[Baynet] Reminder of Infopeople's webinar "George and Joan on Taking Your Ideas to the Next Level"

[Linda Rodenspiel]

A reminder of the next Infopeople  webinar.  Please let your friends and
colleagues know about this event!

 

Title:  George and Joan on Taking Your Ideas to the Next Level

 

Date and time: September 29, 2009, 12 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

 

This webinar will last approximately one hour. There is no charge for this
webinar.  Pre-registration is not required.

 

For more information and to participate in the September 29 webinar, go to
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/328/index.html  

  

 

You have a terrific idea for improving your library's service. You excitedly
share this fantastic new idea, only to have your enthusiasm deflated by
picky questions, managerial indifference, or passive/aggressive resistance
from your colleagues. 

 

No matter how good your ideas are, if you don't present them in a way that
can be discussed and understood by the people who can make them happen, they
won't be implemented. You'll be left frustrated. And your community will
never experience that terrific new service. 

 

This webinar will describe techniques that prepare library staff members at
any level to present new ideas effectively. Participants will learn how to: 

 

.         Demonstrate how your idea fits in with other organizational goals
and practices; 

.         Improve your empathetic skills, "think with someone else's brain,"
and anticipate how ideas will be received; 

.         Identify the people who can assist you in carrying your ideas to
reality; 

.         Face resistance squarely and overcome objections; 

.         Improve presentation skills so that a good idea won't be lost in a
substandard delivery. 

 

This webinar will be of interest to any members of the library community who
wish to see their ideas move forward. The tips and techniques covered here
will also be useful to those who need to coach others in how to present
their ideas more effectively. Participation by past and prospective Eureka!
Leadership Institute participants is strongly recommended. 

 

Speakers:  Joan Frye Williams and George Needham.

 

Joan Frye Williams - For more than 25 years Joan Frye Williams
(joan at jfwilliams.com) 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.
Joan is best known as an acute--and sometimes irreverent--observer of trends
in what she calls "the cultural anthropology of libraries." She is a
nationally recognized library futurist and designer of innovative library
services.

 

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.

 

 

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived
version the day following the webinar.  Check our archive listing at:

 

http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived   

 

Webinar:  George and Joan on Taking Your Ideas to the Next Level

Date: September 29, 2009

Time:  12pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Speakers: Joan Frye Williams and George Needham

 

 

 

 

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