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October Online Training Opportunities – FREE

Check out the Professional Development Calendar for more information and to register for the following FREE online training opportunities:

ADVOCACY

Oct. 4: Your “Principal” Partnership: Communicating Library Program Success (AASL)

ASSESSMENT & PLANNING

Oct. 11: Assessing Library Programs and Collections in Academic Libraries (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Oct. 13: Project Outcome: Making Sense of Survey Results (Public Library Association)
Oct. 20: Broadband Planning for Libraries: Enough is Never Enough (TechSoup)
Oct. 26: Making Data More Powerful (Infopeople)

CAREERS

CHILDREN & TEENS

Oct. 4: Teen Programming: A Mover & Shaker’s Recipe for Impact and Success (WebJunction)
Oct. 11: Engaging Reluctant Middle Grade Readers (School Library Journal)
Oct. 18: Transitioning from High School to College or Employment for People with Disabilities (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT

Oct. 4: A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place: Conducting (and Maintaining!) a Collection Inventory (Connecting to Collections)
Oct. 11: The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: More New Titles for Fall 2016 (Booklist)
Oct. 12: Circulating the Internet: How to Loan WiFi Hotspots (Nebraska Library commission)
Oct. 20: Caring for Archives: Fundamentals for Everyone (Connecting to Collections)
Oct. 20: New Books for Storytime (Infopeople)
Oct. 25: Crime Fiction to Quicken the Blood (Booklist)

COMMUNICATION

Oct. 4: Your “Principal” Partnership: Communicating Library Program Success (AASL)
Oct. 5: Engaging Staff Meetings: A Time for Professional Conversations that Foster Continuous Quality Improvement (Early Childhood Investigations)
Oct. 11: People – Difficult or Different (Effectiveness Institute)
Oct. 20: Bozarthzone! Getting Started With Working Out Loud (inSync Training)

DATABASES & eRESOURCES

DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE

OCT. 3: Are you ready? Open Education Resources and Future Ready Librarians (TL Virtual Cafe)
Oct. 4: Texas High School Librarians Create College Ready Students (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Oct. 4: A Place for Everything and Everything in Its Place: Conducting (and Maintaining!) a Collection Inventory (Connecting to Collections)
Oct. 5: Shaping an Organization Responsive to Change (SirsiDynix)
Oct. 6: Visualizing Value: How to Align Teams with Experience Mapping (O’Reilly)
Oct. 12: Effective Nonprofit Website Planning (NonProfit Hub)
Oct. 12: How Successful Libraries Thrive in Uncertain Times (WebJunction)

FUNDRAISING

Oct. 6: Nonprofit 911: The Year-End Game-Changer: Your Team of Messengers (Network for Good)
Oct. 6: Targeting Donors for Year-End Success (TechSoup)
Oct. 12: Introduction to Proposal Writing (GrantSpace)
Oct. 26: Introduction to Finding Grants (GrantSpace)
Oct. 26: Anatomy of an Annual Appeal: Create Your Compelling Fundraising Offer (4Good)

LIBRARY SPACES

MANAGEMENT

Oct. 4: The Leader’s Guide to the Executive Brain (Training Industry)
Oct. 4: Developing a Strategic Plan for Volunteer Engagement (Volunteer Match)
Oct. 5: How to Engage and Mobilize Groups: 4 Proven Facilitation Techniques (4Good)
Oct. 6: Managing your library in the cloud – The community college experience (OCLC)
Oct. 11: Humanizing the Learning Experience (Training Industry)
Oct. 11: Should You Contract Out Your Nonprofit’s Tech? IT Assist and Managed Services (TechSoup)
Oct. 13: The Annual Review Revolution (Harvard Business Review)
Oct. 19: Strategies to Build and Align Your Frontline Leadership Team (American Management Association)
Oct. 19: The Future Is Here: Training The Newest Generation (Training Magazine Network)
Oct. 26: First aid for time-wasting, energy-sapping meetings (O’Reilly)

OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS

Oct. 18: Transitioning from High School to College or Employment for People with Disabilities (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)

PROGRAMMING

Oct. 4: Teen Programming: A Mover & Shaker’s Recipe for Impact and Success (WebJunction)
Oct. 14: Get Ready for Money Smart Week 2017 (American Library Association)

READERS’ ADVISORY

Oct. 11: The Scoop on Series Nonfiction: More New Titles for Fall 2016 (Booklist)
Oct. 11: Engaging Reluctant Middle Grade Readers (School Library Journal)
Oct. 20: New Books for Storytime (Infopeople)
Oct. 25: Crime Fiction to Quicken the Blood (Booklist)

REFERENCE

Oct. 19: The Insider’s Guide to Accessing NLM Data (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)

SCHOOL LIBRARIES

Oct. 3: Are you ready? Open Education Resources and Future Ready Librarians (TL Virtual Cafe)
Oct. 5: Meet the Makers: Makerspace Tips and Trends (edWeb)
Oct. 7: Coping with Multi-platform, Multi-devices (TLT Group)
Oct. 18: Getting to Know Creative Coding Through Games and Apps (CCGA) (SimpleK12)
Oct. 19: Future Ready Librarians (edWeb)
Oct. 19: Using Free and Inexpensive Technology to Transition Your Library to a Learning Commons (AASL)
Oct. 27: Creating an Interactive Exhibit in Your School Library (Programming Librarian)
Oct. 27: Selecting the Right Products for Your Makerspace (Demco)
Oct. 31: Database of the Month: STEAM It Up! (Wyoming State Library)

TECHNOLOGY

Oct. 11: Should You Contract Out Your Nonprofit’s Tech? IT Assist and Managed Services (TechSoup)
Oct. 12: Circulating the Internet: How to Loan WiFi Hotspots (Nebraska Library commission)
Oct. 12: Effective Nonprofit Website Planning (NonProfit Hub)
Oct. 20: Broadband Planning for Libraries: Enough is Never Enough (TechSoup)
Oct. 20: Managing Library Technology: Keeping All the Balls in the Air (WebJunction)
Oct. 25: Emerging Tech Trends in Libraries – Part 5 (Infopeople)

TRAINING & INSTRUCTION

Oct. 6: Maximizing Global Team Effectiveness: The Role of Training (Training Magazine Network)
Oct. 6: Bozarthzone! Better Than Bullet Points (inSync Training)
Oct. 11: Humanizing the Learning Experience (Training Industry)
Oct. 13: Trends in Teaching Information Literacy (Library Connect)
Oct. 19: Strategies to Build and Align Your Frontline Leadership Team (American Management Association)
Oct. 19: The Future Is Here: Training The Newest Generation (Training Magazine Network)

VOLUNTEERS