Using Technology to Energize Teens and Tweens: Live Online (5/1/12)

SMS, QR Codes, Augmented Reality, gaming and other technologies can create a new level of engagement for teens and tweens in existing programming or in technology-centric activities.   In this workshop, you will learn:

Supervisory Skills #1: The Art of Delegating (5/2/12)

Supervisory Skills Webinar Series:
Part 1: The Art of Delegating

If delegating has never been your strong suit, take heart! This is an area you can improve - it just takes knowing yourself, knowing your employees, and

Layoffs and Beyond: How Libraries Can Help the Unemployed: Part 2 (5/3/12)

In Session #2 of Layoffs and Beyond, our focus will again center on what we can do as a community resource to help those who are unemployed.  We will discuss what resources we already have in our libraries that might

Conducting Surveys: Part 2: Data Collection: Live Online (5/8/12)

Tackling the job of conducting a survey for your library can be daunting. A systematic and quality-driven approach will yield results which can provide valuable information to decision-makers and stakeholders. This

Personal Development Classes with Andrea Giggetts - Millhopper Library, Gainesville (5/9/12)

Andrea Giggetts of Giggetts and Associates will lead two half day workshops at the Millhopper Library, Gainesville on Wednesday, March 21. Register below to attend one or both workshops.

Discovering Your Emotional Intelligence9:00 am - 12:00 noon Would you like to make your next hour the most remembered one in your life? Are you ready to be truly happy? Do you want to accelerate more positive emotions and put the brakes on all of your negative ones? Are you aware of how others perceive you? And, do you have the capacity to soothe yourself, to shake off rampant anxiety, gloom, despair, irritability, or the ability to be able to keep an emotional perspective? Objective: Andrea Giggetts will not only help attendees to use “emotional intelligence” (sensory data) to answer the aforementioned statements, but you will remember that with each sunrise comes new opportunities to appreciate your accomplishments and the people who helped you make them.What’s holding you back? You are working hard but there is something standing between you and the next level of achievement. That something may just be one of your own annoying habits or perhaps a behavior you barely even recognize. Andrea Giggetts will outline the habits and behaviors found in the work environment and provide a systematic approach to helping you achieve a positive change. Objective: Our goal is to assist you in performing at the next level and to offer a continuous improvement plan to increase their effectiveness.

Supervisory Skills #2: Creating a Motivating Environment (5/9/12)

Supervisory Skills Webinar Series:
Part 2: Creating  Motivating Environment

Supervising people can be one of the toughest parts of your job...but it doesn't have to be! In this session, we will talk about the taboo

IT Security for Libraries: Live Online (5/10/12)

Anyone can be a target, so join Blake Carver and get some ideas on how to make your library and your home more secure. Carver covers privacy, as it is closely related to security, and should be taken seriously. He shares   Presenter: Blake Carver, LISHost.org

Winning Library Grants: Live Online (5/14/12)

Grants can support the changing needs in your community while your library budget is flat or shrinking. Stephanie Gerding's grant webinars are known for being easy to understand, motivating, fun and full of valuable Stephanie will share practical advice, easy grants for beginners, valuable worksheets and resource lists. You’ll be excited, motivated, and ready with the knowledge needed to apply the basic process of grant work.

Successfully Dealing with Conflict in Your Library Organization (5/15/12)

Conflict can be good, bad and sometimes even ugly. It can be handled quickly or dragged out over months and sometimes years. Conflict certainly exists in our lives, you may think of a person, place or thing that has or continues to cause conflict in your life today.

This interactive workshop has one main goal: To give you..

Social Media & Demographics: Hitting the Right Media for Your Audience : Live Online (5/15/12)

With Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Bebo, GoodReads, and many more – the number of Social Media sites continues to grow exponentially. With a multitude of Social Media sites being developed Join Diana Silveira to sort through the tangled web of Social Media sites and learn how to use different social media outlets in order to target and to tailor messages to different audiences and for specific purposes.

Supervisory Skills #3: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Dealing with Difficult Behaviors and the Conflict They Sometimes Cause (5/16/12)

Supervisory Skills Webinar Series:
Part 3: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Dealing with Difficult Behaviors and the Conflict They Sometimes Cause

In this session, we will study four of the behaviors we all try to avoid

Becoming a Library and Information Professional: All About Graduate School: Live Online (5/18/12)

Are you considering getting your Master's in Library and Information Studies? If you are working in a library or an organization that requires the expertise of an information professional and wondering what it would

The Accidental Systems Librarian: Live Online (5/21/12)

In the last 10 years systems librarianship has grown and changed. It used to be that tech savvy librarians were asked to manage the systems at their library as a second role. Today libraries are actively seeking systems, this webinar will introduce you to the new systems librarian (both accidental and planned). Attendees will be presented with the basics of systems librarianship, tricks of the trade and tools to assist in making their jobs easier. Virtual Trainer: Nicole Engard, ByWater Solutions

Conducting Surveys: Part 3: Analyzing Data and Reporting Methods: Live Online (5/22/12)

Tackling the job of conducting a survey for your library can be daunting. A systematic and quality-driven approach will yield results which can provide valuable information to decision-makers and stakeholders. This

Lapsit Programming for Infants and Toddlers (5/23/12)

Supervisory Skills #4: And the Good News Is...Learning the Power of Effective Praise, Coaching and Counseling (5/23/12)

Supervisory Skills Webinar Series:
Part 4: And the Good News Is...Learning the Power of Effective Praise, Coaching and Counseling

Ah, the incredible power of praise – when to give it, how to give it, and to whom. You’ll

Using Storytelling to Motivate Student Research (5/24/12)

Supervisory Skills #5: Who's Leading and Who's Following? (5/30/12)

Supervisory Skills Webinar Series:
Part 5: Who's Leading and Who's Following

In the last of the 5-part series, we will take a closer look at how your leadership style is affected by your personality – AND how that affects

Black Belt Librarians: Creating a Safer Work Place (5/31/12)