OnDemand Learning
Creating Engagement in Online Meetings Using Zoom: Beyond the Basics
By now, we’ve all heard of Zoom and probably have utilized some version of a virtual meeting. This presentation will focus on unlocking Zoom’s true power and offering more engaging meetings, presentations, and workshops. We will be blending some of the more...
FHSLA /TBLC National Autism Awareness Month
April is World Autism Month and National Autism Awareness Month. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a neurological and developmental disorder, becomes observable in early childhood and impacts the person throughout their life. With a range of symptoms, how can parents,...
When Webinars Attack: Getting from Tedious to Terrific
You have been asked (or maybe you volunteered) to do a webinar. Now what? You’ve almost certainly sat through your share of horrendous webinars, and you don’t want to inflict one on anyone else. How do you prepare? How is a webinar different from giving an in-person...
The Anti-Procrastinator’s Guide to Time Management
What do we call a person that is the total opposite of a procrastinator? Someone who does everything in his/her life right away, way before it needs to be done? Maybe you are one of us...we’re the anti-procrastinator’s.Carrie Rogers-Whitehead, former librarian...
Creating Online Help for Library Services and Resources
Our digital resources are amazing - they help students research and learn, they help small businesses develop and plan, and they entertain through eReading and streaming media. All for free! We also promote our in-person programs, resources, and materials on our...
How to Create a Strategic Online Communications Plan for Your Library
Whether your library is large or small, has a huge online presence or is just starting out, we will show you how to create a Strategic Online Communications Plan that will help you focus and prioritize your communications efforts and stop spinning your wheels....
Free Online Tools to Increase Your Workflow & Productivity
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 is filled with online (and free!) tools that can help you improve your how you...
Successfully Managing People Series
Successfully Managing People Webinar Series Leading others through the process of achieving organizational objectives is a challenging yet rewarding assignment that requires excellent administrative, interpersonal, and communication skills. In today’s professional...
Serving Patrons with Developmental Disabilities
People with developmental disabilities may be cognitively or physically impaired, or both. While not always visible, these disabilities can result in serious limitations in everyday activities of life, including self-care, communication, learning, mobility, or...
Creating a Culture of Caring: Practical Approaches to Support Young Adult Wellbeing and Mental Health
Student mental health is a growing concern among high schools, colleges and universities, particularly in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Students across the country are seeking connection and help from a variety of sources, and community members are...
Leading During a Crisis ~ How to Develop a Crisis Strategy – Part 2
Knowing how to communicate is the first step toward addressing a crisis situation. Developing a plan is the next step. How does one plan for a pandemic? (I don’t remember the pandemic chapter in library school!) Numerous strategies already exist. This...
Using TikTok to Engage Communities & Tell Our Story
Learn how any library can leverage the incredibly diverse power of TikTok. We'll talk about why it's safe, answer your TikTok questions, and explore the ways librarians can successfully utilize this technology to enhance advocacy, community building,...
Creating Content for Video
Video is one of the most effective ways to reach our students and users. On average, people spend 100 minutes a day watching videos (smartinsights), so how can we be part of this daily viewing habit? What are the different options for creating live and recorded...
“Let’s Try It!” Library Outreach in a Culture of Yes
Outreach activities can boost student well-being and enhance positive feelings towards the library. Unfortunately, it is not always obvious how to successfully reach students. In this webinar, UNO Libraries Director of Research and Instruction Services Katie Bishop...
Effective Workplace Communication Skills for New(er) Supervisors
Experts suggest that we are communicating in one way or another more than 90% of the time we are awake! Communication can be positive or negative, verbal, non-verbal or in writing. Communicating effectively is a learned skill that requires practice, patience...
Geeky and Gaming Programs for Teens
What's going on in the world of fandoms, gaming and geekery? This presentation will summarize the 2020-2021 and beyond trends and predict what's next. It will also share examples of incorporating fandom trends into your library for teens. Carrie Rogers-Whitehead is...
Library Digital Branch Management
More than ever, patrons are engaging with their library online. With that in mind, how can we build our digital branches to best serve users in the present and in the future?During this session, Nick will explore: – Great ideas to implement for digital users–...
YouTube Live Streaming
Live Streaming is a great way to engage your users online. As libraries, we can use it to bring our services and programs to users throughout our community. During this interactive session, we will explore the basic how-to's of live streaming, the tools we can use to...
How to Stay Positive and Slay the Negative Dragons in Challenging Times
Inevitably, each of us faces situations that threaten to break our spirit, if not cloud our overall outlook on life. Illness, the loss of a loved one, and the premature end of a job, among countless other circumstances, challenge our ability to navigate life in their...
Learning on the Fly: Responding to the Need for Remote Training, Remotely
During the summer and fall of 2020, parents and caregivers struggled to support students learning remotely. With schooling models changing constantly and caregivers confronted with new technology, Twinsburg Public Library was in a unique position to provide...