Upcoming Webinars

Adult learners have different needs and motivations than children, which should influence our instructional approaches. Join Laura Saunders and Melissa Wong for this session on instructional design for adult learners. They will outline the basics of instructional design and lesson planning, including the Backward Design approach of identifying outcomes, designing assessments, and planning instruction with a focus on adult learners.

Join Rebecca Hass and Tammy Turner as they share social prescribing initiatives and projects inspired by global models and research on the health benefits of meaningful activities and social connection. Examples include the Healing Library Kit: Death of a Loved One and work with Annapolis Pediatrics, Hospice of the Chesapeake, and Care Prepared. Attendees will  have an understanding of the growing trend of social prescribing.

Online tutorials are nearly ubiquitous in the library learning world – but are they effective for learners? How difficult are they to create? In this webinar, Hannah Gascho Rempel and Maribeth Slebodnik introduce  the process of creating learner-centered tutorials in order to increase their impact and effectiveness. They will share how to streamline the design process while still producing an effective tutorial and emphasize accessibility as well as assessment in order to evaluate and reinforce learning.

 In libraries of any size, every dollar counts, and you often have to stretch that dollar as far as you can, especially when it comes to programming. So how can you write a great grant proposal? What are some fundraising ideas that haven’t been done a thousand times? And what is the secret to asking people for money? Join Chelsea Price to discuss all these things and more. She will delve into some common myths about asking for money, the importance of the library/city relationship, grant-writing tips, and some out-of-the-box fundraising ideas from her library and others.

The meeting started late and went over the scheduled time. Attendees were updated on events that had already occurred. Speakers talked too long and repeated themselves in unstructured presentations. Those on video tried to surreptitiously knock off some email while trying to appear fully present. No forward-facing decisions were made. If any of this sounds familiar, know that it does not have to be. Join best-selling Author, CEO, and Stanford faculty member David Dodson as he describes seven steps you can implement to create meetings that matter.

Libraries are in need of updated policies now more than ever. Strong policy is one of the best ways to protect library staff, prevent issues, and keep unpreventable issues from escalating too far. Join Al Hayden for this webinar, which will offer practical advice including essential policies every library should have, tools to evaluate the strength of your policies, guidelines for revising your policies, suggestions
for training staff on your updates, how to communicate policies to patrons. You'll leave with actionable ideas to strengthen, revise, and evaluate library policy manuals.