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Optimum Productivity

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: September 25, 2024 (Virtual)

We talked with Emma Browning about her productivity research and framework.

Higher Education Project Management Certification

Career Learning: September 23 - 26, 2024 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn essential and actionable strategies to help you plan, manage, and deliver projects in higher education environments.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning NonProfits: September 3 - 6, 2024 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning: August 12 - 15, 2024 (Virtual)

Ensure your nonprofit projects are delivered within their allocated budgets! Learn actionable strategies for estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs to maintain expenses throughout the project lifecycle.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning: July 22 - 25, 2024 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Managing Grant Projects

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: July 17, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn about managing grant projects.

More Agile Teams and Collaborations

American Library Association Core Webinar: June 18, 2024 (Virtual)

(Part 2 of a 2-part Series) Can a more agile leadership approach cultivate motivation and improve your team's and community's collaborations and outcomes? From "failing fast" and "defining done" to increased transparency and earlier stakeholder feedback, agile project management strategies can help us build trust, encourage growth, and create more collaborative and effective teams and community relationships. Attendees will learn the differences between agile and more traditional project management approaches and be introduced to popular agile methods, including Kanban boards and sprints.

Closing the Strategy Gap: Creating Alignment with your Strategic Plan

NonProfit Learning Lab: June 17, 2024 (Virtual)

Join us and learn how to close your organization’s strategy gap! Participants will be introduced to the cause and impact of strategy gaps in nonprofits, along with a framework for assessing your nonprofit’s strategic alignment. We’ll cover simple techniques for creating alignment, including feasibility assessments and simple approval processes. We will also explore creating and implementing more aligned workflows.

Event Planning and Management

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: June 12, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn from Christine Preziosi about event planning and management.

Project Management Essentials

American Library Association Core Webinar: June 4, 2024 (Virtual)

(Part 1 of a 2-part Series) From new programs and technology initiatives to events and renovations, library and information professionals can apply the best practices of project management to plan for and deliver more successful projects. Attendees will be introduced to the basic principles of project management and presented with strategies to rally stakeholders, encourage project momentum, and triumph over common project challenges.

How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects

Career Learning: May 31, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn the basics of project management and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.

Implementation Planning

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: May 22, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn about how to implement a strategic plan with Ricky Chilcott.

Closing the Strategy Gap: Creating Alignment with your Strategic Plan

NonProfit Learning Lab: April 29, 2024 (Virtual)

Working with a Project Manager

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: April 24, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn about working with a project manager.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: April 8 - 11, 2024 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects

Career Learning: April 8, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn the basics of project management and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.

Project Management for Nonprofit Communicators

Create Good 2024: April 5, 2024 (Durham, NC)

From new programs and tech implementations to events and promotions, nonprofit communicators can apply the best practices of project management to plan for and deliver more successful projects and initiatives. Learn the basic principles of project management and real-world strategies to help you rally stakeholders, encourage project momentum, and triumph over common project challenges.

Evaluating Project Success

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: March 20, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn about ways to evaluate project success.

Project Budgets

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: Feb 21, 2024 (Virtual)

We’ll talk about developing and managing project budgets.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: FEB 20 - 23, 2024 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Closing the Strategy Gap: Creating Alignment with your Strategic Plan

NonProfit Learning Lab: February 12, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn how to close your organization’s strategy gap! Participants will be introduced to the cause and impact of strategy gaps in nonprofits, along with a framework for assessing your nonprofit’s strategic alignment. We’ll cover simple techniques for creating alignment, including feasibility assessments and simple approval processes. We will also explore creating and implementing more aligned workflows.

4 Library Budgeting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Lyrasis Learning: Jan 25, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn how to avoid common budget mistakes and prepare for budgeting challenges, along with real-world strategies for developing and managing library and program budgets.

Streamlined Strategic Planning

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn when and how to streamline your strategic planning process.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JANUARY 8 - 11, 2024 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies

NonProfit Learning Lab: December 14, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn how to sustain a dynamic planning process that guides, inspires, and empowers. This workshop will cover realistic strategies for infusing plan priorities and goals throughout every level of your organization. From creating shorter-term objectives, continuing to engage your stakeholders and staff, and creating a culture of shared accountability, you can turn your strategic plan into an action plan!

How to Turn Your Strategic Plan into Actions

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: December 4, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn how to turn your nonprofit’s strategic goals into actionable objectives, and incorporate your strategic priorities into programs, projects, and budgets.

AI for Project Management

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn ways to use AI to support your projects.

HR Project Manager Certification

HRWEBADVISOR: Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any organization successfully plan and deliver projects. (This program is valid for 4.0 general recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute and 4.0 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.)

More Agile Teams and Collaborations

North Carolina Library Association Conference: October 20, 2023 (Winston-Salem, NC)

Can a more agile leadership approach cultivate motivation and improve your team's and community's collaborations and outcomes? From "failing fast" and "defining done" to increased transparency and earlier stakeholder feedback, agile strategies can help us build trust, encourage growth, and create more collaborative and effective teams and community relationships.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: October 10 - 13, 2023 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies to help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies

NonProfit Learning Lab: October 10, 2023 (Virtual)

Better Meetings

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: October 4, 2023 ET (Virtual)

Learn about facilitating better meetings with Dr. Curtis Rogers.

Project Initiation (for Project Managers)

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: September 13, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn how to best prepare for project planning.

Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies

NonProfit Learning Lab: August 16, 2023 (Virtual)

PMOs

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: July 19, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn about the value of PMOs with Stacye Brim of STB Consulting.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JULY 11 - 14, 2023 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project mNONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JULY 11 - 14, 2023 (Virtual) anagement basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies

NonProfit Learning Lab: June 22, 2023 (Virtual)

Project Feasibility

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: June 21, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn about strategies for determining the feasibility of your projects.

Project Management for Consultants

Consultants for Libraries & Nonprofit.ist: June 20, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn realistic strategies for applying project management to your consulting work, including five key elements of project management that can be used to plan for and deliver more successful consulting projects.

ChatGPT for Project Managers

HRWebAdvisor: June 8, 2023 (Virtual)

As a project manager, you can use tools like ChatGPT to improve your projects and transform your role. In this webinar, you will be introduced to the ways ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools can help project managers generate ideas and save time. You will learn about the tools available and discover how to coax them to support your project management activities.

5 Key Strategies to Improve Your Projects for Grant Success

Instrumentl: May 17, 2023 (Virtual)

We will explore the crucial elements of successful grant proposals and grant-funded initiatives. Learn how to apply project management best practices, understand the importance of scope, schedule, and deliverables, employ effective communication strategies with stakeholders and team members, and discover the benefits of using Instrumentl to streamline the grant management process. Watch the recording.

Supporting Agile Teams

19th Annual Paraprofessional Conference: May 12, 2023 (Greenville, NC)

Can a more agile approach motivate your library’s teams and improve your projects and outcomes? Attendees will be introduced to the differences between agile and traditional project management approaches, and learn popular agile strategies for managing teams and projects. From "failing fast" and "defining done" to increased transparency, agile strategies can help us support more collaborative and effective teams.

Turning your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan

Amigos Member Conference: May 10, 2023 (Virtual)

Turn your library's strategic plan into an action plan that guides, inspires, and empowers. Learn realistic approaches to sustain a dynamic planning process. Learn strategies to create shorter-term objectives, continue to engage your stakeholders and staff, and create a culture of shared accountability through transparency and progress sharing. Go from strategic plan to action plan and successfully implement your library's strategic goals!

Fundraising Planning and Projects

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: May 10, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn about fundraising planning and projects with Susan Kahan of Sapphire Fundraising Specialists.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: May 2 - 5, 2023 (Virtual)

Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Juggling Multiple Projects

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: April 19, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn about strategies for managing our own time as project managers.

Turning your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan

Nonprofit Learning Lab: April 4, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn realistic approaches to sustain a dynamic planning process. including strategies to create shorter-term objectives, continue to engage your stakeholders and staff, and create a culture of shared accountability through transparency and progress sharing. Go from strategic plan to action plan and successfully implement your nonprofit’s strategic goals!

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: March 15, 2023 (Virtual)

Engaging with Stories

Learn about the importance of stories to projects and planning with David Norris of Proofpact.

Project Templates

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: February 15, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn about the essential templates to use in your projects to save time and create consistency across projects.

HR Project Manager Certification

HRWEBADVISOR: Feb 6-9, 2023 (Virtual)

Human resources leaders at all levels can master the principles and best practices of project management, learning actionable strategies to successfully plan and deliver projects throughout 2023.

Project Initiation

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: January 18, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn how to initiate projects and set your team and stakeholders up for success.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JAN 9 - 12, 2023 (Virtual)

Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects. You can start off the year with a valuable certification that will propel your success throughout 2022.

Agile Approaches for Libraries

LIBRARY LEVER: NOVEMBER 17, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn the differences between popular agile methods, including Kanban boards and sprints, and more traditional project management approaches, and consider how they can be applied in library environments.

Project Workflows

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: NOVEMBER 16, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn how to support success across a portfolio of projects using consistent processes.

Library Project Management Essentials

LIBRARY LEVER: NOVEMBER 10, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn to apply the basic principles of project management and five essential strategies to help them plan for and deliver more successful projects in libraries.

Rescuing your Strategic Plan

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: OCTOBER 19, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn about strategies for rescuing your outdated or irrelevant strategic plan.

Panel Q&A with Three Experts

THE SUMMIT: OCTOBER 13, 2022 (Virtual)

Janet Cobb, Susan Kahan, and Jami Yazdani will answer questions about donor tools and approaches, technology, strategy, and community.

How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects

EDUCATIONADMINWEBADVISOR: SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn the basics of project management and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.

Project Sustainability

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn about when and how to consider the sustainability of our project’s outcomes.

Project Planning

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: August 17, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn about integrating the 5 key elements of projects for mission-driven organizations into one project plan.

Project Management Essentials for Library Professionals

SLA 2022 Annual Conference: Jul 31, 2022 (Charlotte, NC)

Library professionals at all levels can apply key elements of project management to support more effective teams and deliver successful outcomes for their organizations.

Project Communication

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: July 20, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn about planning for and managing your project’s communications.

HR Project Manager Certification

HRWEBADVISOR: Jul 12 - 15, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any organization successfully plan and deliver projects.

Project Stakeholders

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: JUNE 15, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn about including, engaging, and managing your project’s stakeholders.

Project Deliverables

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: MAY 18, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn how to define your project’s deliverables and use them to guide your planning and tasks.

HR Project Manager Certification

HRWEBADVISOR: APR 18 - 21, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any organization successfully plan and deliver projects.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: APR 11 - 14, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.

Pre-Conference: Project Management for Library Professionals

AkLA CONFERENCE: February 24, 2022 (Virtual)

This workshop will introduce the principles and best practices of project management and share actionable strategies for planning and delivering successful projects. Library professionals at all levels can learn how to communicate with and rally stakeholders, define a scope, schedule, and outcomes to encourage project momentum, and triumph over common project challenges.

Project Scope

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: February 16, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn the importance of project scope in engaging stakeholders and maintaining focus.

Project Management For Administrative Professionals

CareerLearning: Feb 10, 2022 (Virtual)

Professionals at all levels can apply project management principles and best practices to improve projects, programs, and collaborations. Learn how to use scope, schedule, and deliverable planning to create a shared purpose, marshal diverse stakeholders, and encourage project momentum.

What Agile Project Management can teach us about Teams and Planning

LYRASIS: FEB 8, 2022 (Virtual)

From Kanban boards to sprints and scrum masters, “agile” project management approaches are increasingly popular and often integrated into project management tools and templates. But how is agile project management different from traditional project management? And should we be implementing agile methods in our library and archival environments?

Top 4 Nonprofit Budget Blunders And How To Avoid Them

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: Feb 3, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn how to fix common budget mistakes and prepare for the challenges 2022 has in store. From funding requests and justifications to budget development and tracking, you will leave this webinar ready to refine your budget and use it throughout the year.

Project Management for Library and Archival Professionals

LYRASIS: FEB 1 - 2, 2022 (Virtual)

Do your project plans unravel once a project gets going and your project team starts meeting? Are your project outcomes delayed or dramatically different from your initial plans? Attendees were introduced to the basic principles of project management and offered actionable strategies that can help them plan for and deliver successful projects.

Strategy Aligned Project Management

Webinar with IYCON: Jan 26, 2022 (Virtual)

Learn how to align your organization's projects with your strategic priorities. In this free webinar, Jami Yazdani and IYCON CEO Jude Chagas Pereira will offer practical techniques for aligning projects and organizational strategy. From project planning and assessment to project tracking and management, attendees will be introduced to strategies and tools for closing the gap between projects and organizational strategy, and for supporting more agile and impactful planning. Register here to access the session recording.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JAN 18 - 21, 2022(Virtual)

HR Project Manager Certification

HRWEBADVISOR: JAN 17 - 20, 2022 (Virtual)

Human resources leaders at all levels can master the principles and best practices of project management, learning actionable strategies to successfully plan and deliver projects throughout 2022.

Team Retrospectives

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: DECEMBER 15, 2021 (Virtual)

Learn ways to use retrospectives to strengthen your teams.

From Strategic Plan to Action Plan

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: NOVEMBER 17, 2021 (Virtual)

Learn about realistic strategies for successfully implementing your strategic goals.

7 Best Last-Minute Ways To Rescue Your Nonprofit’s 2021 Strategic Plan

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: NOVEMBER 10, 2021 (Virtual)

Successfully turn your nonprofit’s strategic goals into actionable objectives and incorporate your strategic priorities into programs and projects before year-end.

What Agile Means for Teams & Planning

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: OCTOBER 20, 2021 (Virtual)

Which agile principles are most useful in leading projects, teams, and planning.

Pre-Conference: Project Management for Library Professionals: Projects, Collaborations, and More

NCLA & SELA 64TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 18 - 22, 2021 (Virtual)

In this 3 hour session, library professionals at all levels learned the principles and best practices of project management and how to use proactive planning and intentional communication to improve projects and a wide variety of collaborations.

Recorded Session: From Strategic Plan to Action Plan

NCLA & SELA 64TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 18 - 22, 2021 (Virtual)

Attendees learned realistic strategies for going from strategic plan to action plan, including how to successfully implement your library’s strategic goals using shorter-term objectives and to continue to engage your stakeholders and staff, creating a culture of shared accountability, through more transparent communication.

What Agile Project Management can teach us about Teams and Planning

LYRASIS: OCTOBER 14, 2021 (Virtual)

Problem-solving Meeting Agendas

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: SEPT 15, 2021 (Virtual)

How to use meeting agendas to solve problems and address team challenges.

Top 4 Nonprofit Budget Blunders And How To Avoid Them

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: SEPT 14, 2021 (Virtual)

Learn how to avoid common budget mistakes and prepare for budgeting challenges. From funding requests and justifications to budget development and tracking, you will leave this webinar ready to strategically craft and manage your 2022 budget.

Project Management for Library and Archival Professionals

LYRASIS: AUG 31 - SEPT 1, 2021 (Virtual)

Stakeholder Engagement

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: AUGUST 18, 2021 (Virtual)

Simple strategies for engaging with our community of stakeholders during strategic planning and when managing projects.

More Successful Teams and Collaborations

SLA 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: AUGUST 11, 2021 (Virtual)

Whether leading a team or project, chairing a committee, or trying to keep a meeting on track, project management principles can be used to support trust, inclusion, and vulnerability among team members, and guide diverse groups towards a shared vision of success.

8 Hacks That Helped Me Manage Grant Budgets

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: AUGUST 4, 2021 (VIRTUAL) & AUGUST 19, 2021 (Virtual)

Grant funding is critical to your nonprofit’s programs and success, but managing grant budgets can become complicated and unwieldy. From application to tracking expenses to reporting, learn simple strategies to make managing your grant budgets more efficient and effective.

Easy Ways to Engage Stakeholders in Post-Pandemic Strategic Plans

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JULY 13, 2021 (Virtual)

While writing a strategic plan in an afternoon in our office or at our next board meeting is tempting, it's really not ideal. Strategic planning should be a community effort, not a leadership activity! Learn simple strategies for including donors, board members, staff, partners, and your community in strategic planning.

Building Teams that Work

ALA CORE LEARNING WEBINAR: MAY 19, 2021 (Virtual)

In this session, participants will be asked to broadly consider how they define teams within their libraries and will be introduced to the factors that make teams successful, strong, effective, and resilient. Participants will learn how to support trust and vulnerability among team members, communicate effectively to reach team consensus, and recognize and celebrate team successes and failures.

Level Up Your Projects and Collaborations

JMT CONSULTING: MAY 11, 2021 (Virtual)

Want to foster collaboration and consensus while keeping board members, colleagues, volunteers, and staff focused on a common goal? Nonprofit leaders at all levels can apply project management best practices to projects and other collaborative endeavors to ensure successful outcomes. Whether leading a project or program, chairing a committee, or trying to keep a board meeting on track, project management principles can be used to guide diverse groups and bring the focus back to a shared vision of success.

Project Management for Financial Institutions Certification

BANKERSWEB: APRIL 26 - 29, 2021 (Virtual)

Financial institution leaders at all levels can use proactive planning and intentional communication to improve their projects, programs, and collaborations in face-to-face and virtual environments. Develop skills to drive teamwork and improve outcomes via an engaging series of four webinars packed with proven techniques that you can implement immediately.

HR Project Manager Certification

HRWEBADVISOR: MARCH 16 - 19, 2021 (Virtual)

Human resources leaders at all levels can use proactive planning and intentional communication to improve their projects, programs, and collaborations in face-to-face and virtual environments. Master the principles and best practices of project management via an engaging series of four webinars packed with proven techniques that you can implement immediately.

Project Management For Nonprofits: Successful Projects And Beyond (Certification)

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: MARCH 8 - 17, 2021 (Virtual)

Nonprofit leaders at all levels can use proactive planning and intentional communication to improve their projects, programs, and collaborations in face-to-face and virtual environments. Master the principles and best practices of project management via an engaging series of four webinars packed with proven techniques that you can implement immediately.

Strategic Planning: A Simple 6-Step Process

FLORIDA LIBRARY WEBINARS: FEBRUARY 4, 2021 (Virtual)

By building on a simple 6-step process and exploring their reasons for planning, libraries of all sizes can lead a planning process that fits their needs and environment. With transparency and a focus on implementation, this simple planning approach can even create a culture of shared responsibility for achieving plan goals, support plan flexibility, and result in real change throughout the organization.

Project Management For Nonprofits: Successful Projects And Beyond (Certification)

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JANUARY 20 - 29, 2021 (Virtual)

Using Project Management Principles to Ensure Successful Collaborations

2020 NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS CONFERENCE: DECEMBER 10, 2020 (Virtual)

Whether leading a project, chairing a committee, or trying to keep a board meeting on track, project management principles can guide diverse groups and maintain the focus on a shared vision of success. Nonprofit professionals were offered actionable ideas for improving the effectiveness of collaborative projects and for working better within and across diverse groups.

Teams That Work: Strategies For Supporting Successful Collaborations

NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: NOVEMBER 11, 2020 (Virtual)

Nonprofit leaders were introduced to the factors that encourage team trust, purpose, and engagement. Participants learned actionable techniques that support team effectiveness and success.

Successful Teams and Collaborations

CISNC VIRTUAL IMPACT CONFERENCE 2020: OCTOBER 15, 2020 (Virtual)

K-12 education professionals and leaders were introduced to the factors that encourage team inclusion, strength, and resilience, and the basic project management principles that support effectiveness and success.

Raising Our Voice for Our Own Professional Journey: Personal Advocacy for Professional Goals

VWHE Summer 2020 Virtual Workshop Series: July 22, 2020 (Virtual)

Higher education professionals learned the importance of personal advocacy for professional goals and were introduced to techniques and actionable strategies for articulating their own value, cultivating a support network, and advocating for their own professional journey.

Staying (Virtually) Connected to your Donors

Sipping Tea with Sabrina: July 22, 2020 (Virtual)

Live discussion about staying connected to donors and virtual fundraising on the Sipping Tea with Sabrina series.

Supporting Successful Collaborations: Teams, Projects, and More

Discussion Series: Every Tuesday in June 2020 (Virtual)

A series of small group discussions about leading effective teams, projects, and meetings.

Supporting Successful Collaborations During and After COVID-19

Discussion Session: May 14, 2020 (Virtual)

A small group discussion of challenges to and strategies for pivoting and maintaining our collaborative projects and initiatives during and after the pandemic.

Advocating for Ourselves: Optimizing Our Professional Journeys

Amigos Member Conference: May 13, 2020 (Virtual)

Participants learned about the importance of personal advocacy for professional goals and were introduced to techniques for articulating their strengths and value, and actionable strategies for advocacy and optimizing their careers.

Using Project Management Principles to Ensure Successful Collaborations

The Exchange: May 8, 2020 (Virtual)

Leaders at all levels can learn how to apply project management principles and best practices to projects, committees, and other collaborative endeavors to ensure successful outcomes.

Beyond Spending: An Introduction to Strategic Budgeting

Webinar: April 8, 2020 (Virtual)

Budgets are about more than spending: strategically crafted budgets articulate your priorities. In this short webinar, attendees were introduced to strategic budgeting and our "POP" approach to budget planning, and how to apply zero-based budgeting to justify your funding needs.

Advocating for Ourselves: Optimizing Our Professional Journeys

CSLA Summit: November 14, 2019 (Concord, NC)

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Selected Academic Conference Presentations

(2018, May). Co-presenter, Low Cost and No Cost Textbook Solutions: Developing a VSCS Open Education Resources Infrastructure. Vermont State Colleges Academic Retreat: Castleton, VT.
(2016, October). Presenter, Library Instruction Assessment through Faculty and Academic Support Collaborations. Vermont Library Association’s College & Special Libraries Fall Conference: Castleton, VT.
(2015, May). Co-presenter, Leading Ladies: The Challenges and Opportunities of Acting Positions. 2015 Virginia Network State Conference: Richmond, VA.
(2015, January). Co-presenter, Connections to Support Teaching and Learning: Building a Bridge with the LTR. 2015 Power Up Your Pedagogy Conference: Annandale, VA.
(2014, April). Co-Presenter, Big Dreams and Learning at Your Fingertips: (Blackboard) Modules for Student Success. 2014 VCCS New Horizons Conference: Roanoke, VA.
(2010, June). Co-Presenter, Who's driving the technology bandwagon - the users or the librarians? 2010 American Library Association Annual Conference: Washington, D.C.
(2008, October). Co-Presenter, Should Librarians Have a Seat at the Table? Faculty Status for Academic Librarians and the Role Librarians Play in Faculty Governance. Faculty Governance in Higher Education Conference: University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA.
(2008, July). Co-Presenter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, or How Not to Build a Digital Image Archive. 2008 Mid-Atlantic Digital Library Conference: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA.
(2008, May). Co-Presenter, From Boring to Blogging: Transforming LIBS101. 2008 UMW Faculty Technology Academy: Fredericksburg, VA