[Baynet] Infopeople's "Building Leadership Skills: Strategic Thinking" workshop

Thu Oct 16 11:15:13 PDT 2008

This workshop continues the series of leadership skills-building workshops
that are part of the Eureka! Leadership Program. This is an open
registration workshop. You may register for this workshop without taking any
other workshops in the series. If you are interested in learning more about
the Eureka! Leadership Program, please go to
http://eurekaleadership.org/index.html. 

Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive
this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!

Title:  Building Leadership Skills:  Strategic Thinking

Dates and locations:

Monday, March 9, 2009, Arcade Library (Sacramento)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009, Saratoga Library

Thursday, March 12, 2009, Woodward Park Library (Fresno)

Monday, March 23, 2009, San Diego County Library Headquarters

Tuesday, March 24, 2009, Buena Park Library District

Wednesday, March 25, 2009, Pio Pico Koreatown Library (Los Angeles)

Friday, March 27, 2009, San Francisco Public Library

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/398

Fee: There is a $75 fee for this workshop.

Strategic thinking is about identifying and seizing opportunities to make a
difference. Even the most efficient operations and the most dedicated staff
aren't enough to ensure success - in addition to doing the job right, you
have to do the right job! 

No matter what position you currently hold, it can pay to think
strategically. Strategic thinking can help you develop successful programs
and services, attract funding and political support, and get people on board
with your ideas and proposals. 

In this course you will learn how to 

.         tap into the goals and priorities of your boss, your colleagues,
and your community 

.         build relationships with key players beyond your immediate work
environment, and 

.         choose the ideas and programs that are most likely to move you and
your library forward.

Strategic thinking is especially important in uncertain fiscal times. When
you understand how to align your ideas with the larger context in which you
operate, you can leverage even limited resources to make yourself, your
team, and your library indispensable.

Workshop Description: In this all-day course you will learn specific,
step-by-step techniques for selecting, developing and presenting effective
library strategies. Through individual and group exercises you will practice
translating information about local conditions into opportunities to
increase the impact of your work group or your library. The instructors will
provide real world examples, cheat sheets, and a list of recommended
resources, as well as practical, useful tips that can be applied
immediately. 

Note: This course emphasizes day-to-day strategic thinking, rather than the
development of a comprehensive strategic plan document. The instructors will
focus primarily on identifying, choosing, and articulating strategic
opportunities, not on the creation of specific planning objectives.
Strategic thinking is a useful skill in strategic planning, but the two are
not synonymous. 

Preliminary Course Outline

.         Leadership and Strategic Thinking 

Why think strategically? 

Strategies vs. tactics vs. operations 

.         The Library in Context 

The F.A.S.T. approach to strategy development 

Community segments and stakeholders 

Other providers who share your audience 

.         "The Vision Thing" 

Focusing on the big picture 

Leveraging your library's assets 

Strategic positioning - five approaches that work 

.         Moving Ahead 

Identifying strategic opportunities 

Communicating your strategy 

Avoiding/overcoming resistance 

Developing and maintaining strategic relationships 

Instructors:  George Needham and Joan Frye Williams.

George Needham.  Before joining OCLC in 1999, George was State Librarian of
Michigan. From 1993 to 1996, he was Executive Director of the Public Library
Association, a division of the American Library Association. From 1990 to
1993, he was Director of Member Services of the Ohio Library Association.
>From 1984 to 1989, he served as Library Director of Fairfield County
District Library in Lancaster, Ohio. From 1977 to 1984, he held various
posts at the Charleston County Library in Charleston, South Carolina. George
received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in library
science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Joan Frye Williams.  For more than 25 years Joan has been a successful
librarian, consultant, vendor, planner, trainer, evaluator and user of
library services, with a special emphasis on innovation, technology and
emerging library trends. She is the president of her own library and
information technology consulting firm. She received an MLS from the
University of California at Berkeley (1975) and in addition to her
consulting practice she has worked in both public and academic libraries,
for library automation vendors, as well as at the California State Library.
Her many clients include large and small public libraries, library
consortia, state library agencies, professional library associations,
library boards, library vendors and architects.

Who Should Attend: Leaders and aspiring leaders, library directors and
managers, as well as anyone from the California library community with an
interest in positioning themselves, their work group, or their library for
greater success. This course is also appropriate for library fundraisers,
grant writers, marketing staff, public information officers, trustees, and
commissioners. 

Prerequisites: None 

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Other Logistics:

*On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM;  instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30
PM.

*Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople
Web site at 

http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions.  Infopeople does not validate
or pay for parking.

*Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch.  Since some training
locations do not have in-house or convenient food service.  Infopeople
recommends that participants bring a sack lunch.

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. 

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