This is the first of two full days of 1-hour webinars; attend what you want.

Register for the Wednesday sessions here.

9 am:
Super Searcher Secrets
Mary Ellen Bates, a long-time power searcher and independent information pro, will offer new tools, techniques and tricks for getting more from the open web, the deep web, and social media. Mary Ellen’s goal is to surprise every participant with at least one new insight or approach.

10:30 am — choose one of these concurrent sessions:
• Creating Signature Events for Rural Libraries (Small, But Mighty Track)
Want to be the talk of the town?  Want to give your patrons something they will be talking about for the next year?  Create a signature event that will have your patrons begging for more.  Candice will discuss what a signature event is, how to create one, and more importantly, how to do it without breaking the bank.  Topics such as prep work, community partnerships, budgets, and successes/failures will be shared. Don’t let size get you down! Signature events can be created in libraries of any size.
• My Ten Biggest Mistakes – and How to Avoid Them (Library Leadership Track)
It’s been said that, “The worst mistake is not to make any.”  Mistakes  - and our take-aways  from them – are part of lifelong on-the-job learning as a library leader.  Join Marge Loch-Wouters as she examines ten mistakes that she stumbled into or drove obliviously toward throughout her 39-year career in libraries.  Participants will gain valuable insight on pitfalls to avoid as well as recovering from mistakes and using them as powerful learning tools.  

1 pm — choose one of these concurrent sessions:
• Harness the Power of Small Libraries (Small, But Mighty Track)
Most of Wisconsin's libraries are classified as "small." As the library director in a community of 700 people, Molly Rach knows the challenges faced by small libraries. However, she also knows the incredible work these libraries do for their communities.  Molly will do a “Top 10” countdown of the best traits and advantages to working in small libraries, and how you can use these traits to YOUR advantage.
• Think Like a Project Manager, Act Like a Library Leader (Library Leadership Track)
As library jobs become increasingly project-oriented, how can librarians incorporate the theories, practices, tools and methodologies associated with Project Management to increase the efficiency and success of the projects we undertake, as well as add value to our professional skill set and become more effective leaders? Join certified Project Manager and Librarian Emily Clasper in a discussion of the basic principles of Project Management as applied within a library environment. We will use real-life scenarios to illustrate ways these strategies can help increase efficiency, reduce risk, and encourage progress towards strategic goals.

2:30 pm — choose one of these concurrent sessions:
​• Decentralized Leadership: Building Organizations That Can Succeed From All Levels (Library Leadership Track)
Dissolve the desk! Get out of the building! Go online! The drive to meet our users anywhere means that staff need to take on more autonomous responsibilities at all levels. Making this work requires a combination of leadership, goal-setting, and trust. In this talk, we’ll discuss how you can empower staff at all levels to help your organization truly embed itself in your community.
• Developing Library Leaders (Leadership, Youth and Small Tracks)
What does it take to become a leader? Youth Service Librarians are in a natural position to move into administration and is it more important  than ever to take that leap as libraries evolve to deliver better, more effective services. In this session, Caserotti will reflect on what it takes to make that transition from front-line staff to management, based on her own experiences. She rose through positions from NYPL to Darien Library to Meridian Library, where she is now the Library Director. In this session, attendees interested in growing into positions of leadership and wanting to develop their own skills will learn about management, skill development, leadership, advocacy and more.

4 pm:
​Look Outside of Your Box: Trends to Watch
There are endless presentations and conference sessions about library trends. But what are libraries if not reflections of their communities, of the society in which they are embedded? Let’s take off our blinders and start looking around. What local, national, and global trends should library staff be paying attention to? What changes and ideas are likely to affect the communities we serve? What societal factors should we be looking at pre-emptively, instead of reacting to when it’s too late? Get ahead of the curve with this presentation on trends "outside" of libraries.

This is a state-wide virtual conference developed by the Nicolet Federated Library System and co-sponsored by Eastern Shores, Indianhead, Lakeshores, Manitowoc-Calumet, Mid-Wisconsin, Northern Waters, Outagamie Waupaca, South Central, Southwest, Waukesha County, Winding Rivers, Winnefox, and Wisconsin Valley library systems.