Recordings and slides from all 4 webinars are now available

Especially for library trustees — 4 one-hour online information sessions you can attend from office or home, or on the go.  Use an hour to get new ideas, and learn about tools to support the library you serve.

All library board trustees, library staff, volunteers, and Friends group members are welcome to participate.  There is no charge.

Each webinar in the Wisconsin Trustee Training Week series is scheduled from Noon - 1:00pm (CST) each day, August 18-21, 2014.

Attend 1, 2, 3, or all 4 webinars — click a session title below to get details & register:

• Assessing Library Facility Needs in the 21st Century, August 18
  An overview of the issues facing old and new library facilities, and techniques and tools for tackling both.
• The Role of Social Media in Library Advocacy, August 19
  How trustees, boards, and Friends groups can use Facebook, Twitter, and other social media to create change.
• The Biggest, Baddest Issues Facing Public Libraries, August 20
  Top 10 issues facing public libraries, and how trustees can help keep libraries vibrant and relevant in the 21st Century
• Building the Future by Building Your Staff, August 21
  Librarians who can write code are doing great things for their libraries: get examples of how librarians are using their software skills to build better futures, and what libraries can do to help.

To participate: all you need is...

• for the web, either...
  • an internet-connected computer; you can test your computer & connection ahead of time, or
  • an iPhone®, iPad® or Android® device; just download the free GoToWebinar app ahead of time
• for the audio, either...
  • headphones, earbuds, or speakers connected to your computer, or
  • use a telephone or speakerphone to call in (long distance rates apply)

All sessions will be recorded, and will be available for viewing soon after each session.

New to webinars?  Download the Attendee Quick Reference Guide and know what to expect.  As soon as you register for a webinar, a confirmation email will be sent to you from GoToWebinar.Notifications @ citrixonline.com Citrix Online. If you don't receive the email confirmation, please check your junk/spam folders, Gmail Social or Promotion tabs, or try registering again.

You'll receive an email reminder both one day and one hour prior to each webinar.  Both of these email messages will have a link which reads, "Click here to join" — this is the link you'll click to connect to the session. Before joining the webinar, please turn off any other software or processes on your computer that would compete with your Internet bandwidth. (Programs like automatic updates, instant messaging, email, etc., if running during the webinar, will degrade the quality of the webinar's audio and video.)

The Wisconsin Trustee Training Week series was developed by the Nicolet Federated Library System, and is supported by these library systems: Winnefox, Arrowhead, Eastern Shores, Indianhead, Manitowoc-Calumet, Mid-Wisconsin, Northern Waters, Outagamie Waupaca, South Central, Southwest, Waukesha County, Winding Rivers, and Wisconsin Valley.

Contact hours for continuing education: 1 per webinar session