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:

1. Computer class organizers/instructors (registration, handouts, sign-in, class length, class series, who does the instructing, volunteer class assistants)
2. Keeping your library website relevant
3. Appreciation, with a focus on application in the workplace
4. Adult Holiday Programming, for example drop in craft programs
5. Program and Decoration Ideas for all holidays, events, etc
6. Budget and Resource Management/ Demographics
7. Detect, Diffuse, and Delight attitudes of both patrons and staff, interactions between staff in different situations
8. Ideas/techniques for dealing with confrontational customers
9. 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.
10. 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/
11. Children Storytime
12. Science clubs
13. Using music in story time
14. Movement in story time
15. Ideas that work for outreach, after-school programming for school-age kids
16. Working with ADA (American With Disabilities): Understanding the needs and approach to patrons with disabilities.
    (Service animals in the library: What to expect)
17. 10 Ways of Successfully Dealing with Toxic People
18. Patron specific topics – dealing with difficult customers.
19. How to Talk to Teens About Books
20. Genealogy
21. Makerspaces
22. 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
23. How to engage the community more fully in the library
24. Strategies of how to get out of our comfort zones
25. How to translate the data we collect into stories
26. Web analytics basics (getting started with Google analytics/piwik/whatever software you think is best)
27. Shelf weeding
28. Passive Aggressive behavior & how to deal with it
29. How to motivate employees
30. Graphic Novels: An Introduction for Patrons of All Ages
31. Helping customers who have little technology literacy
32. Suggestions for topic/subject/project-specific resource contacts/databases
33. How to deal with grumpy managers
34. “The Tiny House” movement / Pacific Yurks.
35. 3D printers (libraries handling letting patrons 3D print — policies and procedures)
36. 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.
37. Introduction to Animation -Programs and tools good for animation
38. Older teens (high school) and STEAM
39. What is the best note taker – “OneNote”?
40. Assessment and evaluation (academic)
41. Publishing – for tenure and promotion (academic)
42. LGBT issues
43. Multicultural services
44. What’s new in Interlibrary Loan?
45. Fundraising – including crowd-sourcing (Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, etc)
46. Event planning
47. Marketing
48. Online mapping/GIS
49. Facilities – managing and maintaining
50. Knowledge management
51. Instructional design
52. Libraries lending “things”
53. Leadership Umbrella of workshops
54. Networking
55. Strategic Professional development
56. Advocacy
57. Being a good manager
58. Supporting and developing staff
59. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
60. Helping Patrons with their Mobile Devices (E-book readers, notebooks, laptops, mobile phones, etc.)
61. Creating Collaborative Partnerships in the Community
62. Best Techniques for Reference Interviewing
63. Best Websites for Answering Reference Questions
64. Assessment and evaluation (academic)
65. Publishing – for tenure and promotion (academic)
66. Multicultural services – Specifically Spanish speaking
67. What’s new in Interlibrary Loan – is there anything?
68. Fundraising – including crowdsourcing
69. Event planning
70. Marketing – various aspects (merchandising, online tools, etc.)
71. Facilities – managing and maintaining
72. Instructional Design
73. Maker programming – not the Makerspace, but programs in the maker-spirit
74. Leadership Umbrella – a series, but not a series, each one stands on its own, but is about leadership:
    1. Networking
    2. Professional Development – being strategic about it
    3. Advocacy
    4. Being a good manager
    5. Supporting and developing staff
75. Parent engagement
76. People lending
77. Re-Energizing your team/department
78. How to communicate with tact and professionalism
79. The library of the future
80. A strategy for responding to difficult questions
81. New and unique programming ideas
82. Library Grants 101
83. Managing negative chatter in your workplace
84. Best practices in communicating performance expectations
85. Genealogy
86. Are you legally using images?
87. Is TUMBLR right for your library?
88. PR tactics that work
89. How to improve your workplace when you are not the boss
90. What you need to know about e-Books – The latest
91. Library safety and security
92. 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!