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The Power of Stories in Technology Training

September 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Another free webinar from the MaintainIT Project this one is for trainers!

What: Train-the-Trainer: The Power of Stories in Technology Training
When: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 2-3 pm EST / 11 am – 12 pm Pacific
Where: Register on MaintainIT’s webinar space, and come prepared to share your training tips, too.

Library trainers from around the country are finding this popular webinar series a great opportunity to discuss training tips, techniques, and resources. This month we will focus on how storytelling can enhance your participants’ learning and retention.

Filed under: Training for Trainers

How Much Help Should You Provide Patrons With Laptops?

September 29, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Another free webinar from the MaintainIT Project.

How much troubleshooting assistance do you provide to patrons using their own laptops and the library’s wireless connection? Do you require users to obtain and enter a “key” before they can use the wireless connection? Do you allow people to sit in your parking lot after hours and surf the Web? What sort of furniture do you provide for laptop users?

Please join us to discuss “Meal Plan3 – How Much Help Should You Provide Laptop Patrons?” from the MaintainIT Cookbook Recipes for a 5-Star Library.

Read the chapter, register for the webinar, and join the conversation on Tuesday, September 30th, at 12 PM (Noon) Eastern Time.

DATE: Tuesday, September 30, 2008

TIME: 12-1 PM EST

AUDIENCE: Library staff who work with the public

Register HERE.

*Note: Please make sure you perform the system test in advance. You will need to disable pop-up blockers to access the webinar. A computer, Internet, and telephone are required to participate.

Filed under: Learning Opportunities

Do you maintain public computers?

August 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment

If so join me for one of the following upcoming webinars.

Maintaining Public Computers: A Free Webinar

  1. Are you tired of spending time figuring out how to maintain or support your public computers?
  2. Do you wish you could ask someone how they manage public computers at their library? (For example, how do they manage printing? Reservations? Questions from laptop users? And more…)
  3. Are you interested in sharing how your library gets things done?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in luck: the MaintainIT Project is here to help!

At the MaintainIT Project, we interview hundreds of librarians about how they maintain, support, and sustain their public computers. We then publish all of their experiences, successes, and challenges in free guides called Cookbooks, so librarians can learn from the experiences of others who’ve done it before them.

The best part? Everything the MaintainIT Project does is free. We also produce free webinars, and we’d like to invite you to a free webinar on how you can use MaintainIT resources to make a difference in your library. Please come!

Lori Reed from Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC) will be facilitating this webinar for libraries in your state. Please spread the word!

To participate in this webinar, you will need to be at a computer and on the phone. Connection specifics will be included in an email sent to you after you register.

DATE: August 20th, 2008

AUDIENCE: Library staff in Alabama

TIME: 2:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

Click here to register

or

DATE: August 25th, 2008

AUDIENCE: Library staff in Georgia

TIME: 2:00 PM Eastern Time Zone

Click here to register

p.s. Out of state staff can register for these workshops provided there is space available or contact me and I will let you know when the MaintainIT Project will be hosting a webinar for your state.

Filed under: Learning Opportunities

MaintainIT Project Train the Trainer Webinar Next Week

August 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment

From my friend Brenda Hough at the MaintainIT Project.

You are invited to attend a train-the-trainer webinar Wednesday, August 6th, at 11 AM Pacific/2 PM Eastern Time Zone.

If you provide technology training for library staff, this webinar is designed for you! MaintainIT is aTechSoup project (funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation). We gather stories and best practices related to public access computing in libraries and then create free resources based on that information. We have resources to help libraries with wireless networking, with technology planning, with computer maintenance, and more.

Every month, we host a free train-the-trainer webinar, to share ideas and resources for people who would like to use MaintainIT materials in the training they provide. If you’re interested in attending the webinar on August 6th (it’s free, interactive, only an hour long…), register here.

Filed under: Learning, Training for Trainers

Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library

July 31, 2008 By 1 Comment

Last month I gave my very first webinar, Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library, for WebJunction. There were over a hundred participants, and I have been asked to give an encore presentation. How cool is that! If you are free I’d love to have you join in and contribute your thoughts about learning in libraries.

Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Library
August 5, 11:00 AM Pacific/2:00 PM Eastern

Lori Reed will show how to create a culture of learning in your library. This is an encore presentation. Join us for a free hour-long webinar focused on helping library managers, trainers and front-line staff succeed with online learning. Please register for the webinar and you will be sent instructions for joining and preparing your computer.

Filed under: Learning Opportunities, Training for Trainers
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