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Professional Development Resources for Library Staff & Board Members October 2018
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$20 In today’s workplace knowing how to manage change is crucial. Leaders need both the knowledge and the strategies to lead their teams successfully through change. In this webinar participants will explore the causes of change failure, review the 3 stages of change, and consider their role in moving those they lead through change successfully. This webinar provides a practical approach to managing the people side of change.
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Right now, take a few seconds to contemplate how your life would change if you could just get through to the resistant people you work with. The people who don’t want to adapt to change, who are defensive when you offer suggestions or feedback and who only seem to focus on the negative of every situation. View this webinar to find out how you can leverage proven techniques to transform these frustrating scenarios into productive outcomes.
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October 11, 2018 | 11:00am - 12:30pm (MT) OR October 17, 2018 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm (MT) $87 US Too often, we publish annual reports that are too long, too full of data people don’t want or need, and not focused enough on how giving impacts mission or people and communities served. Donors, volunteers, grant makers, and other key stakeholders want to know the results of your work, but they also want to know that their investments make meaningful change in real people’s lives. During this webinar, we will show you how to craft an annual report that will inspire and engage your donors.
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How much time, effort, and money spent on meetings gets wasted in your organization? If you wouldn't consider these meetings "masterful," chances are, this is a costly waste of resources. Calculating the return on investment (ROI) for business initiatives is critical to measuring success. The problem is, most professionals don't realize this applies to meetings, let alone know where to even begin to measure ROI for these meetings. It's time to learn from the masters.
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*subscription required What do great companies have in common? They have a customer-centric culture that makes employees obsessed with the customer experience. Discover how to get your team excited about customer service, with these practical tips from expert Jeff Toister.
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Did you know that Bill 17, the Fair and Family-Friendly Workplaces Act makes sweeping changes to workers’ and employers’ rights and responsibilities? Did you know that most of these changes will come into effect January 1, 2018?
This free webinar, hosted by Alison Adam and Alexander MacDonald, practitioners in McLennan Ross’ Labour & Employment Practice Group, will explain the changes to: - Job-protected leaves
- Overtime
- Rest periods
- Compressed work weeks
- Deductions
- Holiday pay
- And more
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This information session explains Employment Standards rules for General Holidays, General Holiday Pay, Vacations, and Vacation Pay that came into effect on January 1, 2018.
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This information session provides a general overview of the changes to Employment Standards that came into effect January 1, 2018.
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October 24, 2018 | 11:00am - 12:30pm (MT) OR October 30, 2018 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm (MT) $87 US Writing grants is not just about the words you use, or the statistics you utilize. It is is a complicated combination of factors to engage your grantmakers so that they say “Yes!” and you win the grant award for your organization. Presenter, Diane H. Leonard, has secured more than $48.6 million in competitive grant awards in the past ten years. In this live, interactive webinar you will learn how to create compelling grant application elements that tell a story so YOU can secure grants for your organization too. We will focus on how to use the common key elements to create a competitive grant application that tells a story which engages the grant reviewer and clearly outlines how you will use the requested grant funds to achieve the stated goals and objectives. We will look at individual samples of previous applications and discuss how to strengthen them in order to be more competitive and more successful in securing grant awards. We will walk through the critical elements for cover letters/emails, need statements, project descriptions, work plans and logic models, and budget to help get you started on writing a grant that wins!
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Let the story do the work : the art of storytelling for business success by Esther K. ChoyIt sounds so simple: Incorporate a story and people will remember your message. But when you get down to crafting one, there's nothing easy about it. Material for stories surrounds us. Yet few people are skilled at sharing personal anecdotes and even fewer know how to link them to professional goals. Whether you want to stand out in the interview process, add punch to a presentation, or make a compelling case for a new initiative, Let the Story Do the Work shows you how to mine your experience for simple narratives that convey who you are, what you want to achieve, and why others should care.
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How to tell a really good story about absolutely anything in 4 easy steps
by Jim Jackson
You want to get your spouse to stop leaving his socks on the floor, and nagging isn't working. You want to get your staff to start using the new expense form, but the memo was ignored. How do you get to where you need to be? This handbook is a roadmap to getting your message across in an increasingly noisy and cluttered world. It guides you along the 4 easy steps that make your message memorable and meaningful by harnessing it to the power of the story.
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October 16, 2018 | 10:00am - 11:00am (MT) “Time management” is an oxymoron. You can’t change it, or lengthen it, or shorten it, or ‘manage’ it. This session will help you identify ways to deal with the things you can manage: yourself, others, and the tasks with which you’re confronted.
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Want to know how you can make a good presentation even better? Have you ever wished you could be a more confident presenter? Ever found yourself delivering a presentation remotely and wondering how people on the other end of the line are responding?
Strong presentation skills can make a huge difference in your professional life. Learning how to articulate your message and deliver it confidently can improve your credibility, ability to influence and will ultimately help you get the outcomes you want. Whether you’ve been called on to share information, build awareness or pitch an idea - preparation and practice is essential to your success as a presenter. Taking the time to identify who you’re presenting to will help you determine how to best connect with their needs. This is a key strategy to help you not only calm your own nerves around presenting – it will deliver better results. Join us for this FREE webinar to learn 5 essential strategies that of successful presenters and unlock your potential to deliver with confidence and credibility.
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$20 Without attention to the critical importance of communication skills in customer service, organizations of all types will inevitably struggle to thrive. Alternatively, when people focus on communicating for comfort and confidence, they will foster positive relationships with clients and customers that build loyalty and satisfaction. This webinar focuses on enhancing verbal and non-verbal communication skills within a client relationship. In addition, participants will learn how to handle objections in a way that builds client confidence.
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Having trouble getting that first library job? Unable to move up? Do you keep getting interviewed but don’t land the job? This presentation will not only share the most commonly seen interview mistakes, but give insights on how to avoid them. The patterns discussed come from our combined public library interview panel experience, along with input received from 65 hiring managers from public libraries.
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► Online Courses/Tutorials
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*subscription required In any organization, communicating with directness is vital to success. But to build a truly healthy culture, directness must go hand-in-hand with compassion. When you combine these qualities, the result is truly powerful, creating a culture of increased clarity and productivity that also values and respects people's essential humanity. In this course, Arianna Huffington and Joey Hubbard discuss the art of effective, compassionate communication, giving you tools and strategies to be a more honest, kind, and director communicator.
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November 8, 2018 | 10:00am - 11:00am (MT) $45 for members / $55 for non-members Research of family habits indicates that the vast majority of white families rarely, if ever, talk about race at home. At the same time, many library patrons from minority groups observe and report that there are few books for children that are culturally relevant and reflective of their lives. St. Louis County Library initiated a partnership with a local organization that aimed at addressing both of these deficits. Learn how the collaboration between a non-profit and the public library evolved and the results of this collaboration.
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Discover who Generation Y is and how to talk to them about your OverDrive collection.
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October 30, 2018 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm (MT) Hosting a book tasting might be the answer you need to increase engagement with your collection, collaborate with another local librarian, or answer a research question. Book tasting events engage users in a curated collection using a 30-60-minute restaurant themed event. In this webinar, presenter Angela Maxwell will share examples of multiple book tasting events targeted at a teen audience. Attendees will have access to templates, as well as free online tools to implement their own book tasting event.
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October 23, 2018 | 9:00am - 10:00am (MT) What can you do in your library to increase physical activity in your community? 36 public libraries across Indiana already get their communities moving with everything from Tai Chi in the Park (Adams Public Library System) to Yoga Storytime (Putnam County Public Library) being offered regularly throughout the state. And there are other ways to get people moving beyond having programs like these. The Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library checks out pickleball sets and at least eight Indiana libraries regularly do StoryWalk programs at local parks. Attend this webinar to learn how, no matter your size or budget, you can do something to support physical activity. Using examples from Indiana libraries, and from around the world, this webinar will provide you with proven strategies you can use to develop new programs, services, and spaces at your library.
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Activity stations can add variety and interest to storytime. They can expand a story, theme, or concept. Many activities are designed to develop gross or fine motor skills, others focus in on pre-literacy or early math concepts.
In this interactive webinar program, Jill Burket Ragase will skip the crafts versus activities war give you a variety of tools that you will be able to use to: - Select activities that will engage a wide-age range of children and their parents.
- Incorporate highly appealing books, activities and movement as that work for group participation.
- Recommend specific station activities that have proven successful.
- Strategies to execute stations in spaces small or large on a variety of budgets.
- Tips to manage the transition to activity stations full time and/or how to incorporate aspects of stations into regular programming
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Coding is a natural fit for today’s tech-savvy youth and school STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs. In this free, hour-long webinar, representatives from DK, Lerner Publishing Group, and Rosen Publishing Group—as well as Sharon Rawlins, Youth Services Specialist at the New Jersey State Library—will present books for younger and middle-grade readers that teach the ins and outs of coding—and help catapult students’ ideas into action. Julia Smith, Booklist associate editor, Books for Youth, will moderate.
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Pop Culture-Inspired Programs for Tweens, Teens, and Adults by Amy J. AlessioLet's have a Pac-Man Party! Or perhaps you'd rather make your own lava lamp or love beads, or just chow down on some nifty '50s snacks? The newest book from this unbeatable team of best-selling authors trawls the decades for a super, fabulous, groovy, awesome, and totally rad assortment of programs for patrons of all ages. Complete with programming best practices, age ranges and suggested variations for multigenerational or family events, planning lists, budgeting guidance, and marketing advice, this book will engage your library's users through Toy-centric events.
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Steam Play & Learn by Ana DziengelPreschoolers will love tackling these 20 fun, easy-to-follow step-by-step projects as they learn about STEAM topics (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math). Each project features simple instructions and large, full-color photos, to make each one enjoyable and fun for both kids and parents.
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October 17, 2018 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm (MT) Join the OverDrive Training team for this live webcast on OverDrive help and other support resources.
In this scenario-based session, we’ll share best practices for helping new and existing users of your OverDrive service, and demonstrate how to use: - OverDrive Help
- Libby Help
- OverDrive Resource Center
- OverDrive Marketplace
This session will benefit all library staff who support OverDrive digital library patrons.
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November 1, 2018 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm (MT) $70 US Join Jason Griffey for a survey of the current state of consumer and emerging technology that libraries and librarians can use. Prepare for coming services, raise your awareness of technology trends and issues, and get a head start on strategies for the next 5 years of technology change. Discussion will be focused on how technology like Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and decentralization will drive new and interesting services for your patrons and how to think about investments to prepare your library for the future.
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Learn why Libby is the way to access your digital library. This session will cover: How easy it is to get started with Libby Tips for encouraging existing users to make the switch Where to find resources for promoting Libby
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October 11, 2018 | 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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October 25, 2018 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm (MT) OR October 30, 2018 | 11:00am - 12:30pm (MT) $69 US During this 90-minute, live, interactive workshop, you will get all of the tools and step-by-step instructions to become an awesome and impactful nonprofit Board member.
As a long-time nonprofit expert, Robin Cabral understands the importance of Board governance to the overall effectiveness of an organization, including fund development. During the live webinar, Robin will teach you the same tactics and techniques that she has used to help transform nonprofit boards over the last 25 years: - How to Effectively Govern as a Board Member
- How to Perform as a Board Member
- How Boards Work and Your Role
- How Board Meetings Are Effective and Your Role
- How to Get Engaged and Involved in Fund Development
- How to Work in Partnership with Staff
- How to Ensure That You Are Doing Your Best Job As a Board Member
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$20 Board governance done poorly creates significant frustration for members and can lead to organizational dysfunction. When run well, boards contribute to the vibrancy and success of the organization they govern. This webinar will enhance the effectiveness of your Board of Directors by building clarity and understanding about the roles and responsibilities of the board, the relationship and authority between staff and board, and the specific, supportive duties of individual board members. Viewers will learn tools for effective board meetings and decision making. They will also come away with a deeper understanding of the policy, procedure and processes essential to a well-functioning board.
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October 13, 2018 | Taber, AB OR October 27, 2018 | Wainwright, AB This workshop is open to all library trustees, library managers and library system staff. It is designed to help participants support effective public library service in their communities and regions.
In particular, participants will understand: - Libraries Act and Regulations and other pertinent legislation.
- The Alberta public library network.
- Library board roles, responsibilities and relationships.
- Other important issues such as finances and effectiveness.
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Before You Say Yes ... : A Guide to the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Volunteer Boards by Doreen PendgracsDoreen Pendgracs has sat on various boards of directors for the past twenty-five years. During that time, she has gleaned valuable information that she shares in an easy-to-understand, conversational style for novices and seasoned members alike. Whether you're asked to sit on a trade union board, a non-profit board for a community group or church, a business-focused board of an association or chamber of commerce, or the board of a charitable organization, Before You Say Yes ... gives you the inside scoop on what questions to ask and what you need to do before you take the plunge.
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Library Marketing and Communications Conference 2018 November 14 - 15, 2018 St. Louis, MO click here for registration rates LMCC, the only event of its type for this library specialty, is designed for library employees of any level who are involved in marketing, communications, public relations, social media, and outreach in academic, public, and special libraries. Conference sessions will explore issues that are important for this niche of library work, and the event will include time for attendees to network and to discuss mutual challenges.
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Seattle, WA click here for registration rates The American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest library association in the world, holds the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in January. The conference draws more than 10,000 leaders and staff, educators, writers, publishers, Friends of libraries, trustees, special guests and exhibitors from the library and information industry for some 2,400 meetings, programs, discussion groups, events, in-depth conversations and exhibits, united by the theme “The conversation starts here..”
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Toronto, ON click here for registration rates The Ontario Library Association is Canada’s largest library organization and OLA’s Super Conference is Canada’s largest continuing education event in librarianship. Within the Super Conference event is the country’s largest library tradeshow. The program is a tribute to the ability of OLA members to balance the cutting edge and the practical in a way that can satisfy an increasingly diverse number of member interests and needs.
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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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