Knowledge is power. Increase your strength by attending workshops, webinars, and other opportunities. Lists include SEWI offerings, Wisconsin library organizations, Wyoming State Library’s Free Training, Webjunction, and more. Click on on any tab that interests you to find what’s coming up.
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- Dec 12: Get Your Board to Help You Fundraise—Even if They Don’t Wanna! (Firespring)
- Dec 18: The Ten Behavioral Questions to Ask to Prevent a Bad Hire (State Library of North Carolina)
- Dec 18: Advocates of All Ages: Recruiting and Retaining Younger Generations as Trustees and Friends (Nebraska Library Commission)
- At Your Leisure: Library 101: Facebook Do’s and Don’ts (North Dakota State Library)
- Dec 5: Doing the Work Externally and Internally: Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (WebJunction)
- Dec 9: Twenty-Four Ways to Teach and Learn (Pattern Research, Inc.)
- Dec 10: Getting the Balance Right: Social Media (Utah State Library)
- Dec 11: Sonic Literacy: A Manifesto for Libraries in the Age of Podcasts (Georgia Library Association)
- Dec 17: 3 Ways Starting a Podcast Can Help Your Nonprofit Grow (TechSoup)
- Development & Change
- Fundraising
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- Library Buildings & Spaces
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- Outreach
- Programming
- Dec 3: Start Your 2020 Grant Strategy Off Right! (CharityHowTo)
- Dec 4: Giving Tuesday is Over, Now What? (Network for Good)
- Dec 4: Introduction to Proposal Writing (GrantSpace)
- Dec 5: Events in a Digital Age: How to Maximize Offline Events in an Online World (Firespring)
- Dec 11: How to Recruit and Manage Amazing Event Committees (CharityHowTo)
- Dec 12: Get Your Board to Help You Fundraise—Even if They Don’t Wanna! (Firespring)
- Dec 19: Is There A Grant For That? (Bloomerang)
- Dec 19: A Master Guide to Acquiring New Donors (Network For Good)
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- Dec 4: Libraries and Homeless Patrons (Ryan Dowd)
- Dec 5: Insurance – How to Manage Your Organization’s Risk (Connecting to Collections Care)
- Dec 13: 6 Essentials for Teams That Work (Effectiveness Institute)
- Dec 18: The Ten Behavioral Questions to Ask to Prevent a Bad Hire (State Library of North Carolina)
- Dec 18: Advocates of All Ages: Recruiting and Retaining Younger Generations as Trustees and Friends (Nebraska Library Commission)
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- Dec 3: Say Yes to Census 2020 (SCLS)
- Dec 4: Libraries and the LGBT+ Experience (Nebraska Library Commission)
- Dec 4: Libraries and Homeless Patrons (Ryan Dowd)
- Dec 5: LinkedIn at the Library (Utah State Library)
- Dec 5: Fostering Creative Community Connections (Public Library Association)
- Dec 13: Libraries in Laundromats (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
- Dec 18: Libraries, Utilities, and Medical Vulnerability (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Dec 16: Library Programs and Partnerships in the 2020 Census (American Library Association)
- Dec 17: Community Health Challenges: Training, Language and Programming for Libraries (WebJunction)
- At Your Leisure: One Book Wyoming 2019: Ernest Hemingway and Race (Wyoming State Library)
- Dec 5: Imagine Your Story: Summer Library Program and Early Literacy (SCLS)
- Dec 5: Fostering Creative Community Connections (Public Library Association)
- Dec 5: Writing Boxes: Library programming that will inspire writing and support literacy and family engagement (Infopeople)
- Dec 11: Librarian in Training – For Kids! (Nebraska Library Commission)
- Dec 12: Friends with Benefits (Colorado State Library)
- Dec 13: Libraries in Laundromats (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
- Dec 18: Online Privacy 101 (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Dec 5: Astronaut Health: Health Information Resources to Support Science Education (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Dec 5: Defense Department Statistical Resources (Federal Depository Library Program)
- Dec 10: More Than a Bandage: Health Information Resources for K-12 Professionals (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Dec 11: Enjoy That Vacation And Find A New Hobby: Government Resources On Travel, Recreation And Safe And Interesting Hobbies (Federal Depository Library Program)
- Dec 11: Staying Healthy Abroad (National Network of Libraries of Medicine)
- Dec 12: Why and How Librarians can Help with Census 2020 (North Dakota State Library)
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- At Your Leisure: The Future in Your Face (Texas State Library and Archives)
- Dec 10: Useful, Free & Low-Cost Tools, Software, and Services for Your Nonprofit (IdealWare)
- Dec 11: Cyber Security for Libraries: How to Prepare for a Ransonware Attack (Innovative)
- Dec 24: Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
- At Your Leisure: Solving Problems With Coding in the Library (School Library Connection)
- Dec 5: Imagine Your Story: Summer Library Program and Early Literacy (SCLS)
- Dec 4: Behavior Management in Storytime (State Library of North Carolina)
- Dec 5: Writing Boxes: Library programming that will inspire writing and support literacy and family engagement (Infopeople)
- Dec 11: Librarian in Training – For Kids! (Nebraska Library Commission)
- Dec 11: Moving Beyond Multicultural Education: Promoting Equity in Early Childhood Education (Early Childhood Investigations)
- Dec 12: Friends with Benefits (Colorado State Library)
- Dec 18: CCBC Shorts: A (Brief) Monthly Look at Books for Children & Teens (CCBC, SCLS)
- Dec 31: Summer Reading Program 2020: Imagine Your Story (Nebraska Library Commission)
In-Person Opportunities
- A New Community Engagement Conference
April 20-21, 2020
UW-Madison iSchool
Madison, WI
Info & Registration (registration begins Dec. 1, 2019)
Online Courses
Self-Paced Online Courses (free)
- Gale Courses (Check your local library or library system for availability)
- Webjunction Course Catalog
- GCF LearnFree.org
- Wisc-Online Basic Computer Skills Mooc
- Wisc-Online Computer Science Courses (includes sections on career skills, programming, IT skills, and web development)
Arrowhead Library System, Bridges Library System, Kenosha County Library System, Lakeshores Library System, Milwaukee County Federated Library System, and Monarch Library System provide information to member libraries in Southeastern Wisconsin (SEWI) on training and professional development.