Management doesn’t only happen when you’re “the boss”. Working on projects, leading a team, and planning programs or renovations all require management skills.

Join us for four management workshops led by Tom Lawrence, Director of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District since 1995. During his tenure with the Library District, he has supervised various fundraising activities, including annual appeals and two successful bond referenda. Prior to his work in Poughkeepsie, Tom worked with the library systems in Connecticut and coordinated the merger of two systems into the Western Connecticut Library Council. He also has professional experience as a library master planner and building consultant.

Managing Library Partnerships

Monday, September 21, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Learning Objectives:
1. Partnerships are not relationships. Learn the difference.
2. Identify what opportunities exist within your community. How to find them and how to nurture the relationship.
3. Managing organizational culture perspectives. No culture is like that of a library and few organizations “think” like a library. Learn how to massage your culture to best achieve your partnership goals.

Budgeting & Financial Management

Monday, October 19, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Learning Objectives
1. Learn budgeting basics, including how to present the budget to your supervisor or to you funder(s).
2. Reporting is a critical aspect of the budgeting process. Learn what to report, how to report it, and when.
3. Confused by a balance sheet? Most people are! Let’s demystify them.
4. Why do you want an audit? 

Human Resources

Monday, November 2, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Learning Objectives
1. Hiring, training, reviewing, and, sometimes, terminating employees can be a challenge. Learn some tips on how to make it a little easier.
2. Performance planning is the best way to communicate employ goals. Find out how to develop and monitor a plan.
3. Accountability and teamwork are important elements of a productive staff. What is the manager’s role in those areas?
4. The manager’s job is NOT to make staff happy. Nor is it to make them miserable. What’s to be done?

Capital Planning

Monday, November 16, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Learning Objectives
1. Getting started. You really can’t rush these things.
2. Developing the scope. Create a plan and try to stick with it. Sometimes compromise can be a dirty word.
3. Getting the funding. Keep everyone focused and their eyes on the prize.
4. Building it. Could be the easiest of all the tasks.
5. Things will go wrong. Handle them with grace, dignity, and a good PR plan.
6. It’s done! Celebrate!

All workshops will be held at the Middletown Library Service Center, 786 South Main Street, Middletown, CT.

Click on a workshop’s title for more information and to register. Click here for the full CE Calendar.

-Julie

Julie Styles | Professional Development Coordinator | Division of Library Development | julie.styles@ct.gov | Office: (860) 704-2206
http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/home | 786 South Main St. Middletown CT 06457 | Fax: (860) 704-2228

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