Check out the Professional Development Calendar for more information and to register for the following FREE online training opportunities:
ADVOCACY
June 7: Turn Your Website Into a Membership Growth Engine (Wild Apricot)
June 7: Building Support for your Library Budget: A Recipe for Success (EveryLibrary)
June 12: Demonstrating Library Impact with Data (Infopeople)
June 20: Nonprofit Marketing That Works (Network for Good)
ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
June 7: Building Support for your Library Budget: A Recipe for Success (EveryLibrary)
June 12: Demonstrating Library Impact with Data (Infopeople)
June 20: NCompass Live: Rising to the Challenge: Using the Aspen Institute Report and Action Guide for Strategic Planning (Nebraska Library Commission)
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
June 5: Apps for Independent Living – Managing Money, Budgets, and Shopping (Assistive Technology Coalition)
June 20: Do You See What I See? Cortical Visual Impairment Characteristics & Interventions (Accessible Technology Coalition)
CAREERS
June 7: Putting Your Values to Work (Charity Village)
June 15: Job Hunting Like a Boss (Colorado State Library)
June 27: Tips for Moving up the Gov Career Ladder (GovLoop)
CHILDREN & TEENS
June 5: STRETCH Your Storytime! Supporting early learning with yoga and movement (Infopeople)
June 6: Engaging Families of Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Strategies to Enhance Your Practice (Early Childhood Investigations)
June 14: Meet the Starling – Library Technology That’s Inspiring Early Literacy (School Library Journal)
June 21: Federal Government Resources for K-8 (North Dakota State Library)
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
June 5: Springtime D.I.Y.: New Crafts Titles in Print and Audio (Booklist)
June 6: NCompass Live: Are You Afraid of the Big, Bad Inventory? (Nebraska Library Commission)
June 7: Picture Book Parade: New Titles from Small Presses (Booklist)
June 8: Open Access 2020: Looking at the Future (American Libraries Live)
June 9: National Treasures: Preserving and Providing Access to Cultural Heritage (San Jose State University)
June 13: Live and Learn: Collections Emergency Lessons and Training (Connecting to Collections Care)
June 18: Deep Dive into Device Lending (Utah State Library)
June 21: Federal Government Resources for K-8 (North Dakota State Library)
COMMUNICATION
June 5: Effective Workplace Communication Skills, with Andrew Sanderbeck (Utah State Library)
June 5: Reimagining Transgender ‘Inclusion’ for Libraries (Washington State Library)
June 7: The Fake News Controversy: What Does it Mean for Libraries? (Library Journal)
June 12: The Power of Blogging & Thought Leadership for Nonprofits (Firespring)
June 14: How to Communicate Effectively, Even When It’s Hard (GovLoop)
June 20: 5 Things You Can Do Today to Lessen Challenging Behaviors Tomorrow (Early Childhood Investigations)
June 20: Nonprofit Marketing That Works (Network for Good)
DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
June 1: Three Steps to Thriving in Chaos (Effectiveness Institute)
June 6: F3: Fine-Free Future (RIPL)
June 6 : Experimenting with Controlled Vocabulary: Using the Cataloging Lab to Shape LCSH (Georgia Library Association)
June 20: 5 Things You Can Do Today to Lessen Challenging Behaviors Tomorrow (Early Childhood Investigations)
June 26: Chatbots – Discover This Secret Weapon to Scale Training Capability (InSync Training)
FUNDRAISING
June 6: Build A Nonprofit Website That Drives Results! (iMission Institute)
June 6: Introduction to Proposal Writing(Grantspace)
June 6: Small, But Mighty: Seven Ways Small Nonprofits Can Boost Their Performance (GuideStar)
June 7: Building Support for your Library Budget: A Recipe for Success (EveryLibrary)
June 12: Start a Monthly Donor Program NOW. 7 Reasons why you can’t afford to wait! (Charity HowTo)
June 13: Introduction to Project Budgets (Grantspace)
June 14: Building a Pipeline of Major Donors: 5 Key Metrics for Success (Bloomerang)
June 19: How to Use Facebook’s Free Fundraising Tools to Drive Donations (Charity HowTo)
June 21: Charitable Solicitation Registration: Top Things You Need to Know (Firespring)
June 27: Bootstrap Fundraising – Launching a Development Program (nonprofit hub)
June 27: Introduction to Fundraising Planning (Grantspace)
June 27: Getting Ready to Get Ready for Giving Season (GuideStar)
June 28: How to Stand Out From the Crowd in Online Grant Applications (Charity HowTo)
LEGAL
June 27: Litigation?! Strategies to Lower Your ECE Organization’s Risk of Being Involved in Lawsuits (Early Childhood Investigations)
LIBRARY SPACES
June 6: Creating the Future: How a historic Library System used design to establish a new way forward for all libraries (Library Journal)
June 12: Making Space for Active Learning in Your Library (WebJunction)
MANAGEMENT
June 5: Protecting Your Library – How and Why to Research the Financial Stability of Vendors (Library Journal)
June 6: Developing High-Performing Employees Into Effective Front-Line Managers (Training Industry)
June 7: Developing Ethical Leaders from the Ground Up (Training Magazine Network)
June 14: Usability Testing with Steve Krug (DigitalGov)
June 20: NCompass Live: Rising to the Challenge: Using the Aspen Institute Report and Action Guide for Strategic Planning (Nebraska Library Commission)
OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
June 6: Engaging Families of Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Strategies to Enhance Your Practice (Early Childhood Investigations)
June 7: Moving Towards Health Equity with GIS (GovLoop)
June 13: A New Kind of Village: Combating Loneliness among Older Adults (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
PROGRAMMING
June 5: Pride at the Library: LGBTQ Programming For All Ages (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
June 5: STRETCH Your Storytime! Supporting early learning with yoga and movement (Infopeople)
June 6: Senior Fitness Programs in the Library (Let’s Move in Libraries)
June 7: Become a STEAM Mastermind in Just 1 Day! (simpleK12)
June 14: “I could really use a good laugh!” How to Give a Laughter-as-Therapy Program in Your Library (Infopeople)
June 14: STEM-errific Ways to Avoid the Summer Learning Loss (edWeb)
June 19: We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We’re in the Public Record: Federal Government Documents on the LGBT Movement (Federal Depository Library Program)
June 20: Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
READER’S ADVISORY
June 5: Springtime D.I.Y.: New Crafts Titles in Print and Audio (Booklist)
June 7: Picture Book Parade: New Titles from Small Presses (Booklist)
REFERENCE
June 6: Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Making This Program Work for You and Your Employer (Federal Depository Library Program)
June 6: Experimenting with Controlled Vocabulary: Using the Cataloging Lab to Shape LCSH (Georgia Library Association)
June 7: Moving Towards Health Equity with GIS (GovLoop)
June 7: The Fake News Controversy: What Does it Mean for Libraries? (Library Journal)
June 7: Library 2.018: Blockchain Applied: Impact on the Information Profession (Library 2.0)
June 13: Learning and Growing Together: WebJunction, the Learning Place for Libraries (WebJunction)
June 14: American Indian and Alaskan Native Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817-1899 (Federal Depository Library Program)
June 19: We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We’re in the Public Record: Federal Government Documents on the LGBT Movement (Federal Depository Library Program)
June 20: Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
June 21: Federal Government Resources for K-8 (North Dakota State Library)
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
June 5: Firing on All Cylinders: Making Reading Matter (Association of Library Services to Children)
June 5: Resource Roundup: FREE Tools from the Edge (OK2Ask)
June 7: Become a STEAM Mastermind in Just 1 Day! (simpleK12)
June 11: Librarians’ Insights on How to Integrate STEM and Coding into Makerspaces (American Libraries Live)
June 12: Fighting Fake: Digital Forensics and News Literacy Education (edWeb)
June 12: In Depth With the New AASL Standards, Part VI (Wyoming State Library)
June 14: Making Project-Based Learning More Than a Project (Education Week)
June 14: STEM-errific Ways to Avoid the Summer Learning Loss (edWeb)
June 21: Federal Government Resources for K-8 (North Dakota State Library)
TECHNOLOGY
June 5: Free & Open Source Software in Government with Code.mil (DigitalGov)
June 5: Resource Roundup: FREE Tools from the Edge (OK2Ask)
June 7: Is digital currency worth the attention of nonprofit leaders? (IdealWare)
June 7: Library 2.018: Blockchain Applied: Impact on the Information Profession (Library 2.0)
June 12: Introduction to Wikidata for Librarians (OCLC Research)
June 18: Deep Dive into Device Lending (Utah State Library)
TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
June 5: Reimagining Transgender ‘Inclusion’ for Libraries (Washington State Library)
June 5: The Accidental Instructional Designer: Better eLearning Design (InSync Training)
June 12: Fighting Fake: Digital Forensics and News Literacy Education (edWeb)
June 20: Beyond an Apple a Day: Providing Consumer Health Information at Your Library (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
VOLUNTEERS
June 5: Engaging the Volunteer of the Future (VolunteerMatch)
June 7: Successful Volunteer Interview Strategies (VolunteerMatch)
June 26: Build Staff Buy-In for Volunteer Engagement (VolunteerMatch)