Events

Upcoming

Successful Strategic Planning

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: September 17, 2025, at 1 pm ET

We'll talk with Katherine Turner about successful strategic planning in chaotic times.

HR Project Manager Certification

Career Learning: Sept. 29 - October 2, 2025, at 1 pm ET

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.)

Project Management for Library Professionals

ALA Core Classroom: October 9 - November 13, 2025 (Virtual)

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. The course includes asynchronous content over 5 weeks with 3 60-minute live sessions.

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Past Events

5 Key Strategies to Improve Your Fundraising Projects

DonorDock: September 10, 2025 (Virtual)

Learn five practical strategies you can plug in right away to calm scope creep, keep timelines honest, and get everyone rowing in the same direction.

Turn your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan

CALCON: September 5, 2025 (Breckenridge, CO)

Turn your library’s strategic plan into an action plan that guides, inspires, and empowers. In this session, learn to bridge the gap between strategic vision and practical implementation to effectively achieve your organization's strategic goals and create a roadmap for the future.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning: August 25-28, 2025 (Virtual)

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

Project Meeting Rescue

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: August 20, 2025 (Virtual)

We learned about how to address common project meeting challenges.

Tackling Project Management Challenges

Career Learning: July 25, 2025 (Virtual)

Struggling to run successful projects? Dive into five common project management challenges and learn actionable strategies to overcome them. Learn how to create buy-in, enhance team meetings and communication, and maximize the effectiveness of your project management tools.

Avoiding Burnout

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: June 18, 2025 (Virtual)

We talked with Rebecca Marchiafava about avoiding burnout.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning: June 9 - 12, 2025 (Virtual)

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

Pause & Ponder: Elevating Library Training with Reflective Activities

ALA Learning Round Table Virtual Training Showcase: June 2-6, 2025 (Virtual)

Learn how to use reflective questions and activities in training to deepen understanding and help learners translate knowledge into practice.

AI for Library Project Management

NCLA RASS Spring Mini-Conference: May 30, 2025 (Virtual)

Learn practical ways project managers can leverage AI to generate ideas and create initial drafts of project plans, documents, and communications.

Successful Project Teams

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: May 21, 2025 (Virtual)

Learn about the factors that create successful project teams.

Turning your Strategic Plan into an Action Plan

Lyrasis Learning: April 29, 2025 (Virtual)

Turn your library’s strategic plan into an action plan that guides, inspires, and empowers. In this session, attendees will learn realistic strategies for sustaining a dynamic planning process. Go from strategic plan to action plan and successfully implement your organization’s strategic goals.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning: April 22 - 25, 2025 (Virtual)

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

HR Project Manager Certification

Career Learning: April 14 - 17, 2025 (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.)

Change Management

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: April 9, 2025 (Virtual)

We talked with Veronica LaFemina about managing change.

Simple Strategic Planning

Lyrasis Learning: April 8, 2025 (Virtual)

Spend less time planning and more time taking action! In this session, we'll introduce a simplified approach to strategic planning that emphasizes flexibility, transparency, and inclusiveness.

3 Common Project Mistakes

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: March 26, 2025 (Virtual)

Learn how to fix three common project management mistakes.

Master Project Success: Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes

Career Learning: March 11, 2025 (Virtual)

Struggling with delayed deliverables and chaotic meetings? Uncover the five common mistakes holding your projects back and gain actionable strategies to overcome them. Learn how to engage stakeholders, boost team communication, and build project plans that actually work.

Project Manager CAPM® Certification Training

Career Learning: February 20 - March 27, 2025 (Virtual)

This CAPM® certification course gives you the necessary 23 hours and PMI-certified course materials to get you ready for the CAPM exam and teaches you the skills you need to lead any project effectively or work exclusively as a project manager.

Strategic Planning for Greater Impact for Consultants

Nonprofit.ist & Consultants for Libraries: February 8, 2025 (Virtual)

In this highly engaging and practical session, Katherine Turner, Founding President of Global Citizen, LLC, and Jami Yazdani will introduce you to the why and how of strategic planning and lead you through a high-level strategic planning process tailored for small consulting and coaching businesses.

Closing the Strategy Gap

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: January 22, 2025 (Virtual)

Learn about how to assess and maintain strategic alignment.

Project Management for Library Professionals

ALA Core Classroom: January 13 - February 7, 2025 (Virtual)

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. The course includes asynchronous content over 4 weeks with 4 60-minute live sessions.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning NonProfits: December 16 - 19, 2024 (Virtual)

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

Website and Design Projects

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

We talked with Seth Giammanco about managing website and design projects.

Managing Program Development Projects

Impactful Projects & Planning Series: October 16, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn about managing program development projects.

Project Management For Nonprofits Certification

Career Learning: October 7 - 10, 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: October 7, 2024 (Virtual)

You’ll be introduced to the basics of project management, offering essential and actionable strategies to help you plan for and successfully deliver a wide variety of projects.

Earned Value Management in Projects

Career Learning NonProfits: October 4, 2024 (Virtual)

Learn actionable strategies for estimating, budgeting, and controlling costs to maintain expenses throughout the nonprofit project lifecycle.

HR Project Manager Certification

Career Learning Human Resources: October 1 - 4, 2024

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.)

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.

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