[Libs-Or] A Multitude of Online Learning Opportunities!
Darci Hanning
darci.hanning at state.or.us
Tue Feb 6 11:02:13 PST 2018
Greetings,
Below is a compilation of various online learning events: some free, some for a cost, some are "webinars", and some are online courses.
Free Webinars (Infopeople)
Facilitating Multi-Dimensional Listening: Helping Groups Identify Common Ground while Acknowledging Differences<https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=740&reset=1>, Feb 7, 2018 @noon Pacific
Many of us are familiar with the practice of "active listening." This webinar will help facilitators and discussion leaders further develop their skills to listen beneath the surface of what's being said. You will receive instruction in advanced facilitation concepts supported by examples from fellow librarians. Skill in multi-dimensional listening is particularly relevant in today's society that bombards us with things intended to make us react instead of respond. Learn how to help the entire group listen together more skillfully for clues to where there might be common ground while respecting differences that arise. Join us to hone your listening and facilitation skills and bring questions from your own experiences.
This session is hosted by the California State Library, represented by Suzanne Flint. The lead presenter will be Susan Stuart Clark, Common Knowledge Group, with case examples provided by Danis Kreimeier, Napa County Library and Carolyn Brooks, El Dorado County Library.
For more information and to register please visit: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=740&reset=1
Facilitating Constructive Contributions: Dealing with Difficult Behaviors; Helping People Share from a Better Place<https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=741&reset=1>, March 7, 2018 @Noon Pacific
Basic facilitation skills involve keeping a group on topic and on time. But what happens when a participant needs special attention? This webinar will identify common types of disruptive behavior and share multiple methods for facilitators to keep the conversation constructive. We'll discuss what kinds of factors lead caring people to become the "difficult" ones to better understand which strategy to use when. We'll also review how to create the conditions that reduce the likelihood of difficult of behaviors in the first place. Bring questions from your own challenging facilitation moments for the extended question and answer session.
This session is hosted by the California State Library, represented by Suzanne Flint. The lead presenter will be Susan Stuart Clark, with case examples curated from California librarians experienced in facilitating challenging participants.
For more information and to register please visit: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=741&reset=1
Online Courses (Infopeople)
Teaching Patrons to Use Technology<https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=742&reset=1>, an Infopeople 4-week online course, February 20, 2018 to March 19, 2018
Do you provide technology assistance to library patrons? Are you responsible for coordinating technology related programs and services at your library? Do you help patrons in your library's makerspace, technology lab, or media lab? If you regularly help patrons to use technology, this course can help increase your skills and improve your library's services.
In this course you will learn how to...
* Explore traditional and non-traditional models that libraries can use to provide technology instruction for patrons of all ages
* Learn planning, promotional, and evaluation processes to improve existing services and programs and better meet patron needs
* Look at ways to support staff learning to increase technology skills and improve services
Instructor: Crystal Schimpf<https://infopeople.org/people/crystal-schimpf-0>
Fee: $150 for those in the California library community, $200 for all others.
For a complete course description and to register go to https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=742&reset=1
Understanding and Applying Adult Learning Theory to Improve Library Services<https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=739&reset=1>, an Infopeople 4-week online course, February 6 - March 5, 2018
Whether it's helping people find information, showing them how to use a new technology tool, or connecting them to resources, providing instruction is an essential aspect of modern library services to adults. Even though most librarians and library staff don't consider themselves teachers, their day to day responsibilities often put them in the role of trainer, teacher, coach and/or facilitator.
This course will:
* Introduce practical ideas for applying adult learning principles in order to improve one-on-one assistance, instruction and library programming.
* Demonstrate how people learn in order to increase the chance that the information will "stick."
* Explain how to apply adult learning theories to workplace scenarios, analyze patron interactions to determine when the principles will be beneficial to use, and develop goals for helping adults learn in the library.
Instructor: Lauren Hays<https://infopeople.org/people/lauren-hays>
Fee: $150 for those in the California, $200 for all others.
For a complete course description and to register go to https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=739&reset=1.
Cultural Intelligence in the Library Workplace<https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=747&reset=1>, an Infopeople 4-week online course, March 20, 2018-April 16, 2018
Is your library serving an increasingly diverse community? Do you want to improve your interactions with and understanding of different cultures? Cultural awareness and understanding our unconscious biases are critical first steps towards improving our job performance, however, we cannot stop there. Awareness alone does not guarantee success, but the ultimate question is how to take that awareness and put it into action by using cultural intelligence in order to ensure these biases do not influence judgments about others.
During the course, you will learn to:
* Identify sources of unconscious bias
* Develop strategies to combat and manage bias
* Explain cultural intelligence
* Develop and apply cultural intelligence at work and beyond
* Create a personal cultural intelligence development plan
Please Note: All course participants will be required to take an online cultural intelligence assessment during the first week of the course. Access information will be provided by the instructor on the first day of the course. Each participant will need to pay $25 (this cost is not included in the course fee) to take the assessment online. A feedback report will be provided to each participant via email.
Instructor: Dr. Michele Villagran<https://infopeople.org/people/michele-l-villagran>
Fee: $150 for those in the California library community, $200 for all others (plus $25 fee for online assessment to be taken during first week of course)
For a complete course description and to register, go to: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=747&reset=1
TechSoup Online Courses
What Facebook Ads Can Do For Your Organization<https://techsoup.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2b3584b0fa693cdd01e7f1cd1&id=2346b9a014&e=9467d52c38>, February 22, 12:00p Pacific AND March 1, 12:00p Pacific ($50)
Currently, Facebook is the platform with the farthest reach and most sophisticated targeting. Plus, it's agile, so you can refine and iterate your ads to optimize them for impact. Before spending a dime on Facebook Ads, make sure you understand the basics so you can help your nonprofit spend as efficiently as possible.
Sometimes you have to pay-to-play in order to get meaningful social media engagement. Digital ads are becoming the cheapest, most effective way to engage new or existing audiences on social media and other platforms. Currently, Facebook is the platform with the farthest reach and most sophisticated targeting. Before spending a dime on Facebook Ads, make sure you understand the basics so you can help your nonprofit spend as efficiently as possible. In this course track, we'll share tips and tricks for running effective campaigns and getting the most out of your ad budget to drive impact for your organization. Whether you're a total newbie to Facebook ads or you're an old pro, you'll walk away with new ideas for ways to use Facebook to further your mission.
Join us for our live events featuring Facebook Ad experts Alison Glazer and Jasmine Cordew.
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/track/a107def2-de5b-4528-bc33-69a378a19b16
Archived TechSoup Courses include:
The following are a mix of free and for-cost archived training opportunities. Many of these look quite good!
Google Analytics
Data is revolutionizing the way we live, communicate and do business. However, harnessing the full power of data has only begun to be realized by those who can afford it. How do small, cash-strapped nonprofits compete in this data landscape? Insert: Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. Behind the scenes, Google Analytics runs on every single page of your site. How much time do people spend on your site? How much time do they spend reading a specific article? What do they click? What location of the site do they go to? Google Analytics answers all of those questions, and many more, to ensure that your nonprofit can optimize its impact.
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/track/14c4dc10-161e-467e-882c-b88720a96e20
Branding for Non-Designers Bundle
With a solid foundation, you can begin to implement good design practices and build brand guidelines for your organization. Elefint, a design studio that works with social impact organizations and nonprofits, teamed up with TechSoup to build this branding for nonprofits learning track. After completing these courses, you will be able to evaluate branded visual content using design standards and apply best practices in developing a cohesive brand.
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/track/0f04b61b-cf33-4309-a43a-c59f1c78632c
Adobe Absolute Beginners Series (Free!)
* Adobe Absolute Beginners: Create a Fundraiser Invitation Using InDesign
So, you've been asked to create an invitation for a fundraiser or another event, and you'd like to make it look extra spiffy. But you're not a graphic designer by training, and you don't yet know how to use Adobe InDesign in Creative Cloud 2015.
Don't worry, we've got you covered.
o In this free course, we'll show you everything you need to get started. We will
o introduce you to the five most commonly used tools in the toolbar
o demonstrate how to insert and manipulate text and images
o teach you how to set up a standard or custom-sized document
The fun part is that you can practice along with us! We provide the files we use in the demonstration to help you get started. You're welcome to modify these files with other images, fonts, or text so that they fit your organization's needs. This course demonstrates all activities in Adobe CC 2015.
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/course/e3541a63-02dc-4693-8c8c-294e4a4ebb02
* Adobe Absolute Beginners: Getting Started with Illustrator
Non-designers of the nonprofit and library world can learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 in this short course. This course is designed for new users of Illustrator. After completing this course, you will be able to
o understand and use the most commonly used tools
o use the pen tool and Bezier curves
o apply color and stroke to an object
o use clipping masks and compound paths
o align objects and use the pathfinder panel
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/course/f219cab2-3c4d-4518-ba43-33f7d96250f7
* Adobe Absolute Beginners: Photoshop 101
This free Adobe Absolute Beginners course will help you learn the very basics for cleaning up photos and creating images. You can then use these in print and online, including on social media.
Once you've worked that out, you can make something of your own that speaks to your nonprofit or library's mission and includes its own branding. Your final products could include your logos, fonts, color scheme, and message. This Adobe Absolute Beginners course includes five short videos and resources using Adobe CC 2015.
This Adobe Absolute Beginners course will give you a very basic foundation for using Photoshop. After completing the course, you will be able to:
o understand and use the five most commonly used tools in the Photoshop toolbar
o understand the difference between the canvas and the image
o use color and color modes
o adjust an image
o apply best practices to save an image for the Internet or print
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/course/df8b8227-fd49-42c9-9abd-2598b3347743
Tech Planning ($99.00 for full track, a $20 savings)
Idealware, in partnership with TechSoup, is offering this practical, step-by-step Tactical Technology Planning learning track. This four-course technology planning track will help you get out of the technology doldrums so that you can assess your organization's technology infrastructure and address your current and future needs. At the end of the learning track, you'll have a fully realized tactical technology action plan to guide your organization.
* Tech Planning 101: Getting Started and Assessing Your IT Infrastructure (free)
During this free introductory course, you'll start to build the foundation for your tactical technology plan - including how to build the team you'll need to help you implement your own plan. We'll take a step-by-step look at each of the critical pieces of your entire technology package so you can thoroughly assess your nonprofit's infrastructure. By the end of this introductory course, you'll have an understanding of how to assess each piece of your technology infrastructure and begin to think about a plan for the future.
Idealware, in partnership with TechSoup, is offering this free tactical tech planning introductory course. The course prepares you to enter our more advanced courses on tech planning (see below).
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/course/b7fc7a10-abce-4b87-9019-c00a08507437
* Tech Planning 201: Developing a Data Strategy ($40)
Once you have assessed your organization's tech infrastructure, you are ready to start work on the next major component of your technology planning: data. This five-hour course will help you determine the answers to these questions: What data do you collect? How do you collect it? How do you maintain it? How do you measure it?
Idealware, in partnership with TechSoup, is offering this course to help you understand the major considerations around data and how you can answer them to move your organization forward with a tactical technology plan. We recommend you complete Tech Planning 101: Getting Started and Assessing Your IT Infrastructure prior to taking this course, or have conducted and written a tactical technology assessment for your nonprofit or library. With a sound infrastructure assessment in place, it's time to tackle your data strategy.
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/course/9770b1ac-e939-4840-a032-abea65dd2fe0
* Tech Planning 202: Organizing Online Communications ($40)
This course, created by Idealware in partnership with TechSoup, builds on the previous courses in the Technology Planning learning track, Tech Planning 101: Getting Started and Assessing Your IT Infrastructure and Tech Planning 201: Developing a Data Strategy. Once you have an understanding of your organization's infrastructure and a data strategy in order, it's time to reach out to your audiences.
Using technology to deliver your messages is essential. Your website, emails, and social media conversations all shape your relationship with your clients, members, donors, and everyone else interested in your organization. In this six-hour course, you will learn how to define communication goals; best practices for websites, email, and social media; and how to integrate communications to ensure you are choosing the right tools and using them to meet your goals. We recommend you have completed Tech Planning 101 and Tech Planning 201 or have a completed written tactical technology assessment before taking this course.
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/course/46f56b18-9842-48d3-b6b0-d80faee8f8d6
* Tech Planning 203: Putting Your Tech Plan into Action ($40)
This course will help you put the pieces of your tactical technology plan puzzle together. In this course, created by Idealware in partnership with TechSoup, you will develop a technology project shortlist, and understand how to prioritize, create, fund, and implement your tactical technology plan. This course is the conclusion of activities completed in the previous three technology planning courses.
We recommend you have completed Tech Planning 101: Getting Started and Assessing Your IT Infrastructure, Tech Planning 201: Developing a Data Strategy, and Tech Planning 202: Organizing Online Communications, or have equivalent experience with tactical technology assessment and planning before starting this class.
To learn more, please visit: https://techsoup.course.tc/catalog/course/cbc890d4-65b2-4fd4-bac9-f0016aba9f7e
Online Courses (ALA eCourse / eLearning)
Cataloging for Non-Catalogers<http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT03MzI5OTQxJnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY3MTY0MDUmbGk9NTE1MjU5NzY/index.html>, ($500 for non-ALA members, $450 for ALA members)
Dr. Mary Bolin
12-week eCourse, beginning Monday, April 2nd, 2018
This course teaches the fundamental concepts and practices of library cataloging, including basic descriptive and subject cataloging concepts, the creation and management of cataloging processes and workflows, the shared cataloging environment, and trends in bibliographic control that will affect libraries in the near future. It is aimed at librarians who want to know more about cataloging, including those who may have responsibility for cataloging with little preparation for it. This course approaches cataloging as a public service, and sees catalog librarians as people who have valuable expertise that they use to improve discoverability of library resources and create a better user experience.
Participants who complete this Advanced eCourse will receive a SJSU iSchool/ALA Publishing Advanced Certificate of Completion. This certificate will affirm your status as having completed all the steps of an Advanced eCourse in cataloging and will provide proof of your participation that you can add to your resume.
To learn more, please visit: https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/advanced-ecourse-cataloging-non-catalogers
Cheers!
Darci Hanning, MLIS
Technology Development Consultant
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