Originally presented Thursday, January 26 at 1 p.m. with Jamie Matczak presenting.
We are all called on to “present” at some point in our jobs. Whether you are communicating information in front of your library board or training a group of patrons, solid presentation skills can make or break you. Are you unsure how to organize what you want to say? Are you debating what information should be included? What about hand outs?
This webinar will cover:
- 8 Steps to a Powerful Oral Presentation
- 9 Techniques for Maintaining Audience Attention
- 10 Ways to Organize Presentations
- Building Audience Rapport
- Polishing your Delivery
- Planning Visual Aids and hand outs
Join us for this fun webinar where you will walk away with tips and tricks to present like a pro!
Tips to Help with Stage Fright (Your Comments) Word doc.
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Resource List
Jean's Slides (PDF format)
Blog posts, articles, and websites:
Setting Smart Goals: a blog post describing the SMART Goal setting acronym
Online Goal Tracking Tools: a sampling of some online tools to help you work towards a goal
Time Management for Creative People, an ebook by Mark McGuinness
43 Folders, a blog by Merlin Mann. He has a great series on the Getting Things Done process
Using GTD to Get Things Doen at Your Library by Robin Hastings in Computers in Libraries, October 2011, page 23-26. Not in EBSCOhost yet.
The Four Habits of Highly Effective Librarians by Todd Gilman in The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 23, 2007
The Benefits of No by Esther Derby, CIO from www.cio.com on July 26, 2007
8 Easy Organizational Tips to Increase Your Productivity at Work by Sherrie Bourg Carter on High Octane Women (a great blog to follow)
Professional Development Tool: The First Hour by Michele M. Martin on The Bamboo Project blog
Nicholas Carr on Internet and the Brain from To The Best of Our Knowledge, 9/4/11
Time Management for Creative People, an ebook by Mark McGuinness
Tools
Evernote, Remember Everything is their tag line
Google Reader Simplifies your blog reading experience
Dropbox Online storage or your documents - access them anywhere, anytime
Remember The Milk To-do list available online, in your Gmail, on your phone, and more
Getting Things Done The website for productivity guru David Allen
Lifehacker A popular blog with the tag line: Tips, tricks, and downloads for getting things done.
Unclutterer Another popular blog with tips and information to declutter your life
Franklin Covey System Another pouplar time management system
Interested in presenting this program yourself? This is part of ALA's Train the Trainer series and can be purchased from the ALA Store.
SCLS Learning Day 2011 featured a presentation by Patricia Clason, Center for Creative Learning. Patricia gave us permission to record that program. The DVD is now available for SCLS member libraries to request.
Don't Eat the Menu: A New Perspective on Communication with Patricia Clason.
"To think that communication is words is like going into a restaurant and eating the menu." - John Grinder, founder NeuroLinguistic Programming
Communication is so much more than the words which we often take at their face value and our personal definition and history. We don't really listen beyond the words to the meaning and intent of the communication. Most business problems are related to poor communication and lack of understanding of communication styles. People think because we're talking English, we speak the same language - and that's just not how it is!
From this workshop you will gain clarity on your communication style, understanding of others' styles, skills for communicating in others’ styles and getting the results that you want.
Originally presented Wednesday, November 9 at 1 p.m. with Jamie Matczak presenting. Jamie is the continuing education, youth and public information coordinator for the Nicolet Federated Library System. She is also an adjunct instructor for Lakeland College in "Business and Professional Rhetoric," a course required of all accounting, business and marketing majors.
Whether you are sending out a staff memo or emailing your grandmother, solid, written communication is key to getting your message across. We are writing, tweeting, instant messaging and texting more than ever. Join in for a fun, interactive webinar where you will learn tips and tricks to improve your written communication!
In this webinar, we will discuss:
- Why you should use short, familiar words
- Why you should avoid acronyms, sexist language, negative words and "rubber stamps"
- How to write "stronger"
- How to convey "bad news" (there is a right way to do this!)
- Good email and text messaging etiquette
Jamie's Slides
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Originally presented Friday, October 28 at 10 a.m. with Shawn Brommer presenting.
Shawn Brommer will present practical program ideas that encourage toddlers and preschoolers to dream big and explore their world. Shawn will discuss the highlights of a 6-week program outline and will draw attention to book lists, songs, finger plays, rhymes, activities, crafts, early literacy connections and messages for parents that support the 2012 summer theme. A .pdf of the outline will be available online and paper copies will be printed and sent to SCLS libraries by request.
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Originally presented on Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 2 p.m. Central Time.
There were some audio quality issues during the presentation. Thanks for your patience.
Most of us have used social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to announce library events, share photos and promote contests. But what about using these tools to create fund raising opportunities, build community and fight budget cuts?
Joe Murphy, a librarian at Yale University, will explain why libraries need to get out of their "comfort zone" and explore new ways of using social media. He will also cover why sites such as FourSquare and Groupon can serve as powerful resources. See what other libraries are doing and how these "unexpected usages" can work for you!
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Held Friday, September 9 at the Wintergreen Resort in Wisconsin Dells:
MacGyver Library
Ok, so you may not ever have to diffuse a bomb using a roll of microfilm and an electronic eraser. That doesn't mean that there aren't numerous technology gadgets that can save your patrons' day anyway. In this fast-paced and entertaining presentation, Chris and Jon Mark will be showing you how to do everything from running Firefox on an aging iPod to 5 minute YouTube video creation and much more!
Be sure to bring your own gadgets and ideas to the presentation. They'll be time for everyone to examine the gadgets on hand and share tips and tricks from their own libraries.
Hands-on learning and demonstrations including
* Gadgets: Various Nooks, Kindles, Sony e-Readers, ELMO Document Camera, iPads and iPods, and mp3 players on hand for you to play with
* OverDrive Download Station: learn how access OverDrive, download titles and load them onto your device
* Windows 7 Patron Image: Come and play with the new Windows 7 Patron image including these new features: Photo and video editing, scanning documents and photos, and disk burning
* Enterprise Wireless: find out how the new enterprise wireless system will be able to streamline your wireless needs with monthly reports, reliable service, and remote support.
Handout from Chris & Jon Mark (pdf)
Originally presented Tuesday, September 6, 2011.
Digital materials are being downloaded in almost unimaginable quantities, and resources available through the public library are no exception. The Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) is exploring the feasibility of a Statewide Digital Media Buying Pool. This webinar to further explore the options available to member libraries, and the potential costs. The presenters for this online workshop (open only to SCLS member public libraries) are Molly Warren and Martha Van Pelt. More information is available at http://www.scls.info/committees/ac/index.html.
Molly's Slides
Jean's Slides
Explanation of numbers on Slide 2:
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Originallly presented August 25, 2011 at 10 a.m.
OverDrive held their bi-annual conference during the last week in July. Join Mary Knapp from Madison Public Library, Charles Danner from Portage County Public Library, and Sara Gold from WiLS as they recap the highlights and latest OverDrive news.
Mary Knapp's Slides
Charles Danner's Slides
Sara Gold's Slides
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