Continuing Education Opportunities from NEWI

Guest post by Angela Schneider, Northeastern Wisconsin CE Partnership

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SAVE THE DATE! UPCOMING WEBINARS FROM WISCONSIN:

Trustee Training Week: August 19 - August 23, 2024
Here’s a sample of what to expect this year:

• Everything You Want to Know About Book Challenges...and a Bit You Probably Don't
  Monday, August 19, 2024 - 12:00
• Wisconsin Library Law
  Tuesday, August 20, 2024 - 12:00

Tech Days Wisconsin: September 17 - September 18, 2024
Here’s a sample of what to expect this year:

• From Basics to Breakthroughs: AI Strategies for Library Leaders
  Tuesday, September 17, 10:00 - 11:30am
• Trends in Emerging Tech
  Wednesday, September 18, 1:00 - 2:30pm

See the Wisconsin Libraries Professional Learning Calendar for conferences and other webinars from in-state

UPCOMING WEBINARS FROM AROUND THE WEB:

Visit the NEWI calendar of free webinars to find online continuing education opportunities you may attend from where you are. There’s a lot to choose from, so here’s a sample of topics that may be of interest to you:

ACCESSABILITY

• June 25 at 2pm: The Dementia Friendly Library: Increasing belonging in Virginia Libraries

ADVOCACY

• June 18 at 2pm: Data storytelling 101

ASSESSMENT/PLANNING

• June 20 at 1pm: Using Public Data to Make Decisions (US Census)
• June 24 at 10am: If You Can Do Laundry, You Can Map a Logic Model
• June 25 at 1pm: Introduction to Measuring Your Impact (Candid Learning)
• July 2 at 10am: Help! Tips & Tricks to Plan Your Strategic Plan
• July 10 at 10am: Nonprofit Budget Management
• July 17 at 1pm: Building a Needs Assessment Strategy

COLLECTIONS:

• July 24 at 1pm: Surprise! You’re a Cataloger

COMMUNICATION

• June 18 at 1pm: Exercising Empathy in Conflict
• June 26 at 12pm: 5 Social Media Tips that Will Help You Turn heads and Raise Funds for Your Nonprofit
• July 16 at 11am: Trauma-Informed Storytelling in Action

FUNDRAISING

• June 26 at 1pm: Recalibrate Your Events to Fuel Year-Round Fundraising
• July 2 at 1pm: Introduction to Corporate Giving
• July 30 at 1pm: Event Sponsors: How to Find Them & Create a Win-Win

PROGRAMMING

• July 17 at 10am: Think Outside the Box: creative ways to make learning fun with Breakout Boxes
• August 8 at 2pm: Work It Out @ Your Library with the Wombats!

REFERENCE

• June 20 at 11am: Proving Multilingual Health Information
• June 20 at 1pm: LGBTQ History through Federal Government Documents
• July 3 at 10am: Helping Students be Google Aware

STAFF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

• June 24 at 3pm: Five Management Mistakes to Avoid
• June 26 at 1pm: Managing Effective Library Boards
• July 10 at 9am: Materials Challenges: Allen County Library’s Journey to Training Staff

TECHNOLOGY

• June 14 at 11am: Idea Lab: Impact of Net Neutrality on Library Services
• June 26 at 11am: Staying Ahead of the Cyber Curve: 7 Trends You Need to Know
• July 10 at 1pm: Digital Safety and Privacy for Librarians
• July 12 at 11am: Talking about TikTok with Patrons
• July 31 at 1pm: Navigating AI Ethics

AT YOUR LEISURE – RECORDED EVENTS TO WATCH ON-DEMAND

WebJunction webinar recordings
WebJunction’s catalog of courses and webinar recordings on library topics is open to all library workers, board members, trustees, students and volunteers. A certificate of completion is provided after you have completed any course or webinar that you enroll in. Recent topics include:

• Supporting domestic and sexual violence survivors at your library
• Cardholder sign-up policies: Access in practice
• Supporting healthy communities: Public library responses to the opioid crisis
• Leadership strategies for building connection and defusing difficult situations

WI Libraries Talk About Race - Winter 2024 Webinars – log in and create a free account to view recordings

Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference Recordings

Privacy and Wisconsin Public Libraries Tutorials for Front-Line Staff and for Managers.

UW-Madison iSchool Spring Webinar Series Recordings – access all recordings and slides

Past NEWI-sponsored Webinars: Don’t forget to revisit some of our past webinars, including the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference. Earn 1-1.5 CE hours for each recording. Find links to recordings for on demand viewing on WWWC, Trustee Training, Tech Days, and the Fundraising/Grant series here: Past Events | NEWI: Northeastern Wisconsin CE Partnership (newilibraries.org)

NEWI is a continuing education (CE) partnership of library systems located in Northeastern Wisconsin. The NEWI website aims to be a central source of CE info for staff working at libraries in four library systems: Manitowoc‐Calumet Library System (MCLS), Nicolet Federated Library System (NFLS), Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS), and Winnefox Library System (WLS).