THRIVE! Webinar "You Matter: Mental Health for Educators Who are Starting a New Year" with Angela Maiers

You Matter: Mental Health for Educators Who are Starting a New Year
Part of the LearningRevolution.com 'Survive and Thrive!' Series

OVERVIEW: 

Teacher stress, I believe, is the biggest crisis facing our schools.

We have had so many challenges in education. And the indispensable linchpins, the teachers, are sometimes at their breaking point. 

Are you personally feeling exhausted? Do you feel stressed, underappreciated, worried, or depressed?

As a teacher, it would be crazy if you weren’t feeling some of these feelings--maybe even all of them! (And you might even be feeling guilty for feeling them. Talk about irony!) March 2020 started the longest fifteen months any of us could have imagined, and it seems like it might not be over. The pandemic created innumerable hardships that have required us to juggle our own work and school and family lives.

Now… I want you to imagine for a moment that you feel balanced, purposeful, confident, and in control. Wouldn’t that be great?

Well, let’s get you there!

The pressures on teachers have been dramatic and they are often hidden behind the very equally real pressures on students. A lot of work in schools this year will focus on social and emotional learning for students (SEL), and there is absolutely no question that the students need this help. But it’s hard to feed someone emotionally when your own emotional cupboard is so bare. 

We need real efforts to address teacher, leader, and parent social and emotional needs and wellbeing. SEL is often seens as “one more thing” but it can actually be the answer to promoting a classroom space, where both you and your students can thrive academically, physically, emotionally, and socially. 

We will not have healthy schools and successful students without mentally healthy teachers. Join us for this life-changing one-hour webinar that will be centered on YOU, as we will explore how to navigate the coming school year with passion, courage, motivation and purpose.  

Are you ready to:

• Refresh and Refocus your Leadership?
• Power up your social emotional know-how?
• Discover practical ways to meet our own needs of survival, strength, power and belonging?
• Meet the Moment with grace, calm and confidence?
• Step Into Your Bravest Self?

 This session is open to both in-service and pre-service school teachers, educators, curriculum developers, instructional designers, librarians, academicians, and others interested in understanding and building their social and emotional competencies.

You will learn:

• Why SEL is important for ALL teacher and students
• How teaching affects the mental and emotional health of teachers
• How to design for THRIVING vs COPING
• The critical role of acknowledgement and celebration
• The value of presence and pause 

You will walk away with innovative, individualized, time-saving and GAME CHANGING ways to integrate practices in your life and  an action plan to build a more confident, connected, and hopeful school, classroom and home.

Join Us: Remember, “We take the very best care of others when we take good care of ourselves.”

DATE: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (click HERE to see in your own time zone)

COST: $29/person - includes any-time access to the recording and any presenter handouts and a participation certificate if needed. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

REGISTRATION: Click HERE or the payment image above to register. 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: $20 each for 10+ registrations, $15 each for 25+ 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: $99.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $249.

ANGELA MAIERS (@AngelaMaiers)
Founder, Choose2Matter
https://angelamaiers.com/

Angela Maiers, Founder Choose2Matter. Leader. Visionary. Entrepreneur. Disruptor. Change Maker. Angela embodies each of these descriptors with passion, commitment and fierce determination. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 31 years, teaching every level of school from grade school to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world. Angela founded Choose2Matter to bring the world hope by helping every individual embrace their value and potential contribution. Initially launched to challenge and inspire students to work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to social problems, Choose2Matter has evolved into a movement that support parents, educators, and employees around the world. Her work in 60,000 classrooms across 100 countries has rallied more than a million children who have banded together to launch 170 social enterprises and pass 17 laws. And organizations across all industries are finding new ways to ignite the genius of their employees, successfully addressing a $15 trillion employee engagement problem. Angela earned a BS in Education with a minor in Neuroscience and Master Degrees in Literacy and Ed Leadership. She is the author of eight books, including Liberating Genius,The Habitudes and The Passion Driven Classroom. Angela is widely recognized as one of most influential voices on social media today, consistently ranking in the top 1% and a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

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MORE FROM THE “SURVIVE & THRIVE!” WEBINAR SERIES

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Seven Strategies for Thriving in Times of Chaos with Bernajean Porter
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


Hybrid Homeschool 101: What is Hybrid Homeschooling and Can I Actually Do It? with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


What Is Hyflex Learning and How to Do It Well with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


How Big Is Your Brave? Building Courage in Our Learning, Our Relationships, and Our Lives with Angela Maiers
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


Setting Up Libraries as Self-Directed Learning Centers with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


How to Help Students Manage their Anxiety and Energy Levels so They Can Learn with Kara Guiff
Monday, October 11, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


Are You Thinking About Starting Your Own School? with Dr. Mara Linaberger
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


COMING SOON!

• “Parenting for Academic Success in Turbulent Times” with Chris Loper & Greg Smith
• “Liberating Genius: Unleashing Potential in All” with Angela Maiers
• “Upgrade Your Brain: Easier Academic Success, Mental Health, and Creativity Through Neuroscience-Based Strategies (for students)” with Chris Loper
• “The Game of School - Remote & Hybrid Learning Version” with Steve Hargadon

To receive early notice of upcoming 'Survive and Thrive!' webinars, please join LearningRevolution.com.

"See you" online!

Steve

Steve Hargadon

LearningRevolution.com

SteveHargadon.com

@stevehargadon

THRIVE! Webinar "Seven Strategies for Thriving in Times of Chaos" with Bernajean Porter

Seven Strategies for Thriving in Times of Chaos
Part of the LearningRevolution.com 'Survive and Thrive!' Series

OVERVIEW: 

Chaos brings a chasm of unexpectedness and shifting conditions! It has the ability to thrust an individual’s world into a feeling of disorder, helplessness or confusion.

The fast-paced nature of changes today forces each of us to dig deep inside, rediscovering inner strengths. Chaos can also activate chemical synapses in the brain, urging us to learn, grow and expand our possibilities - all while meeting new challenges.

Enjoy a practical and uplifting look at simple, yet effective strategies to increase your own “change hardiness” skill set. Re-discover your innate ability to adapt, improvise and grow into any new situation successfully!

Topics:

• Re-Storying a BEST Life
• Rapid Recovery - Letting Go - Moving Forward
• Words Matter - Using Language Patterns of Resilience
• Gratitude Changes Brain Chemistry
• Grounding into Resourcefulness
• One-Minute Restoration PLUS Other Sage Ideas
• Chaos Brings a Gift of Opportunity

DATE: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (click HERE to see in your own time zone)

COST: $29/person - includes any-time access to the recording and any presenter handouts and a participation certificate if needed. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

REGISTRATION: Click the payment links above to register. 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: $20 each for 10+ registrations, $15 each for 25+ 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: $99.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $249.

BERNAJEAN PORTER (@BernajeanPorter)
Professional speaker; author; digital educator; classroom teacher; onsite and online teacher; futurist leader; strategic conniver; neuro-linquistist coach; dialogue, consensus and debate trainer; and large-group processes facilitator
https://www.bernajeanporter.us/

While working at Colorado’s Department of Education, she held the position of “Change Facilitator” with the challenge to support schools in changing their cultures and practices to make more happen for learners. Her 35+ years of experience working globally has inspired vision into-practice experiences; enticed educators to accelerate new stories of possibility and built communities to do whatever-it-takes in preparing the next generation for their own greatness. Bernajean also founded ISTE’s Digital StoryTelling Special Interest Group [SIG] with over 3000 members worldwide to inspire educators to become modern day “StoryKeepers', engaging learners in the power of storytelling across curriculums and cultures. Her philosophy of work uses cutting edge organizational processes like 'future searches' and “change readiness” skills in building local capacity for making more possible for ALL students. Bernajean’s enthusiasm and vivacious approach creates energetic, “can-do” attitudes with an invigorating, fun-packed climate for all learners.

Bernajean is author of Nutz and Boltz for Large Group Facilitation; I-imagine: Waking Up a Generation for their OWN Greatness; DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories; Grappling with Accountability: Organizing Technology for Student Results; Evaluating Digital Products and presently working on her new ebook: Turning Up the H.E.A.T. ~ Learning, Thinking and Communication in a Digital Age.

When it comes to doing the hard or impossible things now necessary in schools to ensure students having out-of-this-world possibilities, Bernajean’s personal motto of “Da Um Jeitinho”- there is ALWAYS a way – let’s make IT happen together - sets the tone for her dedicated long term, joyful work with educators in inspiring them to unleash our youth’s potential in a changing world. email: bernajean@DigiTales.us

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MORE FROM THE "SURVIVE & THRIVE!" WEBINAR SERIES

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Hybrid Homeschool 101: What is Hybrid Homeschooling and Can I Actually Do It? with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


You Matter: Mental Health for Educators Who are Starting a New Year with Angela Maiers
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


What Is Hyflex Learning and How to Do It Well with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


How Big Is Your Brave? Building Courage in Our Learning, Our Relationships, and Our Lives with Angela Maiers
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


Setting Up Libraries as Self-Directed Learning Centers with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


Are You Thinking About Starting Your Own School? with Dr. Mara Linaberger
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.

Tomorrow's Webinar: "Ten Tools for the (New) Library Supervisor" PLUS New "Survive & Thrive!" Webinar Series

 "Ten Tools for the (New) Library Supervisor: Starting Out Right"
Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht

Please consider joining us for tomorrow's webinar with Dr. Albrecht. The information for the "Survive & Thrive!" webinar series from LearningRevolution.com is at the bottom of this page.

OVERVIEW: 

A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht.

Being a supervisor, especially if you are new to the role, can be a bit overwhelming. A lot of the skills and knowledge you need for your new role you were expected to pick up through OJT (“On The Job Training”) during your old role. Your life skills (talking, sharing, and interacting with people) and your work experiences (finishing projects, solving problems, serving others, meeting deadlines) as a library staffer are useful as you transition to being a supervisor, up to a point. You need new skills to meet the challenges of getting people to do what you ask, on time, and with the quality you expect.

Consider these ten tools as the ones most needed for your early and ongoing success:

• Creating Accountability and Responsibility
• Delegation
• Project Planning
• Internal and External Service Skills
• Coaching and Training
• Running Effective Meetings
• Budget Knowledge and Fiscal Discipline
• Recordkeeping
• Time Management
• Praise and Performance Evaluation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Meeting the needs of your boss (who might not be your old boss).
• The challenge of supervising colleagues who are your friends (or not your friends).
• Understanding the financial aspects of your job.
• Knowing the legal and HR-related issues of your job.
• Managing projects, people, and outcomes means you got to get and stay organized and time-efficient.

DATE: Friday, August 27th, 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.
• FREE for those on individual or group all-access passes (see below).

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.

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.

Dr. Albrecht's paid webinar series recordings are available to purchase. More information is available here. 

He also publishes twice-monthly podcasts and blog posts which are available for free, as are our regular mini-conferences and all the conference recordings. 

His blog posts are available here, including: "Solving Conflicts Between Library Employees: A Tool For Getting Along When No One Wants to Get Along," "Is There Hidden Bias at Your Library?," "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.

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Please click on any of the following links to find information on the new LearningRevolution.com "Survive & Thrive!" webinar series, including: 

• “Seven Strategies for Thriving in Times of Chaos ” with Bernajean Porter
• “Hybrid Homeschool 101: What is Hybrid Homeschooling and Can I Actually Do It?” with Gina Riley
• “You Matter: Mental Health for Educators Who are Starting a New Year” with Angela Maiers
• “What Is Hyflex Learning and How to Do It Well” with Gina Riley
• “How Big Is Your Brave? Building Courage in Our Learning, Our Relationships, and Our Lives” with Angela Maiers

Plus, coming soon: “Setting Up Libraries as Self-Directed Learning Centers” with Gina Riley, “Liberating Genius: Unleashing Potential in All” with Angela Maiers, “Parenting for Academic Success in Turbulent Times” with Chris Loper & Greg Smith, “The Game of School - Remote & Hybrid Learning Version” with Steve Hargadon, “Are You Thinking About Starting Your Own School?” with Mara Linaberger, “Upgrade Your Brain: Easier Academic Success, Mental Health, and Creativity Through Neuroscience-Based Strategies (for students)” with Chris Loper. More information at LearningRevolution.com. See you "online!"

"Thrive!" Webinars: "Thriving in Chaos," "Mental Health for Educators," "Building Courage," "Hybrid Homeschool," and "Hyflex Learning"

Please consider joining us for one or more of our brand new series of affordable "Survie and Thrive!" webinars, part of the LearningRevolution.com family: Library 2.0, The Future of Education, ReinventingSchool.com, Classroom 2.0, and TeacherLibrarian.org.

Seven Strategies for Thriving in Times of Chaos with Bernajean Porter
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


Hybrid Homeschool 101: What is Hybrid Homeschooling and Can I Actually Do It? with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


You Matter: Mental Health for Educators Who are Starting a New Year with Angela Maiers
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


What Is Hyflex Learning and How to Do It Well with Gina Riley
Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


How Big Is Your Brave? Building Courage in Our Learning, Our Relationships, and Our Lives with Angela Maiers
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Click HERE for more information and to register.


COMING SOON!

• “Setting Up Libraries as Self-Directed Learning Centers” with Gina Riley
• “Liberating Genius: Unleashing Potential in All” with Angela Maiers
• “Parenting for Academic Success in Turbulent Times” with Chris Loper & Greg Smith
• “The Game of School - Remote & Hybrid Learning Version” with Steve Hargadon
• “Are You Thinking About Starting Your Own School?” with Mara Linaberger
• “Upgrade Your Brain: Easier Academic Success, Mental Health, and Creativity Through Neuroscience-Based Strategies (for students)” with Chris Loper

To receive early notice of upcoming "Survive and Thrive!" webinars, please join LearningRevolution.com.

"See you" online!

Steve

Steve Hargadon

LearningRevolution.com

SteveHargadon.com

@stevehargadon

Blog: "Puzzled About Police Response?" Friday Webinar: "Tools for the Library Supervisor"

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

Puzzled About the Police Response in Your Library? 

Perhaps a Better Understanding of Their Unique Culture Will Help

You may have seen the police come into your library or have responded from their desk inside the library and have not been pleased with their methods. It's also possible that you have seen the police respond to incidents, ranging from a serious, life-threatening situation to a low-risk call for their services, and have been happy with the results. As a taxpayer and an employee, you have every right to question the methods of how police do their work. Are they being fair, legal, ethical, safe? Are they treating people who are out of control with empathy, and not taking things personally? Do they make arrests with the least amount of force necessary, to keep the arrestee, themselves, and the public on the scene, as safe as possible? ...

Most people get what they know about cops and their methods from TV shows and movies - not always the most historically accurate resource, to be sure. Perhaps it would help your understanding of how the police function - in your library and in your community - by getting a better sense of their work culture? 

Click here to read.

Dr. Albrecht's recent podcasts episodes include "Stop Saying Calm Down," 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. 

His other recent blog posts are available here, including: "Safety and Security at the Jacksonville (FL) Library" (a 40-minute video interview with Chet Price, the Safety and Security Manager at the Jacksonville (FL) Library), Solving Conflicts Between Library Employees: A Tool For Getting Along When No One Wants to Get Along," "Is There Hidden Bias at Your Library?," "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." 

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 and recordings with Dr. Albrecht which are available for individual or group viewing. More information is available here.

Coming up on August 27th:

"Ten Tools for the (New) Library Supervisor: Starting Out Right"
Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht

OVERVIEW: 

A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht.

Being a supervisor, especially if you are new to the role, can be a bit overwhelming. A lot of the skills and knowledge you need for your new role you were expected to pick up through OJT (“On The Job Training”) during your old role. Your life skills (talking, sharing, and interacting with people) and your work experiences (finishing projects, solving problems, serving others, meeting deadlines) as a library staffer are useful as you transition to being a supervisor, up to a point. You need new skills to meet the challenges of getting people to do what you ask, on time, and with the quality you expect.

Consider these ten tools as the ones most needed for your early and ongoing success:

• Creating Accountability and Responsibility
• Delegation
• Project Planning
• Internal and External Service Skills
• Coaching and Training
• Running Effective Meetings
• Budget Knowledge and Fiscal Discipline
• Recordkeeping
• Time Management
• Praise and Performance Evaluation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Meeting the needs of your boss (who might not be your old boss).
• The challenge of supervising colleagues who are your friends (or not your friends).
• Understanding the financial aspects of your job.
• Knowing the legal and HR-related issues of your job.
• Managing projects, people, and outcomes means you got to get and stay organized and time-efficient.

DATE: Friday, August 27th, 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.
• FREE for those on individual or group all-access passes (see below).

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.

Recordings Available:

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.

"Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference - Registrations and Call for Proposals Open

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. We already have over 1,000 people registered for this event, and our mini-conferences almost always reache over 5,000 by the start date! The call for proposals is now open (see below).

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.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The call for proposals is now open. Proposals can be submitted HERE until September 24th. The number of sessions will be limited, so you are encouraged to get your proposal in early! Proposals will be approved on a rolling basis.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

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.

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Survive and Thrive Webinar Series: Angela Maiers on Mental Health for Educators Who are Starting a New Year

You Matter: Mental Health for Educators Who are Starting a New Year
Part of the LearningRevolution.com 'Survive and Thrive!' Series

OVERVIEW: 

Teacher stress, I believe, is the biggest crisis facing our schools.

We have had so many challenges in education. And the indispensable linchpins, the teachers, are sometimes at their breaking point. 

Are you personally feeling exhausted? Do you feel stressed, underappreciated, worried, or depressed?

As a teacher, it would be crazy if you weren’t feeling some of these feelings--maybe even all of them! (And you might even be feeling guilty for feeling them. Talk about irony!) March 2020 started the longest fifteen months any of us could have imagined, and it seems like it might not be over. The pandemic created innumerable hardships that have required us to juggle our own work and school and family lives.

Now… I want you to imagine for a moment that you feel balanced, purposeful, confident, and in control. Wouldn’t that be great?

Well, let’s get you there!

The pressures on teachers have been dramatic and they are often hidden behind the very equally real pressures on students. A lot of work in schools this year will focus on social and emotional learning for students (SEL), and there is absolutely no question that the students need this help. But it’s hard to feed someone emotionally when your own emotional cupboard is so bare. 

We need real efforts to address teacher, leader, and parent social and emotional needs and wellbeing. SEL is often seens as “one more thing” but it can actually be the answer to promoting a classroom space, where both you and your students can thrive academically, physically, emotionally, and socially. 

We will not have healthy schools and successful students without mentally healthy teachers. Join us for this life-changing one-hour webinar that will be centered on YOU, as we will explore how to navigate the coming school year with passion, courage, motivation and purpose.  

Are you ready to:

• Refresh and Refocus your Leadership?
• Power up your social emotional know-how?
• Discover practical ways to meet our own needs of survival, strength, power and belonging?
• Meet the Moment with grace, calm and confidence?
• Step Into Your Bravest Self?

 This session is open to both in-service and pre-service school teachers, educators, curriculum developers, instructional designers, librarians, academicians, and others interested in understanding and building their social and emotional competencies.

You will learn:

• Why SEL is important for ALL teacher and students
• How teaching affects the mental and emotional health of teachers
• How to design for THRIVING vs COPING
• The critical role of acknowledgement and celebration
• The value of presence and pause 

You will walk away with innovative, individualized, time-saving and GAME CHANGING ways to integrate practices in your life and  an action plan to build a more confident, connected, and hopeful school, classroom and home.

Join Us: Remember, “We take the very best care of others when we take good care of ourselves.”

DATE: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (click HERE to see in your own time zone)

COST: $29/person - includes any-time access to the recording and the presentation slides and a participation certificate if needed. To arrange group discounts (see below), to submit a purchase order, or for any registration difficulties or questions, email steve@learningrevolution.com.

REGISTRATION: Click the payment links above to register. 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.

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• Multiple individual log-ins and access from the same organization paid together: $20 each for 10+ registrations, $15 each for 25+ 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: $99.
• Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $249.

ANGELA MAIERS (@AngelaMaiers)
Founder, Choose2Matter
https://angelamaiers.com/

Angela Maiers, Founder Choose2Matter. Leader. Visionary. Entrepreneur. Disruptor. Change Maker. Angela embodies each of these descriptors with passion, commitment and fierce determination. She has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 31 years, teaching every level of school from grade school to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world. Angela founded Choose2Matter to bring the world hope by helping every individual embrace their value and potential contribution. Initially launched to challenge and inspire students to work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to social problems, Choose2Matter has evolved into a movement that support parents, educators, and employees around the world. Her work in 60,000 classrooms across 100 countries has rallied more than a million children who have banded together to launch 170 social enterprises and pass 17 laws. And organizations across all industries are finding new ways to ignite the genius of their employees, successfully addressing a $15 trillion employee engagement problem. Angela earned a BS in Education with a minor in Neuroscience and Master Degrees in Literacy and Ed Leadership. She is the author of eight books, including Liberating Genius,The Habitudes and The Passion Driven Classroom. Angela is widely recognized as one of most influential voices on social media today, consistently ranking in the top 1% and a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.

New Blog Post with Video: "Safety and Security at the Jacksonville (FL) Library" + "Ten Tools for the (New) Library Supervisor"

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

Safety and Security: An Interview with Chet Price,
the Safety and Security Manager at the Jacksonville (FL) Library

In this 40-minute video interview, Steve Albrecht talks with Chet Price, the Safety and Security Manager at the Jacksonville (FL) Library. They talk about the pandemic; the value of security systems, policies, and staff training; automated Incident Report Systems; and the changing relationship between library staff, library patrons, and law enforcement." Click here to watch.

Dr. Albrecht's recent podcasts episodes include "Stop Saying Calm Down," 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. His recent blog posts are available here, including: "Solving Conflicts Between Library Employees: A Tool For Getting Along When No One Wants to Get Along," "Is There Hidden Bias at Your Library?," "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." 

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 and recordings with Dr. Albrecht which are available for individual or group viewing. More information is available here.

Coming up on August 27th:

"Ten Tools for the (New) Library Supervisor: Starting Out Right"
Part of a special Library 2.0 series with Dr. Steve Albrecht

OVERVIEW: 

A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht.

Being a supervisor, especially if you are new to the role, can be a bit overwhelming. A lot of the skills and knowledge you need for your new role you were expected to pick up through OJT (“On The Job Training”) during your old role. Your life skills (talking, sharing, and interacting with people) and your work experiences (finishing projects, solving problems, serving others, meeting deadlines) as a library staffer are useful as you transition to being a supervisor, up to a point. You need new skills to meet the challenges of getting people to do what you ask, on time, and with the quality you expect.

Consider these ten tools as the ones most needed for your early and ongoing success:

• Creating Accountability and Responsibility
• Delegation
• Project Planning
• Internal and External Service Skills
• Coaching and Training
• Running Effective Meetings
• Budget Knowledge and Fiscal Discipline
• Recordkeeping
• Time Management
• Praise and Performance Evaluation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Meeting the needs of your boss (who might not be your old boss).
• The challenge of supervising colleagues who are your friends (or not your friends).
• Understanding the financial aspects of your job.
• Knowing the legal and HR-related issues of your job.
• Managing projects, people, and outcomes means you got to get and stay organized and time-efficient.

DATE: Friday, August 27th, 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.
• FREE for those on individual or group all-access passes (see below).

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.

Recordings Available:

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 Podcast: "Stop Saying Calm Down" - Other Things You Can Say to Patrons Who Are Not in Emotional Control

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

"Stop Saying Calm Down"

Steve's topic for this half hour recording relates to anger and conflict involving our interactions with library patrons, especially those who are out of control emotionally... and things you can say other than "calm down." Click here to listen.

His 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. His recent blog posts are available here, including: "Solving Conflicts Between Library Employees: A Tool For Getting Along When No One Wants to Get Along," "Is There Hidden Bias at Your Library?," "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." 

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 and recordings with Dr. Albrecht which are available for individual or group viewing. More information is available here.

Coming up on August 27th:

Recordings Available:

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.