Please forgive the cross posting

January boasts a lot of webinars on grant writing, fundraising and community engagement.  Check out the list below.  You can find more information on these webinars and how to register on our CE Calendar at http://evanced.info/maine/evanced/eventcalendar.asp

Happy New Year  and keep learning!

Stephanie Zurinski, 
CE Coordinator/CMLD Consultant
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0064 
207 287-5632
207 287-5620


ADVOCACY
Jan. 7: Community Engagement: A Case Study (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Jan. 28: Engaging Your Community in Sustainable Funding (Maine State Library)

ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Jan. 21: The Value of Outcome Measurement for Library Programs: An Overview of Project Outcome (PLA/ALA)

BOARDS
Jan. 13: Key Secrets to Inspiring Your Board to Fundraise (4Good)

CAREERS
Jan. 5: Discovery: A Better Model for Political Discussions (Siera)
Jan. 6: The 3 Imperatives of Becoming a Great Leader (American Management Association)
Jan. 8: Making Difficult Conversations Easy (Effectiveness Institute)
Jan. 13: Soft Skills for Supervisors and Managers (Indiana State Library)
Jan. 13: Become a Better Leader: Unleash the Power of Vision (American Management Association)

CHILDREN & TEENS
Jan. 5: A Conversation with the 2016 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalists (School Library Journal)
Jan. 6: Best New Children's Books of 2015 (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan. 6: Using your Maker Skills to survive a Zombie Apocalypse with Raspberry Pi and Arduino (O'Reilly)

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
Jan. 5: A Conversation with the 2016 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Finalists (School Library Journal)
Jan. 6: Best New Children's Books of 2015 (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan. 13: Going Digital (LYRASIS)
Jan. 19: New Year, New Books! Lerner Publishing Group's Spring Preview (Booklist)
Jan. 19: Body, Mind and Spirit Spring 2016 (Library Journal)

COMMUNICATION
Jan. 14: How to Make a Video for the Nonprofit You Love for Under $100 (GrantSpace)

DEVELOPMENT & MANAGING CHANGE
Jan. 26: Aspen Institute's Rising to the Challenge: Re-envisioning Public Libraries (Infopeople)

FUNDRAISING
Jan. 6: Introduction to Proposal Writing (GrantSpace)
Jan. 13: Key Secrets to Inspiring Your Board to Fundraise (4Good)
Jan. 13: Introduction to Project Budgets (GrantSpace)
Jan. 14: Get to Know GrantStation (TechSoup)
Jan. 20: Finding Foundation Funders (4Good)
Jan. 20: Introduction to Finding Grants (GrantSpace)

LIBRARY SPACES
Jan. 4: Organizing Your Library to Maximize Student Achievement (TL Virtual Cafe)

MANAGEMENT
Jan. 6: The 3 Imperatives of Becoming a Great Leader (American Management Association)
Jan. 6: Leverage Your Team's Mindset to Accelerate Change (4Good)
Jan. 8: Making Difficult Conversations Easy (Effectiveness Institute)
Jan. 12: Using Paraprofessional staff in reference triage (Washington State Library)
Jan. 13: Soft Skills for Supervisors and Managers (Indiana State Library)
Jan. 13: Become a Better Leader: Unleash the Power of Vision (American Management Association)
Jan. 20: Managing Challenging Patrons: Security for the New Library Environment (Infopeople)
Jan. 21: Stop Solving Problems! Develop Problem Solvers Instead (Demco)

OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS
Jan. 7: Community Engagement: A Case Study (Texas State Library and Archives Commission)
Jan. 28: Community Engagement: Serving Diverse Communities Where They Are (WebJunction)

PROGRAMMING
Jan. 21: The Value of Outcome Measurement for Library Programs: An Overview of Project Outcome (PLA/ALA)
Jan. 27: One Book, One School, One Community - Experiences with all-school reads (Nebraska Library Commission)

READERS' ADVISORY
Jan. 13: Riding the Range from Your Armchair (Nebraska Library Commission)
Jan. 19: New Year, New Books! Lerner Publishing Group's Spring Preview (Booklist)
Jan. 19: Body, Mind and Spirit Spring 2016 (Library Journal)

REFERENCE
Jan. 12: Using Paraprofessional staff in reference triage (Washington State Library)
Jan. 14: Online Resources Relating to American Indians (U.S. National Archives)
Jan. 14: Virtual Reference (American Libraries)

SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Jan. 4: Organizing Your Library to Maximize Student Achievement (TL Virtual Cafe)
Jan. 20: Rethinking the Research Paper (edWeb)
Jan. 20: Explore, Create, Engage: HSTRY in the Classroom! (AASL)
Jan. 26: David Wiesner's Spot: Not the Same Old Story (AASL)
Jan. 27: One Book, One School, One Community - Experiences with all-school reads (Nebraska Library Commission)

TECHNOLOGY
Jan. 6: Using your Maker Skills to survive a Zombie Apocalypse with Raspberry Pi and Arduino (O'Reilly)
Jan. 6: Getting Technology Donations Through TechSoup (TechSoup)
Jan. 13: Going Digital (LYRASIS)
Jan. 13: The 2016 Top 10 IT Issues (Educause)
Jan. 14: How to Make a Video for the Nonprofit You Love for Under $100 (GrantSpace)
Jan. 21: Screencast Design for Librarians (Wyoming State Library)
Jan. 21: Enhancing Your Library's Web Presence with WordPress (WebJunction)
Jan. 27: Technology Skills for Library Staff: Effective and Engaging Training Programs (TechSoup)

TRAINING & INSTRUCTION
Jan. 12: Works in Progress Webinar: "I am the content." How and why instructors discover and share course readings (OCLC Research)
Jan. 27: Technology Skills for Library Staff: Effective and Engaging Training Programs (TechSoup)