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NonProfit Learning Lab: June 22, 2023 (Virtual)
Converting Your Strategic Plan into Actionable Strategies
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!
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: June 21, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Feasibility
Learn about strategies for determining the feasibility of your projects.
Consultants for Libraries & Nonprofit.ist: June 20, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management for Consultants
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.
HRWebAdvisor: June 8, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
ChatGPT for Project Managers
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.
Instrumentl: May 17, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
5 Key Strategies to Improve Your Projects for Grant Success
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.
19th Annual Paraprofessional Conference: May 12, 2023 (Greenville, NC)
Supporting Agile Teams
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.
Amigos Member Conference: May 10, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Turning your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan
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!
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: May 10, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Fundraising Planning and Projects
Learn about fundraising planning and projects with Susan Kahan of Sapphire Fundraising Specialists.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: May 2 - 5, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Gain a valuable certification and learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: April 19, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Juggling Multiple Projects
Learn about strategies for managing our own time as project managers.
Nonprofit Learning Lab: April 4, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Turning your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan
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 MICROTRAINING: March 15, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Engaging with Stories
Learn about the importance of stories to projects and planning with David Norris of Proofpact.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: February 15, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Templates
Learn about the essential templates to use in your projects to save time and create consistency across projects.
HRWEBADVISOR: Feb 6-9, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
HR Project Manager Certification
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.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: January 18, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Initiation
Learn how to initiate projects and set your team and stakeholders up for success.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JAN 9 - 12, 2023 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
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.
LIBRARY LEVER: NOVEMBER 17, 2022 AT 2PM ET (VIRTUAL)
Agile Approaches for Libraries
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.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: NOVEMBER 16, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Workflows
Learn how to support success across a portfolio of projects using consistent processes.
LIBRARY LEVER: NOVEMBER 10, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Library Project Management Essentials
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.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: OCTOBER 19, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Rescuing your Strategic Plan
Learn about strategies for rescuing your outdated or irrelevant strategic plan.
THE SUMMIT: OCTOBER 13, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Panel Q&A with Three Experts
Janet Cobb, Susan Kahan, and Jami Yazdani will answer questions about donor tools and approaches, technology, strategy, and community.
EDUCATIONADMINWEBADVISOR: SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
How to Manage Your Higher Education Projects
Learn the basics of project management and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Sustainability
Learn about when and how to consider the sustainability of our project’s outcomes.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: August 17, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Planning
Learn about integrating the 5 key elements of projects for mission-driven organizations into one project plan.
SLA 2022 Annual Conference: Jul 31, 2022 (Charlotte, NC)
Project Management Essentials for Library Professionals
Library professionals at all levels can apply key elements of project management to support more effective teams and deliver successful outcomes for their organizations.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: July 20, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Communication
Learn about planning for and managing your project’s communications.
HRWEBADVISOR: Jul 12 - 15, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
HR Project Manager Certification
Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any organization successfully plan and deliver projects.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: JUNE 15, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Stakeholders
Learn about including, engaging, and managing your project’s stakeholders.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: MAY 18, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Deliverables
Learn how to define your project’s deliverables and use them to guide your planning and tasks.
HRWEBADVISOR: APR 18 - 21, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
HR Project Manager Certification
Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any organization successfully plan and deliver projects.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: APR 11 - 14, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
Learn project management basics and actionable strategies that can help any nonprofit successfully plan and deliver projects.
AkLA CONFERENCE: February 24, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Pre-Conference: Project Management for Library Professionals
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.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: February 16, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Scope
Learn the importance of project scope in engaging stakeholders and maintaining focus.
CareerLearning: Feb 10, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Administrative Professionals
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.
LYRASIS: FEB 8, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
What Agile Project Management can teach us about Teams and Planning
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?
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: Feb 3, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Top 4 Nonprofit Budget Blunders And How To Avoid Them
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.
LYRASIS: FEB 1 - 2, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management for Library and Archival Professionals
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.
Webinar with IYCON: Jan 26, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Strategy Aligned Project Management
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.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JAN 18 - 21, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits Certification
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.
HRWEBADVISOR: JAN 17 - 20, 2022 (VIRTUAL)
HR Project Manager Certification
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.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: DECEMBER 15, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Team Retrospectives
Learn ways to use retrospectives to strengthen your teams.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: NOVEMBER 17, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
From Strategic Plan to Action Plan
Learn about realistic strategies for successfully implementing your strategic goals.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: NOVEMBER 10, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
7 Best Last-Minute Ways To Rescue Your Nonprofit’s 2021 Strategic Plan
Successfully turn your nonprofit’s strategic goals into actionable objectives and incorporate your strategic priorities into programs and projects before year-end.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: OCTOBER 20, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
What Agile Means for Teams & Planning
Which agile principles are most useful in leading projects, teams, and planning.
NCLA & SELA 64TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 18 - 22, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Pre-Conference: Project Management for Library Professionals: Projects, Collaborations, and More
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
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.
LYRASIS: OCTOBER 14, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
What Agile Project Management can teach us about Teams and Planning
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?
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: SEPT 15, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Problem-solving Meeting Agendas
How to use meeting agendas to solve problems and address team challenges.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: SEPT 14, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Top 4 Nonprofit Budget Blunders And How To Avoid Them
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.
LYRASIS: AUG 31 - SEPT 1, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management for Library and Archival Professionals
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.
IMPACTFUL PROJECTS & PLANNING MICROTRAINING: AUGUST 18, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Stakeholder Engagement
Simple strategies for engaging with our community of stakeholders during strategic planning and when managing projects.
SLA 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: AUGUST 11, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
More Successful Teams and Collaborations
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.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: AUGUST 4, 2021 (VIRTUAL) & AUGUST 19, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
8 Hacks That Helped Me Manage Grant Budgets
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.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JULY 13, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Easy Ways to Engage Stakeholders in Post-Pandemic Strategic Plans
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.
ALA CORE LEARNING WEBINAR: MAY 19, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Building Teams that Work
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.
JMT CONSULTING: MAY 11, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Level Up Your Projects and Collaborations
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.
BANKERSWEB: APRIL 26 - 29, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management for Financial Institutions Certification
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.
HRWEBADVISOR: MARCH 16 - 19, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
HR Project Manager Certification
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.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: MARCH 8 - 17, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits: Successful Projects And Beyond (Certification)
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.
FLORIDA LIBRARY WEBINARS: FEBRUARY 4, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Strategic Planning: A Simple 6-Step Process
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.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: JANUARY 20 - 29, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
Project Management For Nonprofits: Successful Projects And Beyond (Certification)
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.
2020 NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR NONPROFITS CONFERENCE: DECEMBER 10, 2020 (VIRTUAL)
Using Project Management Principles to Ensure Successful Collaborations
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.
NONPROFITWEBADVISOR: NOVEMBER 11, 2020 (VIRTUAL)
Teams That Work: Strategies For Supporting Successful Collaborations
Nonprofit leaders were introduced to the factors that encourage team trust, purpose, and engagement. Participants learned actionable techniques that support team effectiveness and success.
CISNC VIRTUAL IMPACT CONFERENCE 2020: OCTOBER 15, 2020 (VIRTUAL)
Successful Teams and Collaborations
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.
VWHE Summer 2020 Virtual Workshop Series: July 22, 2020 (Virtual)
Raising Our Voice for Our Own Professional Journey: Personal Advocacy for Professional Goals
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.
Sipping Tea with Sabrina: July 22, 2020 (Virtual)
Staying (Virtually) Connected to your Donors
Live discussion about staying connected to donors and virtually fundraising on the Sipping Tea with Sabrina series.
Discussion Series: Every Tuesday in June 2020 (Virtual)
Supporting Successful Collaborations: Teams, Projects, and More
A series of small group discussions about leading effective teams, projects, and meetings.
Discussion Session: May 14, 2020 (Virtual)
Supporting Successful Collaborations During and After COVID-19
A small group discussion of challenges to and strategies for pivoting and maintaining our collaborative projects and initiatives during and after the pandemic.
Amigos member conference: May 13, 2020 (Virtual)
Advocating for Ourselves: Optimizing Our Professional Journeys
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.
The Exchange: May 8, 2020 (Virtual)
Using Project Management Principles to Ensure Successful Collaborations
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.
Webinar: April 8, 2020 (Virtual)
Beyond Spending: An Introduction to Strategic Budgeting
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.
CSLA Summit: November 14, 2019 (Concord, NC)
Advocating for Ourselves: Optimizing Our Professional Journeys
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.
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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