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23 Free Webinars for Nonprofits – October 2009
Oct 6th
Thanks to the Wild Apricot Blog for posting a great list of free Webinars for October 2009. In these tough economic times, FREE is GOOD!
Intro to the post states:
Have you noticed how many great free training opportunities the Web offers to nonprofits, these days? Live or recorded, online seminars (webinars) or web-based teleconference calls make it easy and affordable for your staff and volunteers to get in direct contact with expert resources, without anyone needing to take time off work or to travel.
Of course, if you’re like me, you tend to find out about these online events a day after they’ve happened! So… here’s a list of webinars I’ve rounded up for this month, just to help with that whole “planning ahead” thing:
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Loading ...Taking Your Ideas to the Next Level: Free Webinar
Aug 31st
Infopeople Webinar: George and Joan on Taking Your Ideas to the Next Level
You have a terrific idea for improving your library’s service. You excitedly share this fantastic new idea, only to have your enthusiasm deflated by picky questions, managerial indifference, or passive/aggressive resistance from your colleagues.
No matter how good your ideas are, if you don’t present them in a way that can be discussed and understood by the people who can make them happen, they won’t be implemented. You’ll be left frustrated. And your community will never experience that terrific new service.
This webinar will describe techniques that prepare library staff members at any level to present new ideas effectively. Participants will learn how to:
- Demonstrate how your idea fits in with other organizational goals and practices;
- Improve your empathetic skills, “think with someone else’s brain,” and anticipate how ideas will be received;
- Identify the people who can assist you in carrying your ideas to reality;
- Face resistance squarely and overcome objections;
- Improve presentation skills so that a good idea won’t be lost in a substandard delivery.
This webinar will be of interest to any members of the library community who wish to see their ideas move forward. The tips and techniques covered here will also be useful to those who need to coach others in how to present their ideas more effectively. Participation by past and prospective Eureka! Leadership Institute participants is strongly recommended.
Webinar: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Time: 12pm-1pm PDT
Speaker: Joan Frye Williams, George Needham
For more information go to: http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/328/index.html
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Building with competencies
Jun 24th
Trying to create the definitive set of competencies for all library organizations is like creating the definitive LEGO® construction—no matter how spectacular, people will still want to build their own creations. The Competency Index for the Library Field was compiled by WebJunction with that in mind. It provides libraries with the set of building blocks from which to construct a foundation for the development of staff training, recruiting, succession planning, and other personnel strategies.
The Competency Index ‘blocks’ come in four sizes.
- Large blocks: broad categories, such as Library Management, Personal-Interpersonal, etc.
- Medium blocks: sub-categories, such as Communication, Customer service, etc. under the Personal-Interpersonal category
- Small blocks: statements of competency related to the sub-category; for example, Customer Service has four competency statements
- Tiny blocks: more detailed statements of the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behavior (KSAs) associated with each competency statement; for example, each customer service competency statement has between 3-5 KSA statements.
So mix-and-match freely and let the constructions begin.
Competencies are only the foundation. Check out the connections to courses and resources for building the superstructure for staff development.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Webinar: Learning for Learning Profesionals: Competencies, Strategies and Resources"
Dec 1st
CLENE and Webjunction are co-sponsoring a great Webinar on Thursday, December 11, 11 a.m. PST, (1;00 CST, 2 p.m. EST): Learning for Learning Professionals: Competencies, Strategies and Resources.
REGISTRATION: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1546
PRESENTERS: Mary Ross, CLENERT Board member and former manager of staff development at the Seattle Public Library, will lead the discussion. She will be joined by Betha Gutsche, curriculum designer for e-learning initiatives at WebJunction, and Jennifer Homer, vice president of external relations for the American Society of Training and Development.
DESCRIPTION:
As trainers, continuing education coordinators and staff development managers, we believe in lifelong learning. We are committed to helping library employees improve their skills and build successful careers. As cheerleaders for organizational and individual learning, do we sometimes lose sight of our own learning? What are we doing to invest in ourselves? What are the competencies that we will need as we lead our libraries in future skill development and employee learning?
To celebrate Employee Learning Week, join us for an exploration of current and future competencies for learning professionals working in libraries. We will look at strategies for our own development and the resources available to help us pursue them.
ASTD’s Employee Learning Week, December 8-12, features champions, who successfully connect staff learning with achieving results. For more information, go to: http://www.employeelearningweek.org/.
Mary Ross, CLENERT Board member and former manager of staff development at the Seattle Public Library, will lead the discussion. She will be joined by Betha Gutsche, curriculum designer for e-learning initiatives at WebJunction, and Jennifer Homer, vice president of external relations for the American Society of Training and Development.
This hour-long webinar is co-sponsored by WebJunction and ALA’s Continuing Library Education Network and Round Table (CLENERT).
Register here: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1546
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Online training: not as easy as it looks
Sep 4th
(Here I go again—blogging about another WebJunction event. Can I help it if there’s some cool stuff shakin’ at WJ?)
If you’ve presented, facilitated, or produced a live, online training session or webinar, you have a sense of how many variables are involved. It’s a juggling act with virtual balls. The really successful trainers make it look easy and seamless.
WebJunction has partnered with InSync Training to offer the Synchronous Learning Expert certificate series to help you master seamless and smooth online facilitation, as well as design of online training and the opportunity to create your own capstone e-design project. The great advantage of taking this course through WebJunction is being in a cohort with other library staff with similar interests AND having the new WJ collaborative learning space to maximize your online learning experience.
As a prerequisite to the SLE courses, WJ is offering a FREE one hour introductory course, Learn How to Learn Online. There are two offerings of this course currently scheduled:
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM Pacific/1:00 PM Eastern
- Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 2:00 PM Pacific/5:00 PM Eastern
To enroll in either offering, visit http://tinyurl.com/5896z8.
Questions? Email courses@webjunction.org
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