http://georgialibraries.org/events/ce_calendar/2013/01/all CE Calendar en http://georgialibraries.org/events/calendar/impact-ice-cream-sundae-webjunction-webinar <p>A webinar exploring how libraries and community organizations can become innovative partners and collaborators, mixing resources, programs, personnel or funding.</p> <p>When community organizations collaborate to share their resources with one another, they make the biggest possible impact on the most lives. Learn easy, understandable and powerful strategies that will give you renewed energy to create bold and imaginative collaborations among all types of community organizations.</p> <p>Presented by: Kathy Jacobs, Director, Yankton (SD) Community Library.</p> <p><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/The_Impact_of_an_Ice_Cream_Sundae.html">More info and registration</a></p> Training/Workshop WebJunction Webinar Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:26:57 -0500 admin 1342 at http://georgialibraries.org/events http://georgialibraries.org/events/calendar/creating-culture-innovation-your-library-and-community <p>A webinar exploring how to grow and sustain innovation in libraries and in communities.</p> <p>We hear about libraries that are leaders in innovation, implementing ideas that keep the library growing and vital. Perhaps you have watched from the sidelines and wished you could kickstart some innovation at your library, but you're not sure where to start. Come to this webinar for an active and lively discussion on how to find innovative ideas, how to connect with the people to help make them happen, and how to get buy-in and support for your ideas. There is a lot to be learned from other libraries' examples and experiences.</p> <p><b><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/Creating_a_Culture_of_Innovation.html">More info and registration</a></b></p> Training/Workshop WebJunction Webinar Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:29:00 -0500 admin 1343 at http://georgialibraries.org/events http://georgialibraries.org/events/calendar/managing-people-who-hate-managing <p><strong>Congratulations on Your Promotion! </strong></p> <p>But there's a catch: instead of spending the majority of your time doing the job you love—a job you're still expected to get done, by the way—you're now also a manager.</p> <p>You weren't trained for this. Nobody prepared you for having to deal with emotions and conflicts and personalities, all while trying to meet ever-greater goals and more pressing deadlines.</p> <p>Not exactly what you had in mind … is it?</p> <p>Drawing on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, Devora Zack explains that personality-wise and management-wise, we're either thinkers or feelers. Basically, thinkers lead with their heads and feelers lead with their hearts. Almost nobody's 100% thinker or feeler, yet most of us lean one way or the other.</p> <p>Working with—rather than fighting against—your strengths is key to understanding not only how you make decisions and manage but also how people react to your decisions and respond to you.</p> <p>Join us as we explore how this way of seeing yourself and others makes managing less of a stumble in the dark and more of a walk in the park.</p> <h2>What You Will Learn</h2> <ul> <li>How to find your best management style</li> <li>How to adapt to your employees’ personalities</li> <li>Why making employees feel good isn’t in their best interest</li> <li>The importance of treating others how THEY want to be treated</li> </ul> Training/Workshop Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:02:25 -0500 dlandrum 1390 at http://georgialibraries.org/events http://georgialibraries.org/events/calendar/realize-your-mission-how-use-employee-engagement-reach-your-goals <p>Employee engagement has been one of the most common buzzwords in recent years. Many organizations think of employee engagement as a necessary evil to drive results. While engagement is absolutely critical for success, many organizations misunderstand the best ways to use it to improve employee performance, productivity, and bottom line results. Our goal is to eliminate this frustrating cycle: A series of HR initiatives (AKA “flavor of the month”) that makes a limited impact, and leaves managers and employees alike feeling annoyed with the whole idea.</p> <p>In this webinar we will present the fundamental principles that truly increase employee engagement. We will describe 4 steps that will lead to lasting impact on employee engagement. The result will be higher employee retention, greater productivity, greater employee and manager satisfaction, much more happiness at work, and accomplishing your goals on time. Every time.</p> <h3>Takeaways:</h3> <ul> <li>Use employee engagement the RIGHT way, and save hundreds of thousands in wasted Dollars</li> <li>Move away from ineffective praise to Strategic Recognition</li> <li>Use our Engagement Trifecta that drives deep and lasting change</li> <li>Create jobs that keep employees motivated</li> <li>Stop the entitlement attitude that you see everywhere around you</li> <li>Prevent the huge rush of people to the door at 5:01pm</li> </ul> Training/Workshop Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:49:33 -0500 dlandrum 1404 at http://georgialibraries.org/events