1) Preview Continuing Education 2010
2) A Little Christmas Cheer
3) Meetings / Events This Week
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1) Preview Continuing Education 2010
There’s a new year looming and we feel like Santa’s elves planning continuing education classes for 2010. Somewhat surprisingly, people often ask if they can attend classes originating at other LSAs and the answer is—you bet! Continuing education is without borders, so by all means—browse the c.e. catalog and register for any classes that best meet your learning needs and interests.
Here’s a sneak peek at workshops from Northwest LSA coming in 2010:
The FOR RESULTS Series comes back = Online 9:30AM—11:30AM
Jan 15 = Planning For Results
Jan 29 = Policies For Results
Feb 12 = Facilities For Results
Board Development Series: The Board’s Role in HR = Online 6:00PM—7:30PM
Feb 2 = Recruitment & Retention
Feb 9 = Compensation & Benefits
Feb 16 = Staff Development
Mar 2 = Performance Evaluation
Mar 9 = Staff Relations
Jan 21 = 3rd Annual Iowa Small Libraries Online Conference
Feb 9 = Career Reading Roundtable discusses The Civility Solution
Feb 24 = New Children & YA Literature Booktalks over the ICN
April = Career Reading Roundtable discusses Presentation Zen
May 12-13 = C.E. Jamboree @ Storm Lake
June = Career Reading Roundtable discusses The Outliers
More detailed descriptions coming in next week’s EYE- OPENER. The Jan-Feb-Mar programs are in the c.e. catalog, so browse there for online registration. We’re loading up online training in the winter months because when the weather is at its coldest, online learning has lots of warm appeal!
2) A Little Christmas Cheer
Only 4 days left…if you feel the need to de-stress, then take a break with visits to these fun websites loaded with Christmas cheer!
Pandora www.pandora.com Jean shared this one with us. It’s Internet radio—and customizable. Type in the artist, song, or style of music that you like, and Pandora creates a radio station that plays only your favorites. Start with Christmas tunes to get in the spirit.
All Things Christmas www.allthingschristmas.com Brush up on the origins of Christmas traditions, find recipes, gift-party-decorating ideas. Click the audio playlist to play music in the background while browsing the site…easy to get lose track of time at this one.
Holidays at Kaboose http://holidays.kaboose.com Fun online Christmas games here, like Evil Elves, Snowball Toss, and Holiday Endurance…plus recipes, crafts, and party ideas.
The North Pole http://www.northpole.com/ this is an award-winning website and family-friendly. Kids can write letters or emails to Santa, find Christmas stories and coloring pages, play online games, and even start a “good deed” calendar to ensure they’ll end up on Santa’s nice list.
Popular Front http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/ This one comes from Ann Schlapkohl at Manson Public Library; they’ve had big fun using this website with kids. Make your own snowflake online and email to a friend. To date, over 9 million snowflakes created—it’s cool fun!
Elf Yourself http://www.elfyourself.com/ My personal favorite—I learned about this one from my dopey nephew, who sent his Christmas cards this way last year. Load digital photos of yourself, kids, or pets, add same to dancing elf bodies and voila—you’ve just elfed yourself some funny season’s greetings. We used Elf Yourself last week—check out our 2009 Elf Dance. It awhile to load in, but it’s worth the wait. Be sure to turn up your speakers, because we’re in good voice!
3) Meetings / Events This Week
Christmas week finds Northwest LSA office closed on Thursday and Friday December 24 and 25. From Janie, Jean, and myself, wishing all of you a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2010!
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