Announcing October 21st Mini-Conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors"

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021.

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy.

For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. In this way, libraries exist as important Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs), defined by the FCC “as schools, libraries, hospitals and other medical providers, public safety entities, institutions of higher education, and community support organizations that facilitate greater use of broadband by vulnerable populations, including low-income, the unemployed, and the aged” (FCC, 2011, p. 38).

In light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters such as floods, drought, firestorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes, universal access to the internet has never been more important. Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

This event is being organized in partnership with Don Means, Director of the GIGABIT LIBRARIES NETWORK, and Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Professor in the School of Information at San José State University.

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events. 

Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. 

Participants are encouraged to use #library2020 and #librariesascommunityanchors on their social media posts about the event.

Kristen Radsliff Rebmann, Ph.D., MLIS
Professor, SJSU School of Information (She, Her, Hers)

Kristen Radsliff Rebmann joined SJSU's School of Information in 2007 after completing a Ph.D. in Communication from University of California, San Diego. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency. With a focus on under-resourced, tribal, and rural communities in critical need, her current projects involve propagating broadband connections to new community spaces via emerging wireless networking technologies for everyday usage and crisis recovery.

Don Means (@GigLibraries)
Director, Gigabit Libraries Network

Don Means is founder and principal of Digital Village Associates, a Sausalito, CA based consultancy started in 1994 specializing in community technology policy and strategic planning for clients, large and small, public and private. He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s). Means chairs the Partnership for Public Access, p4pa.net an ad hoc consortium including IEEE, IFLA, ISOC, and others collaborating under the UN’s Internet Governance Forum effort to Connect and Enable the Next Billions. With over 25 years experience in ICT, in 2018 Means started the national Community SecondNets initiative, a wide area wireless community intranet strategy for libraries, schools and other anchors as second responders in disasters. SecondNets, as a 2 year development project, won an IMLS grant and launched Oct. 1, 2018. In 2013, he created the Libraries WhiteSpace Project to advocate library community leadership in utilizing new long range public spectrum to dramatically expand access to public library WiFi in communities everywhere. The project is an initiative of the Gigabit Libraries Network (GLN), founded by Means in 2012 as an open global collaboration of tech-savvy, innovation libraries. In 2007, he initiated the “Fiber to the Library” campaign to assure gigabit fiber connections to all US libraries as the most economical and equitable way to extend fiber infrastructure into every community while serving library facilities as priority end points. In 1998, he created the Community TeleStructure Initiative, a national consortium advocating local community leadership responsibility for telecom/ broadband infrastructure planning. In 1995, he co-founded the software venture, TriWorks, in Japan and as an ebook authoring and publishing service for schools and libraries in China; both still in operation. In 1992-93, as a member of the Atrium Group, Means served as an advisor to the Librarian of Congress on digitization strategy. He holds a BBA degree in finance from Southern Methodist University and later studied architecture and environmental design at the University of Texas, Arlington and international business relations at the University of Graz, Austria.

Patty Wong
Santa Clara Public Library, City Librarian

Patricia “Patty” Wong is currently President for the American Library Association, serving as its first Asian American president. Wong has recently taken the role of Library Director for the City of Santa Clara, joining a community that loves the library. In her 34-year career she has held positions throughout CA at Yolo County Library, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, Oakland Public Library and Berkeley Public Library, and Oakland Unified School District and most recently with the Santa Monica Public Library. Her work in managing change, equity and diversity, youth development, developing joint ventures and collaborations between public libraries and community agencies, and fundraising has been published in a number of journals, conference proceedings and edited collections.Ms. Wong has worked as a school librarian, children’s librarian, cataloger, and special librarian as well as her leadership roles in public libraries. She provides continuing education for practitioners at national and regional conferences. Patty has been an active leader within the American Library Association for 35 years. She is a Library Journal Mover and Shaker, recipient of the ALA Equality Award (2012), Faculty of the Year, and Woman of the Year in her voting district. In addition to her role as board member for a number of nonprofit institutions, Ms. Wong is also adjunct faculty for the iSchool at San Jose State University where she has taught hundreds of students since 2004 to serve young people and write grants to benefit local and regional communities and make the world a better place.

James P. Neal, III (@james3neal)
Senior Program Officer, IMLS

James P. Neal, III is a Senior Program Officer in the Office of Library Services with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). He manages a portfolio of grants focused on building equitable digital communities, including open educational resources (OER), digital inclusion, data privacy and security, open data, civic technology and e-books. James holds a BA from Morehouse College and is a graduate of the MLIS program at the University of Maryland, College of Information Science, Maryland's iSchool.

Richelle Montoya-Chee
Director, Torreon Community Library

John Windhausen Jr. (@SHLBCoalition)
Executive Director, Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition

John Windhausen Jr. founded the SHLB Coalition in 2009 with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As executive director, he spearheads SHLB's membership growth and shapes its broadband policy recommendations. Previously, he served as president of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services, spent nine years on Capitol Hill, and started his career as a staff attorney at the FCC. In his role as senior counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, John was a principal staff person responsible for drafting the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and served as chief legal adviser on telecom issues to Senators Fritz Hollings and Daniel Inouye. John has authored several papers documenting the benefits of broadband. His EDUCAUSE whitepaper, "A Blueprint for Big Broadband," resulted in the creation of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP). In 2012, John was named the Community Broadband Hero of the Year by the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. John sits on the board of directors for the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). He holds a J.D. from UCLA Law School and bachelor's degree in history from Yale University.

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events. 

The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor. Please register as a member of the Library 2.0 network to be kept informed of future events. Recordings from previous years are available under the Archives tab at Library 2.0 and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.

This Week's Library 2.0 Webinar: "Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training: How Can We Best Support It?"

 "Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training: How Can We Best Support It?"
Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht & Maurice Coleman

OVERVIEW: 

A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by library consultant and "T is for Training" podcast host Maurice Coleman.

March 2020 started the longest fifteen months imaginable. The pandemic forced a new way of thinking about and delivering library services, and it has forced libraries of all sizes and types to adapt to new ways to care for our staff and the public. By closing our physical spaces, it actually freed up staff time. Many of us rolled out ad hoc training programs to keep staff occupied and engaged while library facilities were closed to the public. This happened in every library from the small rural library to larger city and county library systems.

Now that we are coming out of the pandemic, we are in a changing world and your own library likely reflects those changes--maybe you have a relaxed dress code, or increased liberal leave, or relaxed fine policies. What we now also need is a real post-pandemic training plan. Haphazard training programs worked during the pandemic because we were all working without a safety net in uncharted waters. Now that we have emerged on the other side, how do we support learning in the post-pandemic library?

This webinar will show you how to create and support smart staff development programs as if your library depends on them--which it does! Also, the program will share some common mistakes made when developing training programs so you can avoid them.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to create scalable and successful training and staff development programs.

• Find out what library senior management and directors should do to support training and staff development programs.

• How to avoid common training and development pitfalls.

• How staff development and training is succession planning.

• Discover the Tightwad Library Director’s guide to training and staff development resources.

DATE: Friday, July 30th, 2021, at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time

COST: $99/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and to receive a participation certificate. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

TO REGISTER: Click HERE. You will first need to be a member of Library 2.0 (free) and be logged in. Please click "Sign Up" on the top right and we'll approve you quickly. You can pay by PayPal or credit card, and will receive immediate and permanent access to the webinar recording. If you have any trouble registering for a webinar, if you need to be invoiced, or if you have any questions, please email admin@learningrevolution.com.

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange):

• Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $75 each for 3+ registrations, $65 each for 5+ registrations.
• The ability to show the webinar (live or recorded) to a group located in the same physical location or in the same virtual meeting from one log-in: $299.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $999.

ALL-ACCESS PASSES:

• All-access annual passes include access to the recordings of all of Dr. Albrecht's previous Library 2.0 webinars, plus live and recorded access to his new webinars for one year.
• For a $499 individual all-access annual pass to all of Dr. Albrecht's live webinars and recordings for one year, please click here. 
• Inquiries for all-access organizational contracts should be directed to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Maurice Coleman [he/him/his] is currently Principal of Coleman & Associates. He has served numerous clients during his thirty-year consulting career. Since 2008, he has hosted and produced the long-running (and oldest) training/education and empowerment podcast T is for Training [1] and is the Technical Trainer at a county library system located in Maryland. He was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2010 and a member of the first class of WebJunction’s National Library CE Training Institute [2] in 2014. He is known for delivering engaging training, presentation, speaking, and facilitation experiences across the country focusing on helping people of all walks of life to combine their curiosity and current technology to improve lives. More information on Maurice here.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 25+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. He is currently writing the sequel, The Safe Library: Keeping Staff and Patrons Secure in a Changing World.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives with seven dogs, two cats, and three chickens.

New Blog Post: "Is There Hidden Bias at Your Library?" Plus Webinar on "Post Pandemic Staff Development and Training"

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Steve Albrecht in our "Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0:

"Is There Hidden Bias at Your Library?"

"Part of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training discussion includes the realities of our biases and the assumptions we make about each other, which are often based on sweeping generalizations or a negative encounter with one individual who certainly does not represent the larger population of a particular group. These biases often come from our environment and our exposure to what we are told to think about people different from us by our parents, family, friends, school interactions, or workplaces. They are often defined as 'confirmation biases,' where our negative encounters with people in any of the protected classes lead us to generalize and thereby seek to confirm, 'that's how those people are.' We all have our biases and part of DEI awareness-building is to change our thinking about how we perceive others. This takes effort, but the resulting changes in our perceptions can lead us to a better understanding, fairer treatment, patience, empathy, and acceptance.

"We know that biases exist in our personal and professional lives. It has been illegal for many decades for companies to use biases to discriminate against people during hiring, and how they are supervised or promoted. It's unethical and can subject an organization to a civil suit. The problem with bias is that it can be subtle. When it's about skin color or gender, it's obviously wrong; when it's about bias connected to perceptions of performance, it can be nearly as harmful but less obvious."

Continue reading...

Other recent blog posts are available here, including: "The Hidden Power of the Pages (Our Employees, Not Our Books)," "Forgiveness: How Libraries Can Host Programs on Restorative Practices - An Interview with Azim Khamisa," "Do Your Library Employees Have the “Spirit of Service?,” and "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other." Other recent podcasts episodes from Dr. Albrecht include "Spirit of Service," "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other," "The Code of Quality Service," and "The Power of Surveys." You can listen directly on the site or you should also be able to access the podcast in SoundCloud here or in your own podcast app using the RSS feed here. Click here to let us know what topics you'd be particularly interested in having us cover in the Library 2.0 webinars, blog posts, and podcast series.

While Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are our regular mini-conferences and all the conference recordings, we also offer a series of paid webinars with Dr. Albrecht which are available for individual or group viewing. Next up is "Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training" with Maurice Coleman on July 30th:

"Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training: How Can We Best Support It?"
Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht & Maurice Coleman

OVERVIEW: 

A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by library consultant and "T is for Training" podcast host Maurice Coleman.

March 2020 started the longest fifteen months imaginable. The pandemic forced a new way of thinking about and delivering library services, and it has forced libraries of all sizes and types to adapt to new ways to care for our staff and the public. By closing our physical spaces, it actually freed up staff time. Many of us rolled out ad hoc training programs to keep staff occupied and engaged while library facilities were closed to the public. This happened in every library from the small rural library to larger city and county library systems.

Now that we are coming out of the pandemic, we are in a changing world and your own library likely reflects those changes--maybe you have a relaxed dress code, or increased liberal leave, or relaxed fine policies. What we now also need is a real post-pandemic training plan. Haphazard training programs worked during the pandemic because we were all working without a safety net in uncharted waters. Now that we have emerged on the other side, how do we support learning in the post-pandemic library?

This webinar will show you how to create and support smart staff development programs as if your library depends on them--which it does! Also, the program will share some common mistakes made when developing training programs so you can avoid them.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to create scalable and successful training and staff development programs.

• Find out what library senior management and directors should do to support training and staff development programs.

• How to avoid common training and development pitfalls.

• How staff development and training is succession planning.

• Discover the Tightwad Library Director’s guide to training and staff development resources.

DATE: Friday, July 30th, 2021, at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time

COST: $99/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and to receive a participation certificate. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

TO REGISTER: Click HERE. You will first need to be a member of Library 2.0 (free) and be logged in. Please click "Sign Up" on the top right and we'll approve you quickly. You can pay by PayPal or credit card, and will receive immediate and permanent access to the webinar recording. If you have any trouble registering for a webinar, if you need to be invoiced, or if you have any questions, please email admin@learningrevolution.com.

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange):

• Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $75 each for 3+ registrations, $65 each for 5+ registrations.
• The ability to show the webinar (live or recorded) to a group located in the same physical location or in the same virtual meeting from one log-in: $299.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $999.

ALL-ACCESS PASSES:

• All-access annual passes include access to the recordings of all of Dr. Albrecht's previous Library 2.0 webinars, plus live and recorded access to his new webinars for one year.
• For a $499 individual all-access annual pass to all of Dr. Albrecht's live webinars and recordings for one year, please click here. 
• Inquiries for all-access organizational contracts should be directed to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Maurice Coleman [he/him/his] is currently Principal of Coleman & Associates. He has served numerous clients during his thirty-year consulting career. Since 2008, he has hosted and produced the long-running (and oldest) training/education and empowerment podcast T is for Training [1] and is the Technical Trainer at a county library system located in Maryland. He was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2010 and a member of the first class of WebJunction’s National Library CE Training Institute [2] in 2014. He is known for delivering engaging training, presentation, speaking, and facilitation experiences across the country focusing on helping people of all walks of life to combine their curiosity and current technology to improve lives. More information on Maurice here.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 25+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. He is currently writing the sequel, The Safe Library: Keeping Staff and Patrons Secure in a Changing World.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives with seven dogs, two cats, and three chickens.

More information is available here.

"How to Help Adolescents Think About the Last Year" - Parenting for Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)

In a New York Times article this past April, entitled "How to Help Your Adolescent Think About the Last Year," writer Judith Warner notes that: "On and offline, parents are trading stories — poignant and painful — about all of the ways that they fear their middle schoolers are losing ground." She starts with the story of a young man in seventh grade, for whom spending the year at home durin the pandemic "has just been too much." At the time of writing, boy hadn't met any of his classmates in person, nor had he made a single friend--and so bored he would chat with strangers online even during class time. His parents are sympathetic, but worried. 

Ms. Warner writes: 

"Virtually everyone has waded through hardships this past year — job losses, relationship struggles, chronic stress and, in the worst of all cases, the loss of loved ones to Covid-19. And parents with school-age children have battled the demands of combining their usual work and family responsibilities with at least some degree of home-schooling.

"But mothers and fathers of middle schoolers — the parenting cohort long known to researchers as the most angst-ridden and unhappy — are connecting now in a specific sort of common misery: the pressing fear that their children, at a vital inflection point in their academic and social lives, have tripped over some key developmental milestones and may never quite find their footing again.

"Experts say some of their worries are justified — but only up to a point. There’s no doubt that the pandemic has taken a major toll on many adolescents’ emotional well-being. According to a much-cited report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the proportion of emergency room visits that were mental health-related for 12 to 17 year olds increased by 31 percent from April to October 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. And there’s no question that witnessing their loneliness, difficulties with online learning and seemingly endless hours on social media has been enormously stressful for the adults who care about them the most." 

However, she goes on to write:

"Despite all of this, Ms. Fagell [a therapist, school counselor and the author of the 2019 book 'Middle School Matters'], much like the dozen-plus other experts in adolescent development who were interviewed for this article, was adamant that parents should not panic — and that, furthermore, the spread of the 'lost year' narrative needed to stop. Getting a full picture of what’s going on with middle schoolers — and being ready to help them — they agreed, requires holding two seemingly contradictory ideas simultaneously in mind: The past year has been terrible. And most middle schoolers will be fine."

Keep reading HERE to see why she and others think that students this age are "extra-primed for adaptability and resilience" and how the way that caring adults tell the story of the past year will be a big part of how the students see themselves.

And please consider taking, or letting others know about, our Parenting for Academic Success Course, which starts this week!

We are excited to announce that Learning Revolution (and Classroom 2.0 and Library 2.0) will be hosting an ONLINE version of the much-sought-after course: 

Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)
REGISTER HERE

This course is a five-part series of classes co-taught by Greg Smith and Chris Loper. Chris will share the key ideas from psychology and neuroscience that are most relevant for parents, while Greg will discuss how to apply this knowledge at home. Meanwhile, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, and you’ll be given pre-class journaling questions, supplemental readings, and additional resources to support the course material.

“This parent seminar is like no other. Understanding the learning process and the development of executive functions is a component of parenting that is often overlooked. Greg and Chris are exceptionally skilled at what they do and amazing communicators. In this seminar, they provide a baseline of information that will help any parent become more empathetic and knowledgeable as they help guide these wonderful young persons in developing their own independence and confidence. This seminar applies to so much more than just academics – it applies to life skills.”  

–Jenifer Dobson (More testimonials below...) 

Your Instructors

Greg Smith: Greg has been an educator for 35 years, and he is the owner of Northwest Educational Services. He has over 40,000 hours of one-on-one experience supporting students and parents in their respective learning processes. Greg is married with two teenage daughters and understands the challenges of parenting from both a professional and personal perspective.

 

Chris Loper: Chris has been an academic coach since 2014. He writes an education blog for parents and students at NWTutoring.com, and he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring in Issaquah, WA. Chris is also the creator of BecomingBetter.org, where he writes about self-improvement and works one-on-one with adults on habit formation.

The Classes

#1 Psychology and Neuroscience Essentials 

• The history of the human brain as it relates to academic success
• Brain health: the effects of sleep, nutrition, exercise, and technology
• Positive psychology: encouraging mental health and success
• Leading by example: the importance of modeling healthy habits

#2 Growth Mindset Parenting

• The dynamic human brain: how the brain changes and grows
• Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
• Growth-minded language
• Leading by example: the growth-minded lifestyle
• Cultivating healthy self-esteem and self-efficacy

#3 Studying and Learning

• Test anxiety: where does it come from and what can we do about it
• What is “studying?”: learning techniques and memory formation
• Problem-solving: technique, strategy, and the value of real breaks
• Technology: distractions, multitasking, and tech-addiction
• The pursuit of mastery and love of learning: curiosity and depth vs. grade management

#4 Behavioral Change and Productivity

• Realism: how change actually happens
• Using willpower wisely: habits, strategies, and reminders
• Self-perception: how outer change drives inner change
• Procrastination: why we do it and how to do it less
• Perfectionism: moving away from debilitating all-or-nothing thinking

#5 Cultivating Executive Function

• Park the helicopter: how micromanaging hinders development
• Skinned knees: what kids learn when they’re allowed to fail
• Coaching vs. teaching: encouraging resourcefulness and independence
• Talking with your child about school: navigating the emotional difficulties of academic conversations
• Active agent vs. passive victim: blame, parental language, and cultivating responsibility

If you miss a class, we will provide you with a recording of the lecture, but in order to maintain the privacy of the families who attend, we will not be recording the Q&A.

Dates and Times

Thursday evenings 7:00 - 9:00 pm US-Pacific Time (PDT) beginning 7/22/2021 and ending 8/19/2021.

Cost & Registration

$299 per family (a set of parents and/or guardians). Space is limited, so please let us know right away that you’d like to reserve a spot. To reserve your spot, please register here:

Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)
REGISTER HERE

If you need to pay by check, please email admin@learningrevolution.com and we'll hold the reservation and send an invoice. Please send questions to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Other Testimonials

“I took the parenting course in summer 2019 and learned so much about how the developing brain, growth mindset, and the importance of modeling (as opposed to managing), and much more. I still have my notes and refer back to them periodically. I highly recommend the course for anyone interested in supporting their children as they grow into lifelong learners.” 

–Caitlin Moulding

“Chris and Greg’s parent seminars are not to be missed! In a short time, I became more savvy about myself and my kids as learners. Their coaching tips aim to reduce parent-child conflict by leveraging current research on the brain and descriptive stories of their students. I highly recommend their seminars for parents of all kids!” 

–Vicki Pettiross

"We attended Northwest Educational Services’ parent seminar series in 2019 - the content was highly relevant and well presented, and the welcoming setting provided us the opportunity to engage directly with expert educators and other parents.  As parents of middle and elementary school students, we were able to relate to the information shared, and apply the seminar’s concepts directly into our own family interactions and dynamics.  We look forward to attending again this year.” 

–Jill Nolton

"We are the fortunate parents of twin daughters, both with unique-to-them strengths and challenges in the learning environment. No one-size-fits-all approach for us. We were looking for some coaching to sort out the best ways to give each daughter the specific support they needed to be successful in their school environments. The Parenting for Academic Success classes we took through NWES provided us with that and more.

"Coaches Greg and Chris spoke to all learning types, teaching parents how to encourage their kids to identify and articulate what they needed, and how to ask for it, so that they could become independent drivers of their own academic success. Once we began to implement some of the tools we learned, both of our students began to, more and more readily, reach out for help from resources beyond us (other students, academic coaches, school tutors, and teachers) and do so in a timely manner, before test anxiety or project panic set in.

"We also learned new tools to support both daughters in becoming more consistent in their study habits. Instead of ‘cramming’ the night before an exam, the girls began to develop habits which vastly reduced last-minute, stress-driven studying.

"Our daughters have now transitioned to great-fit universities where they are happy, engaged, independent, and consistently experiencing academic success.

"Greg and Chris brought their combined years of expertise coaching students at all grade levels, and advising parents who desire to support student success, and shared concrete, well informed, research based, ground tested, information and strategies that aided us in our efforts to support our unique learners. We cannot recommend them highly enough."

-Kelly and Steve Nolan Shafer

Parental Involvement is Key to Student Success + Parenting for Academic Success

In a recent article, entitled "Parental Involvement is Key to Student Success," Grace Chen writes that: "Extensive research has shown that students achieve more in school when their parents are involved in their education."  The article discusses in depth the critical role that moms and dads can play in a child's education, with detailed support for the following conclusions:

1. Academic achievement increases when parents are involved in their children's education.
2. Parental involvement leads to better classroom behavior. 
3. Parents should stay involved in their children's education from preschool through high school.
4. Training helps parents of disadvantaged children get involved.
5. Reading together at home greatly improves reading skills.
6. Schools can encourage parental involvement in many ways.
7. Parental involvement lifts teacher morale.
8. Parental involvement benefits children and parents.
9. Time constraints are the greatest barrier to parental involvement.

Grace then outlines 18 tips for being an involved parent and concludes: "Parental involvement in a child's education is an advantage that money cannot buy. All parents, regardless of economic status, race, or primary language, can do simple things like asking a child about school or attending a parent-teacher meeting. Being involved in your child's education not only helps your child to achieve more academically, but it also lifts teacher morale and provides you with the satisfaction of making a difference in your child's education." 

It is well-worth reading the whole article. And Please consider taking, or letting others know about, our Parenting for Academic Success Course described below!

We are excited to announce that Learning Revolution (and Classroom 2.0 and Library 2.0) will be hosting an ONLINE version of the much-sought-after course: 

Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)
REGISTER HERE

This course is a five-part series of classes co-taught by Greg Smith and Chris Loper. Chris will share the key ideas from psychology and neuroscience that are most relevant for parents, while Greg will discuss how to apply this knowledge at home. Meanwhile, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, and you’ll be given pre-class journaling questions, supplemental readings, and additional resources to support the course material.

“This parent seminar is like no other. Understanding the learning process and the development of executive functions is a component of parenting that is often overlooked. Greg and Chris are exceptionally skilled at what they do and amazing communicators. In this seminar, they provide a baseline of information that will help any parent become more empathetic and knowledgeable as they help guide these wonderful young persons in developing their own independence and confidence. This seminar applies to so much more than just academics – it applies to life skills.”  

–Jenifer Dobson (More testimonials below...) 

Your Instructors

Greg Smith: Greg has been an educator for 35 years, and he is the owner of Northwest Educational Services. He has over 40,000 hours of one-on-one experience supporting students and parents in their respective learning processes. Greg is married with two teenage daughters and understands the challenges of parenting from both a professional and personal perspective.

 

Chris Loper: Chris has been an academic coach since 2014. He writes an education blog for parents and students at NWTutoring.com, and he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring in Issaquah, WA. Chris is also the creator of BecomingBetter.org, where he writes about self-improvement and works one-on-one with adults on habit formation.

The Classes

#1 Psychology and Neuroscience Essentials 

• The history of the human brain as it relates to academic success
• Brain health: the effects of sleep, nutrition, exercise, and technology
• Positive psychology: encouraging mental health and success
• Leading by example: the importance of modeling healthy habits

#2 Growth Mindset Parenting

• The dynamic human brain: how the brain changes and grows
• Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
• Growth-minded language
• Leading by example: the growth-minded lifestyle
• Cultivating healthy self-esteem and self-efficacy

#3 Studying and Learning

• Test anxiety: where does it come from and what can we do about it
• What is “studying?”: learning techniques and memory formation
• Problem-solving: technique, strategy, and the value of real breaks
• Technology: distractions, multitasking, and tech-addiction
• The pursuit of mastery and love of learning: curiosity and depth vs. grade management

#4 Behavioral Change and Productivity

• Realism: how change actually happens
• Using willpower wisely: habits, strategies, and reminders
• Self-perception: how outer change drives inner change
• Procrastination: why we do it and how to do it less
• Perfectionism: moving away from debilitating all-or-nothing thinking

#5 Cultivating Executive Function

• Park the helicopter: how micromanaging hinders development
• Skinned knees: what kids learn when they’re allowed to fail
• Coaching vs. teaching: encouraging resourcefulness and independence
• Talking with your child about school: navigating the emotional difficulties of academic conversations
• Active agent vs. passive victim: blame, parental language, and cultivating responsibility

If you miss a class, we will provide you with a recording of the lecture, but in order to maintain the privacy of the families who attend, we will not be recording the Q&A.

Dates and Times

Thursday evenings 7:00 - 9:00 pm US-Pacific Time (PDT) beginning 7/22/2021 and ending 8/19/2021.

Cost & Registration

$299 per family (a set of parents and/or guardians). Space is limited, so please let us know right away that you’d like to reserve a spot. To reserve your spot, please register here:

Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)
REGISTER HERE

If you need to pay by check, please email admin@learningrevolution.com and we'll hold the reservation and send an invoice. Please send questions to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Other Testimonials

“I took the parenting course in summer 2019 and learned so much about how the developing brain, growth mindset, and the importance of modeling (as opposed to managing), and much more. I still have my notes and refer back to them periodically. I highly recommend the course for anyone interested in supporting their children as they grow into lifelong learners.” 

–Caitlin Moulding

“Chris and Greg’s parent seminars are not to be missed! In a short time, I became more savvy about myself and my kids as learners. Their coaching tips aim to reduce parent-child conflict by leveraging current research on the brain and descriptive stories of their students. I highly recommend their seminars for parents of all kids!” 

–Vicki Pettiross

"We attended Northwest Educational Services’ parent seminar series in 2019 - the content was highly relevant and well presented, and the welcoming setting provided us the opportunity to engage directly with expert educators and other parents.  As parents of middle and elementary school students, we were able to relate to the information shared, and apply the seminar’s concepts directly into our own family interactions and dynamics.  We look forward to attending again this year.” 

–Jill Nolton

"We are the fortunate parents of twin daughters, both with unique-to-them strengths and challenges in the learning environment. No one-size-fits-all approach for us. We were looking for some coaching to sort out the best ways to give each daughter the specific support they needed to be successful in their school environments. The Parenting for Academic Success classes we took through NWES provided us with that and more.

"Coaches Greg and Chris spoke to all learning types, teaching parents how to encourage their kids to identify and articulate what they needed, and how to ask for it, so that they could become independent drivers of their own academic success. Once we began to implement some of the tools we learned, both of our students began to, more and more readily, reach out for help from resources beyond us (other students, academic coaches, school tutors, and teachers) and do so in a timely manner, before test anxiety or project panic set in.

"We also learned new tools to support both daughters in becoming more consistent in their study habits. Instead of ‘cramming’ the night before an exam, the girls began to develop habits which vastly reduced last-minute, stress-driven studying.

"Our daughters have now transitioned to great-fit universities where they are happy, engaged, independent, and consistently experiencing academic success.

"Greg and Chris brought their combined years of expertise coaching students at all grade levels, and advising parents who desire to support student success, and shared concrete, well informed, research based, ground tested, information and strategies that aided us in our efforts to support our unique learners. We cannot recommend them highly enough."

-Kelly and Steve Nolan Shafer

The Hidden Power of the Library Pages (Our Employees, Not Our Books) + Post Pandemic Staff Development and Training

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Steve Albrecht in our "Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0:

"The Hidden Power of the Pages (Our Employees, Not Our Books)"

[In] the Library World, consider an employee - often a part-timer, a student, or a retired person, paid at or near the bottom of our wage scale - who we ask to combine the skills of a receptionist and a security guard. Behold the Library Page.

We may position these staffers at various Circulation or Information Desks, to perform reception and service duties. But they're most often seen on the floor, shelving books, clearing work areas, cleaning up messes, walking amidst the stacks, and interacting with patrons. Some libraries assign security duties to Pages, asking them to handle disputes between patrons, intervene when staff members get accosted by certain patrons, manage problematic patron behaviors, escort those patrons out of the building, or call the police. 

In short, Pages perform many of the same service and security duties as receptionists and security guards, often for far less pay and more painfully, with not much respect for their efforts.

Continue reading...

Other recent blog posts are available here, including: "Forgiveness: How Libraries Can Host Programs on Restorative Practices - An Interview with Azim Khamisa," "Do Your Library Employees Have the “Spirit of Service?,” "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other," "The Code of Quality Service for Library Employees," "The North Vancouver Library Stabbing Attacks: Edged Weapons Awareness," "Managing the 'Champion Employee' at the Library: The Need for Management Courage," "Some Leadership Truths for Library Leaders," "Helping Library Patrons with Autism: Start with Understanding," "The Perils of the Parking Lot: Parts 1 and 2," "Schedule Regular Inspection Days," "The Need for a Library Vendor/Visitor Policy," and "Creating the Perfect Library Security Officer." 

Other recent podcasts episodes from Dr. Albrecht include "Spirit of Service," "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other," "The Code of Quality Service," "The Power of Surveys," "Working with Elected Officials," "A Guided Meditation for Stress Management and Relaxation," "Stop Apologizing for Library Security," "Let's Talk About Talking," and "Guns in Your Library." You can listen directly on the site or you should also be able to access the podcast in SoundCloud here or in your own podcast app using the RSS feed here.

Click here to let us know what topics you'd be particularly interested in having us cover in the Library 2.0 webinars, blog posts, and podcast series.

While Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are our regular mini-conferences and all the conference recordings, we also offer a series of paid webinars with Dr. Albrecht which are available for individual or group viewing. Next up is "Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training" with Maurice Coleman on July 30th:

More information is available here.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 25+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. He is currently writing the sequel, The Safe Library: Keeping Staff and Patrons Secure in a Changing World.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives with seven dogs, two cats, and three chickens.

Forgiveness: How Libraries Can Host Programs on Restorative Practices - An Interview with Azim Khamisa

We've posted a new blog post and video interview from Dr. Steve Albrecht in our "Library Service, Safety, & Security" section of Library 2.0:

Forgiveness: How Libraries Can Host Programs on Restorative Practices
An Interview with Azim Khamisa

In 1995, Azim Khamisa, an investment banker living in San Diego, lost his son, Tariq, a 20-year-old college student, who was shot and killed while delivering pizzas by a 14-year-old gang member named Tony Hicks. Azim created the Tariq Khamisa Foundation (www.TKF.org) as a learning place to teach non-violence to school children. 

He partnered with Plez Felix, Hicks' grandfather, to give presentations to schools around the US. Azim has presented over 700 educational sessions and keynote speeches around the world. He helped to get Tony Hicks released from prison last year and Hicks now works as a speaker at the Foundation. Azim’s story is powerful, thought-provoking, and touching.

Azim is a leading advocate of Restorative Practices (RP) and a facilitator-led process known as Restorative Justice (RJ) (www.RestorativeJustice.org).

Libraries around the US have begun to host RP and RJ programs. The International Institute of Restorative Practices (www.IIRP.edu) offers multi-day facilitator training. 

Azim spoke with Steve Albrecht about his work and what libraries can do to participate in these programs that will benefit the community in general and 4th through 9th-grade students in particular. Please watch this video to see how your library can help the RJ and RP coalitions by hosting awareness-building and interactive sessions in your community. 

You can view the video here.

Other recent podcasts episodes from Dr. Albrecht include "Spirit of Service," "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other," "The Code of Quality Service," "The Power of Surveys," "Working with Elected Officials," "A Guided Meditation for Stress Management and Relaxation," "Stop Apologizing for Library Security," "Let's Talk About Talking," and "Guns in Your Library." You can listen directly on the site or you should also be able to access the podcast in SoundCloud here or in your own podcast app using the RSS feed here.

Other recent blog posts are available here, including: "Do Your Library Employees Have the “Spirit of Service?,” "Library Civility: A Code for How We Treat Each Other," "The Code of Quality Service for Library Employees," "The North Vancouver Library Stabbing Attacks: Edged Weapons Awareness," "Managing the 'Champion Employee' at the Library: The Need for Management Courage," "Some Leadership Truths for Library Leaders," "Helping Library Patrons with Autism: Start with Understanding," "The Perils of the Parking Lot: Parts 1 and 2," "Schedule Regular Inspection Days," "The Need for a Library Vendor/Visitor Policy," and "Creating the Perfect Library Security Officer." 

Click here to let us know what topics you'd be particularly interested in having us cover in the Library 2.0 webinars, blog posts, and podcast series.

While Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly podcast and blog posts are available for free, as are our regular mini-conferences and all the conference recordings, we also offer a series of paid webinars with Dr. Albrecht which are available for individual or group viewing.

More information is available here.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 25+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. He is currently writing the sequel, The Safe Library: Keeping Staff and Patrons Secure in a Changing World.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives with seven dogs, two cats, and three chickens.

What You Can Do to Help Students Prepare for Returning to School + Parenting for Academic Success

Chris Loper, one of the instructors for our upcoming parenting for academic success course described below, has written an article for parents: "How to Succeed When School Returns to Normal." He writes: "Many people are concerned about what’s going to happen next year when school returns to normal. Remote learning wasn’t as effective as in-person school. Kids didn’t get enough social interaction. They’re calling this 'the lost year.' Cue ominous music. I get where they’re coming from, and there are some legitimate concerns behind this worrisome line of thinking, which I will outline shortly, but there’s really no reason to panic."

Chris points out, first, that "The kids will be fine. Kids are very resilient because their brains are so malleable.1 They adapted to pandemic life, and they’ll adapt to normal school when they get to return to it... And kids did learn a lot this year. They learned resilience and mental flexibility. They learned that history and scientific progress aren’t done; they’re happening right now. " He then cautions that for many students: "Next year might be rough....[it] is going to be far more difficult academically. The reason for this is simple: Teachers and districts aren’t going to rewrite the old curriculum. And when schools will return to some version of pre-COVID normal, kids are going to walk into next year’s classrooms lacking a great deal of what the curriculum expects them to know." 

To read his advice on what parents and students can do to prepare for the coming year in healthy ways, find the full article here. And please consider taking, or letting others know about, our Parenting for Academic Success Course described below!

We are excited to announce that Learning Revolution (and Classroom 2.0 and Library 2.0) will be hosting an ONLINE version of the much-sought-after course: 

Parenting For Academic Success (and Parental Sanity)
REGISTER HERE

This course is a five-part series of classes co-taught by Greg Smith and Chris Loper. Chris will share the key ideas from psychology and neuroscience that are most relevant for parents, while Greg will discuss how to apply this knowledge at home. Meanwhile, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, and you’ll be given pre-class journaling questions, supplemental readings, and additional resources to support the course material.

“This parent seminar is like no other. Understanding the learning process and the development of executive functions is a component of parenting that is often overlooked. Greg and Chris are exceptionally skilled at what they do and amazing communicators. In this seminar, they provide a baseline of information that will help any parent become more empathetic and knowledgeable as they help guide these wonderful young persons in developing their own independence and confidence. This seminar applies to so much more than just academics – it applies to life skills.”  

–Jenifer Dobson (More testimonials below...) 

Your Instructors

Greg Smith: Greg has been an educator for 35 years, and he is the owner of Northwest Educational Services. He has over 40,000 hours of one-on-one experience supporting students and parents in their respective learning processes. Greg is married with two teenage daughters and understands the challenges of parenting from both a professional and personal perspective.

 

Chris Loper: Chris has been an academic coach since 2014. He writes an education blog for parents and students at NWTutoring.com, and he is the owner of South Cove Tutoring in Issaquah, WA. Chris is also the creator of BecomingBetter.org, where he writes about self-improvement and works one-on-one with adults on habit formation.

The Classes

#1 Psychology and Neuroscience Essentials 

• The history of the human brain as it relates to academic success
• Brain health: the effects of sleep, nutrition, exercise, and technology
• Positive psychology: encouraging mental health and success
• Leading by example: the importance of modeling healthy habits

#2 Growth Mindset Parenting

• The dynamic human brain: how the brain changes and grows
• Growth mindset vs. fixed mindset
• Growth-minded language
• Leading by example: the growth-minded lifestyle
• Cultivating healthy self-esteem and self-efficacy

#3 Studying and Learning

• Test anxiety: where does it come from and what can we do about it
• What is “studying?”: learning techniques and memory formation
• Problem-solving: technique, strategy, and the value of real breaks
• Technology: distractions, multitasking, and tech-addiction
• The pursuit of mastery and love of learning: curiosity and depth vs. grade management

#4 Behavioral Change and Productivity

• Realism: how change actually happens
• Using willpower wisely: habits, strategies, and reminders
• Self-perception: how outer change drives inner change
• Procrastination: why we do it and how to do it less
• Perfectionism: moving away from debilitating all-or-nothing thinking

#5 Cultivating Executive Function

• Park the helicopter: how micromanaging hinders development
• Skinned knees: what kids learn when they’re allowed to fail
• Coaching vs. teaching: encouraging resourcefulness and independence
• Talking with your child about school: navigating the emotional difficulties of academic conversations
• Active agent vs. passive victim: blame, parental language, and cultivating responsibility

If you miss a class, we will provide you with a recording of the lecture, but in order to maintain the privacy of the families who attend, we will not be recording the Q&A.

Dates and Times

Thursday evenings 7:00 - 9:00 pm US-Pacific Time (PDT) beginning 7/22/2021 and ending 8/19/2021.

Cost & Registration

$299 per family (a set of parents and/or guardians). Space is limited, so please let us know right away that you’d like to reserve a spot. To reserve your spot, please register here (all major credit cards accepted):

If you need to pay by check, please email admin@learningrevolution.com and we'll hold the reservation and send an invoice. Please send questions to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Other Testimonials

“I took the parenting course in summer 2019 and learned so much about how the developing brain, growth mindset, and the importance of modeling (as opposed to managing), and much more. I still have my notes and refer back to them periodically. I highly recommend the course for anyone interested in supporting their children as they grow into lifelong learners.” 

–Caitlin Moulding

“Chris and Greg’s parent seminars are not to be missed! In a short time, I became more savvy about myself and my kids as learners. Their coaching tips aim to reduce parent-child conflict by leveraging current research on the brain and descriptive stories of their students. I highly recommend their seminars for parents of all kids!” 

–Vicki Pettiross

"We attended Northwest Educational Services’ parent seminar series in 2019 - the content was highly relevant and well presented, and the welcoming setting provided us the opportunity to engage directly with expert educators and other parents.  As parents of middle and elementary school students, we were able to relate to the information shared, and apply the seminar’s concepts directly into our own family interactions and dynamics.  We look forward to attending again this year.” 

–Jill Nolton

"We are the fortunate parents of twin daughters, both with unique-to-them strengths and challenges in the learning environment. No one-size-fits-all approach for us. We were looking for some coaching to sort out the best ways to give each daughter the specific support they needed to be successful in their school environments. The Parenting for Academic Success classes we took through NWES provided us with that and more.

"Coaches Greg and Chris spoke to all learning types, teaching parents how to encourage their kids to identify and articulate what they needed, and how to ask for it, so that they could become independent drivers of their own academic success. Once we began to implement some of the tools we learned, both of our students began to, more and more readily, reach out for help from resources beyond us (other students, academic coaches, school tutors, and teachers) and do so in a timely manner, before test anxiety or project panic set in.

"We also learned new tools to support both daughters in becoming more consistent in their study habits. Instead of ‘cramming’ the night before an exam, the girls began to develop habits which vastly reduced last-minute, stress-driven studying.

"Our daughters have now transitioned to great-fit universities where they are happy, engaged, independent, and consistently experiencing academic success.

"Greg and Chris brought their combined years of expertise coaching students at all grade levels, and advising parents who desire to support student success, and shared concrete, well informed, research based, ground tested, information and strategies that aided us in our efforts to support our unique learners. We cannot recommend them highly enough."

-Kelly and Steve Nolan Shafer

Upcoming Library 2.0 Webinar: "Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training: How Can We Best Support It?"

 "Post-Pandemic Staff Development and Training: How Can We Best Support It?"
Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht & Maurice Coleman

OVERVIEW: 

A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by library consultant and "T is for Training" podcast host Maurice Coleman.

March 2020 started the longest fifteen months imaginable. The pandemic forced a new way of thinking about and delivering library services, and it has forced libraries of all sizes and types to adapt to new ways to care for our staff and the public. By closing our physical spaces, it actually freed up staff time. Many of us rolled out ad hoc training programs to keep staff occupied and engaged while library facilities were closed to the public. This happened in every library from the small rural library to larger city and county library systems.

Now that we are coming out of the pandemic, we are in a changing world and your own library likely reflects those changes--maybe you have a relaxed dress code, or increased liberal leave, or relaxed fine policies. What we now also need is a real post-pandemic training plan. Haphazard training programs worked during the pandemic because we were all working without a safety net in uncharted waters. Now that we have emerged on the other side, how do we support learning in the post-pandemic library?

This webinar will show you how to create and support smart staff development programs as if your library depends on them--which it does! Also, the program will share some common mistakes made when developing training programs so you can avoid them.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how to create scalable and successful training and staff development programs.

• Find out what library senior management and directors should do to support training and staff development programs.

• How to avoid common training and development pitfalls.

• How staff development and training is succession planning.

• Discover the Tightwad Library Director’s guide to training and staff development resources.

DATE: Friday, July 30th, 2021, at 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time

COST: $99/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and to receive a participation certificate. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

TO REGISTER: Click HERE. You will first need to be a member of Library 2.0 (free) and be logged in. Please click "Sign Up" on the top right and we'll approve you quickly. You can pay by PayPal or credit card, and will receive immediate and permanent access to the webinar recording. If you have any trouble registering for a webinar, if you need to be invoiced, or if you have any questions, please email admin@learningrevolution.com.

SPECIAL GROUP RATES (email admin@learningrevolution.com to arrange):

• Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $75 each for 3+ registrations, $65 each for 5+ registrations.
• The ability to show the webinar (live or recorded) to a group located in the same physical location or in the same virtual meeting from one log-in: $299.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $999.

ALL-ACCESS PASSES:

• All-access annual passes include access to the recordings of all of Dr. Albrecht's previous Library 2.0 webinars, plus live and recorded access to his new webinars for one year.
• For a $499 individual all-access annual pass to all of Dr. Albrecht's live webinars and recordings for one year, please click here. 
• Inquiries for all-access organizational contracts should be directed to admin@learningrevolution.com.

Maurice Coleman [he/him/his] is currently Principal of Coleman & Associates. He has served numerous clients during his thirty-year consulting career. Since 2008, he has hosted and produced the long-running (and oldest) training/education and empowerment podcast T is for Training [1] and is the Technical Trainer at a county library system located in Maryland. He was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker in 2010 and a member of the first class of WebJunction’s National Library CE Training Institute [2] in 2014. He is known for delivering engaging training, presentation, speaking, and facilitation experiences across the country focusing on helping people of all walks of life to combine their curiosity and current technology to improve lives. More information on Maurice here.

DR. STEVE ALBRECHT

Since 2000, Dr. Steve Albrecht has trained thousands of library employees in 25+ states, live and online, in service, safety, and security. His programs are fast, entertaining, and provide tools that can be put to use immediately in the library workspace with all types of patrons. In 2015, the ALA published his book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities. He is currently writing the sequel, The Safe Library: Keeping Staff and Patrons Secure in a Changing World.

Steve holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration (D.B.A.), an M.A. in Security Management, a B.A. in English, and a B.S. in Psychology. He is board-certified in HR, security management, employee coaching, and threat assessment.

He has written 24 books on business, security, and leadership topics. He lives with seven dogs, two cats, and three chickens.