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Full-Day Pre-Conferences
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
(8:30am–5pm)
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Pre-conferences are not included in the 2006 conference registration fee.
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Prospecting for Gold: Effective Fundraising Strategies $50 WLA Member/$65 Non-Member Jeanne Thorsen (KCLS Foundation), Terry Collings and Jonna Ward(SPL Foundation) and Nancy Patton (Sno-Isle Libraries) will discuss fundraising as an option for enhancing revenue in these challenging economic times. This program will include information on: the “big picture” for fundraising today, annual giving, planned giving, special events, how Friends and Foundations fit in, how to raise money for special projects and how to be good stewards of donated funds. Sponsored by WLFFTA.
Rev Up Your Online Services: Blogs, RSS, Wikis and other Dynamic and Low-cost Technologies $25 WLA Member/$40 Non-Member Jenny Levine (Suburban Library System–Illinois) and Michael Stephens (St. Joseph County Library–Indiana) will explore how blogs, RSS, wikis and social bookmark managers can be used to offer a more dynamic, useful web site for your patrons. They’ll also examine how new applications of Virtual Reference can be used to reach patrons where they are online. These are no or low-cost tools that can be implemented by any sized library right now! Sponsored by TRIP, NexGenWa and the Washington State Library.
Corrective Action and Progressive Discipline: A Skill for New, and Not-so-New, Supervisors $50 WLA Member/$65 Non-Member Lin Schnell, Human Resources Director at the Seattle Public Library will discuss one of the most dreaded roles as a supervisor: addressing serious employee work-related performance or behavior problems. This workshop provides the skills needed to make sound decisions about and to lawfully implement corrective action and employee discipline. Sponsored by WALT and SAM. |
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WLA reserves the
right to cancel pre-conferences based on insufficient registrations. |