Do you have a great idea for a topic? Are you interested in presenting a webinar?
PCI Webinars is seeking new instructors/presenters and topic ideas!
We need a wide variety of topics to be presented in a one-hour webinar format for an audience of public, academic and special library professionals in the United States.
While we are always looking for great programs on a variety of topics, we have an urgent need for programs in the following topic areas:
- Computer class organizers/instructors (registration, handouts, sign-in, class length, class series, who does the instructing, volunteer class assistants)
- Keeping your library website relevant
- Appreciation, with a focus on application in the workplace
- Adult Holiday Programming, for example drop in craft programs
- Program and Decoration Ideas for all holidays, events, etc
- Budget and Resource Management/ Demographics
- Detect, Diffuse, and Delight attitudes of both patrons and staff, interactions between staff in different situations
- Ideas/techniques for dealing with confrontational customers
- Community programs to attract different sections of the community.
E.g. a project that involves construction would bring in adult males with construction knowledge and younger males interested in learning some construction techniques. - Community project and extension to the library:
http://www.rainier.com/yurts/yurt-living/the-true-cost-of-building-a-yurt/the-true-cost-of-building-a-yurt-the-yurt-package/ - Children Storytime
- Science clubs
- Using music in story time
- Movement in story time
- Ideas that work for outreach, after-school programming for school-age kids
- Working with ADA (American With Disabilities): Understanding the needs and approach to patrons with disabilities.
(Service animals in the library: What to expect) - 10 Ways of Successfully Dealing with Toxic People
- Patron specific topics – dealing with difficult customers.
- How to Talk to Teens About Books
- Genealogy
- Makerspaces
- Succession planning. What works best when long-term employee is retiring and a “brain dump” is necessary in order to avoid interruption in vital organizational functions
- How to engage the community more fully in the library
- Strategies of how to get out of our comfort zones
- How to translate the data we collect into stories
- Web analytics basics (getting started with Google analytics/piwik/whatever software you think is best)
- Shelf weeding
- Passive Aggressive behavior & how to deal with it
- How to motivate employees
- Graphic Novels: An Introduction for Patrons of All Ages
- Helping customers who have little technology literacy
- Suggestions for topic/subject/project-specific resource contacts/databases
- How to deal with grumpy managers
- “The Tiny House” movement / Pacific Yurks.
- 3D printers (libraries handling letting patrons 3D print — policies and procedures)
- Clip-Art: Using free clip-art. How to download, how to determine if it is really free, what sources are available on-line, what is available for purchase.
- Introduction to Animation -Programs and tools good for animation
- Older teens (high school) and STEAM
- What is the best note taker – “OneNote”?
- Assessment and evaluation (academic)
- Publishing – for tenure and promotion (academic)
- LGBT issues
- Multicultural services
- What’s new in Interlibrary Loan?
- Fundraising – including crowd-sourcing (Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, etc)
- Event planning
- Marketing
- Online mapping/GIS
- Facilities – managing and maintaining
- Knowledge management
- Instructional design
- Libraries lending “things”
- Leadership Umbrella of workshops
- Networking
- Strategic Professional development
- Advocacy
- Being a good manager
- Supporting and developing staff
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Helping Patrons with their Mobile Devices (E-book readers, notebooks, laptops, mobile phones, etc.)
- Creating Collaborative Partnerships in the Community
- Best Techniques for Reference Interviewing
- Best Websites for Answering Reference Questions
- Assessment and evaluation (academic)
- Publishing – for tenure and promotion (academic)
- Multicultural services – Specifically Spanish speaking
- What’s new in Interlibrary Loan – is there anything?
- Fundraising – including crowdsourcing
- Event planning
- Marketing – various aspects (merchandising, online tools, etc.)
- Facilities – managing and maintaining
- Instructional Design
- Maker programming – not the Makerspace, but programs in the maker-spirit
- Leadership Umbrella – a series, but not a series, each one stands on its own, but is about leadership:
- Networking
- Professional Development – being strategic about it
- Advocacy
- Being a good manager
- Supporting and developing staff
- Parent engagement
- People lending
- Re-Energizing your team/department
- How to communicate with tact and professionalism
- The library of the future
- A strategy for responding to difficult questions
- New and unique programming ideas
- Library Grants 101
- Managing negative chatter in your workplace
- Best practices in communicating performance expectations
- Genealogy
- Are you legally using images?
- Is TUMBLR right for your library?
- PR tactics that work
- How to improve your workplace when you are not the boss
- What you need to know about e-Books – The latest
- Library safety and security
- Running a “How-To” Festival at your library
To submit your idea for a topic, send us an email.
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What we expect of our webinar speakers:
- You must be a subject matter expert, and you must be comfortable with presenting in a webinar platform using a PowerPoint presentation.
- You do not have to have prior experience teaching webinars, however, you should have taken webinars before and understand the intricacies of presenting to an audience you cannot see or hear.
- You are passionate about your topic.
- Your program must be tailored to an audience of library professionals.
- You will, in a timely manner, sign and return a contract, W-9 form and any other paperwork as directed.
- You will be on-time and prepared for any practice sessions and on the day of your program.
- You will respond to our emails and other forms of contact in a timely manner.
Being a course presenter allows you to:
- Share your passion on a topic or set of topics.
- Interact and engage with a community of adult learners.
- Inspire others to learn and explore.
- Be paid a small honorarium for your time and expertise (if allowed.)
- Have access to a professionally edited copy of your program to use for your professional/career growth.
If you have an area of expertise, we invite you to contact us today!