Give yourself the gift of knowledge this month! You deserve it!

Registration is still open for these workshops and webinars in December. Click on any event title for more information and to register.

Tuesday, December 8
10:00am Positioning Your Library As An Essential Service with Libby Post
Middletown

You may consider your library an essential service but does your community? This workshop helps you unlock the secrets of developing a compelling brand and marketing campaign for your library. Libraries today are competing against Barnes and Noble, megaplexes and the Internet—being your community’s library just isn’t a strong enough brand anymore. Through a values-based brand, you’ll give your community the emotional hook it needs to see your library as essential—just like fire, police, education and health care.

Wednesday, December 9
9:00am  Grant Series: Excel for Project Budgets
Middletown
Don't let numbers, money, and budgets intimidate you. Learn how to keep them under control in this hands-on workshop using Excel. This workshop uses a one-year grant project as an example for budget development, completing a grant budget and justification, and fiscal management. The workshop will include hands-on exercises using Excel to build a budget, fill out a grant budget form, and track spending. 

9:30am eBook Essentials—OneclickDigital Edition

1:30pm eBook Essentials—OverDrive Edition
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington, CT

In these comprehensive, hands-on workshops, Adam Delaura will help you master the OneclickDigital and OverDrive platforms, from obtaining the correct software/apps and creating the necessary accounts, to searching for titles, placing holds, and downloading books to various devices.

Tuesday, December 15
3:30pm Webinar: Sharing with Social Media: Flickr
Online

Tired of posting photos to your library's website? Here's another way to share your favorite photos easily via the web with Flickr! In this webinar you'll learn how to create an account, upload photos, learn about image formats & restrictions, link your Flickr site to your library's website and vice versa, link Flickr with other social media sites (ex.: Facebook / Twitter), and tag photos.

Thursday, December 17
9:30am Grant Project Series: Outcome Based Evaluations 101

Middletown

Outcomes measure the success of a program through benefits and changes to participants, and they show whether your program or service is meeting its intended goals. Increasingly, grantors and donors want to know what will change as a result of their financial support, and grant applications often require an evaluation plan with information about intended outcomes. Evaluations also help you revise and improve your programs and services along the way. In this workshop, learn how to design a program evaluation plan based on qualitative outcomes rather than quantitative outputs. 

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Julie Styles | Professional Development Coordinator | Division of Library Development
julie.styles@ct.gov | 860-704-2206 | 786 South Main St. Middletown CT 06457
Website: http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/home | Continuing Education Calendar: http://evanced.info/cslib/evanced/eventcalendar.asp