[Baynet] April workshop on opportunities for workplace learning

[Hersh, Daniel]

Space is still available in:

Free2Be Engaged: Opportunities for Workplace Learning 
Spring workshop for all levels of library staff
Sponsored by the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay
Area 
Mary Ross, presenter

Two dates and locations:

	Wednesday, April 29, 2009
	Alameda County Library, Fremont Main Library
	   or
	Thursday, April 30, 2009
	Berkeley Public Library, Central Library

	8:30 am - 9 am: Sign-in
	9:00 am - 1 pm: Workshop
	$40 Registration Fee

Does your job make you jump out of bed in the morning? Or hit the snooze
button? Would you describe yourself as fully engaged in your work and
connected with the library's success? Or are you putting in the time
without the connection?  Do these discouraging budgetary times make you
not want to think about work at all?

Like most library employees, you want to make a difference at work and
have opportunities to grow, learn and be challenged on the job. But
there may be a gap between what you want and what actually happens
day-to-day at work.

You can close that gap by seeking, seeing and seizing possibilities for
workplace learning and by becoming an opportunist in the most positive
sense. This workshop will help you to maximize your formal and informal
learning opportunities. As a result, you will be able to:
*	Invite and receive constructive feedback. 
*	Ask for "feedforward" suggestions for future positive change. 
*	Listen for what you don't know. 
*	Use your workplace as a classroom for leadership skills. 
*	Create a plan to move forward even if you can't move up. 
*	The emphasis will be on easy-to-apply techniques, real-life
situations, experiential learning and skills practice. You will have
opportunities to practice receiving constructive feedback, as well as
giving and receiving suggestions for positive future change.

Mary Ross has over 25 years of experience providing frontline customer
service in public libraries. She managed the staff training and
development program at the Seattle Public Library for eight years. Since
leaving SPL in 2007, she has worked as a consultant in staff development
and employee engagement, and training design and delivery. She is an
online instruction designer for Infopeople, the continuing education
coordinator for the Washington Library Association, a board member of
ALA's continuing education round table and was a delegate to ALA's
congress on continuing education for support staff. She feels passionate
about the importance of workplace learning and opportunities for all
library employees. 

For more information and to register, go to
http://plsinfo.org/workshops/free2engage.htm.


Daniel Hersh
dhersh at oaklandlibrary.org
for the Library Staff Development Committee of the Greater Bay Area 

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