement, and support in their local communities while also reaching new patrons.
Join presenter Heather Teysko as you learn the basic steps to creating a podcast. She will explore the many ways in which you can use podcasts to increase engagement in your community as well as examine best practices of existing library shows, all while learning how to avoid common missteps along the way.
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April 22 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $65 US A lot of existing web content and design is based on past convention, anecdotes, and a misguided understanding of what constitutes best practice. In this workshop, web design expert Laura Solomon will give you a tour of some beliefs that many people still have about usability and do some “mythbusting.” You’ll learn why some outdated web practices still persist and why they’re a problem. You’ll learn concrete steps you and your colleagues can take to improve your library’s website from both a content and usability standpoint.
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April 27 | 9:00am - 10:00am (MT) Have you been tasked with marketing library events or services without ever having a course that taught you how? If so, you're an "accidental marketer," and you're not alone! This webinar will give you a solid foundation in the tenets of library marketing, covering definitions, strategies, reasoning, and the steps in the Cycle of True Marketing. This session is presented by Kathy Dempsey, author of The Accidental Library Marketer.
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4:53 Want social media writing techniques? I'll show you 5 tips for writing social media posts. Some are common sense, and others are from years of experience from writing posts for numerous brands in different industries. Writing for social media is its own art. In some ways it can be even easier than traditional writing, thanks to the casual nature of social media.
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Episode 83 5:02 I'm starting a new segment! On the last Wednesday of every month, I'll be updating you on three headlines related to social media that pertain to library marketing.
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5:35 Want more exposure on TikTok? Wondering how to get your TikTok videos onto the For You page? Video expert Matt Johnston shares how to optimize your videos to achieve mass organic exposure on TikTok.
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April 7 | 8:00am - 9:00am (MT) This last year has been a challenge and we sometimes have found ourselves critical of others or ourselves, angry at what is happening, or exhausted from all that we see we have to do or have not gotten done. Learn some skills and techniques of compassion resilience, for others as well as for ourselves as we learn how to connect to others, even if they are different, listen without breaking our boundaries or values, and giving ourselves the grace to be who we are.
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April 28 | 8:00am - 9:00am (MT) Mindfulness and self-care are well-intentioned buzz terms, but, how often do we really have the time or extra energy to follow through with them? Now more than ever, keeping your emotional well-being afloat can mean the difference between surviving and thriving, and not just at work. Drawing from various sources and personal experiences, including both successes and failures, discover how one hot-headed and persnickety librarian found a slice of inner peace (and can even sleep at night). Ideas and examples for self-care and stress management will be given. Handouts will include an extensive bibliography. This session asks tough questions and addresses the stress in our lives; however, it is not intended to replace professional care and/or advice.
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May 10 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) The use of humor and playfulness can boost our personal and relationship resilience. Discover some simple tools to lighten up your attitude and your workplace environment.
Don’t miss tip on how to: - Celebrate Strengths
- Gently Self Deprecate
- Use Two Easy Lighteners
- Flip Workplace Stress
- Create Surprises
- Inject Joy
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51:45 The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping our lives in a way that has great potential to impact our mental health. Key changes include heightened anxiety in our local community and the world; social and physical disconnection from others; and the ever-present threat of an unfolding unknown. These factors can create new mental concerns, or exacerbate existing ones, such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and our patterns of coping. This webinar will explore key factors for understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Viewers will receive concrete guidance for building resilience and staying emotionally and mentally healthy during this stressful time, including insights for supporting children.
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Well-Being in the Workplace LinkedIn Learning *subscription required (available to all Marigold Member Library cardholders) When we're laser focused on productivity and achieving new milestones in our career, it can be easy to brush aside feelings of unhappiness. But our mental health matters. In this course, join Lianne Weaver, the founder and director of Beam Holistic Therapy and Beam Development & Training Ltd., as she shares practical techniques for alleviating anxiety, worry, stress, and other common mental health issues. Lianne discusses what causes worry and how can you reduce its effects, how to avoid burnout, how to increase happiness and gratitude to battle negative thoughts, and more. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll be ready to take steps towards feeling happier and healthier at work.
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April 9 | 9:00am - 10:00am (MT) Are you struggling to engage with the 2-4 year-olds in your library? This webinar is designed for practitioners who would like to build a stronger foundation in serving toddlers. Presenter Brooke Newberry discusses developmental milestones, optimal formats, and content for library programming aimed at your most energetic patrons.
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April 21 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) Just as storytimes are integral to children’s programming, book clubs are a staple of library programming for adults. Yet while building storytimes that are inclusive of everyone’s needs are a routine part of our training, there seems to be less information available on creating book clubs that are welcoming and beneficial to neurodivergent adults. “Aging out” of school and youth programming can leave a gap in the social lives of neurodivergent adults. Fortunately, libraries are in a prime position to fill this gap.
In this webinar, we’ll explore not only how to start a book club for neurodivergent adults, but also how to recruit participants and build community and library support for these programs. We’ll discuss what it means to be neurodivergent and discuss real-life examples of challenges and successes you may encounter.
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April 28 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm (MT) Drayton Valley Library does not run traditional book clubs for tweens and teens. Instead of focusing on WHAT to read, our youth book club focuses on the LOVE of reading and encourages kids to participate in whatever works best for them - whether a book talk, participation in contests or playing book-related games. Drayton Valley Youth Book Clubs encourage youth to use their local public library as a resource and to think of the public library as a FUN place to be.
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April 20 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Are you tasked with increasing program attendance and reaching a wider audience? Digital platforms can help. In this session you will learn how to use digital platforms to host programs, promote your events and analyze your results.
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Episode 87 5:31 In this episode, I'll answer a question from Jennifer from Lexington County Public Libraries. "Keeping in mind fair use guidelines, would it be better to post our virtual pre-recorded story times to our Facebook story rather than to our timeline. My understanding is that stories only appear for 24 hours and can be tailored somehow to only reach certain audiences. Do you have any suggestions?"
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Going Virtual: Programs and Insights from a Time of Crisis by Sarah OstmanThe creative programs shared in this book vividly demonstrate the ways in which library programming can make communities stronger and more resilient by creating lifelong learners, fostering conversation, and forging connections.
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April 21 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Do you have a go-to strategy for helping readers with gentle reads? Whether your readers are fans of likeable ensemble casts or heartwarming stories about characters coming home again — let NoveList and LibraryReads break down the best gentle fiction has to offer your readers — from tests of faith to life in small towns.
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April 29 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) The year 2020 may not have gone the way anyone planned, but the one thing last year definitely has taught us is that no matter how much libraries had tried to promote themselves as "more than books," when things were turned upside down, patrons still looked to public libraries, first and foremost, to help them identify a good read.
Library workers around the country took the challenges thrown at them and figured out a way to keep readers advisory service going through a pandemic, without their physical spaces, and in some cases, made huge improvements along the way. Join international readers advisory expert Becky Spratford as she walks you through her 10 Rules of Basic RA Service, completely updated with lessons learned from our COVID-19 experience, explaining how every member of your staff can get involved providing this vital service to readers.
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Join Booklist and Penguin Young Readers for this free, hour-long discussion on new and old books for young readers (grades K–12) featuring strong, inspiring women. This webinar will also feature a panel discussion between Olivia Abtahi, author of Perfectly Parvin; Shelly Anand, author of Laxmi's Mooch; Tyler Feder, author & illustrator of Bodies Are Cool; and Lisa Fipps, author of Starfish. This panel will be moderated by Booklist editor Maggie Reagan.
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Learning Zoom LinkedIn Learning *subscription required (available to all Marigold Member Library cardholders) Collaborate more seamlessly using Zoom, the popular video conferencing tool. In this course, staff instructor Garrick Chow shows how to schedule, moderate, and participate in Zoom meetings. Garrick begins by showing how to set up your Zoom account and adjust audio and video settings. Next, he walks through joining and participating in meetings scheduled by others. Garrick covers how to use a variety of options during meetings such as adjusting views, muting your microphone, turning your video camera on and off, and sharing your screen. Finally, Garrick demonstrates how to host your own Zoom meetings and webinars, from scheduling and adjusting moderator settings to recording meetings.
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Microsoft Teams Essential Training LinkedIn Learning *subscription required (available to all Marigold Member Library cardholders) Discover the core features of Microsoft Teams and see how you can bring together colleagues, create conversations and content, and collaborate more effectively. Author Nick Brazzi walks you through the essentials of using Teams, starting with basic setup, creating new teams, and joining existing teams. Nick covers organizing teams and members and shows how to conduct conversations. He explains how to create scheduled meetings or initiate impromptu meetings inside Teams, and demonstrates file sharing. Finally, Nick walks you through customizing user settings, and explains how to use Teams on mobile devices.
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May 4 - June 14 $200 US Are you looking to move ahead in the library profession or better understand the role of technology within the library? Would you like to increase your understanding and boost your confidence of technology and how it integrates into the library?
Designed as a practical look at technology today, this course will help attendees grow more confident in utilizing hardware and software to deliver users' services and save time and effort in their daily tasks. This interactive 6-week course, which satisfies all of the Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) competency areas for technology, includes: - Common technologies and e-resources in libraries
- How to use technology to succeed
- Cybersecurity, privacy, and other current issues
- How to assist users with technology Innovative technology How to troubleshoot and learn new technologies on your own without being overwhelmed
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April 7 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) Planning and preparing for volunteers can be a lot of work, especially when there isn’t a strategy in place to effectively utilize their work. With a few important tips and tricks, a volunteer program that is worth the return on investment is possible.
In this one-hour webinar, we will touch on the importance of investing in volunteers in the first place. Next, we’ll look at putting together a strategy which includes planning, setting expectations, communicating, building relationships, and training. Finally, we’ll cover how to evaluate staff time so that you will be able to maximize volunteer efficiency at your library.
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April 13 | 7:00am - 8:00am (MT) A virtual volunteer program is one where volunteers work from home on behalf of the Library. Starting or converting an existing volunteer program to a virtual program benefits volunteers, the Library, and the community.
In this one hour workshop, participants will learn how to design a virtual volunteer program from scratch, from goals to benefits, to jobs and evaluation. Leave the workshop ready to start your own virtual volunteer program in whatever size works best for your Library. Whether you design your program for 3 volunteers or 30, a virtual volunteer program can work for any Library.
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April 15 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) New to volunteer management? Looking for a refresher on the basics? This webinar will walk you through the three primary Rs - recruitment, retention and recognition. We'll discuss the most popular program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more. And, we'll talk about the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization. All attendees will also receive a sample packet with examples of program documents and program assessment checklists to help you evaluate your existing program.
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April 29 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Volunteer engagement is changing. What do you need to know about social media as a volunteer program manager? How can you use social media to promote your volunteer opportunities and recruit volunteers? This webinar will offer an introduction to including social media in your volunteer recruitment and retention plans. You'll see examples of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages, as well as blogs that other nonprofits have successfully used to draw attention to their organizations and volunteer opportunities.
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April 6 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) Do you take copious notes during conferences or lectures, either via your laptop or a notebook? Do you want the printout of the slides of that presentation so you can jot thoughts all over them? One of the problems with these behaviors is that we too easily end up taking dictation, not really listening, not really absorbing the important bits that will matter most in our work. Enter sketchnoting! Besides making your notes way more fun to review, sketchnoting requires that you capture only the salient points, the stuff that will stick with you. This webinar will introduce some basics to help you get started taking visual notes so that you can begin to get more out of lectures, presentations, talks, and even meetings! And it’s not about having to be able to draw well, either. Whether you can draw a stick figure or a paint a Picasso, you can learn to take notes in a way that builds better recall and better concentration. Anyone can sketchnote!
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April 13 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Bad supervisors can make or break your job satisfaction. Whether a micromanager, an authoritarian, or simply missing in action, bad bosses can ruin not only your day but your career, too. How do you actually manage a bad boss?
Join GovLoop and NextGen for an interactive discussion to learn best practices and insights on how to manage up effectively and when to leave a bad work environment.
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April 26 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm (MT) $35 US Effective library signage can bring new patrons into the library and assist patrons in finding the information they need. Often, however, library signage is unclear, cluttered, and ineffective. In this course we will show examples of effective library signage. We will evaluate the wording and appearance of library signs, contrasting signage that works from signage that confuses.
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April 27 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) We’re hearing a lot about introverts these days – some of it’s positive, some not so much. There are statistics floating around saying that about 25% - 35% of the general population are introverts…which means that a vast majority of people are extroverts. However, some informal studies show that as many as 70% of those working in the library field are introverts. That’s not really surprising, is it? Introverts tend to like quiet – and although it’s true that libraries aren’t quite as quiet as they once were, many are still more quiet than other workplaces.
There are many myths surrounding the idea of being an introvert – they’re shy, don’t like to go out in public, don’t like talking to people – lots of things that simply aren’t true for most introverts. These myths, however, can create negative feelings from others. Myths also exist for extroverts – they’re loud, brash, “never met a stranger”-type people. Some are…some aren’t. This 90-minute webinar is intended to help you really understand introverts and extroverts, as well as appreciate all the positive attributes they bring to your work environment.
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April 27 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) Transforming physical spaces and library programs into active learning hubs is a powerful opportunity to strengthen the library’s connection to the community. Through WebJunction’s Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project, a range of free resources and tools—built from the project’s four years of real-life successes—are now available for libraries of all sizes to transform their spaces. In this webinar, we’ll share examples of design thinking and collaboration with the community, and the positive outcomes achieved, even through the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gail Bruce, director of Laurel Public Library (DE), will describe the arc of discovering community needs and realizing multiple projects to meet those needs at her library. You’ll also be introduced to the Toolkit to Create Smart Spaces community collaborations for active learning.
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1:08:26 Library Space: A Planning Resource for Librarians is a planning tool for library space design by Sasaki and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. This tour of the resource was recorded on December 10, 2020 by Lauren Stara, Lan Ying Ip, and Andrea Bunker.
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1:00:27 Through mixed methods research, the Rural Library Service & Social Wellbeing project found that a) public libraries are a component of social wellbeing outcomes in rural communities, and b) there are ways libraries provide service that influence outcomes. In this webinar you’ll hear about the design and outcomes of our research, the Evidence-Based No Rules Tools under development, and how qualitative data coding made it all possible.
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May 5 - 19 $199 US early rate | $269 US standard rate In March 2020, libraries across the country had to quickly shut down buildings and services as a public safety precaution. While some have re-opened to limited offerings, many are looking to what’s next. As public spaces, libraries must continue to adapt to new futures that prioritize safe interaction and well-being.
This new design workshop and guest speaker program from Library Journal and School Library Journal explores how to create library spaces with flexibility in mind for today’s needs and tomorrow’s opportunities in a post-Covid era. Experts will discuss the short- and long-term modifications libraries can make in their spaces to support community needs, from changes in furniture choice and layout to how meeting rooms, outdoor spaces, and creation spaces are designed and used. Join us to learn ways to reimagine your spaces so that they can be quickly adapted to meet the current and future needs or your library and patrons.
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Join Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal for a free, day-long virtual book and author festival as we celebrate National Library Week and librarians everywhere! Enjoy a day packed with author panels and interviews, book buzzes, virtual shelf browsing, and adding to your TBR pile.
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7:00am - 4:00pm (MT) For more than two decades, Library Journal’s Day of Dialog has been the most anticipated librarian-only gathering of the year. Now it’s gone digital and is free to attend! The next all-day event is scheduled for May 6 and will feature a close-up look at the biggest forthcoming books for summer/fall 2021.
Once again, you’ll hear from top authors in genre fiction, literary fiction, and nonfiction and learn about the latest titles and trends. And you still get to dialog by visiting virtual booths, talking with authors, and networking with colleagues.
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$100 for BCLA members / $200 for non-members (early bird registration open until April 5) This year's BC Library Conference focuses on reflection, rejuvenation, and recommitment to the work and values that define libraries. It's an opportunity for us to examine the themes that have been at the heart of library evolution over the past years: Libraries and Anti-Racism, Mental Wellness and Library Staff, Indigenization and Libraries, Library Values (Intellectual Freedom, Privacy and EDI), Libraries Inside and Out (Climate Crisis, Public Space), Libraries and Children’s Services: Visiting and Revisiting BC Summer Reading Club. While COVID 19 may have interrupted some of our thinking and actions, it's now time to connect the issues and values of past years with our thinking and planning for the future. Please join us for an incredible line-up of speakers and presenters.
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$60 full conference or $12 per day selected We would like to invite everyone to our first virtual conference! The Association began planning our conference to travel to Sudbury but, due to the current pandemic and out of an abundance of caution, the decision was made to move our conference online. Although we cannot be there together physically, we are still going to take you there to experience the Sudbury community in a virtual way. In times of a pandemic, isolation, and uncertainty, Virtual North aims to explore how our rapidly evolving virtual lives connects us and bring us closer together, no matter where we are in the province. Join us on an exciting adventure to travel to a Northern Ontario community, virtually.
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The Marigold Library System Conference (previously called Marigold Member Libraries' Workshop) is an annual one day conference providing learning sessions on relevant topics to library staff and board members in Marigold and beyond.
The theme for this year's conference is Make it Matter, Make it Happen! What motivates you? What makes you optimistic and fills you with a sense of meaning? When you choose to make something matter to you, you will be determined to make it happen. Take positive initiative and make it matter, make it happen.
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$75 US The International Public Library Fundraising Conference (IPLFC) is for public library development professionals. It’s a fantastic opportunity to get together to explore common areas of interest, network with others who successfully raise money for their libraries, and hear from other fundraising experts.
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June 17 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, librarians have been faced with all manner of challenges as they have worked to bring their service, resources, and events into the virtual realm. Unsurprisingly, librarians have not only met this challenge but thrived in bringing new dynamic digital content, engaging virtual programming and instructional events, and exciting online such as virtual book clubs, gaming tournaments, and even makerspace activities to their patrons. Please join us as we discuss the ways librarians have adapted and evolved their service offerings for a post COVID world.
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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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