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Happy learning! – Jo Flick, CE Coordinator, Montana State Library
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A virtual half-day celebration of the impact libraries have on the aspirations of young people and a recognition of libraries’ contribution to cradle-to-career outcomes, especially for students in rural communities. The Summit will explore how libraries can support cradle-to-career solutions, combat food insecurities, leverage collective impact, and grow their impact on third-grade reading. Sessions will feature opportunities to engage in conversations about rural communities’ health and well-being and address community disparities.
CSLP National Summer Programming Symposium (Collaborative Summer Library Program)
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is hosting its first ever Summer Symposium on December 2, and you’re invited (and it’s free!)! This national virtual event will provide great speakers and learning opportunities on a variety of topics.
Inclusive Entrepreneurship (North Carolina Library Association)
A workshop on how librarians support entrepreneurship as a pathway to economic justice, empowerment, and a counter to systemic racism. The scope of the workshop includes: (1) Understanding and overcoming systemic barriers and challenges; (2) Engaging with BIPOC entrepreneurs and/or historically-excluded entrepreneurs (for-profit and nonprofit) in our communities and campuses. The format for the workshop will include keynotes, a panel discussion, lightning rounds, and a lightly-moderated open discussion.
Penguin Random House Winter Book & Author Festival (School Library Journal)
Join Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal on December 9 for our second free, day-long virtual book and author festival as we celebrate librarians everywhere! Enjoy a day packed with author panels and interviews, book buzzes, virtual shelf browsing, and adding to your TBR pile.
A two-day virtual celebration of Latinx KidLit authors, illustrators, and books for all students, educators, and book lovers everywhere. Will include panels, craft sessions, and illustrator draw-offs with your favorite Latinx authors and illustrators of picture books, middle grade, young adult, graphic novel, comic books, and poetry.
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
How to Hug a Porcupine: Relationship Building with Lawmakers and Why It’s Important (ALA eLearning)
Building relationships with elected officials can sometimes be difficult and uncomfortable. It forces you and your key stakeholders to get close to politicians in ways that may feel “prickly” – like hugging a porcupine. This program will help participants overcome that discomfort, revealing the methods and benefits for building relationships with elected officials. (Free login required.)
Outreach Series: Foundations of Outreach (Colorado State Library)
Learn what Outreach is, why it is important, and how to do it. You will learn about how to make your Outreach efforts successful through setting goals and priorities, evaluating services, and using that information to advocate for continued support from stakeholders. (Part 1 of an 8-session series.)
Rekindling from Burnout: Lessons and Strategies for Public Library Workers (Infopeople)
Library workers provide support for patrons in distress on a regular basis. A hard and busy day might leave us depleted. Though we feel the effects of secondary trauma, we may not have the tools to describe and process the experience, leading to our own emotional distress. Without a practice of self-care and a network of support and solidarity, the stress of service work can evolve into guilt, cynicism, numbness, chronic exhaustion, and diminished creativity–legitimate responses that contribute to burnout.
Genealogy Series: Finding Genealogy Resources and Tools on Archives.gov (U.S. National Archives)
This presentation provides an overview of what’s available for genealogists on the archives.gov website, and demonstrate how to navigate to its many resources and tools, including the National Archives Catalog, the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) system, the Microfilm Catalog, topic pages, articles, reports, and blogs. We’ll explore the Genealogy portal page, and also see how the website is organized, which will enable you to do even more expansive searches for information.
ADVOCACY
How to Hug a Porcupine: Relationship Building with Lawmakers and Why It’s Important (ALA eLearning)
Dec 1: Tips and Tricks from an Accidental Advocate (Niche Academy)
CAREERS
Dec 6: Other Duties As Assigned: Plunger Provided (Nebraska Library Commission)
Dec 7: Setting Your 2022 Career Goals (GovLoop)
Dec 8: Suffering Is Optional, but Not Required: Promotion and Tenure in Technical Services (Georgia Library Association)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Dec 2: Series Kickoff with Albert Whitman (Booklist)
Dec 8: NCompass Live: Best New Children’s Books of 2021: Super Librarians Continue on with Youth Services! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Dec 8: Classroom Reading to Engage the Heart and Mind (Mackin)
Dec 14: New Tools of the Trade (Connecting to Collections Care)
COMMUNICATION
Dec 3: Social Media 101 for Nonprofits (Firespring)
Dec 8: Instagram Basics for Libraries (Niche Academy)
Dec 14: Convert Supporters with Powerful Landing Pages (Firespring)
Dec 20: What is Your Audience Thinking? Listening Methods to Gain Support for Your Mission (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Dec 7: From Theory to Practice: How to Make Open Access Content Work for Public Libraries (Library Journal)
DATABASES & E-RESOURCES
Dec 9: NoveList Plus Overview (EBSCO)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Rekindling from Burnout: Lessons and Strategies for Public Library Workers (Infopeople)
Dec 9: Approaching Patrons Who Have Experienced Trauma (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Dec 14: Grow Your Impact and Reach: Embrace Standards of Excellence (Candid Learning)
Dec 15: NCompass Live: Libraries Build Pathways to Wellbeing (Nebraska Library Commission)
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
Dec 1: Tips to Identify Bias in Nonprofit Programs (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Dec 2: Info2Go! Developing Welcoming Spaces & Programs for LGBTQ+ Youth (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Dec 7: First Tuesdays Discussion on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Washington State Library)
Dec 7: Working Towards Positive Educational Outcomes: Mental Health and Special Education (PACER Center)
Dec 9: Approaching Patrons Who Have Experienced Trauma (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
FUNDRAISING
Dec 1: Easy (but Powerful!) Donor Stewardship Strategies that Drive Donations (Network for Good)
Dec 1: 5 Steps to Run Better, Grow Stronger, & Raise More Money (Nonprofit Hub)
Dec 2: Start Your 2022 Grant Strategy Off Right! (CharityHowTo)
Dec 2: Raising More Money By Asking (and Answering) Better Questions (Bloomerang)
Dec 9: 3 Steps to Closing $10K+ Gifts by December 31 (Bloomerang)
Dec 15: Planning for a Successful Capital Campaign in 2022 (Nonprofit Hub)
Dec 16: How to Keep All Those Donors You Worked So Hard to Get (Productive Fundraising)
LIBRARY SPACES
Dec 1: Rejuvenate Preschool Environments on a Budget: Tips, Ideas & Resources (Early Childhood Investigations)
MANAGEMENT
Dec 6: Other Duties As Assigned: Plunger Provided (Nebraska Library Commission)
Dec 9: The Myth of the Work/Life Balance for Small Library Directors (WebJunction)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Outreach Series: Foundations of Outreach (Colorado State Library)
Dec 1: All Our Voices: Conversations About Health & Wellness in Your Library with StoryCorps and NNLM (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Dec 8: Understand Your Library’s Community Better with Census Data (Public Library Association)
Dec 8: Libraries and Eviction: Continuing the Conversation (WebJunction)
Dec 8: Telehealth in Libraries: The Future of Healthcare (InfoPeople)
Dec 15: NCompass Live: Libraries Build Pathways to Wellbeing (Nebraska Library Commission)
PROGRAMMING
Dec 2: Info2Go! Developing Welcoming Spaces & Programs for LGBTQ+ Youth (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Dec 8: Connecting Climate Change, Mosquitoes, and Community Health (Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 3)
Dec 14: Nationwide Steve Sheinkin Fallout Author Visit and Codebreaking Workshop (School Library Journal)
Dec 18: Tech for Teens Club : Coding Websites (PACER Center)
READERS’ ADVISORY
Dec 2: Series Kickoff with Albert Whitman (Booklist)
Dec 8: NCompass Live: Best New Children’s Books of 2021: Super Librarians Continue on with Youth Services! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Dec 8: Classroom Reading to Engage the Heart and Mind (Mackin)
Dec 9: NoveList Plus Overview (NoveList Plus Overview)
REFERENCE
Genealogy Series: Finding Genealogy Resources and Tools on Archives.gov (U.S. National Archives)
Dec 1: Are We What We Eat? Government Resources for Nutrition and Healthy Eating (Federal Depository Library Program)
Dec 2: Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations (Law Library of Congress)
Dec 6: Catching Up with PubMed (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Dec 7: Setting the Holiday Table: Government Recipes (Federal Depository Library Program)
Dec 8: Connecting Climate Change, Mosquitoes, and Community Health (Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 3)
Dec 8: Understand Your Library’s Community Better with Census Data (Public Library Association)
Dec 9: Status Update: Upcoming 2020 Census Data Products (U.S. Census Bureau)
Dec 13: American Comics: A History (U.S. National Archives)
Dec 14: Come Fly Away with Us: Exploring the Library of Congress Aeronautics Collections (Library of Congress)
Dec 15: Hidden Gems and How to Find Them on Census.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Dec 2: Series Kickoff with Albert Whitman (Booklist)
Dec 7: Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with the IF/THEN® Collection (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Dec 7: Working Towards Positive Educational Outcomes: Mental Health and Special Education (PACER Center)
Dec 8: NCompass Live: Best New Children’s Books of 2021: Super Librarians Continue on with Youth Services! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Dec 8: Classroom Reading to Engage the Heart and Mind (Mackin)
Dec 18: Tech for Teens Club : Coding Websites (PACER Center)
Dec 29: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
TECHNOLOGY
Dec 8: Instagram Basics for Libraries (Niche Academy)
Dec 15: Cybersecurity & Your Nonprofit: How to Manage your Passwords (CharityHowTo)
Dec 29: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Dec 2: Teaching Today’s Business Students: A Panel Discussion (Library Journal)
Dec 7: Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with the IF/THEN® Collection (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Dec 8: Learn How to Learn Online (InSync Training)
Dec 15: The Bill of Rights Protects You (Grades 6–12) (U.S. National Archives)
Dec 15: Make Your Voice Count: Learning About the First Amendment (Grades K–2) (U.S. National Archives)
Dec 15: The First Amendment: Five Rights in One! (Grades 3–5) (U.S. National Archives)
VOLUNTEERS
Dec 2: The New Volunteer Manager’s Toolkit (VolunteerMatch)
Dec 7: Telling the Story of Volunteer Impact (VolunteerMatch)
Dec 8: Executive Directors Chat (ED Chat): Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers (TechSoup)
Dec 15: Social Media and Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
PROGRAM ABSTRACTS & LOGIN INFORMATION:
Wednesday, Dec 1 (10-11 am)
Tips to Identify Bias in Nonprofit Programs (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
While nonprofits have a mission to serve those with the greatest needs, some organization programs might actually end up excluding the very people it is designed to help. Identifying bias, microaggressions, or other issues primarily on an individual level do not change systemic biases that affect bigger issues. Instead, it is important that nonprofit leaders learn to examine the organizational culture and practices that initially created the bias to bring about necessary change.
Easy (but Powerful!) Donor Stewardship Strategies that Drive Donations (Network for Good)
Building a strong donor program is about showing your donors the love after they’ve given you money so that they stay happily by your side, giving more and larger gifts, year after year. In this webinar, Megan Amundson will walk you through the top reasons donors leave (or stay with) nonprofit organizations. Learn how you can keep more of the donors you’ve already inspired to donate to you to build a stronger fundraising program.
Are We What We Eat? Government Resources for Nutrition and Healthy Eating (Federal Depository Library Program)
This webinar will take a look at information on nutrition for ages newborn to the elderly and consider what food labeling means for you and your eating habits. For your users who speak other languages, we’ll look at some Government nutrition sources in other languages. Come along and find out how healthy your food habits are and how to change them.
Tips and Tricks from an Accidental Advocate (Niche Academy)
Communicating and interacting with elected officials is not something you learn in library school, yet is a fundamental part of the job of many library leaders. Join Larry Neal, director of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library and Policy Corps Fellow for the ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Office to build your advocacy skills and confidence. Learn how to educate decision-makers about the importance of the library to your customers — their constituents — through facts, stories and personal interactions. Remember, if you don’t advocate for your library, who will?
Rejuvenate Preschool Environments on a Budget: Tips, Ideas & Resources (Early Childhood Investigations)
Join experienced early childhood education environment expert and leader, Michelle Pratt to explore environmental design. Michelle will share some quick and easy ways to breathe life into your space without breaking the bank.
5 Steps to Run Better, Grow Stronger, & Raise More Money (Nonprofit Hub)
Nonprofits are harder to run than for-profits (and the pandemic made it even harder!) Having done both, Stephen King knows firsthand the importance of having accurate data and actionable reporting for better decision-making. King shares the step-by-step method, with real stories of how it works from organizations he has helped over the past 35 years.
All Our Voices: Conversations About Health & Wellness in Your Library with StoryCorps and NNLM (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
During this webinar, presenters from StoryCorps & NNLM will introduce new resources developed to support community engagement at your library through storytelling. You’ll learn about free tools to record, share, and preserve health and wellness stories, ways you can offer virtual or in-person programming at your library, and how your community can contribute to a growing collection of health stories through the StoryCorps Archive.
Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations (Law Library of Congress)
Provides participants with information about the notice-and-comment rulemaking process, including the publication and citation of federal regulations as well as exploring how to trace a federal regulation.
Info2Go! Developing Welcoming Spaces & Programs for LGBTQ+ Youth (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Public libraries can make positive differences in the lives of LGBTQ+ youth through safe places, welcoming programs, and inclusive customer service. The Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA) at Meridian Library District was designed to be a welcoming community space for middle school and high school youth of all genders and sexual identities. Bri DeMaree (they/them) and Jenny Liebig (she/her) from the Meridian Library District talk about their experiences facilitating QSA and share resources for providing LGBTQ+ friendly programs and services in public libraries.
The New Volunteer Manager’s Toolkit (VolunteerMatch)
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.
Picture books are a fantastic vehicle to convey complex subjects, using beautiful illustrations and friendly text to engage young readers. Join us to hear about these must-have new releases from Albert Whitman focusing on STEM and financial literacy.
Start Your 2022 Grant Strategy Off Right! (CharityHowTo)
Participating in “Start Your 2022 Grant Seeking Off Right!” will provide you with a strong understanding of your success in 2021 and how to set goals for 2022 that will help expand your grant-seeking strategy and revenue. We will also discuss how to increase the engagement of your colleagues in being part of the grant planning process to further increase your success.
Raising More Money By Asking (and Answering) Better Questions (Bloomerang)
What are your donors thinking? What questions do you need to ask – and anticipate – to find out? How can you use better questions to raise more money? The key to successful fundraising is smarter questions … before, during, and after your interactions with donors. Join Harvey McKinnon and Andy Robinson to learn how.
This session includes practical tips and tools for extending your cause and mission via social media. We cover the basics of using social media for your nonprofit organization and give you handy tips for the “big 3:” Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. You may be surprised to learn that Facebook is less important than you’ve been told and LinkedIn may be more important.
Other Duties As Assigned: Plunger Provided (Nebraska Library Commission)
Every library job description seems to have those four famous words- other duties as assigned- but what exactly are those other duties? Come prepared to laugh, cry, and commiserate with Bailee Hutchinson as she outlines just a handful of the “other duties” she and thousands of other librarians are assigned on a daily basis.
Catching Up with PubMed (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
This webinar will provide attendees with an update on recent changes, improvements and developments with PubMed. Attendees will also have the opportunity to ask questions about PubMed, to be answered by National Library of Medicine staff.
From Theory to Practice: How to Make Open Access Content Work for Public Libraries (Library Journal)
Join Library Journal Editor-in-Chief Meredith Schwartz for an open access (OA) panel with Hilary Prisbylla Director of CLEVNET, Kimberly Mashek, Technical Services Librarian at Waterloo Public Library, and Kelvin Watson, Executive Director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, as they cover all things open access for public libraries!
First Tuesdays Discussion on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Washington State Library)
The library profession at all levels has expressed deep commitments to improving diversity, equity and inclusion- including commitments from ALA, Washington State Library, and the Washington State Office of Equity. To start their journey, they’re hosting a First Tuesdays session with two very important voices in the conversation. Join ALA President Patty Wong, WA State Equity Office Director Dr. Karen Johnson, and WA State Librarian Sara Jones as we discuss how Washington libraries start, the struggles, and their efforts in DEI.
December is an exceptionally busy time of year, both professionally and personally. You have to complete year-end tasks and reporting, all while managing the holidays. But a busy schedule shouldn’t prevent you from planning for your career growth in 2022. Thinking about your career growth can be put on the back burner – but it shouldn’t be. Join us to learn from a government expert about how to prioritize your 2022 career goals and actually make them stick.
Telling the Story of Volunteer Impact (VolunteerMatch)
You want to share the impact volunteers have in your organization and in the community, but often the information you track doesn’t help you tell that story. This webinar will help you move past number of volunteers and number of hours and start telling the real story.
Setting the Holiday Table: Government Recipes (Federal Depository Library Program)
Exploring Government resources through cookies! There is a saying, “there is no subject on which the U.S. Government has not published.” See how you can use a fun topic to explore the resources from an eclectic variety of sources. From ingredients to false claims, we will find cookies in some unexpected places and cover business, law, history, and culture.
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with the IF/THEN® Collection (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Looking for new computer science and engineering activities? The IF/THEN® Collection is a free digital library designed to inspire the next generation of girls to pursue STEM careers and features activities and videos of real women STEM professionals. Join the Million Girl Moonshot and NGCP as we hear from a panel of IF/THEN Ambassadors working in the field of computer science and explore resources in the IF/THEN® Collection to promote computer science and engineering in afterschool programs.
Working Towards Positive Educational Outcomes: Mental Health and Special Education (PACER Center)
This workshop will provide parents and others with information to help prepare for a positive IEP team approach to supporting a child’s mental health needs in school and during distance learning.
Connecting Climate Change, Mosquitoes, and Community Health (Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 3)
Join this fast-paced webinar to learn about the connection between NASA climate change science, citizen science observations, and mosquito-borne disease, including cutting edge research related to machine learning and artificial intelligence. We’ll also present several resources and opportunities relevant to library and health professionals and researchers (scientific data, databases, and scientific publications) and outreach (webinars, reference materials, multimedia, hands-on activities, and more).
NCompass Live: Best New Children’s Books of 2021: Super Librarians Continue on with Youth Services! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Super Sally Snyder and Daring Dana Fontaine will showcase new and exciting children’s and middle grade books to the library community. We will give tips and tricks on how to move your story times online and how to accommodate your patrons.
Executive Directors Chat (ED Chat): Strategies for Recruiting, Training, and Utilizing Volunteers (TechSoup)
Volunteers fill a key role in running organizations, handling day-to-day tasks, and raising funds. Without them, some organizations might not exist. During your year-end campaign, include a strategy to build your volunteer database, train, recruit new volunteers, and then learn some of the best ways to utilize volunteers. Executive directors will share their experiences in training and recruiting and give tips on appreciating volunteers .
Gain an understanding of virtual learning ground rules, define the optimal environment for online learning, and have a positive virtual classroom training experience.
Understand Your Library’s Community Better with Census Data (Public Library Association)
Leveraging Census data can inform program and service development at your library. Data on education, home Internet use, income and poverty status, languages spoken, housing characteristics, and more can help you understand your patrons and reach more. In this free webinar, panelists will discuss how they use Census data to make decisions that better meet the needs and interests of their communities.
Suffering Is Optional, but Not Required: Promotion and Tenure in Technical Services (Georgia Library Association)
For technical services librarians starting out or transitioning to an academic library, promotion and tenure (P&T) can appear daunting, if not insurmountable. Jeff and Jessie will share their experiences navigating this process at institutions with uniquely different requirements. They will share strategies for how to get started as a new technical services librarian, including how to build your teaching, scholarship, and service portfolio for promotion and tenure.
Learn all about the Instagram app, including how to maximize your posts for engagement, best practices for accessibility, how to find inspiration, and how to get into Stories and Reels. Join librarian and web developer Tiffany Breyne for this practical webinar, perfect for beginner users who want to promote their library on this popular platform, to get into the “how-to’s” of Instagram!
Libraries and Eviction: Continuing the Conversation (WebJunction)
Building on the webinar “Understanding Eviction and How Libraries Can Help,” this special session provides an opportunity for you to share questions and experiences about how your library is assisting patrons facing eviction. Whether you’re just beginning this work or have been answering eviction questions, you are absolutely welcome! We will begin with short presentations showcasing partnerships between libraries and community organizations that address eviction and then open the conversation for you to share your ideas or ask questions.
Telehealth in Libraries: The Future of Healthcare (InfoPeople)
In this webinar, presenter Nick Martin will define exactly what telehealth is as well as the motivation for telehealth in public libraries. He will discuss how the Delaware Libraries built a support team, applied for grants, and implemented their pilot program.
Classroom Reading to Engage the Heart and Mind (Mackin)
Educator and author Nancy Boyles (Classroom Reading to Engage the Heart and Mind) will speak to Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey (The Old Truck, The Old Boat, Somewhere in the Bayou), Katie Yamasaki (Everything Naomi Loved, Dad Bakes) and Melissa Iwai (Dumplings for Lili) about their recent and forthcoming picture books from Norton Young Readers. The authors will also discuss how their books can be used in the classroom.
During this fun and fast paced hour, Shannon and guests will talk about the hot topics around libraries and within education from 2021 including books and books banning, technology, diversity, SEL and more.
AASL Town Hall: Book Challenges (American Association of School Librarians)
During this AASL Town Hall, AASL President Jennisen Lucas, OIF Assistant Director Kristin Pekoll, and school librarian Matt King will facilitate a discussion on the current rise of book challenges. In less than a month, OIF has spoken out against censorship via 139 news articles and TV outlets and is currently supporting librarians with 150 active book challenges. Join your peers to share and explore how school librarians can keep their school libraries safe havens reflective of the school community.
Approaching Patrons Who Have Experienced Trauma (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Even before the events of 2020 and 2021, most of us had experienced trauma. Today, we are only beginning to understand the impact of recent events on the mental and emotional health of our communities. This session will provide a brief overview of trauma and its subsequent behavioral responses in the library. We will focus on physically approaching patrons in a compassionate, trauma-informed manner with the goals of increasing felt safety in our libraries and mitigating confrontation.
Looking to become a readers’ advisory superstar? Want to pull together expert recommendations more quickly? It’s easy with NoveList Plus! Join us for an overview of features and search strategies and learn how NoveList Plus helps you find the right books for your readers.
The Myth of the Work/Life Balance for Small Library Directors (WebJunction)
Being the director of a small library means that you often can, and do, do it all! It can be a challenge to find the balance between your personal and professional life, but organization, planning and creativity can all help make time for what’s important to you. But so can flexing the muscles that allow us to let go of what we can’t control, manage expectations (including our own), and appreciate that ‘less than perfect’ can be the secret to a balanced life. Join us to explore ideas to better delegate, cross train, and collaborate, and how to live with a job done well-enough, in service of yourself and your community.
3 Steps to Closing $10K+ Gifts by December 31 (Bloomerang)
Closing gifts from individuals can feel daunting, and having a clear plan that feels good to you and to the donor can feel elusive. Join us and learn the proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically.
American Comics: A History (U.S. National Archives)
Author Jeremy Dauber will discuss the sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Dauber shows not only how comics have changed but how American politics and history have changed them. He describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself through whose stories comics tell.
Supporting Students’ Mental Health Needs (edWeb.net)
In this edWebinar, you’ll hear from NIDA’s Brenda Curtis, Ph.D., MSPH to learn more about the evolving challenges teens are facing and what research tells us can help you to meet your students’ needs. Additionally, you’ll walk away with tangible, standards-aligned, free resources that support students’ mental health through prevention education.
Grow Your Impact and Reach: Embrace Standards of Excellence (Candid Learning)
With so many organizations seeking opportunities to significantly grow their impact and expand their reach, nonprofits need to embrace ways to solidify their infrastructure so that they are poised to embrace the opportunities of the coming weeks, months, and years. Learn how the Standards for Excellence best practices can help you to grow and achieve your goals.
Convert Supporters with Powerful Landing Pages (Firespring)
With great landing pages, your donors, volunteers and supporters are 10 times more likely to donate, sign up, register or engage with your nonprofit. In this session, we’ll share real-world landing page examples that increase conversions and what we’ve learned from studying hundreds of nonprofits and their landing page designs.
Nationwide Steve Sheinkin Fallout Author Visit and Codebreaking Workshop (School Library Journal)
Calling all classrooms and libraries! Join bestselling and award winning author Steve Sheinkin for a conversation about Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown, one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year. This author talk will be packed with fascinating details about this momentous period of history and end with a code-breaking workshop and a contest for classrooms to win their own spy gear.
New Tools of the Trade (Connecting to Collections Care)
This webinar will be co-presented by Lesley A. Langa, PhD, of NovaKultura Consulting, Kate McEnroe, Associate Conservator of Archaeological Materials at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and Anne Kingery-Schwartz, Principal Objects Conservator, Kingery Conservation LLC. The presenters will provide an overview of two distinct measurement tools they have developed to assist small and medium-sized cultural heritage institutions perform their daily work.
Come Fly Away with Us: Exploring the Library of Congress Aeronautics Collections (Library of Congress)
Join the Library of Congress in celebrating all things aviation with a webinar tour of the Library’s world-class history of aviation collections. The presentation will showcase a selection of material from across the Library, in addition to a brief history on how the Library developed these collections with the aid of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics and the Division of Aeronautics.
Planning for a Successful Capital Campaign in 2022 (Nonprofit Hub)
If there is a capital campaign in your future, this session is for you! A capital campaign is likely the largest amount your organization has ever tried to raise… often even 10 times more than you currently raise. Don’t leave the success of your campaign up to chance.
NCompass Live: Libraries Build Pathways to Wellbeing (Nebraska Library Commission)
You have a role in facilitating “the good life” for residents in your community. Researchers from the Rural Libraries & Social Wellbeing project will share findings from their mixed-methods research and how the findings are impacting practice in dozens of communities around the country. The tools created by rural library research partners are designed to help you intentionally design service for improved social wellbeing outcomes in your community. More about the project, research findings, and tools here: https://rurallibraries.org
Hidden Gems and How to Find Them on Census.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
Have you wondered what you might be missing on the Census.gov website? Learn about some of our less-explored tools and resources like Infographics, Tip Sheets, and Narrative Profiles. This session takes a tour of the website and shows how to find these lesser-known tools and resources.
Social Media and Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
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.
Cybersecurity & Your Nonprofit: How to Manage your Passwords (CharityHowTo)
In this webinar, you will learn how to manage your passwords step-by-step. You will also be provided with guidance on the practical implementation of what you have learned during the webinar.
How to Keep All Those Donors You Worked So Hard to Get (Productive Fundraising)
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a discussion on the importance of donor retention and learn simple, actionable steps that you can take to boost donor retention in your organization. Participants will leave the session with a greater understanding of what they can do to improve donor retention and the start of an improvement plan for their organization.
The Creating Future Ready Schools® Workshop will dive into the Future Ready Framework, the five-step planning process, and the tools and resources available to you and your district to create an innovative learning environment for students.
Tech for Teens Club : Coding Websites (PACER Center)
This workshop will introduce teens with disabilities to the basics of coding for the internet with HTML and CSS. Students will create their own unique website and publish it on the Internet using a free online tool at Glitch.com. Students will be able to experiment with code and see the results online in real-time.
What is Your Audience Thinking? Listening Methods to Gain Support for Your Mission (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Have you pondered “what does our audience think about our organization?” Your mission is the top priority, but if you don’t know how your audience perceives it you may struggle with gaining their support for it. In this session, Emily will share why it is so important to listen to your audience and use that information to build momentum for your work.
Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live! Join the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Amanda Sweet, as she guides us through the world of library-related Pretty Sweet Tech.
Connections is a concise, fast-paced conference with immediately applicable takeaways from thought leaders and experts from every corner of the library world. Expect to hear about trends and topics affecting you, your library, and your community today.
LibraryCon Live! (Library Journal and School Library Journal)
A day-long celebration of fandom lit, with panels devoted to horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and graphic novels. In addition to panels and keynotes, we’re also offering fast-track learning sessions hosted by librarians and studio spotlights focusing on visual artists. Plus, network online with other fans and explore the virtual exhibit hall, where you’ll hear from publishers about their newest books and engage in live chats with featured creators.
How to Stay Productive in a Remote World: Strategies for You and Your Team (GovLoop)
Is remote work working for you? Join us online to learn from government and industry experts how to empower the government workforce with the right tools, strategies and policies to make remote work for you, your team and the public.
Whether you’re looking to revamp your space or plan for future building/design projects, you’ll find ideas, information, and inspiration—no matter your budget! The second year of this comprehensive online virtual event will feature noted architects and vendors in library design who’ll address design trends, spotlight case studies, and answer pressing questions from the field.
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
Getting Started With Libby (OverDrive)
Learn how easy it is to get patrons started with Libby, the one-tap reading app, including how to browse and borrow on a mobile device, tips for customizing the experience, and where to find Libby marketing and help resources.
Content Creation and Your Library (Indiana State Library)
Are you in charge of creating content for your library’s social media accounts? Do you feel like you are stuck with what new and exciting things you can post that will engage your followers? Are you not even sure where to start or look to create graphics that excite? Join Jenn Bartlett, Head of Reference and Adult Services of the Manchester Public Library, and lead of their social media as she discusses these topics.
How Rude! The Price of Incivility in the Workplace (Colorado State Library)
We all want to come to work and be treated with kindness and respect. However, studies have found that 98% of us have experienced slights, insensitivities and rude behavior in our workplace. The effects of incivility can lead to a loss in staff creativity, deterioration in team spirit and may result in patrons turning away from the library. Come learn tactics staff can use to minimize the effects of rudeness on performance and well-being and strategies managers can use to keep their own behavior in check and to foster civility in others.
OF-BY-FOR ALL: Co-Creating Programs and Developing Community Partnerships to Serve People with Disabilities in Libraries (Infopeople) It doesn’t matter if your library is small or large, public or academic, rural or urban—all libraries serve people with disabilities. However, people with disabilities experience barriers to equitable access to libraries and are not always visible, participatory members of their library communities. In this interactive webinar, you will learn how you can be an advocate for people with disabilities and break down barriers to library access.
Smart Planning for the Post-COVID Library (EveryLibrary)
The COVID pandemic altered both library operations and personal habits during the crisis and some of those changes will continue going forward. Many of the lessons learned and new approaches that were forced upon us help to inform new approaches to service and reinforce the need for adaptable plans and methodologies.
Nov 8: Introducing Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends (Public Library Association)
Nov 10: Presenting Your Data in PowerPoint (Training Magazine Network)
Nov 11: Data for Better Decisions and Better Results (TechImpact)
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Nov 3: Half the Victory: Preparing for the Opioid Crisis (Niche Academy)
Nov 8: Introducing Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends (Public Library Association)
Nov 10: Introduction to Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends (Association of College and Research Libraries)
Nov 10: Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know and Embrace (Nonprofit Hub)
Nov 11: Data for Better Decisions and Better Results (TechImpact)
Nov 16: Inclusive and Equitable Strategic Planning (Candid Learning)
Nov 17: Event Preparedness: Active Shooters and Hostile Activity at Your Venues (Lyrasis)
Nov 18: Why You Should Ditch the Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning (Bloomerang)
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Nov 9: Reading Tools for Chrome (PACER Center)
CAREERS
Nov 30: Quick Bites: Reflective Practice for Early Literacy Staff (Colorado State Library)
CHILDREN & TEENS
Nov 2: Pandemic Era Storytimes: Creative Fun On-Line and Live (Washington State Library)
Nov 3: Coaching and Supervising Staff for Social Emotional Development Growth: Prioritizing SEL in Your Program (Early Childhood Investigations)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Nov 2: Debut Authors, Debut Titles (Booklist)
Nov 4: “¡Vamos a leer!”: Collection Development for Spanish Language Children’s Materials (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Nov 4: Building a More Diverse Holiday Collection (OverDrive and School Library Journal)
Nov 8: Random House Children’s Books Spring 2022 Preview (Booklist)
Nov 10: Practical steps towards diversifying collections (OCLC)
Nov 17: NCompass Live: Summer Reading Program 2022: Oceans of Possibilities (Nebraska Library Commission)
COMMUNICATION
Content Creation and Your Library (Indiana State Library)
Nov 4: Tools Every Nonprofit Needs to Simplify Their Life (Firespring)
Nov 10: Presenting Your Data in PowerPoint (Training Magazine Network)
DIGITAL RESOURCES
Getting Started With Libby (OverDrive)
Nov 5: HeritageQuest Online Overview (ProQuest)
Nov 11: LearningExpress Training for Public Libraries (EBSCO)
Nov 11: LearningExpress/PrepStep for Academic Libraries Training (EBSCO)
Nov 11: LearningExpress/PrepStep for High School Students Training (EBSCO)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Smart Planning for the Post-COVID Library (EveryLibrary)
Nov 3: Mental Health and Wellness at College Today (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Nov 4: Back on Track for School Success: Mental Health and Education (PACER Center)
Nov 16: Creating a Culture of Change in the Finance Office (Blackbaud)
Nov 17: Event Preparedness: Active Shooters and Hostile Activity at Your Venues (Lyrasis)
Nov 30: Quick Bites: Reflective Practice for Early Literacy Staff (Colorado State Library)
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
OF-BY-FOR ALL: Co-Creating Programs and Developing Community Partnerships to Serve People with Disabilities in Libraries (Infopeople)
Nov 9: Reading Tools for Chrome (PACER Center)
Nov 10: Library Dementia Services (Niche Academy)
Nov 16: Inclusive and Equitable Strategic Planning (Candid Learning)
Nov 20: Supporting SEL Through the Library (Future Ready Librarians)
FUNDRAISING
Nov 2: Cryptocurrency Donations: What’s driving this trend and how do I get started? (CharityHowTo)
Nov 4: Engage your Major and Planned Giving Donors through GivingTuesday (Blackbaud)
Nov 4: Measure of Success: Creating Tools and Process to Report Impact (Bloomerang)
Nov 5: Give to Your Donors First: How to Activate Your Donors on Giving Tuesday By Investing in Them First (Nonprofit Hub)
Nov 9: How to Defeat Fundraising’s Silent Enemy: Donor Attrition (Firespring)
Nov 9: Free: 5 Social Media Tips for Your Year-End Fundraising (CharityHowTo)
Nov 16: Building a Donation Funnel (TechSoup)
Nov 17: Online Fundraising Performance: Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up? (Firespring)
Nov 30: Fundraising Planning Pitfalls & Pointers (Productive Fundraising)
MANAGEMENT
How Rude! The Price of Incivility in the Workplace (Colorado State Library)
Nov 3: How to Do Hybrid Work Right (Harvard Business Review)
Nov 3: Half the Victory: Preparing for the Opioid Crisis (Niche Academy)
Nov 9: Future of Work Requires a Connected Experience (Training Magazine Network)
Nov 17: 12 Golden Rules of Nonprofit Finance (Propel Nonprofits)
Nov 17: Motivate, Empower, and Engage Staff Through Coaching (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Nov 10: Employing Community Wellness Liaisons to Create More Inclusive Public Libraries (NNLM Region 3)
Nov 10: Library Dementia Services (Niche Academy)
Nov 16: Quick Bites: Serving Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers (Colorado State Library)
Nov 18: Understanding Eviction and How Libraries Can Help (WebJunction)
Nov 18: Supporting Formerly Incarcerated Individuals with a Fresh Start @ Your Library (Public Library Association)
PROGRAMMING
Nov 1: Digging Deeper into Local and Family History with Census Data (Public Library Association)
Nov 2: Pandemic Era Storytimes: Creative Fun On-Line and Live (Washington State Library)
Nov 3: Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present (National Archives)
Nov 3: Hosting ‘Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA’ events: Tips for using free NASA resources (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Nov 4: R.J. Palacio in Conversation with Erin O’Leary and Mary Cotillo, AKA the “Crazy Reading Ladies” (Booklist)
Nov 5: Dungeons and Dragons in Libraries Panel (Montana State Library)
Nov 9: Creating Online Escape Games with Google Forms (Colorado State Library)
Nov 10: Professional Development for Libraries – How to Host a Citizen Science Program (SciStarter)
Nov 16: Quick Bites: Serving Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers (Colorado State Library)
Nov 18: Adults Need Play and How Libraries Can Help! (Nebraska Library Commission)
READERS’ ADVISORY
Nov 2: Debut Authors, Debut Titles (Booklist)
Nov 4: “¡Vamos a leer!”: Collection Development for Spanish Language Children’s Materials (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Nov 4: Building a More Diverse Holiday Collection (OverDrive and School Library Journal)
Nov 8: Random House Children’s Books Spring 2022 Preview (Booklist)
Nov 9: Behind the Book Author Takeover with Gayle Forman (Follett)
Nov 17: NCompass Live: Summer Reading Program 2022: Oceans of Possibilities (Nebraska Library Commission)
REFERENCE
Nov 1: Organizing 101 (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Nov 3: Mental Health and Wellness at College Today (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
Nov 4: Introduction to Research at the National Archives and Records Administration (Federal Depository Library Program)
Nov 9: 2021 Federal Depository Library Conference Poster Presentation Webinar (Federal Depository Library Program)
Nov 9: Jane Sánchez Memorial Lecture on the Future of Law Libraries and Law Librarianship (Law Library of Congress)
Nov 16: Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar (Law Library of Congress)
Nov 18: Census Data Tools Part II (U.S. Census Bureau)
Nov 18: Understanding Eviction and How Libraries Can Help (WebJunction)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Getting Started With Libby (OverDrive)
Nov 1: Cultural Competences in School Librarianship: Building Awareness Within Your Community (University of South Carolina, College of Information and Communications)
Nov 2: Debut Authors, Debut Titles (Booklist)
Nov 3: Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present (National Archives)
Nov 3: Hosting ‘Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA’ events: Tips for using free NASA resources (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Nov 3: Coaching and Supervising Staff for Social Emotional Development Growth: Prioritizing SEL in Your Program (Early Childhood Investigations)
Nov 3: Edtech and Teachers: Selecting Products to Support Diverse Learners (edWeb.net)
Nov 4: “¡Vamos a leer!”: Collection Development for Spanish Language Children’s Materials (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Nov 4: Learn How to Learn Online (InSyncTraining)
Nov 4: R.J. Palacio in Conversation with Erin O’Leary and Mary Cotillo, AKA the “Crazy Reading Ladies” (Booklist)
Nov 4: Building a More Diverse Holiday Collection (OverDrive and School Library Journal)
Nov 4: Back on Track for School Success: Mental Health and Education (PACER Center)
Nov 8: Random House Children’s Books Spring 2022 Preview (Booklist)
Nov 8: Addressing Cultural Competency: A Tale Told from Two District Perspectives (University of South Carolina, College of Information and Communications)
Nov 9: Creating Online Escape Games with Google Forms (Colorado State Library)
Nov 9: Reading Tools for Chrome (PACER Center)
Nov 9: Behind the Book Author Takeover with Gayle Forman (Follett)
Nov 9: Classroom Activities to Promote Computational Thinking (TeachersFirst)
Nov 10: Behind the Book Author Takeover STUDENT EDITION with Lincoln Peirce (Follett)
Nov 11: LearningExpress/PrepStep for Academic Libraries Training (EBSCO)
Nov 11: LearningExpress/PrepStep for High School Students Training (EBSCO)
Nov 11: Strategies for News Literacy in Today’s Divided Culture (edWeb.net)
Nov 11: Teaching Tough Topics with Literature (Follett)
Nov 16: ALA’s Sara Jaffarian Award Presents – Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre with Guided Inquiry Design (Programming Librarian)
Nov 18: Dream Big: Secure ESSER Funding for Your School Library (Booklist)
Nov 18: The World Returns to Somewhat Normal: Now I Have All These New Tools – How Can I Be Sure I Won’t Forget About Them? (AbleNet)
Nov 19: The Constitution and Our Community for Grades 3-5 (National Archives)
Nov 20: Supporting SEL Through the Library (Future Ready Librarians)
Nov 23: Google My Maps Basics (TeachersFirst)
Nov 24: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
TECHNOLOGY
Nov 24: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Nov 3: How to Do Hybrid Work Right (Harvard Business Review)
Nov 3: Coaching and Supervising Staff for Social Emotional Development Growth: Prioritizing SEL in Your Program (Early Childhood Investigations)
Nov 4: Orientation to Legal Research Series: U.S. Federal Statutes (Law Library of Congress)
Nov 4: Learn How to Learn Online (InSyncTraining)
Nov 10: Virtual is Here to Stay: Making Online Sessions Fun and Focused (WebJunction)
Nov 11: LearningExpress Training for Public Libraries (EBSCO)
Nov 11: LearningExpress/PrepStep for Academic Libraries Training (EBSCO)
Nov 11: LearningExpress/PrepStep for High School Students Training (EBSCO)
Nov 11: Strategies for News Literacy in Today’s Divided Culture (edWeb.net)
Nov 11: Teaching Tough Topics with Literature (Follett)
Nov 16: ALA’s Sara Jaffarian Award Presents – Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre with Guided Inquiry Design (Programming Librarian)
Nov 18: The World Returns to Somewhat Normal: Now I Have All These New Tools – How Can I Be Sure I Won’t Forget About Them? (AbleNet)
Nov 19: The Constitution and Our Community for Grades 3-5 (National Archives)
Nov 23: Google My Maps Basics (TeachersFirst)
VOLUNTEERS
Nov 3: Where Do I Go From Here? Engage Volunteers in New Ways (VolunteerMatch)
Nov 4: Developing a Strategic Plan for Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
PROGRAM ABSTRACTS & LOGIN INFORMATION:
Monday, Nov 1 (10-11 am)
Organizing 101 (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Organizing means bringing people together to build power. Whether your mission is changing lives, changing minds or changing laws, every organization is stronger when all stakeholders work together. In this session, we’ll talk about organizing as a tool for transformation. We’ll also talk about the differences and similarities between organizing and mobilizing and when to do each. In addition, we’ll review important steps in building an effective organizing campaign.
Digging Deeper into Local and Family History with Census Data (Public Library Association)
The Census is an essential source for discovering and reconstructing local and family history. Rich data about communities, neighborhoods, and families document local demographics, immigration and naturalization information, ancestral family names, relationships, birth years, and birthplaces. Discover public library programming and strategies to engage your community in a deeper understanding of local and family history.
Cultural Competences in School Librarianship: Building Awareness Within Your Community (University of South Carolina, College of Information and Communications)
Join the discussion as two school librarians share how they build awareness around culturally responsive practices in their schools and communities and navigate tough issues while making sure all students feel included in the school library.
Pandemic Era Storytimes: Creative Fun On-Line and Live (Washington State Library)
Join Olympia library public services specialist Chris Sabatini for a lively conversation about pandemic-era storytimes. Chris has been using innovative tools to host storytimes both virtually and in person. He will share and dive deep into conversations on live on-line storytimes, recorded storytime elements to share on-line, and COVID safe outdoor storytimes. Come with your questions and be ready to participate!
Cryptocurrency Donations: What’s driving this trend and how do I get started? (CharityHowTo)
Believe it or not, mission-driven organizations like Save the Children and American Cancer Society are leading the way in the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies. These charities, and hundreds more, integrated crypto into their operations several years before companies like Visa and PayPal. It’s the start of a new era for fundraising, and all nonprofit organizations—big or small, old or new—should understand the factors that influence the decision of whether to start accepting crypto donations. By the end of this webinar, you will understand crypto donor demographics, what motivates them to give to charities, and the steps your nonprofit can take to fundraise crypto effectively.
Is there anything more exciting than reading an incredible debut novel? No! Because in the book world, we’re always excited to celebrate new voices, new characters, and new stories! Join representatives from Clavis, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and author Valerie Baeza on Tuesday, November 2 at 1PM CT/2PM ET for this free, hour-long discussion where debut authors will be introducing attendees to their first novels. Publishers will also be featuring exciting new upcoming debuts titles that you won’t want to miss!
Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present (National Archives)
For National Native American Heritage Month, we present author, educator, and podcaster Adrienne Keene, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She will share biographies from her young adult book, Notable Native People: 50 Indigenous Leaders, Dreamers, and Changemakers from Past and Present. The biographies of the historical indigenous people will be paired with historical records from the holdings of the National Archives and related DocsTeach activities. A question-and-answer session will follow this Young Learners presentation.
How to Do Hybrid Work Right (Harvard Business Review)
During this webinar Lynda Gratton, a professor at London Business School, will lead a live HBR webinar highlighting critical elements for an effective hybrid model.
Where Do I Go From Here? Engage Volunteers in New Ways (VolunteerMatch)
This webinar will help you think about new strategies and help you evolve your program to include new roles and responsibilities for volunteers, pathways for more involvement and leadership positions in your program, how recognition plays a role in retention, and the importance of including continuing education and professional development to keep your volunteers engaged.
Half the Victory: Preparing for the Opioid Crisis (Niche Academy)
Join Kevin King to learn how the Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL) took a proactive approach to preparing for opioid overdoses in the library. Participants will gain the knowledge they need to begin a plan to address the opioid crisis in their library and turn a partial victory into a life-saving win.
Hosting ‘Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA’ events: Tips for using free NASA resources (National Girls Collaborative Project)
During this webinar, you will learn about several free resources from NASA’s Universe of Learning and hear how facilitators incorporated them into their own Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA event. Join the conversation to share best practices, ask questions, and learn how NASA’s Universe of Learning team can best support your efforts in engaging your audience with the science of astrophysics.
Coaching and Supervising Staff for Social Emotional Development Growth: Prioritizing SEL in Your Program (Early Childhood Investigations)
Join this paradigm-shifting webinar by early childhood education expert Jacky Howell to explore the most current thinking about social-emotional development and how to ensure the staff you supervise are applying best practice in their classrooms.
Mental Health and Wellness at College Today (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
This episode will focus on higher education and the mental health and wellness challenges that colleges are facing — and what student support should look like now, as pandemic impacts continue.
Edtech and Teachers: Selecting Products to Support Diverse Learners (edWeb.net)
This edWebinar will feature two Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) co-founding organizations, Digital Promise and InnovateEDU, as well as Newsela, an edtech tool to promote inquiry-based learning with inclusive content, to discuss the role we are asking tech to play, why it is important to consider the whole child and their learner variability, and how teachers can become part of the school or district’s edtech decision-making process.
Orientation to Legal Research Series: U.S. Federal Statutes (Law Library of Congress)
This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. statutory and legislative research, including information about how to find and use the U.S. Code, the U.S. Statutes at Large, and U.S. federal bills and resolutions.
“¡Vamos a leer!”: Collection Development for Spanish Language Children’s Materials (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Diana Miranda-Murillo from the Austin Public Library will share titles, publishers, and other tools that may be used to find Spanish language children’s materials for your library.
Discover the power and capability of the virtual classroom in our Learn How to Learn Online workshop. Interact with peers, learn from an expert facilitator, and experiment with virtual classroom technology functionality. Over the course of an hour, you’ll experience the virtual classroom as it’s meant to be: an effective, impactful learning environment.
Engage your Major and Planned Giving Donors through GivingTuesday (Blackbaud)
Join this session with speaker Paul Nazareth of the Canadian Association of Gift Planners, and GivingTuesday alumni, to discover how you can extend your GivingTuesday strategy to foster deeper engagement with your individual, major and legacy gift donors (and their advisors) as part of your campaign plan. Sharing case studies and thoughtful strategies, Paul will help you launch your GivingTuesday campaign with confidence as you embrace new opportunities to extend the campaign’s impact and bring your mission to life.
Measure of Success: Creating Tools and Process to Report Impact (Bloomerang)
Donor relations that create donor retention are the goals for every nonprofit. Funding for Good understands that donors want to invest in your impact, not your existence. Join us to learn what donors want to know, why it is crucial, and how to share your past achievements, so donors contribute to your future goals.
Developing a Strategic Plan for Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
Are you engaging volunteers with an eye to the future? Do you know what your volunteer program should look like in 3 or 5 years? Join us as we talk about the fundamentals for creating a strategic plan for volunteer engagement for your organizations.
R.J. Palacio in Conversation with Erin O’Leary and Mary Cotillo, AKA the “Crazy Reading Ladies” (Booklist)
Join Booklist and Random House Children’s Books on Thursday, November 4 at 1 p.m. CT for an in-depth discussion with bestselling author R.J. Palacio about her newest middle grade novel, PONY. Crazy Reading Ladies Erin O’Leary and Mary Cotillo will moderate a conversation that will inspire and enlighten librarians, teachers and students alike looking to learn more about PONY, and R.J. Palacio’s writing process. Register for this free webinar now!
Building a More Diverse Holiday Collection (OverDrive and School Library Journal)
With the holidays around the corner, now is a great time to build a holiday collection that showcases diversity, equality and inclusion to better represent all your students. From Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas to Kwanzaa, Diwali and New Year’s Eve, join OverDrive Education experts to discover new titles that both educate and entertain during the holiday season.
Introduction to Research at the National Archives and Records Administration (Federal Depository Library Program)
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) houses historical records of the United States Government. These holdings include historical documents, photographs, audio recordings, and other materials created by Federal agencies, Federal courts, and the U.S. Congress from the eighteenth century to the present. Given the volume of material, locating and accessing particular records can seem daunting. However, NARA has multiple tools available to help researchers identify and access records online. This webinar will provide an overview of these tools and discuss strategies for searching for particular records at NARA.
Tools Every Nonprofit Needs to Simplify Their Life (Firespring)
The best tools breathe life into your nonprofit’s online presence. The question is which ones do you really need? Evernote? DropBox? Google Alerts? There’s so much coming at you, it can feel like you’re drinking through a firehose. In this session, we’ll introduce you to the tools you need to build an effective online presence.
Back on Track for School Success: Mental Health and Education (PACER Center)
Many children and youth experienced new or different challenges managing their mental health and emotional wellness over the last school year. This webinar will provide parents and others information and strategies for supporting school success when mental health impacts learning.
Join us for a 30 minute overview of HeritageQuest. After this webinar, you should be able to describe the type of content that can be found in HeritageQuest Online. You will also be able to identify the help resources integrated in the platform and use them to learn more about HeritageQuest Online.
Give to Your Donors First: How to Activate Your Donors on Giving Tuesday By Investing in Them First (Nonprofit Hub)
Giving Tuesday is first and foremost a day of giving. And if you want to see significant revenue for your organization on this major giving day, you have to give to your donors first.
Dungeons and Dragons in Libraries Panel (Montana State Library)
Participants of this webinar will learn about different ways that libraries can organize programs around DnD, from direct facilitation to helping with providing a space for others to play, and learn about different resources that are helpful for setting up a DnD program, as well as potential community partnerships you can foster. While most of this webinar will focus on DnD, there will be about 20 minutes at the end where we will talk about general gaming programs in libraries, which any and all are welcome to participate in!
Random House Children’s Books Spring 2022 Preview (Booklist)
Join Random House Children’s Books on Monday, November 8 at 10:00 a.m. CT to hear from authors and staff as they tell you about the Spring 2022 list! This free, 75-minute webinar will begin with middle-grade authors Emma Otheguy, Lisa Yee, and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich discussing their upcoming novels. Following, the RHCB library team will present new and exciting titles coming in Spring 2022. From pictures books to Middle Grade and YA, this is a can’t-miss event—register now!
Introducing Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends (Public Library Association)
Join PLA for an introduction to Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends! Benchmark is the latest evolution in PLA’s data-driven initiatives and tools for libraries. It features a range of interactive data visualizations that allow libraries to easily make peer comparisons across a wide range of metrics related to library programs, services, and operations. Learn how Benchmark can support your library in everyday decision making, such as establishing baselines and identifying opportunities to improve.
Addressing Cultural Competency: A Tale Told from Two District Perspectives (University of South Carolina, College of Information and Communications)
In this webinar, district school library administrators will discuss how they have promoted and implemented culturally competent practices within their school districts, including during periods of online school librarianship due to the pandemic.
How to Defeat Fundraising’s Silent Enemy: Donor Attrition (Firespring)
In this session, Jay will help us learn how to step off of the donor acquisition treadmill and start revving up donor retention. Seven out of 10 donors give only once, but this doesn’t have to be your reality. Jay will help us understand how a 10% increase in donor retention will more than double the lifetime value of a donor and minimize our reliance on producing constant appeals for new donors.
5 Social Media Tips for Your Year-End Fundraising (CharityHowTo)
Social media is a great way to add in additional opportunities for engagement in your End of Year campaigning. We know it can be overwhelming at times. One of our favorite nonprofit digital marketing partners, Taylor Shanklin, is going to bring her tips for how to get the most out of your social media during this busy and impactful time of year.
Creating Online Escape Games with Google Forms (Colorado State Library)
Escape games are an awesome way to interact with patrons, whether libraries use them for programs or for orienting users to the library. In this session, participants will learn how to map out an escape game and how to implement it online using Google Forms and Zoom. Participants will receive resources for both creating a game and converting a face to face escape game to an online format.
This webinar features “poster session” presentations by select FDL Conference poster creators. This is an opportunity to hear the presenters speak about their poster content and to ask questions.
Future of Work Requires a Connected Experience (Training Magazine Network)
In this webinar, guest speaker David Johnson, principal analyst with Forrester Research, will discuss how to create a work experience that makes your people want to stay and grow with your organization. He’ll share how to identify systemic factors in current employee journeys that may be inhibiting the performance and growth of your people, and how to deliver individualized and self-driven experiences at scale.
There are many tools on the Chrome web browser that can assist with reading such as audio options, visual customizations, and study supports. Learn about these options for use with different reading materials.
Jane Sánchez Memorial Lecture on the Future of Law Libraries and Law Librarianship (Law Library of Congress)
The late Law Librarian of Congress and Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services Jane Sánchez worked to advance the Law Library of Congress by advocating for new and innovative initiatives. This webinar, which is co-sponsored with the American Association of Law Libraries, will honor Jane’s legacy by examining the future of law libraries and law librarianship with a panel of experts that draw upon their years of experience as leaders in academic, government, and law firm libraries.
Behind the Book Author Takeover with Gayle Forman (Follett)
In this webinar Gayle Forman will share the inspirational message behind Frankie & Bug, a book about two young people in the summer of 1987 in Los Angeles. They reluctantly join forces to try to catch a criminal on the loose and wind up discovering more than they ever intended about family, justice, and love.
Classroom Activities to Promote Computational Thinking (TeachersFirst)
Computational thinking prepares students to understand how to use today’s digital tools to help solve tomorrow’s problems. This workshop will help participants understand the fundamental tenets of computational thinking, most notably, how this concept combines critical thinking skills with the power of computing to make decisions or find solutions. Learn how to infuse computational thinking into your classroom activities across all core content areas.
Employing Community Wellness Liaisons to Create More Inclusive Public Libraries (NNLM Region 3)
Lack of access to reliable health information contributes to pervasive racial and ethnic health disparities. Individuals from diverse communities are often unaware of library services and/or do not feel welcome in their local libraries, resulting in underuse. Consequently, there is a need for libraries to learn and implement methods that successfully connect them to diverse communities in order to increase equity in access and use of health information resources.
Behind the Book Author Takeover STUDENT EDITION with Lincoln Peirce (Follett)
Gather your students and join us for a talk with Lincoln Peirce, creator of Max and the Midknights, a hilarious, illustrated novel series that Kirkus Reviews describes as “Consistently entertaining and enjoyable.” Learn more about this high-spirited medieval adventure, supported by hundreds of dynamic illustrations employing the language of comics and the lively visual format that is Lincoln Peirce’s trademark.
Introduction to Benchmark: Library Metrics and Trends (Association of College and Research Libraries)
Learn more about Benchmark, the new data collection and visualization tool for academic libraries. Benchmark provides libraries with data visualizations that allow them to compare their inputs and outputs to peer groups and nationwide data. Peer comparisons can help libraries better understand their performance and can support everyday decision making, such as establishing baselines and identifying opportunities to improve service.
Presenting Your Data in PowerPoint (Training Magazine Network)
In this webinar, you’ll learn the best practices for creating and formatting charts in PowerPoint to maximize “glanceability,” plus the ins and outs of embedding vs linking, how to use chart templates and placeholders, and why legends can actually prevent audiences from understanding your data. The webinar will also cover more effective alternatives to those problematic (and boring) pie charts and clustered columns.
Practical steps towards diversifying collections (OCLC)
Many institutions want to do more to support diverse library and archival collections that better serve and reflect traditionally underrepresented communities. These plans can center around providing materials that serve more inclusive needs or hosting content authored by more diverse creators. In either case, getting started requires more than just good intentions. Join moderator Elizabeth McClenney, Director of the Library for Roanoke College and OCLC Americas Regional Council Member, for a discussion about how to begin or advance your library’s efforts to support Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) goals with concrete steps, tools, and activities.
Join Timothy J. Dickey for an overview of the spectrum disease known as Alzheimer’s dementia, and a basic understanding of how librarians can meet the information needs of persons with dementia and their caregivers. Explore best practices, guidelines, and concrete ideas for librarians: dementia-friendly customer service, targeted reference resources, appropriate collection development, and a wide variety of programming ideas.
Virtual is Here to Stay: Making Online Sessions Fun and Focused (WebJunction)
Let’s face it – online meetings and events are here to stay. Whether it’s delivering online programming, facilitating staff meetings, or orchestrating an online conference, we are spending many hours online, trying to connect with others while staring at a screen. “Zoom fatigue” is real, but there are ways to mitigate it. Learn strategies to plan, design and host live online meetings or presentations that will energize, inform, and encourage your library audience to settle in, participate, and learn.
Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know and Embrace (Nonprofit Hub)
Nonprofits are not immune to changes in technology and the marketing space. It is necessary to discuss marketing trends that will shape your nonprofit’s efforts during the next year.
LearningExpress Training for Public Libraries (EBSCO)
Come for a training session on the wonderful resources available to public library patrons in LearningExpress Library and Job and Career Accelerator. We will give an overview of all the content but focus on the content that can help people looking to improve their work situation. We will look at the Resume Builder, Cover Letter Builder, soft skill tutorials, and all the Occupational Certification test prep on the platform. We will also cover all the content for high school and college students like SAT, ACT and AP, CLEP and DSST exam prep. One other important thing we will cover is how we can help you highlight some important content to make it easier and more intuitive for your patrons to find. Session will be 30 minutes with 15 minutes of Q & A.
LearningExpress/PrepStep for Academic Libraries Training (EBSCO)
Learn about all the resources available for college students that can help them be successful. Resources like national certification test prep for dozens of occupations like NCLEX for nursing and Praxis for education. Core academic tutorials and practice sets that can help get students get up to speed in their classes. With our LMS integration through LTI you can now use PrepStep resources in your class curriculum. Dozens of “Student Success Skills” tutorials such as “Finding and Citing Sources”, “Avoiding Plagiarism”, and many more. Your students will also have access to excellent career exploration tools that will help them decide on a major. Once they are ready for that first job, we have all the resources to help from the Resume to Interview Skills. We will also show how you can highlight important content to make it easier and more intuitive to find. Session will be 30 minutes with 15 minutes of Q & A.
LearningExpress/PrepStep for High School Students Training (EBSCO)
Learn about all the resources available for High School students in PrepStep that can help them be successful. We will cover all the College Prep content like the SAT, ACT, and AP exams that will help students achieve higher scores. Dozens of “Student Success Skills” tutorials such as “Finding and Citing Sources”, “Avoiding Plagiarism”, and many more. Your students will also have access to excellent career exploration tools that will help them decide on a major in college or a career path that they would like to pursue. Once they are ready for that first job, we have all the resources to help from the Resume to Interview Skills. We will also cover all the core academic content with not only practice sets but tutorials, flashcards, and eBooks. We will also show how you can highlight important content to make it easier and more intuitive to find. Session will be 30 minutes with 15 minutes of Q & A.
Data for Better Decisions and Better Results (TechImpact)
In this webinar, we will share findings from our upcoming research report covering how nonprofits are using data to optimize their programs. You’ll hear stories from people who participated in the research and get a chance to ask questions about becoming a more data-informed organization.
Strategies for News Literacy in Today’s Divided Culture (edWeb.net)
This edWebinar will help educators navigate the world of news and media by engaging in strong relationships with students and providing them with reliable skills and habits. K.C. Boyd is a Washington, D.C. librarian and News Literacy Project ambassador preparing students with essential skills in the midst of Black Lives Matter, the January 6th insurrection, and vaccine misinformation. K.C. will share how she teaches students the importance of watching local and national news, and how to identify misinformation in their news feeds.
This practical webinar will provide insights into choosing and using children’s literature to address tough topics such as racism, the immigrant experience, gender identity, bullying, and kindness.
Donation funnels are how people become donors and the ongoing communications around their donation engagement. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to properly analyze your existing donation funnels and optimize that process to increase your fundraising while building overall capacity.
Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar (Law Library of Congress)
The Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar is designed for patrons who are familiar with legal research, and would instead prefer an introduction to the collections and services specific to the Law Library of Congress.
Quick Bites: Serving Family, Friend, and Neighbor Caregivers (Colorado State Library)
This session will explore why Family, Friend, and Neighbor caregivers are an essential piece of the childcare puzzle, how to engage them in library programming, and showcase some best practices from Growing Readers Together.
Creating a Culture of Change in the Finance Office (Blackbaud)
Even the highest functioning teams can experience their share of challenges when making changes to their systems, job responsibilities, and long-standing business processes. The key to making it easier for everyone? Creating a culture of change across your organization. Join nonprofit Digital Strategist and Coach Maureen Wallbeoff as she shares the simple steps you can take to help your team successfully adopt new ways of working.
ALA’s Sara Jaffarian Award Presents – Teaching the Tulsa Race Massacre with Guided Inquiry Design (Programming Librarian)
In their program, Shawnee Middle School first taught students about how assumptions create conflict in society using the Tulsa Race Massacre as an example. Using Guided Inquiry Design, they then encouraged students to think about where they see assumptions causing conflict in the world today or in their own experience. In this free, 60-minute webinar, Shawnee Middle School librarian Carol Jones will discuss the program and share tips for school library professionals interested in developing a similar program.
NCompass Live: Summer Reading Program 2022: Oceans of Possibilities (Nebraska Library Commission)
Get ready for next summer by learning about quality books to consider for your library’s collection and start planning for Oceans of Possibilities. Kids will be clamoring for both fiction and nonfiction titles as they read all about Oceanography, the topic for the 2022 Summer Reading Program.
12 Golden Rules of Nonprofit Finance (Propel Nonprofits)
Nonprofit financial health can seem like an elusive, nuanced, and subjective judgment call. In this webinar we will break it all down to 12 Golden Rules of nonprofit finance to keep your organization healthy. From budgeting to operating reserves, if you follow these rules, you’ll be on your way to a better understanding of nonprofit financial health. This session is a great introduction for those who are new to nonprofit finance.
Motivate, Empower, and Engage Staff Through Coaching (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services)
This webinar explores the role of library manager as coach to motivate, empower, and engage your staff for the future. We delve into what coaching is, what it is not, and how it differs from managing and mentoring. Participants will learn about the individual and organizational benefits of coaching and how to recognize coaching opportunities in the workplace.
Event Preparedness: Active Shooters and Hostile Activity at Your Venues (Lyrasis)
In recent years we have seen an increase in hostile attacks across all sectors, including events. These attacks have come in a variety of methods. Venues and companies have to be prepared for all scenarios and need to be able to react to all emergencies. This webinar will cover the types of attacks to prepare for, as well as the training you should consider for your venues and staff.
Online Fundraising Performance: Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up? (Firespring)
In this session, Firespring’s CEO Jay Wilkinson shares the best detailed formulas every nonprofit should use to track metrics and measure the success of their online fundraising efforts so they can improve online fundraising performance for their organization.
Adults Need Play and How Libraries Can Help! (Nebraska Library Commission)
Did you know that play is as important for adults as it is for children? This interactive virtual program with Dr. Melissa Cast-Brede from UNO will demonstrate how play helps maintain adult brains, bodies, and spirits. Using the work of the National Institute of Play, we will explore the seven patterns of play. Additionally, we will look at how libraries around the country are presenting their communities opportunities for play within these patterns of play. Participants will be able to explain the importance of play in adult development to library shareholders, and create methods for enriching play activities.
Why You Should Ditch the Way You’ve Been Doing Strategic Planning (Bloomerang)
Many nonprofits struggle with strategic planning. Nonprofit Strategic Plans tend to be 5-year plans with vague objectives, over 10 goals, and almost no concrete action steps. Yet, these plans guide organizations and end up leaving them rudderless, confused and many times with a weak budget. We advocate that instead of creating a strategic plan, nonprofits use a strategic framework to lean on. What is the difference between a framework and a plan? While a framework adapts to change and guides through iteration, a plan is typically a list of inflexible steps. Plans do not account for new priorities/changed directions while a framework can support you in heading in a different direction. In our COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 world, this agility is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. During this session, we will dive into the Impact Method™, a strategic framework designed for nonprofits. The Impact Method™ was created as a way to break down your big audacious goals into clear, easy-to-understand components.
Dream Big: Secure ESSER Funding for Your School Library (Booklist)
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, signed into law on March 11, allocated $122 billion for the ARP Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. Unprecedented in its scope, the relief package works to assist educational agencies and school districts in safely reopening, providing essential resources, and addressing the life-altering effects of the pandemic on students and educators across the nation. In this one-hour, on-demand webinar, Joe Thompson, Chair of the Committee on Legislation for the American Library Association (ALA), will moderate a conversation with three experts leading the charge in securing this crucial funding.
Supporting Formerly Incarcerated Individuals with a Fresh Start @ Your Library (Public Library Association)
Learn from members of the Fresh Start @ Your Library team, including social workers, and understand the steps they took to reach formerly incarcerated individuals and provide services to six communities through the public library. Hear about the critical importance of forging authentic connections with formerly incarcerated individuals to help determine what services are most needed, and the importance of building partnerships with local government agencies and nonprofit organizations.
Learn about Census Trade Data Tools for expanding business opportunities globally. This webinar will explore specific trade data resources for international growth, accessing import and export trade statistics and assist in achieving export compliance. During the webinar you will receive live demonstrations, helpful navigation tips and access to valuable resources for increasing your knowledge on ways to familiarize oneself with business data.
The World Returns to Somewhat Normal: Now I Have All These New Tools – How Can I Be Sure I Won’t Forget About Them? (AbleNet)
In this hands-on session, participants will become familiar with Task-Tool matrices that other educators have made as “Quick Start Guides” for remembering tools they found effective during the pandemic. Then, participants will create their own Task-Tool Matrix to use as a Quick Start Guide in their own classroom. Participants will then learn how to transition the matrix to an interactive, collaborative tool that can be shared with other teachers on social networks.
Understanding Eviction and How Libraries Can Help (WebJunction)
Under normal circumstances, the eviction process is so complex that it can be difficult for landlords and tenants alike to understand and navigate. Join this webinar to understand the current state of the eviction crisis, recognize the basic stages of the process, and discuss options for forestalling evictions through rental assistance. Learn how you and your library can sort through the maze and connect people to eviction-related information and services.
The Constitution and Our Community for Grades 3-5 (National Archives)
In this 45-minute program, students will explore the idea of community, hone their primary source analysis skills by examining government records, and connect the Constitution to their own lives. This program is offered as part of We Rule: Civics for All of US, a new education initiative from the National Archives that promotes civic literacy and engagement.
Supporting SEL Through the Library (Future Ready Librarians)
Designed for librarians and instructional leaders, this summit will provide opportunities to reflect and collaborate around (1) key considerations for students’ emotional health and wellness; (2) strategies and solutions that will support social and emotional learning (SEL) for students, staff, and the community; and (3) ideas for how teacher librarians can lead, teach, and support SEL in the school and library.
You’ve probably used Google Maps to find directions, but there are so many other things you can do with this tool in the classroom! In this session, educators will go on a journey to learn how to integrate Google Maps into instruction. Learn about strategies for group collaboration and how to create and customize your own map by adding placemarks and paths—and remember, it’s OK2Ask questions at any time!
Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live! Join the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Amanda Sweet, as she guides us through the world of library-related Pretty Sweet Tech.
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a webinar covering some of the biggest mistakes that nonprofit organizations make when putting together their annual fundraising plan. Processes and tools will be shared which pare the planning process down to its simplest form. Attendees leave with actionable steps that they can take to make their organization’s planning process more effective.
Quick Bites: Reflective Practice for Early Literacy Staff (Colorado State Library)
With full calendars and very full plates, sometimes it can be challenging to find time to set goals, evaluate progress, reflect on our own learning, and refine our vision. But integrating time for reflective practice into your work has many potential benefits for you, your staff, and the community you serve. Join Kate for a quick look at some simple strategies for leveraging reflective practice as early literacy library staff.
The Library of Virginia is making a series of self-care sessions that they recorded available to all librarians. Consider getting a small group together to view these as a group or view with a friend.
School Library Journal Day of Dialog (School Library Journal)
This daylong program of author panels, in-depth conversations, and keynote talks will keep you informed, inspired, and entertained, and provide insight into industry trends as you work to grow and diversify your collections. Come hear about the latest and most exciting forthcoming titles for children, tweens, and teens, from picture books and nonfiction to graphic novels and YA and engage in Q&A sessions with authors and illustrators. There will also be opportunities to visit the virtual exhibit hall.
In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters such as floods, drought, firestorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes, universal access to the internet has never been more important. Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.
Don’t Call It a Comeback: Libraries @ the Center of Community Recovery (Library Journal)
Join Library Journal for a free, daylong virtual event to hear from public library leaders and staff who are reinventing their services and building on their best COVID-inspired innovations to better connect with and serve patrons and help their communities recover.
Beyond geography, community can mean a lot of things. We all work and live in the context of community, and the fact of our interdependence—how all aspects of our lives, our very fates, rely on how we function together—has never been made more apparent than in our shared experience of the pandemic.
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
Great Reads from Great Places: Natural World (Library of Congress)
Join Wyoming’s Casey Rislov, author of “Rowdy Randy,” and several other children’s book authors for a panel discussion of how books open worlds for the reader — particularly the Natural World. This video was produced as part of the 2021 National Book Festival. (48 mins)
That’s Not What I Meant: Improving Your Online Communication Skills (Colorado State Library)
The internet offers a variety of communication channels that most of us are relying on during the Pandemic. Personal relationships aside, poor online communication skills can harm your productivity and effectiveness. This means more emails, phone calls or repeated work when something is misunderstood. In this session we will discuss simple ways to improve your online communication skills with both your co-workers and patrons. (60 mins)
Ciara Eastell makes a strong case for these places of transformation and possibility, arguing that in an era of fake news and loneliness, we need our libraries more than ever. (12 mins)
How to: TikTok (Engaging Local Government Leaders)
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying its popularity: TikTok beat out Facebook and WhatsApp to claim the spot of #1 most popular social app download in the world for 2020. Here’s a closer look at the rapidly growing platform and how governments can leverage it to reach residents. (62 mins)
Oct 20: Behind the Book Author Takeover with Sharon Draper (Follett)
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Oct 7: How Do I Count This? Updated Guidelines for Programming Stats (Indiana State Library)
Oct 21: How to Decipher Your Web Analytics (and Use Them to Your Advantage) (Firespring)
CHILDREN & TEENS
Oct 5: Social Media Literacy: Purposeful Practice in Every Classroom (OK2Ask)
Oct 7: Behind the Book Author Takeover STUDENT EDITION with Soman Chainani (Follett)
Oct 13: Big Questions, Worries, and Fears: How to have hard conversations with little children (Early Childhood Investigations)
Oct 16: Tech for Teens Club: Intro to Coding & Video Games (PACER Center)
Oct 27: The Power of Emotional Intelligence for Children Birth Through Eight (Early Childhood Investigations)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Oct 5: Winter Book Club Picks (Booklist)
Oct 8: Phenomenal Picture Books (Booklist)
Oct 12: Middle Grade Trends (Booklist)
Oct 12: Read Woke NONFICTION! (School Library Journal)
Oct 13: Care of Painted Surfaces (Connecting to Collections Care)
Oct 19: Spring 2022 Graphic Novel Preview (School Library Journal)
Oct 20: From the 19th Century to Today: Giving a Voice to People Through Time Using Stories Past and Present (Mackin)
Oct 27: The Read Woke Movement: What You Can Do Now in Your Library (Follett)
COMMUNICATION
That’s Not What I Meant: Improving Your Online Communication Skills (Colorado State Library)
How to: TikTok (Engaging Local Government Leaders)
Oct 20: How to Use Linkedin, Marketing Collateral, and Messaging Templates to Expand Your Network (CharityHowTo)
Oct 27: How to Captivate and Engage Constituents with Your Website (Firespring)
DIGITAL RESOURCES
ProQuest Culturegrams training video (ProQuest)
Oct 7: NoveList Plus Overview
Oct 19: DPLA Genealogy Webinar (Digital Public Library of America)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
How Libraries Change Lives (TedxExeter)
Oct 5: The Post-Pandemic Rules of Talent Management Webinar (Harvard Business Review)
Oct 14: Making the Best of Bad Information (Colorado State Library)
Oct 20: The Well-being Road Map and the Essential Role of Emotional Intelligence (Training Industry)
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
Oct 5: TECHNOLOchicas: Transforming the T in STEM (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Oct 6: The Queer Omaha Archives: The First 5 Years (Nebraska Library Commission)
Oct 7: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners (Saddleback Educational Publishing)
Oct 12: Read Woke NONFICTION! (School Library Journal)
Oct 27: Even More Open: Inclusive Design in Open Educational Resources (Georgia Library Association)
Oct 27: The Read Woke Movement: What You Can Do Now in Your Library (Follett)
FUNDRAISING
Oct 5: How to Use Gratitude to Build and Strengthen Relationships with Donors and Supporters (CharityHowTo)
Oct 6: Social Media Strategy: How to Grow Your Fundraising Efforts (TechSoup)
Oct 6: Why You Need Peer-to-Peer Fundraising and the Best Ways to Implement it (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Oct 7: Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation NOW and Post-pandemic (Bloomerang)
Oct 18: Start with Listening: Transform Your Fundraising with Donor Feedback (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Oct 19: The Power of 24 Hours (Blackbaud)
Oct 19: Grant Writing Bootcamp for Advanced Writers (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Oct 20: How to Use Linkedin, Marketing Collateral, and Messaging Templates to Expand Your Network (CharityHowTo)
Oct 27: How to Captivate and Engage Constituents with Your Website (Firespring)
Oct 28: How to Get Donor Visits and Navigate the Asking Process (Productive Fundraising)
Oct 28: The 3 Things to Make This Giving Tuesday Your Best Ever (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
LEGAL
Oct 14: Orientation to Legal Research Series: U.S. Case Law (Law Library of Congress)
LIBRARY SPACES
Oct 13: Library Design for Modern Human Behavior (Library Journal)
MANAGEMENT
Oct 12: Using Culture to Elevate Your Business’s Impact (Firespring)
Oct 13: Shaping the Nonprofit Employee Experience in a Digital Age (Candid Learning)
Oct 20: Retaining Talent in the New World of Work (Engaging Local Government Leaders)
Oct 20: The Well-being Road Map and the Essential Role of Emotional Intelligence (Training Industry)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Oct 5: TECHNOLOchicas: Transforming the T in STEM (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Oct 6: Video Game Development for Library Activities and Outreach (Indiana State Library)
Oct 19: Public Libraries and Public Health: Partners for Community Health (WebJunction)
PROGRAMMING
Oct 6: Virtual Programming During COVID: What we Wished we had Known in Advance & What we Learned During the Process (Niche Academy)
Oct 6: Video Game Development for Library Activities and Outreach (Indiana State Library)
Oct 6: Relighting Your Programming Fire: Combatting Job-Related Burnout and Guilt to Make Programming Fun Again (Niche Academy)
Oct 16: Tech for Teens Club: Intro to Coding & Video Games (PACER Center)
Oct 20: Going Virtual: Programs and Insights from a Time of Crisis (Programming Librarian)
READERS’ ADVISORY
Great Reads from Great Places: Natural World (Library of Congress)
Oct 5: Winter Book Club Picks (Booklist)
Oct 6: A Novel Afternoon: Middle Grade and YA Authors Share Their Stories (School Library Journal)
Oct 7: NoveList Plus Overview
Oct 8: Phenomenal Picture Books (Booklist)
Oct 12: Middle Grade Trends (Booklist)
Oct 12: Read Woke NONFICTION! (School Library Journal)
Oct 19: Spring 2022 Graphic Novel Preview (School Library Journal)
Oct 20: From the 19th Century to Today: Giving a Voice to People Through Time Using Stories Past and Present (Mackin)
Oct 27: The Read Woke Movement: What You Can Do Now in Your Library (Follett)
REFERENCE
Oct 14: Orientation to Legal Research Series: U.S. Case Law (Law Library of Congress)
Oct 19: DPLA Genealogy Webinar (Digital Public Library of America)
Oct 28: Congress.gov Webinar (Law Library of Congress)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Oct 5: Social Media Literacy: Purposeful Practice in Every Classroom (OK2Ask)
Oct 6: Transform Your Pedagogy by Partnering with Parents! (edWeb.net)
Oct 6: A Novel Afternoon: Middle Grade and YA Authors Share Their Stories (School Library Journal)
Oct 7: Behind the Book Author Takeover STUDENT EDITION with Soman Chainani (Follett)
Oct 7: NoveList Plus Overview
Oct 7: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners (Saddleback Educational Publishing)
Oct 8: Phenomenal Picture Books (Booklist)
Oct 12: Middle Grade Trends (Booklist)
Oct 12: Read Woke NONFICTION! (School Library Journal)
Oct 13: Big Questions, Worries, and Fears: How to have hard conversations with little children (Early Childhood Investigations)
Oct 14: Making the Best of Bad Information (Colorado State Library)
Oct 14: How Did We Get Here? Analyzing Political Extremism with Primary Sources (Library Journal)
Oct 16: Tech for Teens Club: Intro to Coding & Video Games (PACER Center)
Oct 19: Spring 2022 Graphic Novel Preview (School Library Journal)
Oct 20: Behind the Book Author Takeover with Sharon Draper (Follett)
Oct 20: From the 19th Century to Today: Giving a Voice to People Through Time Using Stories Past and Present (Mackin)
Oct 27: Gameschooling: Using Board Games in the Classroom (Indiana State Library)
Oct 27: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
Oct 27: The Power of Emotional Intelligence for Children Birth Through Eight (Early Childhood Investigations)
Oct 27: The Read Woke Movement: What You Can Do Now in Your Library (Follett)
Oct 27: AASL Town Hall: Leading Learning (American Association of School Librarians)
TECHNOLOGY
How to: TikTok (Engaging Local Government Leaders)
Oct 5: The Post-Pandemic Rules of Talent Management Webinar (Harvard Business Review)
Oct 26: Free Online Tools to Increase Your Workflow & Productivity (Infopeople)
Oct 27: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
Oct 28: The Rise of the App: Integrating Rich Additional Content into Zoom, Webex, and MS Teams Sessions (InSync Training)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Oct 7: Lights, Camera, Action: Behind the Scenes of Successful Virtual Events (Training Magazine Network)
Oct 7: Facilitation Excellence in the Virtual Classroom (InSync Training)
Oct 14: Making the Best of Bad Information (Colorado State Library)
Oct 14: How Did We Get Here? Analyzing Political Extremism with Primary Sources (Library Journal)
Oct 27: Gameschooling: Using Board Games in the Classroom (Indiana State Library)
Oct 27: Even More Open: Inclusive Design in Open Educational Resources (Georgia Library Association)
VOLUNTEERS
Oct 5: Background and Criminal Record Checks for Candidates and Volunteers: Guidance for Nonprofits and Charities (Charity Village)
Oct 7: Creating a Culture of Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
Oct 11: They’re Not A Frill If You’re Using Them Right: How to Save Money and Get More Done Using High-Skill Volunteers (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Oct 13: Creating a Comprehensive and Engaging Volunteer Training Program (VolunteerMatch)
PROGRAM ABSTRACTS & LOGIN INFORMATION:
Tuesday, Oct 5 (10-11 am)
The Post-Pandemic Rules of Talent Management Webinar (Harvard Business Review)
On Tuesday, October 5, innovator and business psychology expert Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic will lead a live HBR webinar highlighting trends for post-pandemic workplaces. He will discuss:Why technology can help create a more collaborative remote work environment; How organizations can build culture even outside of an office; How to help employees maintain flexibility and work-life balance as they return to work; How technology allows companies greater geographic freedom when scouting talent.
Believe it or not, winter will be here before you know it, and you’ll want to make sure your book club is well prepared. Join us on Tuesday, October 5 at 1 p.m. CT when we’ll learn about upcoming titles from Penguin Random House Library, Sourcebooks, and the LibraryLoveFest team at HarperCollins Publishers. Plus, we’ll hear from Revell authors Jane Kirkpatrick (THE HEALING OF NATALIE CURTIS) and Joanna Davidson Politano (THE MIDNIGHT DANCE). Stock up on these exciting, discussion-inducing titles perfect for your next book club!
Background and Criminal Record Checks for Candidates and Volunteers: Guidance for Nonprofits and Charities (Charity Village)
Performing a pre-employment background check equips employers and volunteer managers with key information about a candidate’s past that might influence whether or not they are a good fit for the current position. Basic and Enhanced Criminal Record Checks are available, but which one should you choose? And when would you choose these services instead of a Vulnerable Sector Check? Join us for this free webinar where we’ll discuss the benefits of each so you can confidently choose the best option for your organization and your specific situation. As a bonus, we’ll outline the benefits of using eReferences, a new and exciting tool to help you more efficiently and effectively conduct reference checks.
How To Use Gratitude to Build and Strengthen Relationships with Donors and Supporters (CharityHowTo)
During this free webinar, we’ll review your donors’ giving motives, dive into why gratitude is crucial to ongoing giving and you’ll learn best practices, get expert advice and receive useful tips for saying a heartfelt thank you to every single donor.
TECHNOLOchicas: Transforming the T in STEM (National Girls Collaborative Project)
TECHNOLOchicas is a national initiative of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)and Televisa Foundation designed to raise awareness among young Latinas and their families about opportunities and careers in technology. Join NGCP as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15, 2021) with TECHNOLOchicas. With TECHNOLOchicas, we will learn about opportunities and resources to support and enhance STEM education for Hispanic and Latina women and girls.
Social Media Literacy: Purposeful Practice in Every Classroom (OK2Ask)
While students intuitively understand the mechanics of social media platforms, using them in a responsible, purposeful way to build influence is not instinctual and must be taught and practiced. Learn to develop your students’ social media savvy by using practice spaces focused on digital citizenship, critical thinking, persuasion and communication skills. Explore online and offline strategies and tools to create safe, authentic learning experiences for students in grades 2-12 in any content area.
The Queer Omaha Archives: The First 5 Years (Nebraska Library Commission)
Kick-off LGBTQ+ History Month by learning more about Nebraska’s LGBTQ+ history and how archivists and librarians are preserving and sharing the past today. The Queer Omaha Archives in UNO Libraries’ Archives and Special Collections launched in 2016 as the first dedicated LGBTQ+ archival and book collection in Nebraska. In the collecting initiative’s first 5 years it has grown to over 80 cubic feet and 3 GB of personal papers and organizational records, 50 oral history interviews, and 3,000 books. In this session, you will be introduced to some of the archival resources available and the opportunities and challenges of the Queer Omaha Archives has encountered.
Transform Your Pedagogy by Partnering with Parents! (edWeb.net)
We all know that partnering with parents (and all caregivers) is not just a one-and-done event, but a practice of seeing and valuing families as full and equal partners in fostering learners. How, as educators, can we help parents and caregivers feel more confident, clear, and supported as partners in learning? Join Gretchen Osodipe of Co-Teach for a lively discussion about a whole-community approach, including concrete strategies educators can use for family engagement.
Social Media Strategy: How to Grow Your Fundraising Efforts (TechSoup)
In this session, we’ll cover everything you need to know in order to build a well-structured content plan to help you grow your community and develop a fundraising strategy for social media.
Why You Need Peer-to-Peer Fundraising and the Best Ways to Implement it (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Peer-to-peer fundraising allows you to raise exponentially more fundraising revenue when you do it right. With peer-to-peer in your fundraising strategy, your community will raise money for you. Yet, you need to pick the right platform for your cause and set it up in a way that is easy-to-use for your fundraisers.
Virtual Programming During COVID: What we Wished we had Known in Advance & What we Learned During the Process (Niche Academy)
Join a group of academic and public librarians from Laramie (WY) to see how they provided a series of programming about African American poetry and music. They will share practical tips for what to keep in mind when planning accessible virtual programs, how academic and public libraries can collaborate to create dynamic programming, and note areas where practices can be improved to help you avoid pitfalls in advance when planning remote programs!
A Novel Afternoon: Middle Grade and YA Authors Share Their Stories (School Library Journal)
Eager to meet new and acclaimed authors and learn about their 2021 titles? Join six Simon & Schuster middle grade and YA authors originally scheduled to appear at ALA Annual! Each author will present a recent or upcoming book, and participate in a moderated Q&A. Settle in for an afternoon of discovery and conversation!
Video Game Development for Library Activities and Outreach (Indiana State Library)
Game engines, such as Unreal Engine, can be leveraged to create a virtual library environment for gamifying library activities and capturing the attention of reluctant would-be-patrons. I will provide some examples, discuss possibilities and demonstrate a basic process for getting started.
Behind the Book Author Takeover STUDENT EDITION with Soman Chainani (Follett)
They may recognize his name from his best-selling School for Good and Evil series, but on October 7, 2021, students will get to hear from Soman Chainani about his new book, Beasts and Beauty, a collection of twelve stories based on familiar fairy tales. Soman will outline the book’s background, why he chose to write this new collection following the School for Good and Evil series, and how he reimagined each fairy tale to address the anxieties and struggles of today’s readers.
Lights, Camera, Action: Behind the Scenes of Successful Virtual Events (Training Magazine Network)
Have you wondered how to set yourself up for success in your online events? Join Cindy Huggett as she shares a behind-the-scenes look at her proven process to get ready for her engaging online workshops. From practical preparation tips to equipment recommendations, you’ll walk away with ideas you can immediately use.
Get More Grants with Donor Cultivation NOW and Post-pandemic (Bloomerang)
In this 1-hour webinar, you will discover: How to excite funders so they WANT to fund you; The 5% Rule and why it matters right now; Tips for engaging your board, social media, and current connections; and, How to have the best meetings and site visits with funders now and post-pandemic! There will be plenty of time for live Q&A so come prepared with your questions.
How Do I Count This? Updated Guidelines for Programming Stats (Indiana State Library)
Join Angela Fox, ISL Public Library Services Consultant, at this webinar to learn what new IMLS guidance on programming means for your stats, why many of the rules from last year are wrong – and why the impact on your 2021 Annual Report will be minimal. We’ll leave time for questions, but advance questions are appreciated so we make sure we address your concerns.
Facilitation Excellence in the Virtual Classroom (InSync Training)
In this Ask the Expert webinar, hear from two of InSync’s finest expert facilitators on how to go from just surviving to thriving in the virtual classroom. Karen Vieth and Cindy Foster give you the BIG picture to discovering your own virtual excellence.
Creating a Culture of Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
It’s important to create a culture of inclusion and engagement of volunteers within your organization. This webinar will help you identify how your organization’s current culture is shaping or limiting what volunteers do, and provide steps you can take to start to create more understanding, respect, and appreciation for engaging volunteers.
Looking to become a readers’ advisory superstar? Want to pull together expert recommendations more quickly? It’s easy with NoveList Plus! Join us for an overview of features and search strategies and learn how NoveList Plus helps you find the right books for your readers.
Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners (Saddleback Educational Publishing)
Drs. Diane Staehr Fenner and Sydney Snyder will present a framework for culturally responsive teaching for multilingual learners. We will first explore the definition of culture and its role in teaching and learning. Next, we will discuss five guiding principles for developing a culturally responsive school climate for multilingual learners, sharing practical tools and strategies framed around these five principles. Throughout the webinar, we will provide opportunities for you to apply these strategies to your context.
With their wit, whimsy, and ability to spark the imagination, picture books remain a constant source of inspiration for readers of all ages. And what better time than now to peruse upcoming picture-book releases? Please join us for this free, hour-long webinar, featuring representatives from Greystone Kids, Minedition, Owlkids, Quarto Kids, Second Story Press, and Tundra Books.
They’re Not A Frill If You’re Using Them Right: How to Save Money and Get More Done Using High-Skill Volunteers (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Discover how to make the most of high-skill volunteers–those lawyers, public-relations specialists, accountants and other professionals who are increasingly interested in donating their expertise. Explore how to identify major projects on which volunteers can be helpful, how to integrate them into those projects, how to smooth relations between staff and volunteers, and how to make paid personnel more effective in deploying and supervising their unpaid counterparts.
Using Culture to Elevate Your Business’s Impact (Firespring)
Is a company’s culture determined by design or default? How does your company culture drive impact in your organization and in the community? Join Jay Wilkinson, Firespring founder & CEO, to discover how Firespring relies on its vibrant culture to attract and keep great talent, drive community engagement and, ultimately, do more good.
Space adventures? Historical fiction? Mysteries? What will be the next big thing in Middle Grade?! These professionals will tell us! Tune into this free, one hour webinar on Tuesday, October 12 at 1 p.m. CT to get the inside scoop on the hottest topics coming to the MG reading world. We’ll hear from the experts at Algonquin Young Readers, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, Clarion Books, Shadow Mountain Publishing, and Chooseco. Make sure your library is stocked with the latest trends hitting the book scene!
Join four Black nonfiction authors who tackle difficult topics in their books with the goal of empowering young readers with knowledge and accurate, unbiased information. You’ll also find out about a new publishing program—Read Woke™ Books, developed in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian—that seeks to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.
Care of Painted Surfaces (Connecting to Collections Care)
Across time and culture, paint has been applied to the surface of many materials. Paint can be found on fabrics, wood, metal, and glass, just to name a few. Caring for painted surfaces can be challenging as the paint and substrate frequently respond differently to fluctuations in the environment. This webinar will provide an overview of common condition issues and best practices for storage and display.
Relighting Your Programming Fire: Combatting Job-Related Burnout and Guilt to Make Programming Fun Again (Niche Academy)
Planning programs is a lot of fun, but it is also a lot of work. When working with a small budget, struggling with other responsibilities, and trying to please your community, you can very quickly find yourself on the path to burnout. It’s not easy to feel passionate and excited about planning programs when you’re running on empty. So let’s make programming fun again!
Creating a Comprehensive and Engaging Volunteer Training Program (VolunteerMatch)
What do your volunteers need to know to be successful? This webinar will start with the basics and help you understand how to determine what information you should be sharing with your volunteers, and how that can be used to create a curriculum. We’ll then discuss how to present this information in a variety of ways using different delivery methods that appeal to adult learners.
Shaping the Nonprofit Employee Experience in a Digital Age (Candid Learning)
This webinar will address the latest innovative strategies for interviewing and hiring best-fit job candidates while showcasing your brand and culture. And whether your staff is in the office or working from home, you’ll discover how to streamline your onboarding processes and craft an engaging employee experience.
Library Design for Modern Human Behavior (Library Journal)
This webinar will provide a basic understanding of the natural human behaviors and instincts that drive our everyday lives, such as the desire to be in a secure environment and the need to have vision of your surroundings. Within this framework of understood natural human behaviors, learn how you can design your library space to promote comfort and security within the details – everything from the pitch of the seat and the ability to maintain your personal bubble, to the sightlines promoted in the architecture of the building and the access to natural light and power resources matters in promoting comfort for our human instincts that trigger our internal fight or flight.
Big Questions, Worries, and Fears: How to have hard conversations with little children (Early Childhood Investigations)
Join Dr. Lauren Starnes in this webinar to address the big adult questions young children often ask that often cause us to pause, silence the child, or deflect the response. This session will guide you to answer difficult question respectfully and developmentally appropriately with even the youngest children. The webinar will explore big topics as miscarriage, domestic terror events, gender fluidity, death of a classmate, and other equally emotional and unsettling topics.
Orientation to Legal Research Series: U.S. Case Law (Law Library of Congress)
This entry in the Orientation to Legal Research Series provides an overview of U.S. case law research, including information about the U.S. federal court system, the publication of court opinions, methods for researching case law, and information about locating records and briefs.
Making the Best of Bad Information (Colorado State Library)
We’ve all interacted with patrons who are insistent that their research path has led them to a fact when, in fact, it hasn’t. There have always been wild ideas around, but theories with very little evidence behind them are getting more traction in mainstream society and showing up more often in our libraries. How do we as library staff intervene in situations where our patrons have bad information, and is it our role to do so? How do we uphold values of privacy and intellectual freedom when our patrons have arrived at incorrect or detrimental information? We’ll look at the causes of the explosion of misinformation and how it coincides with mistrust of authoritative sources as well as discuss communication tips for talking to patrons.
How Did We Get Here? Analyzing Political Extremism with Primary Sources (Library Journal)
Learn how you can equip students, scholars, and researchers with digital tools that examine the rhetoric, ideology, and evolution of fringe groups to better understand their impact on today’s mainstream politics and broader society. In this webcast, you’ll hear from a panel of scholars as they share their thoughts on the value of primary sources for the teaching, learning, and research of political extremism and radicalism from the interwar period of the twentieth century to today.
Tech for Teens Club: Intro to Coding & Video Games (PACER Center)
In this Zoom webinar, we’ll introduce teens with disabilities to the fundamentals of coding through the use of MIT’s Scratch online software. Teens will create interactive games and stories while developing basic programming skills. This workshop is designed for students with basic computer skills, but no previous coding knowledge is required. Students of all abilities are encouraged to attend.
Start with Listening: Transform Your Fundraising with Donor Feedback (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
One of the most important skills in nonprofit management is the ability to listen. Despite powerful benefits, listening is often rare and difficult to translate into action. With the right tools, listening well to your donors can provide valuable organizational insights, and help to generate significant resources for your nonprofit.
Spring 2022 Graphic Novel Preview (School Library Journal)
Celebrate Teach Graphix Week with a first look at Scholastic’s Spring 2022 graphic novels! Moderated by Varian Johnson, author of Twins, this panel features creators Kat Fajardo (Miss Quinces), Amy Kim Kibuishi (Realm of the Blue Mist), and Dan Santat (The Aquanaut) speaking about their upcoming graphic novels and the importance of including graphic novels in libraries, classrooms, and curriculum. Plus, get a sneak peek at even more graphic novels coming in 2022!
Looking to host your first giving day this GivingTuesday (or beyond)? Join guest speakers Roland Palmer and Regina Farrell as they share lessons learned from the field. After hosting their first GivingTuesday campaign in the Fall of 2020, they tapped into even more potential with an inaugural giving day the following Spring. Proving that you can be successful your first time, the events brought in well over 100 new donors, leveraged Facebook for building virtual engagement and hit every major goal. In this session, we will discuss the strategy, what Roland and Regina will repeat (and what they will not) as well as how they are taking practices from these campaigns and applying them to GivingTuesday this year.
Public Libraries and Public Health: Partners for Community Health (WebJunction)
Join this webinar for an introduction to public health, and hear how public health practitioners and library staff are partnering for success. Learn how to build library staff confidence in providing health information, assess community health needs, and build community partnerships that magnify the role public libraries play as key contributors to community health.
Grant Writing Bootcamp for Advanced Writers (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
This grant writing class will teach individuals how to write a compelling grant proposal of $100,000 and up for submission to a private foundation. The class covers everything from the grant cover letter to reconciliation but focuses primarily on the statement of need, project/program narrative, outcome measurements, and reconciliation. We discuss how to make those sections compelling, accurate, and tailored to your organization.
DPLA Genealogy Webinar (Digital Public Library of America)
A one-hour informational genealogy webinar using DPLA resources. The webinar will cover some DPLA basics, such as search techniques and a metadata overview, as well as genealogy tips and tricks. There will be several case studies using DPLA resources and highlighting how to navigate DPLA’s collection and use available primary source sets.
Going Virtual: Programs and Insights from a Time of Crisis (Programming Librarian)
In these high-energy “lightning talks,” attendees will learn about creative programs that vividly demonstrate the ways in which library programming can make communities stronger and more resilient by creating lifelong learners, fostering conversation, and forging connections.
Retaining Talent in the New World of Work (Engaging Local Government Leaders)
While the public sector devotes considerable time and resources to attracting talent, we often do not focus enough on retaining talent. This is a mistake because replacing a departed employee can cost up to 150 percent of the employee’s salary. As a result, it is critically important for all local government leaders (and not just HR) to focus on employee retention.
The Well-being Road Map and the Essential Role of Emotional Intelligence (Training Industry)
There has been an increased focus on employee well-being, leading many to grapple with the question, “What can we do to help our people thrive?” Organizational researchers have consistently observed the connection between emotional intelligence and well-being, and those insights can help leaders build the skills to improve the working lives of their teams.
How to Use Linkedin, Marketing Collateral, and Messaging Templates to Expand Your Network (CharityHowTo)
In this free nonprofit training, you will develop a clear understanding of how to use LinkedIn as a lead generator/connector, identify the marketing collateral needed for new supporters, and master the art of the email template.
Behind the Book Author Takeover with Sharon Draper (Follett)
On October 20, 2021 at 2:00pm CT, Sharon Draper will give a presentation about the power of teachers (who get double extra credit for the past year!), the importance of reading, and the connections needed to move to the next level of literacy and advocacy for all our students. Having taught for thirty years in Cincinnati Public Schools and been named National Teacher of the year, Sharon Draper has traveled worldwide as an advocate for teachers everywhere.
From the 19th Century to Today: Giving a Voice to People Through Time Using Stories Past and Present (Mackin)
Join five esteemed creators in a lively discussion of their books which introduce young readers to voices that are well known, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., and to voices who are not yet household names, such as William Still, Frances Perkins, and Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly. The books travel from the time of slavery to today, and discuss the Underground Railroad, workers’ rights, civil rights, and the border wall.
How to Decipher Your Web Analytics (and Use Them to Your Advantage) (Firespring)
You can market your organization till you’re blue in the face, but if you don’t know how your efforts are performing, you might find yourself running in circles or spinning your wheels. It’s important to stop. Look at the numbers. Learn from them, then pivot if necessary—and that’s where metrics and web analytics come in. They can steer you in the right direction if you know how to interpret them, then use them. Put your analytics to work and make a huge impact on your organization’s success by using all that information to optimize for future messages, fundraisers and campaigns. Join Molly Coke in this free educational session.
Free Online Tools to Increase Your Workflow & Productivity (Infopeople)
Have you ever found a tool or service that made you go “AHA!”? Are there little gems that make your life so much easier that you wonder how you lived without them? This informative webinar will be filled with online (and free!) tools that can help you improve how you work.
Gameschooling: Using Board Games in the Classroom (Indiana State Library)
As a former neurobiologist who transitioned to teaching, I have experimented for the past seven years with the integration of board games as educational tools. Here I will discuss best practices for using board games effectively to teach content knowledge, focusing primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects. Topics covered will include gamer motivations, fun yet educational game mechanics, lesson plan structures, roles of educators in scaffolded learning, and common mistakes I have discovered in the “gameschooling” process.
Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live! Join the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Amanda Sweet, as she guides us through the world of library-related Pretty Sweet Tech.
Even More Open: Inclusive Design in Open Educational Resources (Georgia Library Association)
Since the inception of Affordable Learning Georgia in 2014, accessibility has been a priority within the creation and sharing of open educational resources (OER). However, the world’s definitions of disability and accessibility have changed since then: open resources should meet a diverse range of learners where they are, with our design matching their interaction needs. Jeff Gallant, Program Director of Affordable Learning Georgia, will demonstrate new methods in inclusive design, from things you can do yourself within Microsoft Word to ALG’s new inclusive web-based platform for open textbooks, OpenALG.
The Power of Emotional Intelligence for Children Birth Through Eight (Early Childhood Investigations)
Please join Dr. Donna Housman as she discusses how we can use the power of emotional intelligence to foster and support our children’s emotional well-being providing them with an emotional toolkit for life, starting at birth.
How to Captivate and Engage Constituents with Your Website (Firespring)
Everything you do as a nonprofit organization leads people back to your website. It is the center of your marketing universe and home base of your brand. Does your website captivate and engage people or is it merely an online brochure with a few photos and mission statement? In this session, we will share more than a decade of focus group research to maximize your engagement.
The Read Woke Movement: What You Can Do Now in Your Library (Follett)
Join this webinar and discover how incorporating diverse stories and incentive-based learning during an era of DACA repeal, Asian discrimination, a Muslim ban, and the Black Lives Matter movement empowered students and created a culture of reading at one school. Cicely Lewis will share tools you can use to obtain community support and equip yourself and those around you to lead change in your schools. She will walk attendees through creative ways to diversify your reading list and open up to more diverse texts.
AASL Town Hall: Leading Learning (American Association of School Librarians)
AASL Town Halls are a monthly opportunity for school library professionals to network and brainstorm around a central theme. During the town halls, participants share successes, solicit ideas, and strategize the best ways to meet the needs of school librarians and their learners. Join AASL leadership, special guests, and peers across the country in an open conversation focused on leading learning in your school and community.
How to Get Donor Visits and Navigate the Asking Process (Productive Fundraising)
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a session focused on figuring out who you should talk to, getting the meeting, figuring out what to talk about, making the ask and following up afterward. Chad will walk you step by step through the process he has successfully used for years as he works to raise support for a nonprofit organization.
The Rise of the App: Integrating Rich Additional Content into Zoom, Webex, and MS Teams Sessions (InSync Training)
As many of the different platforms we use to deliver content virtually continue to evolve, a new trend has emerged: The App. The introduction of Applications within MS Teams and now Webex and Zoom is allowing us new ways of interacting with attendees without having to use external tools. In this session, InSync’s Richard Newton will explore what is available, what is to come and how this could be used to deliver more impactful transfer of knowledge.
This orientation is designed to give a basic overview of Congress.gov. While the focus of the session will be searching legislation and the Congressional member information attached to the legislation, the new features of Congress.gov will be highlighted.
The 3 Things to Make This Giving Tuesday Your Best Ever (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
In this workshop, we will discuss three ways to think about, plan, and execute GivingTuesday to maximize the value and impact of the day for your organization’s fundraising goals. We will explore a unique blend of ultra-powerful fundraising technologies, expert nonprofit marketing, and fundraising strategic advisors to guide clients through the fundraising process. We’ll help your team learn how to plan, craft, and execute smart, data-driven crowdfunding campaigns.
This block of resources is organized into a self-paced course for library staff. As we muddle through an extended period of pandemic news, canceled events, and altered plans, its more important than ever to practice self-care.
Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum (Law Library of Congress)
Whether you are a professional who uses Congress.gov each day in the course of your work or an engaged citizen who uses Congress.gov to stay up to date on the latest federal legislative information, we invite you to join us for the Congress.gov Virtual Public Forum.
Difference is You Conference (Indiana State Library)
Sessions include: Developing Welcoming Spaces for LGBTQ+; Developing Tech Intuition: Help Low-Skilled Users Navigate Websites and Apps; Reader’s Advisory: The Art of Finding the Right Book; Speak Up: Responding to Uncomfortable Situations; Teen Tips; How to Talk with Your Boss; and more.
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 September 23 and will feature a close-up look at the biggest forthcoming books for winter/spring 2022.
Can you tell your nonprofit’s story in one minute? TechSoup’s Lights, Camera, Take Action! digital storytelling campaign will help you build your skills! Over three days of online workshops we will guide you through strategy development, feature the best tools to use, and give you the opportunity to practice your own story creation skills.
Coming up in October for a substantial fee, but take advantage of the MT State Library membership in AMIGOS for your discount:
Cataloging and Classification Basics – 6 two-hour sessions October 19 -28 noon-2pm each day
A bootcamp to get started on cataloging or for a detailed refresher. Early bird savings if you register by September 27th. Early bird member fee: $420. 12 credits total in the Collection Management and Technical Services category.
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
CTD Answers Your Questions About AT! (Center on Technology and Disability)
This recorded webinar is a Q & A session with Center on Technology and Disability (CTD) director Jackie Hess. In this session, Jackie answers both AT questions previously submitted as well as those asked during the live presentation. Topics include relevant laws, classroom practice, AT for libraries, recommended apps, and much more.
Practical tips around privacy (EveryLibrary Institute)
Privacy is a core value for libraries and should be an integral part of library operations. This talk covers privacy aspects that libraries should be considering and provides practical guidance to integrate privacy into everything you do as a librarian.
Take a Break from the Printed Word: Explore Non-Print Audio and Video Resources of the U.S. Government (Federal Depository Library Program)
From Science Cinema to the Smithsonian and beyond, various Government agencies produce non-print materials, contribute to social media, and maintain channels on YouTube. This webinar highlights how and where to find non-print audio and video materials and offer suggestions on promoting these resources to your users. The webinar also covers non-print materials in other languages, state and local materials, and emphasize outstanding examples. Join us for a look at the non-print world of Government documents.
This webinar will focus on Ten Tips for Managing Conflict highlighting the ideas and practices that help us navigate the challenges we find in communicating with others. These tips include ideas about what we are thinking, what we are saying, and how we are hearing what the other has to say. As each tip is shared, real-world examples will be highlighted.
Evaluating and Sharing Your Library’s Impact (WebJunction)
Want to know if your programming or services are effective? This three-part series walks you through the why and how of evaluating your library’s programs and resources using various assessment tools and data collection methods. This series has something to offer whether you’ve never used data before or you have some experience in this area.
Sep 2: Avoiding the Rabbit Hole: Teaching Concepts in Conspiratorial Thinking (edWeb.net/News Literacy Project)
Sep 14: Drawing Disability, Framing Activism: Comics and Graphic Narratives for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research (ProQuest)
VOLUNTEERS
Sep 9: Engaging the Volunteer of the Future (VolunteerMatch)
Sep 22: Writing Accurate and Useful Volunteer Position Descriptions (VolunteerMatch)
PROGRAM ABSTRACTS & LOGIN INFORMATION:
Wednesday, Sep 1 (11-12 pm)
From Theory to Practice: How to Make Open Access Content Work for Your Library (Library Journal)
Join Library Journal Editor-in-Chief Meredith Schwartz for an open access (OA) panel with SCELC Executive Director Teri Galloway, Houston Baptist University Library Director Dean Riley, and others as they cover all things OA! Scholarly journals and other publications are increasingly being published as open access, growing exponentially. Our panel of OA proponents will review the results of the recent Library Journal survey and sharing methods and strategies to help your community use and benefit from OA materials.
Setting kids and teens up for success with your digital library (Booklist)
Join three OverDrive staff librarians in a roundtable discussion as they share best practices, including favorite titles, recent content trends, and how our Back to School sale can help you maximize budget while still meeting demand. Whether you are a new OverDrive partner looking for shopping tips & tricks or an established library wanting to dive deeper into our sale, you won’t want to miss this webinar.
Widespread economic instability and high rates of eviction over the past year have again increased the numbers of children and families in homeless situations, while also highlighting ongoing social and economic inequities. Within this context, libraries can serve as a key support and community resource for children and parents whose housing is unstable. This webinar will provide practical tips for connecting with local schools and community organizations to understand the nature of family homelessness in your community and to reach families where they are.
Middle Grade Titles for Fall (School Library Journal)
Join publishing insiders from Honest History, Shadow Mountain Publishing, and Yen Press for this showcase of must-read middle grade titles for the fall season. From fantastic and creepy monster tales, to coming of age stories with diverse young characters finding their place in the world, these title presentations will have something to offer nearly every middle grade reader.
So you’ve finally adopted social media as a legit way to connect with your target audiences, but now you want to use it to stand out from the crowd. In our Social Media 101 webinar, we covered the Big 3 (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) and walked through social media tools. Now it’s time to learn a few advanced social media tips and tricks, elevate your social media presence through micro strategies and activate your advocates.
Avoiding the Rabbit Hole: Teaching Concepts in Conspiratorial Thinking (edWeb.net/News Literacy Project)
This edWebinar explores the psychological and cognitive factors behind conspiratorial thinking, including the role of fears and anxiety, cognitive dissonance and biases, motivated reasoning and institutional cynicism. We will discuss the ways in which conspiracy theories exploit our emotions as well as fill our emotional needs. As part of the presentation, we will outline essential learning objectives and concepts and provide instructional resources for integrating these concepts into the curriculum, including our free, interactive lesson which is part of the Checkology® virtual classroom.
APALA First Fridays: APIA Author Series! (Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association)
Join us and meet Asian Pacific American authors debuting their new books and in conversation with an APALA member! Each webinar will focus on a specific genre. This month, Naomi Hirahara, author of CLARK AND DIVISION, and Sujata Massey, author of THE BOMBAY PRINCE, will be in conversation with APALA member Mimosa Shah.
Introduction to Individual Giving (Candid Learning)
A successful nonprofit organization has diversified funding streams, and individual donors play an important role. If you or your organization is new to individual giving, this webinar is for you. We’ll provide you with an overview of the fundraising landscape and walk you through the key components of an individual giving program.
NCompass Live: Manga and Graphic Novels in Your Library (Nebraska Library Commission)
Graphic novels and manga are everywhere: TV series, movies, and now coming to a library near you! Starting a collection or updating your holdings can be a challenge in this medium. Which superhero do I follow? Should I start purchasing this manga or wait until it’s complete? Graphic novels and manga are a great addition to any library, but it can feel intimidating to purchase items for this collection without having a knowledge base to work with. This presentation will cover what exactly makes up a comic or manga, the different types and genres, how to get started with your collection, and the logistics of getting into this particular art form.
Incorporating Health Literacy in Community Engagement (NNLM Region 3)
Written and digital materials are a fundamental component of engaging the community in health education programming. Unfortunately, many adults lack the skills they need to understand and use these materials, many of which do not incorporate common health literacy and plain language best practices. The UAMS Center for Health Literacy has a suite of written and digital materials to engage patients and community members to better care for themselves and improve health literacy skills. These resources were designed to empower individuals to communicate more effectively with providers and to engage in better self-care. This presentation will highlight our suite of community engagement resources and provide an overview of our development process including field testing and plain language best practices.
This webinar will provide an introduction to the basic Federal Government tools for statistics on schools and education. We will focus on the Department of Education. Gov Docs 101 is a series of introductory subject webinars on frequently-requested Government information topics.
How to: Nextdoor (Engaging Local Government Leaders)
There’s a lot more to the internet than Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram—and if you aren’t there, you’re missing out! When it comes to guaranteeing hyperlocal reach, neighborhood-focused social platform Nextdoor can’t be beat. Hear from Joseph Porcelli, Global Public Agency Lead with Nextdoor, and the City of Battlecreek, Michigan’s Community Manager Jessica L. Vanderkolk.
Visual storytelling provides one of the earliest building blocks for helping young minds make sense of their emotions and surroundings. Join this webcast for a preview into the colorful and candid world of picture books, spanning timeless educational concepts to stories of loss and hope.
Past the “Friends and Family” Board of Directors (Nonprofit Hub)
Volunteer leadership in nonprofit boards can often fall to “who do we know?” rather than “what do we need?” Placing the strategic needs of the organization first often means reaching outside existing networks for candidates, and that can be a stumbling block in creating a board that adds real value to the mission.
Orientation to Legal Research: Tracing Federal Regulations (Law Library of Congress)
Provides participants with information about the notice-and-comment rulemaking process, including the publication and citation of federal regulations as well as exploring how to trace a federal regulation.
DEI: How to Give an Inclusive Presentation (Training Magazine Network)
Learn techniques for creating an inclusive presentation, including helping everyone in the audience to feel comfortable, knowing your audience and their various situations, visual techniques that represent a variety of people, and becoming an advocate and sharing your opinions You’ll come away with specific techniques you can use immediately to create more inclusive presentations.
School Librarians: Agents of Change 2.0 (Booklist)
In this one-hour, on-demand webinar, Maggie Reagan, senior editor at Booklist, will moderate a conversation with educators at the forefront of changes that COVID-19 brought. You’ll learn how librarians and teachers can rely on each other and on the tools they already have at hand. Education experts Doreen Bergman and Sara Escobedo will delve into four of seven best practices, including driving librarianship by relationship, creating a strategic plan, utilizing existing structures, and prioritizing social and emotional learning.
Engaging the Volunteer of the Future (VolunteerMatch)
The age of one-size fits all volunteer engagement is coming to an end. This webinar will start with a review of some of the things that we know about what volunteers are looking for in an opportunity. It will then help you use this information to start designing volunteer opportunities and determining who is the “right” volunteer for your program. You’ll also learn how “word of mouth” plays such a large role in attracting volunteers to your organization and how social media makes this even more important.
How to Create a Customer Focused Culture (Training Magazine Network)
Organizations must create a workplace that is positive, motivating, and consistent. You can have the best, most efficient, and customer-friendly processes in the world, but they will fall apart if your team lacks motivation, is not engaged, or doesn’t work well together – the one thing that customers are certain to remember is their interaction with your employees.
Promoting EdTech Inventiveness in the Classroom (edWeb.net)
In this edWebinar, join Kathy Schrock, an education technology innovator and a favorite presenter at conferences throughout the United States, as she shares a powerful perspective on inventiveness in the classroom.
Using Video to Build Nonprofit Success (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Video and other visual productions can get your nonprofit on the map quickly, raising interest, engagement, and donations. In this webinar, we will explore using video as a means to amplify and expand branding or rebranding efforts, fundraising efforts, and social media efforts. We will discuss how, when used properly, video can help you grow your audience and double your engagement with that audience.
Why Build Relationships with Grantmakers? (CharityHowTo)
Participating in this free nonprofit webinar, “Why Build Relationships With Grantmakers”, will strengthen your relationship-building efforts and grant writing results in your grant seeking strategy.
Reducing Environmental Impacts of Collections Care and Management (Connecting to Collections Care)
People who protect and care for collections are often concerned about the negative impacts of their work on the environment and climate. Fortunately there are resources and practices that augment what you likely already do to limit waste and save money. And there is social science research to guide us in understanding how to adapt behaviors while remaining positive. We’ll explore a variety of approaches that you can take as an individual to ‘green’ your work, AND we’ll consider steps to take to encourage your institution and your peers to join you in making these shifts.
Drawing Disability, Framing Activism: Comics and Graphic Narratives for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research (ProQuest)
Join this webinar to hear literature and disability studies scholar Crystal Yin Lie offer an introduction to graphic narratives as academic resources, focusing on their utility for framing urgent discussions around topics such as bearing witness to trauma, social injustice, and identity politics. Dr. Lie will draw from her areas of specialization (disability studies/health humanities/contemporary literature and life writing) to demonstrate how the comic medium uniquely—and critically—reframes narratives of disability, illness, and health.
Extend Your Campus with a Unified Digital Experience (Blackbaud)
Today’s students are accustomed to having information and communication tools at their fingertips—and they expect nothing less from their higher education experience. Technology has become an even more integral part of the student experience over the past several months and, no matter what the coming months bring, the expectation that institutions be prepared to deliver an effective anytime, anywhere experience won’t fade.
No two readers are alike, and your library’s collection should reflect the vast readership looking to see themselves in books. Join us Tuesday, September 14 at 1 p.m. CT for a free, one-hour webinar discussing titles that celebrate identities of all kinds.
NCompass Live: Library School Now – Library Workers Talk about Their Library Science Coursework (Nebraska Library Commission)
Nebraska Library Commission employees who are currently taking college-level coursework in Library Science talk about their decision to take classes, share details about their program experience, and discuss what it’s like to be in Library School right now. What are they glad they did to prepare? What might they do differently? What are they looking forward to, as they progress ahead? Catch them as the fall semester takes off! This discussion will be useful for people thinking about enrolling in a Library Science program, switching programs, going back to finish programs, or anyone who knows people who might find themselves in those positions.
Power of Community in Strategic Planning (Bloomerang)
Too often strategic planning happens in a vacuum, visions casted, momentum built, plans written — yet the people directly impacted by the plan (clients, donors, staff, volunteers, community) are left out. This process has led to plans that have failed to meet its full potential. Community engagement, though at times unwieldy and time-consuming, is critical to truly propel all variables towards a common goal. You’ll see that when done well, a snowball effect happens, where the impossible becomes possible.
This presentation will focus on some of the ways in which autistic users’ communication and study needs are different from those of allistic users, and what you might need to know in your interactions with them as library users or as employees. We’ll talk about hypersensitivities and how they shape behavior and about different perceptions regarding ambiguities, as well as some things you might want to know about social interaction with autistic users.
Soft Skills: The Tools Every Librarian Should Have (Niche Academy)
Soft skills often speak to personality or character or the way a person works – things that are not necessarily definable or even measurable. In reviewing job postings, the soft skills librarians should have cover the ability to be a team player, collaborate, adapt to change. Librarians need to have interpersonal and communication skills, be organized and courteous. But, what does it mean to be collegial, creative, or detail-oriented? Most importantly, are they skills that can be taught? The answer is unequivocally yes, but the key is being aware of them first so you can learn how to master them.
Addressing STEM Stereotypes and Biases: Facilitating Challenging Conversations with Youth (National Girls Collaborative Project)
Stereotypes about who does STEM continue to be pervasive in current society. For girls, particularly girls of color, the cultural stereotypes of STEM disciplines as male dominated and white prevent them from seeing their current or possible future selves within these communities (Kang et al., 2019). Join NGCP as we dig into this topic and hear from various perspectives on their experiences engaging in challenging conversations. Speakers will also share strategies and resources for addressing and discussing STEM stereotypes and bias with youth.
National Archives Comes Alive! Young Learners Program: Meet James Madison (U.S. National Archives)
James Madison, the fourth President of the United States, has been called the “Father of the Constitution” for his role in drafting the United States Constitution in the summer of 1787. Mr. Madison, as portrayed by actor John Douglas Hall, will reflect on his role in the creation of the Constitution and the controversy surrounding the seminal document.
Building a Grant Strategy for 2021-2022 (TechSoup)
Thinking critically and creatively about securing grant support for your organization takes time. It also requires understanding the steps involved when developing a strategic approach to securing the funds needed to do your good work. This training will help you compartmentalize your thinking so you are comfortable that you’ve developed a strong approach to raise the funds needed.
Students at the Center: Fostering Secondary Newcomer Student Agency (Saddleback Educational Publishing)
This FREE one-hour webinar is based on a shared belief that achieving equity for multilingual learners must be nonnegotiable. As we are planning for the new academic year, we must also commit to the notion that we cannot go back to “normal.” Instead, let us plan ahead and approach our work with MLs through an equity lens. The presenter will unpack four key strategies to achieve this goal and participants will apply them to their own context during this interactive and highly engaging webinar.
Your Guide to a Seamless Online Event (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
This workshop is designed to give an overview of how to host a great online event. We will be covering tips on how to use and implement your platform of choice into your organization’s mission and event goals, as well as how to engage attendees with it. Attendees will gain an understanding of what support they will need internally or externally to run a seamless online event.
When the topic of planned giving (arranging now for a future contribution, usually upon a donor’s death) comes up, many nonprofit leaders and development professionals start to squirm. It can be overwhelming to know where to start, the technicalities of giving vehicles can be confusing, and the idea of talking to people about something that involves their death can be uncomfortable. Accordingly, many community-based nonprofits shy away from planned giving. Yet it doesn’t have to be this way, and you shouldn’t miss the opportunity planned giving offers. Planned giving can be done simply and joyfully. Join Thread Strategies Principals Taryn Deaton and Tracy Shaw for this webinar to learn how to get started and how to incorporate planned giving into your annual development plan.
Coaching and Supervising Staff for Social Emotional Development Growth: Prioritizing SEL in Your Program (Early Childhood Investigations)
Join this paradigm-shifting webinar by early childhood education expert Jacky Howell to explore the most current thinking about social-emotional development and how to ensure the staff you supervise are applying best practice in their classrooms. Jacky will share her insights about how you can plan, set expectations, provide day-to-day coaching, and hold staff accountable for SEL.
Tech for Teens Club : Coding Virtual Reality (PACER Center)
In this Tech for Teens webinar, we’ll use code to create a virtual reality solar system. You’ll then be able to use your own smartphone or tablet (or VR headset if you have one) to move around in 3D virtual space. We’ll also see how virtual reality headsets work with this code and discover how coding can be used in all areas of science.
Transforming Teen Services: Connected Learning (Utah State Library)
Connected Learning encourages curiosity, exploration of interests, relationship-building, and teen participation in creating learning opportunities. Explore how to use teens’ interests to create programs and services that engage and empower teens. (Part 1 of 2-part series)
Behind the Book Author Takeover STUDENT EDITION with Judd Winick (Follett)
On Tuesday, September 21, at 11:00am CT, students will get to hear from Judd Winick, the creator of Hilo, an action-packed, best-selling middle grade graphic novel series that has laugh-out-loud humor and a whole lot of heart. We will learn more about the latest edition to the series: Gina-The Girl Who Broke the World. The Hilo series is filled with epic battles, friendship, and magic and is a favorite of both kids and critics. This is sure to be a fun-filled event your students won’t want to miss.
How to Develop a Workable Strategic Plan for Your Nonprofit (CharityHowTo)
In this 45-minute FREE Nonprofit Webinar, we will show you, step-by-step, how to create and implement a workable strategic plan for your nonprofit organization.
Mathical Books: Inspire Joyful Curiosity in Math-Themed Kids’ Literature (School Library Journal)
Connecting with kids’ interests and showing how math is woven into every aspect of the world around us is at the heart of the Mathical Book Prize, which recognizes math-inspiring kids’ literature for Grades PreK-12. Join Title I school librarians as they share programming ideas for using titles from the Mathical Book List in their schools; meet Steve Light, author/illustrator of Have You Seen My Dragon? Moderated by educators Celina Gonzalez and Kirsten Bohl, the session will include time for questions and discussion. Join us to explore math in children’s literature, and pick up tips on how to encourage kids to love math in the world around them.
Here Rests in Honored Glory: Records Related to Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown, Pt 1 (U.S. National Archives)
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the interment ceremonies officiated by President Warren G. Harding at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (November 11, 1921), the National Archives, in partnership with Arlington National Cemetery, presents the first of two programs about records related to the cemetery and tomb. Part one will feature motion picture, cartographic, and photographic records.
Convert Supporters with Powerful Landing Pages (Firespring)
With great landing pages, your donors, volunteers and supporters are 10 times more likely to donate, sign up, register or engage with your nonprofit. In this session, we’ll share real-world landing page examples that increase conversions and what we’ve learned from studying hundreds of nonprofits and their landing page designs.
Content Creation for Your Library (Indiana State Library)
Are you in charge of creating content for your library’s social media accounts? Do you feel like you are stuck with what new and exciting things you can post that will engage your followers? Are you not even sure where to start or look to create graphics that excite? Wondering if hash tagging is all it’s cracked up to be? Join Jenn Bartlett, Head of Reference and Adult Services of the Manchester Public Library, and lead of their social media as she discusses these topics. Catch Bartlett on her own personal social media as The Board Game Librarian.
10 Quick Tips to Super Charge Your Next Fundraising Appeal (Productive Fundraising)
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a review of the best practices in writing fundraising appeal letters. Chad will boil down the research from top fundraising experts to provide actionable tips on both how to write content that spurs action and how to actually get prospects to open the envelope.
Tech Planning and Budgeting for Nonprofits (Tech Impact)
We all know that the effective use of technology can improve efficiencies, help better deliver on your mission, and spawn innovation. As technology advances, so should your IT budget. In this session, we will discuss: alignment of your IT budget to the organization’s strategy, assessment of your current technologies, prioritizing expenditures, and leveraging resources, as well as a walk through a sample budget worksheet that explores key buckets of tech spending.
This 90 minute introductory course will provide an overview of the origin and purpose of U.S. copyright law and how it promotes creativity, teaching, learning, and research in ways that have become an integral part of everyday life. This session will introduce copyright concepts most relevant to those working in libraries, archives, museums, and community cultural heritage organizations.
Libraries and Reading: New Service Models for Patrons with Intellectual Disability (Niche Academy)
Library service to those with ID is at once a pressing problem in great need of attention and a great challenge to the library profession which, in a time of heightened awareness of diversity, has implications for our entire professional identity. After briefly establishing the current plight of those with ID and the history of library services towards them, the presentation will provide a detailed case study of the first reading club for those with ID at an academic library.
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying its popularity: TikTok beat out Facebook and WhatsApp to claim the spot of #1 most popular social app download in the world for 2020. Here’s a closer look at the rapidly growing platform and how governments can leverage it to reach residents.
Writing Accurate and Useful Volunteer Position Descriptions (VolunteerMatch)
A good position description can make the recruitment and placement of volunteers so much easier, but this foundation component of a program is often overlooked or put into a folder and never used.
This webinar will start with the basics of what should be included in a position description and will help you create or update position descriptions for all of your volunteer opportunities.
Voices Matter: The Power of Diversity in Picture Books (Mackin)
Join award-winning authors NoNieqa Ramos, Traci Sorell, and Kao Kalia Yang for a discussion with Carol Hinz, associate publisher of Carolrhoda Books and Millbrook Press, as they discuss how picture books have the power to affirm identities, build understanding with people unlike ourselves, challenge our misconceptions, and broaden our awareness of the world.
Build a #GivingTuesday Campaign That Inspires and Converts (Candid Learning)
Make the most of the year-end giving season, and learn how to optimize your #GivingTuesday campaign. Join us for a live webinar and Q&A with Classy, to find out how to design a #GivingTuesday campaign that commands the attention of your supporters and drives online conversions.
Pushing Past Bias and Challenging Classroom Behaviors: Changing Children’s Behavior Starts With Changing Ourselves (Early Childhood Investigations)
When children exhibit behaviors that are not compliant, early educators often label them “challenging.” But are they really? Teachers and administrators often jump to conclusions about the child or their family and community. However, behavior is complex so there is seldom one reason children don’t or cannot comply with our expectations. Research shows order to gain a meaningful understanding of children’s behavior there must be a meaningful understanding of adult bias and the context in which these behaviors occurs. This webinar will help you look beyond the child to the implicit bias, contextual elements, interactions, and classroom variables that might contribute to labeling behavior as challenging.
CFPB’s Your Money, Your Goals: Financial Empowerment for Your Community (WebJunction)
Guiding patrons through a complicated financial landscape can be challenging and confusing, and can be unfair when the playing field is not level. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), is focused on using all of their tools, including enforcement, rule-writing, and research to address systemic racism and economic inequality in the consumer financial system. One of the ways to address wealth inequality in the U.S. is through empowering people who are developing their financial knowledge.
Exploring Census Data Webinar Series: Manufacturing – The Changing Face of Manufacturing in the USA (U.S. Census Bureau)
This webinar will dive into business data on the manufacturing industry and explore the relationship of manufacturing with other sectors of the economy. The session will include a live demonstration of data tools and the opportunity for Q&A.
Female Aviators in ProQuest Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
In this 30-minute session, we’ll use ProQuest Historical Newspapers to research 3 females aviators (or aviatrixes as they were once called) – Amelia Earhart, Bessie Coleman, and Evelyn Sharp. You’ll learn some search tips and tricks as well as some content highlights and differences across the newspapers.
Transforming Teen Services: Educational Equity (Utah State Library)
As we start thinking about connected learning it’s important to spend some time thinking about educational equity. Some of you may have a good sense of the population you work with and what their needs are as they relate to equity and outcomes. (Part 2 of 2-part series)
Problematic Award-Winning Texts: Daniel Boone, the Newbery Award, and Children’s Librarianship (Association for Library Service to Children)
In a panel discussion, Dr. Rob Bittner (LGBTQ Youth Literature Specialist), Megan Schliesman (Cooperative Children’s Book Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison), Dr. Junko Yokota (Center for Teaching through Children’s Books at National Louis University) and moderator Edith Campbell (Indiana State University) discuss the myriad issues at play with the Newbery and its (sometimes not too bright) legacy: the lasting impact of the medal on the dissemination of a text and its continued place in cultural conversation and on a publisher’s backlist; the role of the medal as a contemporary signifier in children’s literature; and the impact of the medal on the day-to-day issues for those serving children and families in libraries, including collection development and audits.
Road to bbcon: Is a Podcast Right for Your Business? (Blackbaud)
There is no question the growth of podcast listeners has grown dramatically this past year, and the future of the medium is bright. Does the production of a podcast make sense for your company or brand? What is the ROI of your resources, and what does that initial investment look like? In this special webinar leading up to bbcon 2021, Scott Williams, host of “Reelfoot Forward: A West Tennessee Podcast,” will answer those questions and provide some lessons learned after producing more than 100 episodes intended to create more awareness of the museum and heritage park where he serves as president and CEO.
Debug’d Coding – It’s Time to Include ALL Students in Coding! (AbleNet)
ALL students benefit from coding opportunities, but the design of current applications limits meaningful participation of students with complex needs. Using a UDL approach, lessons, materials, and a software application were designed ensuring ALL students can actively participate in coding experiences. We’ll demonstrate how Debug’d offers important daily living skills for students who have complex learning needs while supporting teachers who are new to coding. Join us to explore our new Debug’d Inclusive coding curriculum and Weavly – a freely available, fully accessible coding interface currently under development.
Here Rests in Honored Glory: Records Related to Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown, Pt 2 (U.S. National Archives)
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the interment ceremonies officiated by President Warren G. Harding at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (November 11, 1921), the National Archives, in partnership with Arlington National Cemetery, presents the second of two programs about records related to the cemetery and tomb. Part two will feature textual records.
Providing Multilingual and Multicultural Health Information (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
This class is designed to assist librarians and others who work with diverse populations in locating health information. The resources presented are selected for their emphasis on providing culturally relevant information in the preferred language of the population. Background information on refugees and immigrants in the U.S. and their unique health issues will be presented.
Library Programming for Parents with Infants: What, Why, and How? (Indiana State Library)
Programming for parents and babies in the library is relatively new. Parents with newborns are in a class by themselves; when librarians understand the issues facing new parents, they can create optimal learning environments that are just as nurturing for parents as for their infants. Learn how to present research-based programs for this audience by identifying popular elements to include, exploring recommended activities, creating welcoming communities, and using developmental tips that are easy-to-understand without being condescending.
Demystifying the Grants Lifecycle: Grant Seeking Lessons and Pro-tips from the Field (Bloomerang)
Grants are an integral piece of many nonprofit budgets. Yet finding, acquiring, and maintaining grants can often feel challenging and mysterious, especially when you have more limited grant writing experience. This session will help demystify all five phases of the grants lifecycle: identifying well-aligned prospects, cultivating funder relationships, preparing compelling submissions, maintaining grants through stewarding and reporting, and submitting renewals.
ClinicalTrials.gov for Librarians (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
ClinicalTrials.gov is the openly available federal registry and results database of publicly and privately funded clinical studies conducted in the United States and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov is a vital resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and health sciences librarians who wish to consult the entire body of evidence on any particular topic.
How to Write More Effective Email and Web Content (Infopeople)
On the web people don’t read, they scan, skim and select. In fact, usability studies show that less is more — people don’t find information that is right in front of them when it’s buried in long paragraphs. When it comes to email, communicating effectively is especially important, and the same guidelines for writing web content apply. With email, you also need to consider subject lines, who else to copy, and what outcome you are hoping for with each email you send. In this webinar, we’ll offer specific guidelines that will help you communicate more effectively in an age where people read most of your content on a screen.
How to Build a Recurring Gift Program from Scratch (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
The benefits of monthly recurring gift programs are numerous. Automated monthly giving is great for donors and for the organization. But as staff members, the thought of launching a brand-new program can be very daunting. In this webinar, fundraising expert Jessica Cloud, will show you how to build a practical, step-by-step process for building a recurring gift program from scratch. You will learn how to create a thriving group of loyal and steadfast donors who provide your organization with much-needed, regular, unrestricted revenue.
*SLJTeen Live! (School Library Journal) Thursday, Aug 5 (7-3 pm) So much of adolescence is preparing for the future—college, careers, adulthood, the next grade—and that’s even tougher when no one knows what the future will look like. Through it all, books reflect and illuminate our lives, telling boundary-pushing stories that take publishing to the next level. The conference’s author panels and library programming sessions will help you support and engage teens in this new moment and beyond. https://www.slj.com/?subpage=Events
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
Creating a Tween Collection: a Practical Guide for Librarians (Library of Michigan) https://youtu.be/PqWK2sr6yms
Putting the Me in Mental Health (Infopeople) Join Nora Franco, Consumer Health Librarian from the Network of the National Library of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region (NNLM PSR), to hear about resources such as MedlinePlus, SAMSHA, and NAMI, among others, to use along your mental health journey.
Aug 5: Embracing Strategic Planning as a Community Engagement Tool (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Aug 10: Project Outcome 101 (Public Library Association)
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Aug 18: Fun Activities Using Music with Technology (AbleNet)
BOARDS
Aug 12: Executive Directors Chat:Board of Directors Development, Recruitment, and Retention (TechSoup)
Aug 17: Boards in a Time of Adaptation (Propel Nonprofits)
CAREERS
Aug 26: How to Use Design Thinking to Advance Your Social Impact Career in the Post-COVID Era (Charity Village)
CHILDREN & TEENS
Aug 21: Tech for Teens Club : LEGO Stop-Motion Videos (Pacer Center)
Aug 25: Engineering with Nature: Learning and Communicating through Construction Play (Early Childhood Investigations)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Creating a Tween Collection: a Practical Guide for Librarians (Library of Michigan)
Aug 3: Reading Graphic: Part Two (Booklist)
Aug 12: How can librarians build collections that center around social justice? (ProQuest)
Aug 13: Booklist’s Graphic Novel Panel: Part II (Booklist)
COMMUNICATION
Aug 2: How to get $10,000 a month in free advertising from Google (Utah State Library)
Aug 4: Improve Your Email Deliverability (Blackbaud)
Aug 10: Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know (and Embrace) (Firespring)
Aug 18: How to Use Linkedin, Marketing Collateral, and Messaging Templates to Expand Your Network (CharityHowTo)
Aug 19: Tools Every Nonprofit Needs to Simplify Your Life (Firespring)
Aug 26: Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities (Bloomerang)
Aug 26: That’s Not What I Meant: Improving Your Online Communication Skills (Colorado State Library)
Aug 31: Social Media 101 for Nonprofits (Firespring)
DIGITAL RESOURCES
LinkedIn Learning tutorial in Niche Academy (Niche Academy)
Learning Express Library tutorial in Niche Academy (Niche Academy)
Aug 3: Take a Break from the Printed Word: Explore Non-Print Audio and Video Resources of the U.S. Government (Federal Depository Library Program)
Aug 19: Promoting Social-Emotional Learning in Digital Life (edWeb)
Aug 31: Explore the World with Virtual Field Trips (edWeb)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Putting the Me in Mental Health (Infopeople)
Aug 3: Resource Sharing: What Will We Keep from the Pandemic? (Library Journal)
Aug 4: Keeping Our Sanity During Change (Georgia Library Association)
Aug 4: Ready and Resilient! Promoting the Resilience of Children and Adults (Early Childhood Investigations)
Aug 5: Ask the Expert: VIrtual Training Certification (InSync Training)
Aug 19: Workplace Mental Health: Is your Nonprofit Ready for Post-COVID Challenges? (Charity Village)
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
Aug 4: Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Using Your Voice to Demand Justice (Follett)
Aug 4: True Equity and Diversity in the School Library: Preparing for a New School Year (Follett)
Aug 5: Reading Picture Books with Children Through a Race-Conscious Lens (Colorado State Library)
Aug 10: Combating Workplace Injustice in Public Libraries and the Importance of Diversifying Collections (Library Journal)
Aug 10: Walking the Talk: Realizing Ethical Considerations (Core)
Aug 11: Unpacking the Role of Preprints and Peer Review in Scholarly Inclusion (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Aug 12: How can librarians build collections that center around social justice? (ProQuest)
Aug 12: Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Aug 16: The Basics of Intersectionality (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Aug 26: Screening to Identify Preschool Children’s Strengths and Challenges Using a Cultural Wealth Framework (Early Childhood Investigations)
FUNDRAISING
Aug 4: Introduction to Finding Grants (Candid Learning)
Aug 5: Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit (Bloomerang)
Aug 10: Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know (and Embrace) (Firespring)
Aug 11: Understanding Why People Give (Nonprofit Hub)
Aug 12: How to Build Your Major Donor Portfolio (CharityHowTo)
Aug 17: The 7 Fundamentals of a Monthly Giving Program (CharityHowTo)
Aug 18: How to Use Linkedin, Marketing Collateral, and Messaging Templates to Expand Your Network (CharityHowTo)
Aug 24: Where to Find Potential Donors to Support Your Cause (Productive Fundraising)
Aug 25: How YMCA of Greater Houston Uses Data to Build Internal Trust + Maximize Fundraising (Blackbaud)
LEGAL
Aug 12: Orientation to Legal Research: Federal Statutes (Law Library of Congress)
MANAGEMENT
Aug 4: NCompass Live: Small Libraries Will Save the World! Implementing Sustainability at the Library (Nebraska Library Commission)
Aug 10: Combating Workplace Injustice in Public Libraries and the Importance of Diversifying Collections (Library Journal)
Aug 12: Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Aug 25: What’s Up Wednesday: An Empathetic Approach to Customer Service Training (Indiana State Library)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Aug 17: Demo Event: Apps for Organizations Working with Refugees and Immigrants (TechSoup)
Aug 17: OurStoryBridge: Creating Community Through Stories (WebJunction)
Aug 26: Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities (Bloomerang)
PROGRAMMING
Aug 12: Storytime Tips with Tami Austin (Utah State Library)
Aug 21: Tech for Teens Club : LEGO Stop-Motion Videos (Pacer Center)
Aug 25: Engineering with Nature: Learning and Communicating through Construction Play (Early Childhood Investigations)
READERS’ ADVISORY
Aug 3: Reading Graphic: Part Two (Booklist)
Aug 6: APALA First Fridays: APIA Author Series! (Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association)
Aug 13: Booklist’s Graphic Novel Panel: Part II (Booklist)
REFERENCE
Aug 4: Library Search Strategies: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box (Niche Academy)
Aug 4: Online Open House (Library of Congress)
Aug 5: Federal Courts: Structure, Jurisdiction, & Research (Federal Depository Library Program)
Aug 9: A Friend Like You: An Intimate Conversation About Friendships with Dr. Becky at Good Inside (Cherry Lake Publishing Group)
Aug 10: The New Federal Depository Library Directory (Federal Depository Library Program)
Aug 11: Unpacking the Role of Preprints and Peer Review in Scholarly Inclusion (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Aug 12: Orientation to Legal Research: Federal Statutes (Law Library of Congress)
Aug 18: Introduction to the American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau)
Aug 26: Congress.gov Webinar (Law Library of Congress)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Creating a Tween Collection: a Practical Guide for Librarians (Library of Michigan)
Aug 2: Strategies and Best Practices for Returning to School (edWeb)
Aug 3: Reading Graphic: Part Two (Booklist)
Aug 3: Take a Break from the Printed Word: Explore Non-Print Audio and Video Resources of the U.S. Government (Federal Depository Library Program)
Aug 4: Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Using Your Voice to Demand Justice (Follett)
Aug 4: Online Open House (Library of Congress)
Aug 4: C&C Back to School: How to Teach Copyright This Year (Copyright and Creativity)
Aug 4: True Equity and Diversity in the School Library: Preparing for a New School Year (Follett)
Aug 5: Setting Up an Emotionally Secure and Literacy-Grounded Classroom, Post-Pandemic (Saddleback Educational Publishing)
Aug 9: A Friend Like You: An Intimate Conversation About Friendships with Dr. Becky at Good Inside (Cherry Lake Publishing Group)
Aug 10: TeachersFirst Tech Tools Smackdown (TeachersFirst)
Aug 12: Storytime Tips with Tami Austin (Utah State Library)
Aug 13: Booklist’s Graphic Novel Panel: Part II (Booklist)
Aug 17: OurStoryBridge: Creating Community Through Stories (WebJunction)
Aug 19: Promoting Social-Emotional Learning in Digital Life (edWeb)
Aug 21: Tech for Teens Club : LEGO Stop-Motion Videos (Pacer Center)
Aug 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
Aug 25: Engineering with Nature: Learning and Communicating through Construction Play (Early Childhood Investigations)
Aug 26: Get the Word Out: School Librarians Share Their Gale Resource Promotion Stories (Gale)
Aug 26: Screening to Identify Preschool Children’s Strengths and Challenges Using a Cultural Wealth Framework (Early Childhood Investigations)
Aug 31: Explore the World with Virtual Field Trips (edWeb)
TECHNOLOGY
Aug 19: Tools Every Nonprofit Needs to Simplify Your Life (Firespring)
Aug 25: NCompass Live: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Aug 5: Ask the Expert: VIrtual Training Certification (InSync Training)
Aug 5: Exploring the SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results) Model (WebJunction)
Aug 18: ConnectED: An Academic Library Program Designed to Support and Engage Students (Niche Academy)
Aug 25: What’s Up Wednesday: An Empathetic Approach to Customer Service Training (Indiana State Library)
Aug 26: Get the Word Out: School Librarians Share Their Gale Resource Promotion Stories (Gale)
VOLUNTEERS
Aug 4: Telling the Story of Volunteer Impact (VolunteerMatch)
Aug 12: Social Media and Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
PROGRAM ABSTRACTS & LOGIN INFORMATION:
Monday, Aug 2 (10-11 am)
How to get $10,000 a month in free advertising from Google (Utah State Library)
Yes, you really can place ads on Google at no cost; you just have to learn how. This webinar will include links and instructions to get you started. It’s vital for your library to be visible on Google, where nearly everyone starts their searches. Meet the public where they are, and increase their awareness and usage of any of your library’s resources.
Strategies and Best Practices for Returning to School (edWeb)
Join inspiring educators and district leaders as we hear about lessons learned from the past year, the key challenges they’re facing for the new year, and how they continue to innovate as they ready themselves to welcome their students back to school this fall.
Resource Sharing: What Will We Keep from the Pandemic? (Library Journal)
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated several trends in academic libraries, including the shift from print to digital collections and the rethinking of subscriptions and licensing agreements with journal publishers. Partnerships with peer institutions and enhanced resource sharing programs have helped college and university libraries manage these challenges. In this webinar, librarians will discuss ideas and innovations that emerged during the pandemic, and how resource sharing can continue to help libraries adapt as the field continues to evolve.
Our graphic novel celebration continues with part two in our Read Graphic webinar series! Join us Tuesday, August 3 at 1 p.m. CT for this free, one-hour webinar showcasing upcoming #ReadGraphic titles from Fantagraphics Books; JY, an imprint of Yen Press; Etch, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers; Penguin Random House; and Viz Media. The webinar will begin with young reader titles and conclude with adult titles.
Take a Break from the Printed Word: Explore Non-Print Audio and Video Resources of the U.S. Government (Federal Depository Library Program)
This webinar will highlight how and where to find non-print audio and video materials and offer suggestions on promoting these resources to your users. The webinar will also cover non-print materials in other languages, state and local materials, and emphasize outstanding examples. Join us for a look at the non-print world of Government documents.
NCompass Live: Small Libraries Will Save the World! Implementing Sustainability at the Library (Nebraska Library Commission)
Help your library “go green” by leveraging the secret super power of small, rural and under-resourced libraries everywhere: the make-do mindset! Forget LEED building certifications, we’ll show you how your library can adopt systems that align your shoestring budget with tips on everything from sustainable programming practices, operational approaches, environmental partnerships, as well as easy (and cost-saving!) eco-friendly swaps based on the experience of one library’s mission to be a community leader in reducing its environmental impact.
Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Using Your Voice to Demand Justice (Follett)
Join this very special live webinar event featuring authors Adib Khorram, A.S. King, Randy Ribay, and Laurie Halse Anderson, and moderated by educator Julia E. Torres, as they discuss how books can support race, culture, identity, and mental health.
Now is the time to work to improve your sender reputation. In this session, we will present ways for you to enhance your sender reputation to help ensure that the emails you send are arriving in the inbox instead of the junk folder.
Library Search Strategies: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box (Niche Academy)
In this webinar, librarian Christopher Brown goes beyond thinking about what resources to search and focuses on how to think about searching, sharing real search examples to illustrate the points made.
Telling the Story of Volunteer Impact (VolunteerMatch)
This webinar will help you move past number of volunteers and number of hours and start telling the real story. You’ll learn about information gathering and the key components to good storytelling, how to evaluate your current measurements and how to build support for a more thorough measurement and evaluation program, and how to engage other staff – paid and volunteer – in this work.
Library Search Strategies: Thinking Inside and Outside the Box (Niche Academy)
In order to better serve our library users, librarians need to think more creatively when assisting a user with a research topic. In this webinar, librarian Christopher Brown goes beyond thinking about what resources to search and focuses on how to think about searching, sharing real search examples to illustrate the points made.
Keeping Our Sanity During Change (Georgia Library Association)
Discover your power in the organization, and where you do and do not have control. Learn about giving feedback to your supervisor to influence a change process and how you can get better results. Consider how people in organizations typically respond to change, how you respond to change, and how this affects the overall library. Think about expectations around the terms “transparency” and “feedback” when applied to change. Apply this new knowledge to help change interpersonal dynamics within your organization.
Want to learn more about the collections of the Library of Congress from the experts who work there? Join us for the second installment of our online open house! Rotate through short sessions (15 minutes each) on specific online resources, tools, and collections of interest. Plan to share some of your ideas for classroom use across the curriculum.
Ready and Resilient! Promoting the Resilience of Children and Adults (Early Childhood Investigations)
Each day, children and adults rely upon strong social-emotional skills as we navigate various life experiences. Learn strategies to support the resilience and social-emotional well-being of children and adults in this reflective webinar presented by Dr. Nefertiti B. Poyner.
C&C Back to School: How to Teach Copyright This Year (Copyright and Creativity)
Come join our C&C educators from PA, MO, and AR as we welcome you back to the 2021-2022 school year. We’ll share our FREE K-12 resources for teaching copyright and fair use and you’ll see firsthand how they are used with students in the classroom and online.
True Equity and Diversity in the School Library: Preparing for a New School Year (Follett)
Is your library truly diverse? Reading and literacy experiences that open “sliding glass doors” to new perspectives and possibilities are essential. Our experts will share ways to take an unflinching look at your library to ensure diversity and equity.
Thursday, Aug 5 (9-10 am) Embracing Strategic Planning as a Community Engagement Tool (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Rethinking the strategic planning process from a cumbersome and overwhelming task to an opportunity to connect with our community opens the possibilities to engage with those outside our immediate circles. This program will provide participants with insights and ideas to incorporate thoughtful community engagement into strategic planning processes that both diminish the risk of planning within our own bubbles and also inspire new ideas.
Ask the Expert: VIrtual Training Certification (InSync Training)
The workplace and workforce are changing at a more rapid pace today than ever before. We’ve had to adapt; and adapt quickly, especially in the shift from in-person to virtual meetings and virtual training. Good news – virtual facilitation best practices do exist, and they apply to all platforms.
Setting Up an Emotionally Secure and Literacy-Grounded Classroom, Post-Pandemic (Saddleback Educational Publishing)
Here is light at the end of this exceptionally long pandemic tunnel! As students move back to in-person learning, we must understand their regulatory and literacy learning skills may have diminished during the time of virtual instruction. In this FREE webinar, Saddleback is partnering with Engaging Learners to bring you an episode of Coffee with Katie and Richard. Join us as Katherine McKnight, PhD and Richard Cash, EdD share how to set up an emotionally secure classroom where literacy skills are the foundation of success.
Exploring the SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results) Model (WebJunction)
In this webinar, participants will be introduced to the SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Results) Model and learn how to use it as a facilitation tool for conducting meetings with their library communities. The role of digital programming as a SOAR response to the challenges of COVID-19 will be explored, with presenters and participants alike sharing their successes and challenges.
Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit (Bloomerang)
Donor demographics and giving behaviors continuously evolve, along with your nonprofit’s need to adapt. In this webinar, we’ll discuss how current data on donor demographics impacts major-gift donations with specific emphasis on simple, safe and secure methods of attracting and engaging with cryptocurrency donors.
Reading Picture Books with Children Through a Race-Conscious Lens (Colorado State Library)
This webinar will introduce participants to tools from the Whole Book Approach, a co-constructive (interactive) method of sharing picture books with children, which educator and children’s literature expert Megan Dowd Lambert developed in association with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
A Friend Like You: An Intimate Conversation About Friendships with Dr. Becky at Good Inside (Cherry Lake Publishing Group)
Dr. Becky will discuss: Key elements in close friendships, What it means to be a “good friend”; Making friends as an adult; How to recognize when a friendship isn’t working; Making friends online; Coping skills for kids and adults when friendships end.
In this one-hour online training session participants will be introduced to everything the Project Outcome toolkit has to offer for public and academic libraries. Learn how to measure meaningful learning outcomes and how Project Outcome can help at every step in the process, from administering surveys to presenting the results. We recommend that participants register for Project Outcome and review basic materials in the toolkit prior to the training. During the webinar participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of the expert presenters and chat with other attendees.
Combating Workplace Injustice in Public Libraries and the Importance of Diversifying Collections (Library Journal)
A library is looked upon as a place for equity, no matter the background of the person – but what about the library as a workplace ? Do library workplaces also have tenacious challenges that impact all of us—bias, prejudice and bullying? Our panelists will explore and discuss strategies to overcome them within the library system. They will discuss how to recognize, attack, and eliminate workplace injustice while transforming organizations in the process, along with the role that a diverse collection plays in educating patrons, overcoming barriers and creating awareness.
Walking the Talk: Realizing Ethical Considerations (Core)
Tailored to administrators and managers, this webinar provides an overview of the recently released “Cataloguing Code of Ethics” and highlights particular areas of the Code in which library leadership can meaningfully support the Code in equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) initiatives. A panel of members from the Cataloguing Ethics Steering Committee will explain the engagement process in developing the Code, the work being done to raise awareness of the Code, and the importance of including the work of cataloguing in an institution’s commitments to EDIA.
Marketing Trends Nonprofits Need to Know (and Embrace) (Firespring)
Marketing trends come and go, but the top marketing trends are the ones worth adopting. Digital marketing, content marketing, social media marketing—each plays a role in a nonprofit’s strategy. Join us to discuss the 2021 marketing trends that’ll shape your nonprofit’s future and grow your impact.
Tuesday, Aug 10 (4-5:30 pm) TeachersFirst Tech Tools Smackdown (TeachersFirst)
There are many technology tools available for classroom use, but which ones are teachers’ favorites? Join TeachersFirst as we showcase and compare some of our contributors’ favorite edtech resources. Explore new and tried-and-true technology tools for your classroom and help us decide which tool is the winner of this season’s Smackdown! This session is for teachers at ALL technology comfort levels.
Unpacking the Role of Preprints and Peer Review in Scholarly Inclusion (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
In this session, we will look at the history of peer review and the intersection between preprint-publishing and academic inclusion. We will discuss some ways researchers can engage with preprints in their field, and how that fosters a more inclusive scholarly community. We will close by discussing challenges that come with the rise in preprint publishing and highlight the importance of creating a culture that fosters open scholarly dialogue to make research more transparent, accessible, and inclusive.
One of the greatest uncertainties in fundraising is understanding what drives a donor to give. This Hubinar will help you understand how donors make decisions, the communication process as it relates to your prospects, and how to recognize barriers to effective communication.
How can librarians build collections that center around social justice? (ProQuest)
In this interactive online author reading and Q&A, Lalami will discuss how literary forms that articulate lived, personal experiences (such as essay and memoir) can inform successful diversity and inclusion efforts across the curriculum – and inspire social change in the world beyond.
Orientation to Legal Research: Federal Statutes (Law Library of Congress)
This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. statutory and legislative research, including information about how to find and use the U.S. Code, the U.S. Statutes at Large, and U.S. federal bills and resolutions.
Storytime Tips with Tami Austin (Utah State Library)
Take your storytimes to the next level with some tips and insights from Tami Austin. Tami has been doing storytimes in public libraries since 2013 and is continually searching for inspiration and ideas that make storytime enjoyable and inclusive for everyone. Come get some new ways of thinking about storytime and take away some ideas for your own storytime that you can implement right away.
How to Build Your Major Donor Portfolio (CharityHowTo)
Join Robin L. Cabral, MA, CFRE, MFIA, Chief Fundraising Strategist and Coach at Development Consulting Solutions, as she takes you through the steps she used to develop her organization’s major gift portfolios which can apply to any sized fundraising shop.
Executive Directors Chat:Board of Directors Development, Recruitment, and Retention (TechSoup)
How are your board members moving your nonprofit forward? Board members should bring skills, time, and money and show up to do the work. If board members cannot bring money, then your board members’ influence can be key to helping your organization be successful. Are you setting your board members up for success? Let’s talk about it in this month’s ED Chat.
Social Media and Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)
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.
Thursday, Aug 12 (1-2 pm) Hiring and Retaining Diverse Talent (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Recent studies have shown that organizations with more diverse employees and leadership see an overall improvement in growth, revenue, and innovation yet they struggle to find and retain culturally diverse talent. In this workshop, we will discuss hiring and retention through the lens of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We will also highlight the importance of moving beyond recruitment and into retaining diverse talent.
Booklist’s Graphic Novel Panel: Part II (Booklist)
In part two of our #ReadGraphic panel series, we’ll be talking with Priya Huq, author and illustrator of PIECE BY PIECE from ABRAMS Children’s Books; Kayla Miller, author and illustrator of CLASH from Etch, an imprint of HMH Books for Young Readers; Bowen McCurdy, co-creator of SPECTER INSPECTORS from BOOM! Studios; and BonHyung Jeong, author and illustrator of KYLE’S LITTLE SISTER from JY, an imprint of Yen Press.
The Basics of Intersectionality (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Intersectionality provides a lens to identify where power or oppression interlocks and intersects with individuals in society. Originally designed to explain the oppression of African American women, it has become a framework for understanding how multiple social identities such as race, gender, sexual orientation, social-economic status, and disability intersect at the individual level resulting in the experience of privilege and/or oppression at the social-structural level.
Boards in a Time of Adaptation (Propel Nonprofits)
As nonprofit leaders and team members continue to develop and implement new and creative ways to be responsive and relevant to the needs of their clients, what is the role of the nonprofit board right now? Where is their leadership needed most to support the organization, its employees, and the recipients of its services? This webinar highlights the critical actions nonprofit boards can take in this time of ongoing uncertainty when the ability to adapt is more important than ever before.
Demo Event: Apps for Organizations Working with Refugees and Immigrants (TechSoup)
How can organizations serving refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants leverage technology to help people find the resources they need? See demos of four apps addressing the needs of refugees and immigrants during this Public Good App House event. Explore solutions for translation, supporting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, and connecting your clients with vital information and resources.
The 7 Fundamentals of a Monthly Giving Program (CharityHowTo)
Join us to learn the basic fundamentals needed to start a Monthly Giving program, so you can benefit from the tremendous opportunities it can offer your organization.
OurStoryBridge: Creating Community Through Stories (WebJunction)
OurStoryBridge is a project which helps libraries capture and share the rich social and cultural history of their communities. The project has released a free toolkit of resources for library staff and volunteers to create online, three-to five- minute oral histories, a format that appeals to young and old today. The toolkit includes everything a library needs to know to start a story project, such as step by step instructions, “how-to” videos, sample documents, and a guide to help teachers engage their students in community stories. Join the creator of OurStoryBridge and staff at two libraries who have implemented the program to hear their experiences with this inspiring and impactful project and learn how your library can participate.
Introduction to the American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau)
Discover the detailed social, demographic, economic, and housing statistics that the American Community Survey (ACS) provides for every community every year. You will learn about basics of the yearly estimates and datasets produced from the ACS, resources available on our website, and how to access ACS data products through a variety of tools.
ConnectED: An Academic Library Program Designed to Support and Engage Students (Niche Academy)
How can an academic library foster conditions that help students become academically and socially engaged? Experience some of the creativity and fun of the ConnectED program with Barb Eshbach as she presents how one academic library developed a program to provide out-of-classroom experiences designed to do just that.
How to Use Linkedin, Marketing Collateral, and Messaging Templates to Expand Your Network (CharityHowTo)
In this session you will develop a clear understanding of how to use LinkedIn as a lead generator/connector, Identify the marketing collateral needed for new supporters, and master the art of the email template.
Fun Activities Using Music with Technology (AbleNet)
This presentation features remote class activities highlighting the use of music with technology. The activities are tailored to students with special needs including the types of devices to consider.
Workplace Mental Health: Is your Nonprofit Ready for Post-COVID Challenges? (Charity Village)
In this webinar, we will discuss how you and your organization can meet the post-COVID challenge by using your pandemic learnings to evaluate change and develop strategies to find a new path forward.
Promoting Social-Emotional Learning in Digital Life (edWeb)
Common Sense Education has created a new Social-Emotional Learning Resource Center full of free resources for promoting SEL in the digital lives of students. Join us in this edWebinar as we explore.
Tools Every Nonprofit Needs to Simplify Your Life (Firespring)
The best tools breathe life into your nonprofit’s online presence. The question is which ones do you really need? Evernote? DropBox? Google Alerts? There’s so much coming at you, it can feel like you’re drinking through a firehose. In this session, we’ll introduce you to the tools you need to build an effective online presence.
Tech for Teens Club : LEGO Stop-Motion Videos (Pacer Center)
Using just a mobile phone and LEGO brand toys, we’ll be learning how to create stop-motion style videos that you can share with your family and friends. Learn the techniques to create smooth animation using the Stop Motion Studio app (iPhone & Android).
Where to Find Potential Donors to Support Your Cause (Productive Fundraising)
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop focused on finding potential supporters for your nonprofit organization. Chad will review the best practices in fundraising prospect identification and provide practical tips for how small nonprofits can maximize their network. Attendees will leave the session with a game plan for identifying their next 50 potential donors.
What’s Up Wednesday: An Empathetic Approach to Customer Service Training (Indiana State Library)
This presentation addresses customer service training by growing and nurturing empathy and empowering staff to navigate the gray areas in our policies. Using storytelling and group interaction, we will look at special and challenging situations such as code of conduct violations and difficult patrons. Discover how understanding our own implicit biases and not assuming the worst of our patrons can help you offer consistent customer service to everyone we serve.
Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live! Join the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Amanda Sweet, as she guides us through the world of library-related Pretty Sweet Tech.
How YMCA of Greater Houston Uses Data to Build Internal Trust + Maximize Fundraising (Blackbaud)
Join Blackbaud and Lindsay Lewis, Executive Director of Data Management\Philanthropy at YMCA of Greater Houston to hear practical tips on how to leverage your nonprofit’s data to build trust with internal stakeholders and optimize your fundraising efforts.
Engineering with Nature: Learning and Communicating through Construction Play (Early Childhood Investigations)
In this energizing webinar, nature learning and universal design experts, Tina Reeble and Kirsten Haugen will share research, classroom stories and practical suggestions to support engineering play with natural and human-made materials for building.
How to Use Design Thinking to Advance Your Social Impact Career in the Post-COVID Era (Charity Village)
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to use the design thinking process to take that first step in finding more purpose in your work, and continue building momentum towards the meaningful career that you want in the Post-COVID era.
Get the Word Out: School Librarians Share Their Gale Resource Promotion Stories (Gale)
You’ve invested time, thought, and budget dollars to create an amazing collection of materials for your teachers and students. Make sure it receives the attention it deserves! Join us in this webinar to hear from school librarians, Christy James (Charleston County School District, SC) and Kristin Whitworth (Dover High School, NH), who will share their stories about how they got the word out about their digital resources. As this session is built to be a conversation, please bring your questions and thoughts about promoting your Gale resources within your school.
Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities (Bloomerang)
In the US, WhatsApp is mainly used by Spanish-speaking communities and other diasporas, so If you’re working with these communities or are planning to expand your reach, you need to start innovating in your communication methods. As the world is turning towards digital strategies, let’s embrace new communication methods that will increase the reach of your existing emails and newsletters.
That’s Not What I Meant: Improving Your Online Communication Skills (Colorado State Library)
The internet offers a variety of communication channels that most of us are relying on during the Pandemic. Personal relationships aside, poor online communication skills can harm your productivity and effectiveness. This means more emails, phone calls or repeated work when something is misunderstood. In this session we will discuss simple ways to improve your online communication skills with both your co-workers and patrons.
This webinar provides a basic overview of Congress.gov with a demonstration of how to conduct a search and information on setting up alerts for legislation, members, and saved searches. Recent enhancements to Congress.gov will also be covered, such as the addition of thousands of early American bills and resolutions to the site.
Screening to Identify Preschool Children’s Strengths and Challenges Using a Cultural Wealth Framework (Early Childhood Investigations)
It is time that we ensure that children are comprehensively assessed through a lens that affirms their assets. For example, what does it mean for a child and their family to have linguistic capital? We will discuss this and more in this paradigm-shifting webinar by Iheoma U. Iruka, Ph.D., Founding Director of Equity Research Action Coalition at Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC, Chapel Hill.
Explore the World with Virtual Field Trips (edWeb)
Focused on an array of diverse topics, virtual field trips connect learning to the real world through relevant and timely digital content that supports learning wherever it takes place. Discovery Education, the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, offers a portfolio of new and on-demand virtual field trips to engage students.
This session includes practical tips and tools for extending your cause and mission via social media. We cover the basics of using social media for your nonprofit organization and give you handy tips for the “big 3:” Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. You may be surprised to learn that Facebook is less important than you’ve been told and LinkedIn may be more important.
The Colorado State Library has created a series of 8 tech-training tutorials that are short and sweet to improve a librarian’s ability to navigate through the maze of technology in their work world and to assist patrons who come to the library with common technology questions or needs. Take all 8 tutorials and complete the technology proficiency check list self-assessment and you may claim 1 CE credit in the category of technology toward the MT State Library certification program, find the resources you need to learn:
This list is collected and curated by the Wyoming State Library. View and subscribe to the Wyoming State Library Training Calendar at http://library.wyo.gov/services/training/calendar. (All events are listed in MT time).
*Picture Book Palooza (School Library Journal) Thursday, July 15 (8-3 pm)All-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists dedicated to the visual dance and extraordinary craft of picture books! For more information and to register, visit: https://www.slj.com/?subpage=Events
AT YOUR LEISURE – Pre-recorded webinars to view at your convenience
AASL Standards Overview (Wyoming State Library) Join Paige Bredenkamp, School Library Consultant at Wyoming State Library and Jennisen Lucas, 2021-22 AASL President and Park County School District #6 School Librarian, for a discussion about the AASL Standards for school libraries. Download the slides (PDF).
Laying Out the Welcome Mat: Asset Mapping to Better Serve the Immigrant Community (WebJunction) In this webinar, presented in collaboration with TechSoup for Libraries, learn how Halifax Public Libraries uses asset mapping to identify immigrant community needs and develop responsive programs and services. https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/laying-out-the-welcome-mat.html
Laying Out the Welcome Mat: Asset Mapping to Better Serve the Immigrant Community (WebJunction)
July 8: Bridging the Gap: Tools for Healthy Executive Director Transitions (Charity Village)
July 15: Executive Directors Chat: Strategic Planning and Outreach (TechSoup)
July 21: Scenario Planning in Uncertain Times (Propel Nonprofits)
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
July 7: Beyond Keyboards: Alternative Tools for Controlling Your Computer (PACER Center)
July 20: Reading and Vision Accessibility in Your Pocket (PACER Center)
CHILDREN & TEENS
July 13: Quick Bites – Getting Back to Nature (Colorado State Library)
July 14: Youth perceptions of online harassment, cyberbullying, and “just drama”: Avenues for Support and Guidance (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
July 14: Seeing Beyond the Pandemic: Eye Health, Vision and Learning (Education Week)
July 20: Quick Bites – A-B-Cs AND 1-2-3s!: Numeracy & Early Literacy (Colorado State Library)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
July 7: Random House Children’s Books Fall 2021 Preview (Booklist)
July 8: Reading Graphic: Part One (Booklist)
July 14: Different Paths to Children’s Literature (Mackin)
COMMUNICATION
July 8: On Implicit Bias and Communication (Web Junction)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
July 7: Users at the Center of Everything: Service Design in Rapidly Changing Libraries (Niche Academy)
July 8: On Implicit Bias and Communication (Web Junction)
July 22: Using Courage to Confront Bias (Colorado State Library)
July 29: 35 Next-Level Remote Work Practices (InSync Training)
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, & INCLUSION
July 7: Beyond Keyboards: Alternative Tools for Controlling Your Computer (PACER Center)
July 8: On Implicit Bias and Communication (Web Junction)
July 20: Reading and Vision Accessibility in Your Pocket (PACER Center)
July 22: Using Courage to Confront Bias (Colorado State Library)
July 22: Uncomfortable Conversations With Librarians — DEI Perspective (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
FUNDRAISING
July 7: Overcoming the Overhead Myth: Budgeting for an Effective Website, Marketing & Growth (Nonprofit Hub)
July 8: It’s a New World: How to Cultivate Your Online Community (Firespring)
July 8: The Power Of Untold Stories (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
July 8: Introduction to Corporate Giving (Candid Learning)
July 14: Relationship-Driven Fundraising: Building Donor Trust (Nonprofit Hub)
July 14: Your Guide to a Seamless Online Event (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
July 15: The Future of Fundraising Events (Charity Village)
July 15: How To Know If Your Fundraising Staff Is Leaving Money On The Table (Bloomerang)
July 20: Making the Ask (Firespring)
July 21: TeamRaiser® Community Call (Blackbaud)
July 27: Sponsors: How to Find Them & Create a Win-Win (Productive Fundraising)
July 27: Social Media Q&A Session (Firespring)
July 28: 5 Weirdly Easy “Life Hacks” That Will Make Your Fundraising Work MUCH Better (CharityHowTo)
July 28: Podcasts for Nonprofits (TechImpact)
July 29: How To Love Your Donors In The Philanthropic Psychology Way (Bloomerang)
LEGAL
July 22: Civil Legal Programming: Libraries Bridging the Justice Gap (Web Junction)
MANAGEMENT
July 13: Federal Funding Part 2 – Success Stories, Tips & Tools for Finding the Money (Library Journal)
July 15: Build Your Own Leadership Simulations (Training Magazine Network)
July 19: Introduction to Library Ethics (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
July 29: Leadership Legacy: Creating Your Narrative Through Resiliency and a Trauma Informed Lens (Charity Village)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
July 14: The Power of the Podcast: How Consultants and Other Experts Can Reach a Wider Audience (Early Childhood Investigations)
PROGRAMMING
July 22: Civil Legal Programming: Libraries Bridging the Justice Gap (Web Junction)
READERS’ ADVISORY
July 7: Random House Children’s Books Fall 2021 Preview (Booklist)
July 8: Reading Graphic: Part One (Booklist)
REFERENCE
July 8: An Orientation to Congress.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
July 13: An Introduction to Benefits.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
July 15: The Constitution Annotated on Congress.gov (Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series) (Law Library of Congress)
July 20: Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar (Law Library of Congress)
July 20: Accessing Census Data (Nebraska Library Commission)
July 22: How is the Federal Government Funding Relief Efforts for COVID-19? (Federal Depository Library Program)
July 22: Exploring Census Data: How Americans Spend Leisure Time (U.S. Census Bureau)
July 7: Random House Children’s Books Fall 2021 Preview (Booklist)
July 8: An Orientation to Congress.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
July 8: Reading Graphic: Part One (Booklist)
July 13: Finding Resources on LOC.gov (Library of Congress)
July 13: Cyberbullying and Tweens: Research and Strategies to Help Keep Tweens Safe (edWeb.net)
July 13: Teaching Drone Coding using Project Based Learning (edSurge)
July 14: Youth perceptions of online harassment, cyberbullying, and “just drama”: Avenues for Support and Guidance (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
July 14: Seeing Beyond the Pandemic: Eye Health, Vision and Learning (Education Week)
July 14: Different Paths to Children’s Literature (Mackin)
July 20: Analyzing Multiple Perspectives (Library of Congress)
July 20: Reading and Vision Accessibility in Your Pocket (PACER Center)
July 22: The Science of Reading: From a Vision to Outcomes (edWeb.net)
July 26: How to Avoid Teacher Burnout in the 2021-22 School Year (edWeb.net)
July 27: Information Literacy and Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
TECHNOLOGY
Library 101: FaceBook Do’s and Don’ts (North Dakota State Library)
July 13: Teaching Drone Coding using Project Based Learning (edSurge)
July 14: Finding Partners & Preparing Staff: Teaching Technology in the Library Series (Part 3)(Nebraska Library Commission)
July 21: Pt. I: Myths and Misconceptions about Cybersecurity in Nonprofits (Nonprofit Hub)
July 28: Marketing & Follow-Up: Teaching Technology in the Library Series (Part 4) (Nebraska Library Commission)
July 28: Podcasts for Nonprofits (TechImpact)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
July 7: Learning as Unusual for Business as Unusual (Training Industry)
July 8: Open Access Series for Publics (SirsiDynix)
July 8: Open Access Series for Academics (SirsiDynix)
July 8: An Orientation to Congress.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
July 8: Kick Up the Capabilities of Your Virtual Classroom! (InSync Training)
July 8: Show, Don’t Tell: Harnessing the Power of Storytelling in eLearning (Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network)
July 13: Finding Resources on LOC.gov (Library of Congress)
July 20: Analyzing Multiple Perspectives (Library of Congress)
July 21: Shifting to Virtual: Updating Your Blended Learning Design (Training Magazine Network)
July 27: Information Literacy and Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
VOLUNTEERS
July 15: Creating a Culture of Volunteer Engagement (Volunteer Match)
July 22: Successfully Implementing Volunteer Program Changes (Volunteer Match)
July 29: Playing by the Rules: Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook (Volunteer Match)
PROGRAM ABSTRACTS & LOGIN INFORMATION:
Wednesday, July 7 (9-10 am)
Overcoming the Overhead Myth: Budgeting for an Effective Website, Marketing & Growth (Nonprofit Hub)
Today, it’s crucial to invest in your organization so you can continue to operate and support your mission. Join us in this webinar and discover: What is the overhead myth and why does it matter? The impact of underinvestment. How to address concerns with donors. What marketing efforts provide the best ROI to help you move the needle. How to improve the budgeting process at your nonprofit.
Learning as Unusual for Business as Unusual (Training Industry)
Join us for this complimentary Training Industry webinar, sponsored by TECHADEMY. Mr. Keshava Raju, (CEO, TECHADEMY) will do a deep dive into how L&D professionals can inculcate a culture of perpetual learning in an engaging ecosystem that exposes learners to both the personal and professional benefits of the program whilst maintaining a steady ROL.
Users at the Center of Everything: Service Design in Rapidly Changing Libraries (Niche Academy)
Services and the way we deliver them are changing very quickly and unpredictably. Being intentional about what and how we do is what we mean by service design. Digital, physical, and even philosophical: it’s all about service. Callan Bignoli and Lauren Stara will present an exploration of service design – what it is and how it can make your library better by keeping users at the center of every decision.
Random House Children’s Books Fall 2021 Preview (Booklist)
Join Booklist and Random House Children’s Books on Wednesday, July 7 at 1 PM CT for a free, one hour webinar featuring debut authors Karla Arenas Valenti (LOTERÍA); Tina Cane (ALMA PRESSES PLAY); Lee Durfey-Lavoie; and Veronica Agarwal (JUST ROLL WITH IT). Panelists will give a short presentation, followed by a Q&A moderated by Booklist’s senior editor Julia Smith. Plus, get a sneak peek at the latest titles coming this fall from Random House Children’s Books! Register now!
Beyond Keyboards: Alternative Tools for Controlling Your Computer (PACER Center)
In this workshop, we’ll see many different ways to control your computer and mobile devices, from voice control to switches, adaptive mice, and even keyboards, too. We’ll demonstrate several simple things to make accessing your computer easier, as well as some more complex setups.
It’s a New World: How to Cultivate Your Online Community (Firespring)
Join Kelly Medwick, chief client solutions officer at Firespring, to discover the secret sauce of cultivating a community of online donors primed and ready to support you.
The Power Of Untold Stories (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
There’s always more to the story. The often untold stories have the power to call your audience to act, transform hearts and ultimately support your work. It’s not always perfect, but it’s perfectly meant to be told. In this webinar, we’ll learn why it matters. Hear firsthand how moments unfold, stories are told, and endings surprise.
Bridging the Gap: Tools for Healthy Executive Director Transitions (Charity Village)
This one-hour webinar is focused on sharing practical tools, personal insights, and recommendations to support effective Executive Director and Founder transitions.
An Orientation to Congress.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
This webinar provides a basic overview of Congress.gov, with a demonstration on how to conduct a search and information on setting up alerts for legislation, members, and saved searches.
Booklist’s third-ever Graphic Novels in Libraries Month, a program devoted to providing librarians with the tools they need to select, curate, and promote graphic titles for patrons of all ages, will begin July 1 . . . and this graphic novel-packed webinar (the first in a two-part series) is here to kick things off.
Kick Up the Capabilities of Your Virtual Classroom! (InSync Training)
Any virtual classroom experience can be hands on and engaging if you spice it up with quizzes, polls, gamification and other activities. Don’t let your virtual classroom limit your options, let it be the catalyst of enhanced interaction. We will take a look at how we can effectively integrate tools like Kahoot, Twiddla, Mentimeter, Beekast, and more to drive participant engagement and build transfer of knowledge!
Reflect on how life experiences, traditions, and beliefs impact communication and explore strategies for facilitating deeper discussions and stronger connections as steps toward developing a more community-centered library.
Show, Don’t Tell: Harnessing the Power of Storytelling in eLearning (Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network)
In this webinar, you’ll discover how you can use realistic scenarios to promote knowledge transfer and critical thinking in your next virtual employee training or customer-facing education program. You’ll also learn how to build a scenario that engages, entertains, and challenges learners to apply new information in relevant ways.
An Introduction to Benefits.gov (Federal Depository Library Program)
Since 2002, Benefits.gov has been the official benefits website of the U.S. Government, helping millions of citizens-in-need on their path to Government benefits. Using Benefits.gov, citizens can explore over 1,000 state and Federal assistance programs, check their eligibility with the Benefit Finder, and access hundreds of informational articles in the News Center. Based on citizen feedback, Benefits.gov launched an interactive chatbot this spring to help answer frequently asked questions and direct citizens to the right resources.
Quick Bites – Getting Back to Nature (Colorado State Library)
Join Melody Garcia as we explore the benefits of nature play, how to engage children in nature play, and inspire families and caregivers to get back to nature, even if your library doesn’t have an ideal outdoor space.
Federal Funding Part 2 – Success Stories, Tips & Tools for Finding the Money (Library Journal)
Hear from librarians who are successfully navigating the logistics of securing funding the Federal government has made available through the American Rescue Plan Act and the Federal Communication Commission’s Emergency Connectivity Fund.
Finding Resources on LOC.gov (Library of Congress)
The Library of Congress web site (www.loc.gov) contains millions of digitized primary sources free to use with your students and a variety of free teacher resources. In this webinar, Library of Congress education specialists will share tips and strategies for finding resources in the Library’s extensive digitized collections, by navigating the website and using the search engine. Come with your questions and let us help you find resources for your students!
Cyberbullying and Tweens: Research and Strategies to Help Keep Tweens Safe (edWeb.net)
Tweens are getting their first phones, first social media accounts—and first experiences in cyberbullying. What, when and why does this occur? In this edWebinar, join Dr. Justin Patchin, the co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, and Carrie Rogers-Whitehead, the founder of Digital Respons-Ability to learn about insights, research and strategies on how to handle cyberbullying with tweens.
Teaching Drone Coding using Project Based Learning (edSurge)
Using a drone as a toy is one thing. Using a drone as a tool is a wonderful opportunity to explore the world around us. Where do we start? How can we translate the technology available in drones into a robust opportunity to solve problems where students are? By merging themes in computer science with real-world applications we can set students on the right track. FInd out how in this educational webinar brought to you by NextWave STEM.
Youth perceptions of online harassment, cyberbullying, and “just drama”: Avenues for Support and Guidance (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
In the session, the presenter will discuss the intersection between cyberbullying, mental health issues, and library support. Cyberbullying has long lasting and devastating consequences on youth and adults alike. Through empathy and compassionate services, librarians and library workers could support and nurture those who are enduring cyberbullying in their everyday life.
Finding Partners & Preparing Staff: Teaching Technology in the Library Series (Part 3)(Nebraska Library Commission)
This four-part webinar series works with the Teaching Technology in the Library course offered by the Nebraska Library Commission. The course is designed to help libraries connect communities with technology and digital skills that matter at home, work, school and everywhere in between. The webinar series will introduce the topics and framework used in the course.
Seeing Beyond the Pandemic: Eye Health, Vision and Learning (Education Week)
This webinar will provide key information about the links between vision and learning and how the pandemic and distance learning may have impacted children’s eye health. Our expert eye health panelists will share information regarding digital eyestrain and other conditions brought on by the increased use of digital devices for online learning and what parents and teachers can do to help.
Assisting Library Patrons with Legal Questions: Legal Reference Interviews, Referrals, Programming, and Outreach (Niche Academy)
In this webinar, Deborah Hamilton will focus on how to handle legal questions from patrons. We will look at how to do a legal reference interview and what types of information you can provide; how to connect with legal service organizations in the community so you can make good referrals; and discuss possible ideas for legal programs that you can offer to your patrons.
Join New York Times-bestselling and award-winning creators AG Ford, Cátia Chien, and Cathy Camper for a lively conversation reflecting on the beginnings of their careers and their different paths to creating children’s books. They’ll discuss the changing landscape of children’s literature, its lasting influence, and its power to positively impact and uplift all young readers. Viewers will leave feeling inspired after listening to these remarkable and varied journeys to publication.
The Power of the Podcast: How Consultants and Other Experts Can Reach a Wider Audience (Early Childhood Investigations)
Take part in this thought-provoking webinar to hear insights about how podcasting helped the speakers provide support for the field of learning and development while also creating more opportunities for consulting, speaking, and other income-generating opportunities.
Relationship-Driven Fundraising: Building Donor Trust (Nonprofit Hub)
This Hubinar will introduce the eight steps of Cause Selling, the relationship-driven fundraising cycle that guides fundraisers through every interaction with donors from prospecting to stewardship. We will then dive into the art of asking questions and listening effectively to learn the needs of your donors and develop trust.
Your Guide to a Seamless Online Event (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
This workshop is designed to give an overview of how to host a great online event. We will be covering tips on how to use and implement your platform into your organization as well as how to engage attendees. Attendees will gain an understanding of what support they will need internally or externally to run a seamless online event.
The Constitution Annotated on Congress.gov (Orientation to Legal Research Webinar Series) (Law Library of Congress)
The Constitution Annotated, which provides a summary of U.S. Constitutional provisions and the leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions that interpret them, is available at https://constitution.congress.gov/. This presentation will provide an overview of the features and navigation of the Constitution Annotated available via Congress.gov.
Build Your Own Leadership Simulations (Training Magazine Network)
In this session, you will be working in virtual teams to learn more about leadership by applying different leadership facilitation techniques to your own practice.
The Future of Fundraising Events (Charity Village)
In this session, we’ll unpack what modern charities are doing with their events to move forward, and discover how you can do the same. We’ll share new ideas based on over 200 virtual, hybrid and in-person events to increase fundraising potential and donor engagement, and discuss what it takes to be an organization that is leading the way with online fundraising.
Executive Directors Chat: Strategic Planning and Outreach (TechSoup)
In this ED Chat, nonprofits will learn how to develop an effective marketing or outreach strategy. Giving your audience good information is great, but what is the strategic goal to increase followers and income and contribute more to your community? We will take a deeper dive into how to do more community outreach and engage your staff and board members in the process.
How To Know If Your Fundraising Staff Is Leaving Money On The Table (Bloomerang)
Nonprofit CEOs – Maybe your entire advancement team has grown and evolved so much over the years. They’re experts at securing government, foundation contracts, or corporate sponsorships, but cash flow remains tight, restricted, and you still don’t have enough money. You’re starting to wonder if they’re leaving money on the table. But you’ve never launched or grown an individual giving program that steadily secures larger, unrestricted gifts. Where would you start? That’s exactly what we’ll discuss in this training!
Creating a Culture of Volunteer Engagement (Volunteer Match)
This webinar will help you identify how your organization’s current culture is shaping or limiting what volunteers do, and provide steps you can take to start to create more understanding, respect, and appreciation for engaging volunteers.
Introduction to Library Ethics (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
Ethics is defined as “the body of moral principles or values governing, or distinctive of, a particular culture or group.” While many people have personal ethics that impact their daily behavior, there are also ethics in workplaces and professions, including libraries. This webinar will introduce the fundamental ethical principles of the library profession, including professional ethics, intellectual freedom, and the importance of policies and procedures.
Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar (Law Library of Congress)
This webinar is an online version of the one-hour onsite orientations taught by legal reference librarians from the Law Library of Congress, and will cover digital resources available through the Law Library’s website as well as those available onsite.
Quick Bites – A-B-Cs AND 1-2-3s!: Numeracy & Early Literacy (Colorado State Library)
Come learn with Kate Brunner about the importance of including your 1-2-3s along with the A-B-Cs in early literacy library services and jumpstart your own play-based early math programming.
Analyzing Multiple Perspectives (Library of Congress)
Join Library of Congress education specialists as we model strategies to help your students examine primary sources from multiple perspectives. How can students identify different perspectives from which a single primary source may be examined? And how can examining multiple sources with different perspectives add to their understanding of a topic? We’ll practice a number of related strategies and reflect on how they may be used in your educational settings.
Reading and Vision Accessibility in Your Pocket (PACER Center)
This presentation will introduce a sampling of built-in features on Apple and Android mobile devices that assist with reading and vision accessibility.
One of the most uncomfortable parts of fundraising is asking for money. Join Kelly Medwick, Firespring’s chief business development officer, to learn how to overcome the challenges of asking for fundraising dollars.
Accessing Census Data (Nebraska Library Commission)
Introduction to U.S. Census Bureau Data Products and Tools, American Community Survey Concepts and Profiles, and new data access platform data.census.gov. The purpose of this informational data session is to acquaint organizations to Census data tools and data.census.gov. By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to access Quick Facts, American Community Survey (ACS) Narrative Profile, and Data Social/Economic Profiles, which provides quick and easy access to select statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Pt. I: Myths and Misconceptions about Cybersecurity in Nonprofits (Nonprofit Hub)
Ransomware, data breaches, and cybersecurity are words at Sightline Security, which we hear in the news daily. But, what does this mean for your organization? And why/how should you prioritize it amongst the dozens of other operational activities? We will provide answers to some of the most critical questions nonprofits of all sizes and missions are asking. We will give you useful next steps to help you balance cyber investments at your organization.
Join thought leaders and top event fundraising organizations as we share data-driven insights on digital and event fundraising, discuss best-practices, share decision-making frameworks and highlight new ideas to adapt in today’s environment.
Shifting to Virtual: Updating Your Blended Learning Design (Training Magazine Network)
Join our LEO Learning consultants, Andrew Joly, Director of Strategic Design, and Patrick Billingsley, Principal Consultant, as we take a fresh look at the design and delivery of world-class blended learning. We’ll show you what’s working, what leading organizations are doing now, and what you need to do to get started.
Successfully Implementing Volunteer Program Changes (Volunteer Match)
This training will give you the tools to approach program changes in a strategic way. We will also cover what to do if volunteers either can’t or won’t adopt the policies, how to manage that situation, and what to do if ultimately you need to ask a volunteer to leave.
Using Courage to Confront Bias (Colorado State Library)
Bias is a natural part of the human condition and comes into play in many of our decisions and interactions. We have all experienced bias either personally or directed at others. Responding to bias takes courage. Developing a framework can help us make informed decisions on how to proceed or not. Courage is hard and goes against many of our survival instincts. It can feel risky. But it is how we can positively affect ourselves, our teams, our patrons, our communities, and our libraries. We’ll also explore how to take a stand in a way that is objective, factual, and affirming.
How is the Federal Government Funding Relief Efforts for COVID-19? (Federal Depository Library Program)
Explore how supplemental funding for COVID-19 makes its way from Congress into the economy. Data Lab breaks down the steps taken by Federal agencies to use the $4.5 trillion of COVID-19 relief funding and track the status of funds so you can see how much has been spent.
Uncomfortable Conversations With Librarians — DEI Perspective (Association of Southeastern Research Libraries)
Modeled after the hit web series and best selling books “Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man” https://uncomfortableconvos.com/, we will be sitting down with this diverse panel to talk about a wide range of “uncomfortable” topics related to librarianship. What is exciting is that we will be soliciting all questions from the audience in advance, so submit your questions and thoughts to Emma Kent kente@gram.edu We look forward to a thought provoking dialogue.
Exploring Census Data: How Americans Spend Leisure Time (U.S. Census Bureau)
Exploring Census Data webinar series on How Americans Spend Leisure Time. Census Bureau’s subject matter experts will dive into business data relatable to everyday life. You will learn how to access these valuable resources through real world case studies and examples. The webinar includes a live demonstration of data tools with the opportunity for Q&A.
The Science of Reading: From a Vision to Outcomes (edWeb.net)
For decades, researchers have been observing instructional practices, gathering data, and analyzing student outcomes to provide insight on best practices and methods for reaching students at all levels. Yet, student academic achievement is below our collective expectations. What can we learn from science to ensure all our students perform at grade level? In this edWebinar, Dr. Gabi Bell Jiménez discusses the Science of Reading. How can we use the Science of Reading to ensure students thrive, and to inspire us and amplify student outcomes?
How to Avoid Teacher Burnout in the 2021-22 School Year (edWeb.net)
This presentation will enlighten administrators and their teachers to discover simple, actionable changes they can make immediately to avoid burnout altogether and grow through it if it begins to show up in their teaching life in the upcoming school year.
Sponsors: How to Find Them & Create a Win-Win (Productive Fundraising)
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, CFRE, for a workshop focused on maximizing sponsorship revenue for your programs and events (both in person and virtual). The session starts by focusing on identifying potential sponsors and beginning the partnership conversation. It closes with a focus on structuring win-win, long term sponsorship relationships.
Information Literacy and Primary Sources (Library of Congress)
Information literacy involves multiple skills, including: identifying where information comes from, evaluating claims and evidence; identifying bias; and researching for additional information. Join Library of Congress education specialists as we apply information literacy skills to historical primary sources from the Library’s collections. We’ll practice these skills together and reflect on how they may be used in your educational settings.
This interactive session gives you the opportunity to get expert answers to your questions from Firespring’s director of strategic marketing, Alec McChesney. Plus, learn what other nonprofits are doing to grow their social media presence.
Marketing & Follow-Up: Teaching Technology in the Library Series (Part 4) (Nebraska Library Commission)
This four-part webinar series works with the Teaching Technology in the Library course offered by the Nebraska Library Commission. The course is designed to help libraries connect communities with technology and digital skills that matter at home, work, school and everywhere in between. The webinar series will introduce the topics and framework used in the course.
5 Weirdly Easy “Life Hacks” That Will Make Your Fundraising Work MUCH Better (CharityHowTo)
This free nonprofit webinar will make your nonprofit fundraising tasks just a bit easier and more effective. They’ll help you start your projects on the right foot, align your thinking and strategy with donor motivations — and raise more money.
Leadership Legacy: Creating Your Narrative Through Resiliency and a Trauma Informed Lens (Charity Village)
This free webinar will provide a paradigm shift in how you lead your team by using your innate resiliency traits to bring out both individual and collective strengths within those you supervise, as well as helping you to recognize behaviour and a style of communicating that supports a psychologically healthy and safe workplace.
How To Love Your Donors In The Philanthropic Psychology Way (Bloomerang)
In this session we introduce you to the new science of philanthropic psychology – how to grow love for humanity – and show you how you can help fulfil your donors’ psychological needs and make a real difference to their lives.
35 Next-Level Remote Work Practices (InSync Training)
Remote work is here to stay. Technology will continue to play a key role in enabling the blended work experience, but even the best tools can only do so much. We must adapt our everyday habits to effectively balance productivity, wellness and community in the new world of work. During this session, JD will discuss: Introducing wellness and community into your WFH habits; 35 proven practices for improving the WFH experience; Sustaining remote work effectiveness long-term
Playing by the Rules: Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook (Volunteer Match)
Whether you’re just starting to create a Handbook or if you’re looking for best practices on information to include, this webinar will evaluate the Handbook you have and help you create a stronger framework for your volunteer engagement program.
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