Welcome to the Upcoming Events page, where we showcase Georgia's in-person and online continuing education opportunities sponsored by GPLS and associated organizations. These opportunities are tailored to meet the needs of our busy professionals, and most sessions are recorded and archived for later viewing.
Whether you're looking to sharpen your skills, learn new techniques, or explore new areas of interest, our continuing education offerings have something for everyone. Our experienced presenters are committed to helping you achieve your goals, and we provide a supportive and collaborative learning environment to ensure your success.
So why wait? Register to attend the listed events and start learning. We look forward to helping you achieve your full potential.
What's Up Wednesday: AI for Librarians: Saving Time and Boosting Efficiency
Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 10 am Eastern (7 am Pacific | 8 am Mountain | 9 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Indiana State Library
Discover how AI can automate repetitive tasks, improve workflow efficiency, and enhance library services. Explore tools for automated metadata tagging, chatbots for patron assistance, and AI-driven content curation to free up time for high-value tasks.
Disaster Planning. Realities of Response and Recovery
Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 12 pm Eastern (9 am Pacific | 10 am Mountain | 11 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Network of the National Library of Medicine
This 90-minute panel discussion brings together librarians from a variety of settings—public and academic to share candid stories from the front lines of disaster response and recovery. Panelists will discuss what happened in the immediate aftermath, how decisions were made under pressure, and the ways staff, leadership, and community partners worked together to restore services. Instead of focusing solely on best practices, this conversation will highlight the real-world challenges, tough decisions, and surprising moments of innovation that emerged in the wake of natural disasters, weather events, and other crises. Attendees will gain practical insights and takeaways they can adapt to their own settings to help prepare for the unexpected, respond effectively, and recover with resilience.
Agility in the Fog
Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Niche Academy
In today’s rapidly changing world, nonprofit leaders are constantly faced with unpredictable challenges and uncertainty. Whether navigating through program crises, financial turbulence, or organizational change, the ability to lead with confidence, clarity, humility, and humor is more important than ever.
This webinar will explore key strategies for leading teams and organizations—regardless of size, location, or mission—through times of ambiguity. You’ll leave with practical tools to make informed decisions, foster resilience, and maintain a clear sense of direction.
Join Kari Anderson, Principal with Incite! Consulting for an empowering hour that equips leaders with the mindset and skills needed to not just survive, but thrive in times of uncertainty. Whether you are an experienced leader or new to a leadership role, this session will provide valuable tools to enhance your leadership capabilities and ensure long-term success in volatile times.
During the webinar, we’ll discuss real-world case studies, leadership frameworks, and actionable insights. Webinar attendees will learn how to:
Adapt their leadership style to shifting circumstances and emerging challenges
Build trust and engagement with teams during times of change
Cultivate agility and resilience within themselves and their organizations
Make bold, yet calculated, decisions in the face of uncertainty
Communicate effectively and inspire confidence in others when the path forward is unclear
Trauma-Informed Programming: Using Mindfulness to Create Safe Space
Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
This one-hour webinar will give you a brief overview of what it means to experience trauma and how it manifests. We will discuss ways to help your staff and your physical spaces be more trauma-sensitive, including topics such as sensory issues and architecture, self-defense, mindfulness, self-care, non-violent intervention, and mental health first aid training.
We will practice looking at a space with our trauma glasses on. We'll also explore different populations that may be living with trauma and how to make programs accessible for everyone.
Using mindfulness techniques, we will also ask ourselves some tough questions about our own coping skills and what trauma we may be bringing to the workplace and how to greet ourselves and others with kindness and compassion.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Super Searchers and Meet LEO
Time: Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PLA/ALA
The ease with which misinformation can be created and spread online endangers everyday discourse—and libraries are uniquely suited to help counteract its negative effects. Google has created a new set of tools for evaluating material found online, making it easier to think critically about the veracity of digital information right at the point of search. New this year are additional tools to help library workers guide parents, caregivers and educators in safely navigating online with their children. Library consultant Toby Greenwalt demonstrates the capabilities of Super Searchers and Meet LEO and showcases potential applications in the library workspace. The same content will be presented in multiple webinars through September 2025, so you only need to participate once.
Overcoming Your Biggest Leadership Challenges
Time: Thursday, September 11, 2025, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific | 1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Training Magazine Network
If you feel stuck in an endless cycle of firefighting—jumping from crisis to crisis without ever stepping back to catch your breath—you're definitely not alone. In this webinar, "Overcoming Your Biggest Leadership Challenges," you'll learn how to shift gears from constant reaction mode to purposeful, proactive leadership. We’ll explore practical ways you can reclaim control over your workday, prioritize tasks that drive real strategic value, and develop healthy habits that bring clarity and balance to your leadership and life.
Leveraging Library Data to Advocate Value
Time: Monday, September 15, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
ASERL
This session focuses on using data to advocate for libraries by highlighting their role in student achievement, digital literacy, and equitable access. Participants will explore strategies for collecting, analyzing, and presenting data through tools like Looker Studio and AI-driven analytics to create visual reports, dashboards, and infographics that resonate with stakeholders.
A Pure Belpré Picture Book Celebration!
Time: Monday, September 15, 2025, 3:30 pm Eastern (12:30 pm Pacific | 1:30 pm Mountain | 2:30 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
Are you ready to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in your Library? Join three Pura Belpré honor author-illustrators, Eliza Kinkz (Papa's Magical Water-Jug Clock), Carlos Aponte (Across the Bay), and Zeke Peña (My Papi Has a Motorcycle), as they share their processes, inspirations, and the cultural significance of their newest picture books (Mistaco, Precious, and Sundust) during this one-hour Booklist webinar on Monday, September 15. Then stay tuned to hear about new and upcoming Latine releases from Penguin Young Readers for all ages and readers!
From Marketplace to Libby: 5 Essential Tools to Expand Reach & Save Time
Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 11 am Eastern (8 am Pacific | 9 am Mountain | 10 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
OverDrive
Are you looking to personalize your library’s presence in Libby? Want to reach more users, increase title visibility, and highlight library staff expertise? Join OverDrive for a lively session with real-world examples of five essential Marketplace tools that expand your reach in Libby and save staff time.
In this session, we'll explore:
Campaigns to promote community reads and support library initiatives
Custom notes for titles in Libby with Shelf Talkers
“Smarter” shopping across lending models
Tools to manage patron demand
Lucky Day tips and tricks
Intended audience: This session will benefit public library staff involved in Collection Development or Marketing.
Note: Times shown in Eastern Standard. We understand the timing may not suit everyone but signing up ensures that a recording is sent the day after the live session so you can view at your convenience
Getting Started with Assistive Technology
Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PACER Center
Assistive technology (AT) supports people with disabilities in their daily life, learning, and work. This beginner-friendly webinar will introduce participants to AT and demonstrate a variety of devices and apps that help with communication, focus, organization, and independence. Participants will gain practical ideas and real-life examples of how AT can make a difference in everyday settings.
10 Tips and Tricks for a Successful Grant Seeking Strategy
Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
CharityHowTo
Participating in “10 Tips for a Successful Grant Seeking Strategy” will give you some “insider” tips and tricks from the funder’s perspective that will assist you when working on creating and implementing your grant-seeking strategy. Use the tips discussed in this webinar to ensure that you are putting together highly competitive grant applications and ultimately achieving your desired grant funding success.
Silver Secrets: Practical Preservation for Small and Mid-Sized Collections
Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Connecting to Collections
Whether you’re working in a museum, historical society, archive, or other type of cultural institution, silver objects—including art, jewelry, coins, or decorative items—require specialized care to preserve their integrity and appearance over time. Gain a basic understanding of the properties and vulnerabilities of silver as a material; learn safe cleaning techniques for a variety of silver objects, and understand when professional conservation is recommended; identify appropriate conservation-grade materials for displaying and storing silver, and learn where to source them; recognize common mistakes in silver care and how to avoid them; and explore the nuances of caring for different forms of silver.
Linked Data for Public Libraries: An Introduction
Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific | 1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
WebJunction
You've heard about it and maybe even learned something about it, but still have questions? Join the club! What is linked data? Why is it important? Should public libraries pay attention to it? These and other questions will be answered by OCLC's in-house linked data expert Anne Washington. In addition to sharing the basics about linked data and how it works, Anne will walk through practical applications, and outline how linked data benefits discovery, access, and systems for libraries of all types and sizes. If you are a cataloger, work with the integrated library system and catalog records, or if you are just curious about the next generation of library metadata, join this session to learn more about how linked data impacts libraries and their users.
10 Strategies to Strengthen Family Engagement: From Intention to Action
Time: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 4 pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific | 2 pm Mountain | 3 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
EdWeb
Research shows that when families are engaged, students thrive. Strong family engagement is a must, but it can feel daunting and complex. Where do you start? In this edLeader Panel, Rebecca Honig and Françoise Lartigue from ParentPowered will explore 10 powerful things you can do to ensure strong partnerships with families. From strategies that build trust and mitigate parental anxiety to strengths-based ways you can partner with parents around student learning, they’ll cover highly doable actions you can take to break down barriers and ensure that you’re reaching and engaging ALL families. They’ll also share numerous tools and resources that you can immediately use in your work with families.
Research Impact & Intelligence Services: Providing Expertise
Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 11 am Eastern (8 am Pacific | 9 am Mountain | 10 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
ACRL/Choice 360
Libraries have long excelled at bibliometrics. As institutions adopted research management systems, librarians often participated in selecting and implementing these systems. Building on that success, universities have increased their focus on demonstrating impact in areas like promotion, tenure, research funding, and recruitment. Librarian expertise remains essential, especially as the understanding of impact becomes more complex. Panelists will share their perspectives on how they apply skills in bibliometrics and research management systems to reveal research impact on their campuses.
Mastering Memory for Professional Success
Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
In this fun & interactive program, U.S. Memory Champion, Chester Santos - "The International Man of Memory" will help you to develop life changing memory skills that you can immediately apply to better retaining and recalling valuable information from conference sessions, training classes, and other professional development activities.
You'll also learn how to become a master at remembering names to get more out of the wonderful experience of networking at business events. In addition, you'll find out how to use memory skills to continuously add to your knowledge bank and leverage that increased knowledge toward a creative advantage over AI.
As a result of this program, attendees will learn how to:
Develop powerful memory skills to enhance productivity & increase ROI from training and development efforts
Better remember names to get more out of networking at conferences/meetings and improve relationships
Leverage memory skills to stay competitive in the age of AI
Utilize how human memory works to make messaging and event programming more "memorable"
Trials and Tribulations: Introducing the New Jersey State Library's Efforts to Digitize Historic Court Documents
Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
FDLP
Discover how the New Jersey State Library's Court of Errors and Appeals collection serves a broad range of professional and amateur researchers by providing genealogical records and documenting historic pleas for civil and individual rights. Understand how original source materials can provide deeper understanding of precedent and intent. Learn how to plan for the logistical challenges of large-scale digitization projects and adapt when unanticipated issues arise. Identify best practices for digitizing unique, fragile, and well-worn items.
Using Grant-Funded Projects to Attract New Partners and Funders
Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Public Library Association-ALA
The Public Library Association (PLA) and ALA’s Public Programs Office regularly offer competitive grant opportunities to libraries. This work supports seeding and sharing innovations while building capacity in local libraries. But grant funds are time- and project-limited. In this conversation, hear from past grantees about how they leveraged an ALA award to increase or improve service to their communities, grow partnerships, attract new funding, and sustain key work. ALA and PLA staff will also share their approach to granting and where to look for future opportunities.
Increasing Pathways to Career Development Through Inclusive and Accessible Processes
Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Candid Learning
Learn about the Disability Belongs’™ Leadership Program, a professional development and mentorship initiative specifically for disabled people looking to enter or re-enter the workforce. This session will highlight how universal design principles, one-to-one mentorship, skill-based learning, community building, and advocacy training can support passionate young professionals and empower them to be change-making leaders in the workplace.
The Neuroscience of Customer Testimonials
Time: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific | 1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Training Magazine Network
Why do some customer testimonials spark immediate interest while others fade into the background? When designed effectively, testimonials can build trust, evoke emotion, and impact decision-making. Join Dr. Carmen Simon, Chief Science Officer at Corporate Visions and founder of Enhancive, for a session backed by her groundbreaking neuroscience research. You'll learn 10 essential guidelines for creating customer testimonials that leave a lasting impression. Join us to learn about: Structuring testimonials to convince your audience to view them; The role of emotion in creating audience connection—and how even negative emotion can be a positive tool; The surprising impact of sensory elements, contrast, and cognitive effort on your audiences’ attention and memory while they view testimonials. Through real-world examples, interactive insights, and actionable takeaways, you’ll discover how to transform testimonials into a persuasive tool.
It’s All About Culture: Strategic Plan Implementation and Addressing Power, Fear, and Trust
Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025, 12 pm Eastern (9am Pacific | 10 am Mountain | 11 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Fast Forward Libraries
Your strategic plan tells you what to do — but culture determines how it gets done. In this webinar for library leaders, Amanda, Renee, and Becca will explore how power, fear, and trust shape your ability to lead and implement change. Walk away with strategies to recognize cultural dynamics in real time and engage with them productively. Culture is the key to moving your library’s strategic plan — and your leadership — forward.
Ask Me Anything: All about Nonprofit Boards
Time: Thursday, September 18, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Candid Learning
Join us for a lively and interactive Ask Me Anything session with Christal Cherry, nationally recognized board consultant and founder of The Board Pro. With decades of experience helping nonprofits strengthen governance, engage board members, and drive impact, Christal is ready to share her expertise with you. This is your chance to bring those burning questions—about recruitment, retention, fundraising, or board dynamics—and get candid, practical advice you can put into action right away.
Academic AI Meets Special Collections: Real Stories, Real Impact
Time: Monday, September 22, 2025, 10 am Eastern (7 am Pacific | 8 am Mountain | 9 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Library Journal
In today’s environment of shrinking budgets and increasing demands on library resources, special collections remain one of the most powerful and underutilized assets libraries have to showcase their value. This session will explore how special collections can be leveraged to engage more users, strengthen institutional visibility, and create new opportunities for impact. This webinar provides practical insight into how libraries can unlock the potential of special collections with Academic AI all while maintaining the highest standards of stewardship and librarian expertise. Discover how your library’s most distinctive assets can help it stand out, deepen engagement, and make a lasting impact both academically and financially.
Why Aren't My Google Ad Grants Ads Working?! Fixes, Tips, and Insights
Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 11 am Eastern (8 am Pacific | 9 am Mountain | 10 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Nonprofit Learning Labs
Google offers up to $10,000 per month in free advertising to qualifying nonprofit organizations, but most nonprofits don't come close to reaching that spend. And if they do, they're often not sure they're reaching the right people. This workshop will present some of the issues that nonprofits usually encounter with their Google Ad Grants, along with solutions for fixing them.
Blueprint for Community Change: Strategic Planning Made Easy
Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 12 pm Eastern (9 am Pacific | 10 am Mountain | 11 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Alliance Research & Training
With library budgets shrinking, having a strong, community-focused strategic plan is more important than ever. Even during challenging times, your library can take the lead in shaping its future—yes, even without hiring outside consultants! Our do-it-yourself approach to strategic planning, supported by a network of peers, and a toolkit of planning templates and guides, empowers libraries of all sizes to create meaningful, realistic plans using the resources you already have. Join us to see how your library can confidently chart its own path forward—no matter the size or budget.
Craft End-of-Year Email Campaigns That Actually Convert
Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Blackbaud
Your year-end emails could inspire a wave of generosity, not just get opened. Don’t miss the opportunity to strategically empower your mission with a targeted message approach. Join our tactical workshop to transform basic sends into impactful campaigns that genuinely connect and supercharge your results, all while saving time with automation. Get ready to embrace strategies that don't just ask but truly inspire. Secure your spot and transform your end-of-year results.
Elevate Your Visibility: Instagram, AI, and the Future of SEO
Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
TechSoup
A seismic shift in search just landed: Google now indexes Instagram content from professional accounts. That means your Reels, photos, and captions can surface in Google search results, opening powerful new visibility channels — far beyond Instagram itself. But that’s only half the story. At the same time, AI-driven tools are transforming how people search, find, and connect with causes online. From AI-powered search engines to content recommendations and smarter keyword strategies, artificial intelligence is reshaping what visibility means — and who gets found.
Unraveling Legacy Toxicity: Navigating Dysfunctional Environments in Leadership
Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific | 1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Colorado State Library
Legacy toxicity poses a formidable challenge for individuals stepping into leadership roles within toxic organizations or groups. This phenomenon entails inheriting a dysfunctional environment characterized by abuse, neglect, and resistance to change from previous incumbents. Addressing legacy toxicity requires a nuanced understanding of its roots and dynamics, as well as strategic approaches to mitigate its effects. In this discussion panel, we delve into the complexities of legacy toxicity, exploring its manifestations, impact on leadership effectiveness, and strategies for fostering positive change in challenging environments.
Human & Artificial Intelligence in the Library: Supporting Critical Thinking and Research
Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 5 pm Eastern (2 pm Pacific | 3 pm Mountain | 4 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
All4Ed
In today’s digital world, artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming research, information literacy, and critical thinking—and libraries are at the center of this evolution. As Future Ready Librarians, how can we effectively integrate both human and AI intelligence to support student inquiry, ethical research practices, and information literacy? We’ll explore the role of AI in the library, its implications for research and critical thinking, and how librarians can guide students in navigating AI responsibly.
Pretty Sweet Tech
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 11 am Eastern (8 am Pacific | 9 am Mountain | 10 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Nebraska Library Commission
Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live! Join the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Amanda Sweet, as she guides us through the world of library-related Pretty Sweet Tech.
Note: Registration ends Monday, September 22 in the evening.
GenAI in Higher Ed: Adoption and Literacy Education Approaches & Challenges
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
ARCL/Choice 360
What criteria and GenAI literacy strategies should academic librarians consider when adopting AI on campus? As GenAI literacy education continues to take shape on campus, more institutions are choosing to adopt and implement AI tools for use by their library community. With no shortage of GenAI tools available to choose from and endless possibilities for how GenAI may transform the research workflow, what are the most important criteria to consider and how are forward-thinking institutions approaching this new frontier? Generative AI isn’t just an incremental upgrade, it’s a transformative leap, empowering researchers to generate new insights, accelerate discovery, and align more rapidly with societal and industry priorities.
Sustaining Revenue and Navigating Tariff Impacts in the U.S. - A Practical Guide for Nonprofits
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Nonprofit Learning Lab
As tariffs continue to weigh on the American economy, many households are tightening their budgets—reducing discretionary spending and ultimately affecting donor capacity and giving behavior. With the financial pressure expected to escalate in the latter half of the year, it's critical for nonprofits to adapt swiftly. Join us for an exclusive webinar designed to equip nonprofit leaders with pragmatic, step-by-step strategies to maintain donor engagement and stabilize revenue despite economic headwinds.
How to Manage Your Boss - 10 Do’s and Don’ts for a Healthy and Productive Working Relationship
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Managing your relationships at work is important if you want to perform at your best and advance in your career. This principle applies to every relationship, from colleagues to the boss. By managing your relationship with your boss, you can set and meet expectations and create a productive environment that will benefit both of you.
But how do you build a healthy working relationship when you frequently disagree with and don’t feel supported by him or her?
Inspired by an article in Forbes magazine, join Andrew for this program as we examine the Ten Do’s and Don’ts for a Healthy and Productive Working Relationship with Your Boss.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education: A Fresh Look at the Basics
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Niche Academy
Open Educational Resources (OER) are often praised for lowering textbook costs and improving access to learning materials, but their positive impact extends beyond the financial. Wendy Walker introduces what OER are and how they work, followed by an exploration of how they can support students not just financially and academically, but also in terms of their emotional and physical health. Whether you're new to OER or looking to expand your understanding, this session invites you to take a fresh look at OER basics and benefits through the lens of student well-being.
Library Love for LibraryReads
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
Hearing a lot about nominations for LibraryReads, but not sure where to find out more? Look no further than our upcoming webinar! Presenters from Macmillan, Sourcebooks and HarperCollins will be here to dish on their latest reads that are eligible for nominations, and LibraryReads Executive Director Rebecca Vnuk will join us to share all about how LibraryReads works, and how to join (spoiler, it’s very easy!). Join us Wednesday, September 24 at 2pm ET for this one-hour webinar to a 2-1 scoop on new titles, and LibraryReads! Hosted by Susan Maguire, Senior Editor, Collection Management and Library Outreach.
Inspire Learning with the Library of Congress!
Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
FDLP
Primary sources in a variety of media—including manuscripts, photographs, maps, architectural drawings, sound recordings, and motion picture film—can be powerful teaching tools. The Library of Congress supports K-16 teachers with primary source-inspired programs, classroom materials, fellowships, and grants. This session will introduce a sampling of these opportunities and allow time for Q&A, as well as participant input about their favorite Library resources for educators.
Leverage Documentary Film to Inspire Inquiry, Deepen Discourse, and Drive Interdisciplinary Learning
Time: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11 am Eastern (8 am Pacific | 9 am Mountain | 10 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
ProQuest/Clarivate
Join us to discover how documentary films can enrich academic campuses on today’s most pressing issues — from civil rights to climate change. In this webinar, co-founder of Film Platform and a panel of acclaimed filmmakers will share how their work intersects with higher education and how libraries can support faculty in using film to engage students. Learn strategies for aligning documentaries into the curriculum, fostering cross-disciplinary learning and positioning your library’s films as key resources in campus-wide learning initiatives.
Share Knowledge, Ideas, Learning, and Library Solutions!
Time: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 11 am Eastern (8 am Pacific | 9 am Mountain | 10 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Nebraska Library Commission
Get together virtually with librarians to Share Knowledge, Ideas, Learning, and Library Solutions! You are welcome to join any or all of the meetings for networking and discussions. Research has shown that networking with fellow librarians is beneficial professional development that improves professional practice, promotes shared leadership, and helps people remain in the profession.
ProQuest Ebook Central Overview
Time: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
GALILEO/ProQuest
Join this one-hour webinar to discuss how to use and promote ProQuest Ebook Central in public libraries. The session will include an overview of content and features and a live demo; please bring any questions for our Q&A portion at the end.
Evolving Staff Roles, Policies, and Practices: Results from PLA's 2024 Annual Survey
Time: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Public Library Association- ALA
Participate in this free webinar to learn about the results from the 2024 Public Library Staff Survey. These results include key information on library staff roles and representation, hiring and retention practices, and library goals and activities aimed at creating a welcoming environment for staff and community members of all backgrounds and abilities. The powerful, actionable evidence from the Staff Survey supports planning and advocacy at the local, state, and national level. Presenters will share how your library can use the survey report and PLA’s data tools to understand and improve your library’s performance, demonstrate value, and increase impact in your community.
Hachette Book Group Kids and Young Adult Fall 2025/Winter 2026 Preview
Time: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
Join Running Press, Storey, Union Square, and Workman as they present their upcoming titles, including author presentations from Ryan Bani Tahmaseb (Persian Mythology, Running Press Kids), Maynard Okereke (Zombie Spiders and Asteroid Blasters, Storey), Kate Micucci (Elephant and Piggie Like Reading!: The Monster and Puppet Show, Union Square Kids) and Danna Smith (Zenguin, Workman Kids) during this free, one-hour Booklist webinar. Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 25 at 2 pm ET. Register now! Moderated by Booklist's Books for Youth and Graphic Novels editor Sarah Hunter.
Lead with Empathy: Connecting Equity and Emotional Safety in the Workplace
Time: Monday, September 29, 2025, 12 pm Eastern (9 am Pacific | 10 am Mountain | 11 am Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Nonprofit Learning Lab
This training is designed to deepen understanding of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) and their critical interplay with trauma-informed care principles. Participants will engage in heartfelt storytelling and interactive scenarios that challenge automatic biases and stereotypes, fostering meaningful discussions on inclusivity. Through various role-playing activities, attendees will practice using inclusive language and explore the impact of trauma on individuals and communities. The training will equip participants with strategies to integrate trauma-informed approaches into DE&I initiatives, ultimately promoting safe, supportive environments that empower all individuals.
Assistive Technology for Communication
Time: Monday, September 29, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PACER Center
Assistive technology for communication can help individuals express their wants and needs, exchange information, interact socially, and more. This beginner-friendly webinar will demonstrate and explore a sampling of symbol-based and text-based communication tools. It will look at a range of low-to-high-tech apps and devices available in our Simon Technology Center.
Tips for Effective 1:1 Meetings
Time: Monday, September 29, 2025, 4 pm Eastern (1 pm Pacific | 2 pm Mountain | 3 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
GovLoop
As a supervisor, one-on-one meetings are one of the most powerful tools in your toolbox. Yet, managers and direct reports alike tend to dread them. Why is this? When did one-on-ones get such a bad reputation? It’s time for a reset on these meetings. Join us to hear from Jeanine Cogan, Ph.D., PCC, Executive Consultant and Leadership Coach, for a deeper understanding of why one-on-ones matter so much, and how to make them more effective for both parties.
How to Keep All Those Donors You Worked So Hard to Get
Time: Tuesay, September 30, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Productive Fundraising
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP, for a discussion on the importance of donor retention and learn simple, actionable steps that you can take to boost donor retention in your organization. Participants will leave the session with a greater understanding of what they can do to improve donor retention and the start of an improvement plan for their organization.
Strategic Technology Planning for Nonprofits
Time: Tuesay, September 30, 2025, 1 pm Eastern (10 am Pacific | 11 am Mountain | 12 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
TechSoup
For nonprofits, strategic technology planning is essential as it enables them to maximize their impact and achieve their mission more effectively. Focusing on outcome measurement allows nonprofits to track their progress, demonstrate their impact to stakeholders, and make data-driven decisions to improve their programs and services. This holistic approach to technology planning empowers nonprofits to operate more efficiently, secure funding, and ultimately make a greater difference in the communities they serve. Embracing strategic technology planning ensures that resources are allocated efficiently and that the organization is well prepared to adapt to future technological advancements, ultimately leading to long-term success and resilience. In this session, you will gain understanding of: Strategic vs. tactical technology planning; How to assess your current technologies; Prioritizing projects and expenditures; Aligning technology to your strategic goals.
How to Manage Yourself
Time: Tuesay, September 30, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
GovLoop
The end of the fiscal year is approaching. So how do you feel? Are you carrying stress on your shoulders? If you could go back in time, how would you handle things differently this year? Join us for some self-reflection and introspection. You’ll hear from a workplace expert about how to better manage yourself. From time management to self-care, we’ll cover the key areas to focus on so that you can do your job well without stress and burnout.
Meaningful Library Gatherings: Bringing Purpose to Every Meeting and Event
Time: Tuesay, September 30, 2025, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific | 1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
WebJunction
Libraries host countless gatherings - staff and board meetings, community events, public programs. Each is an opportunity to foster connection and spark curiosity. Many of us already strive to make our gatherings purposeful and engaging. This session invites us to go deeper, exploring how intentional design can transform routine meetings and events into effective and meaningful experiences. Drawing inspiration from The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker and highlighting real-world examples from settings both within the library and outside of it, we’ll share practical strategies for creating events that resonate, whether they’re internal meetings or public-facing programs. This session is ideal for library staff involved in planning meetings or programs who are looking to enhance the quality and purpose of their gatherings.
Using Book Displays and More to Market Your Winter Holiday Collection
Time: Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Providing readers’ advisory for Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule, and Kwanza can be a daunting task for staff. Setting up effective book displays as well as using other forms of passive readers’ advisory can allow patrons to find the titles they are seeking while also shining a light on materials that may see the bulk of their circulation during a few months. It is also important to include materials that are fall, harvest, winter, and snow themed to include those who do not celebrate these holidays.
Join Passive Readers’ Advisory expert Lila Denning for an hour of all the ways that you can leverage your book displays and other forms of passive readers’ advisory to patrons of all ages. You will learn how to combine physical and digital materials to showcase your holiday collection. She will also show you how to design these displays and replicate the idea online, where possible.
Attendees will learn how to:
Understand the basic features of book displays and other forms of passive readers’ advisory as a readers’ advisory tool and well as marketing tools.
Identify best practices for creating well-designed passive readers’ advisory tools.
Discover themes, titles, and planning ideas for your library.
Find ideas to inspire your passive readers’ advisory efforts
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
How Social Media is Used as an Information DiscoveryTool
Time: Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Carterette Series Webinars/Georgia Library Association
Social media has transformed from spaces that simply connect and build communities online; to a means for keeping in touch with the day-to-day lives of friends, family, and peers; to now, being a platform where anyone can make a living, go viral, and discover information. Social media has become the preferred search engine of younger generations, enabling people to find answers to their questions and satisfy their curiosity online. This presentation will explore how people are engaging with Instagram and TikTok, not only as spaces to connect and build communities but also as an information discovery tool. Through the lens of real information discovery queries and diverse content examples, attendees will learn the importance of social media for librarianship and how showing up in these spaces with thoughtfully produced content can help libraries thrive.
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Winter 2026 Preview Event
Time: Thursday, October 2, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Booklist
RSVP now for the Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Winter 2026 Preview Event, where they’ll preview upcoming picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult titles during this free, one hour Booklist webinar on Thursday, October 2 at 2 p.m. ET! Stay tuned for our live special guests! Author Petra Lord will be in conversation about her young adult fantasy debut, Queen of Faces, and bestselling author Adib Khorram will introduce his next memorable novel One Word, Six Letters.
We’ll also have guest appearances from talented creators Matt Phelan (Bartleby), Victoria Chang (Eureka), and Elle Grenier (This Wretched Beauty: A Dorian Gray Remix). Register now!
A Day in the Life of a New Library Leader
Time: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Have you recently been promoted to a leadership position in your library, or are you starting a brand-new job? There is so much you need to know, and it’s hard to decide where to begin.
In this webinar, we’ll follow two supervisors as they become comfortable in their new roles: Eric, who’s been promoted from circulation clerk to circulation manager, and Charlotte, who brings management experience from her previous role but is starting fresh at a new library. Each faces unique challenges: having to post a position on the first day; navigating a department without training; adjusting expectations in previous relationships; and more.
We’ll discuss how Eric and Charlotte can succeed in these constantly shifting environments.
As a result of this program, participants will:
● Learn how to gain authority and trust in a leadership role
● Discuss how to manage unique situations such as inheriting a position and moving from peer to supervisor
● Discuss hiring and personnel management decisions
Intended audience: New library leaders including supervisors and managers.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
From Librarian to Lieutenant Governor Candidate: Lessons Learned from the Campaign Trail
Time: Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
In 2024, former Utah Library Association President and Let Utah Read Co-Founder Rebekah Cummings became the first librarian to run for Lt. Governor on a major party ticket in the United States.
Join Rebekah as she shares a deeply personal account of her experience as a first-time candidate and librarian running for statewide public office. Grounded in a framework of “lessons learned” from the campaign trail, attendees will hear a practical and inspirational message on battling imposter syndrome, fundraising, messaging, boundaries, and finding new ways to define success. Additionally, Rebekah will discuss how our librarian training, experience, and values make us uniquely and wonderfully suited for public office.
Whether you are looking for a dose of courage or practical tips for stepping into leadership, this talk is sure to engage and inspire you to show up as your most courageous self in 2025 and beyond!
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
ProQuest Newspapers Overviewe
Time: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
GALILEO/ProQuest
Join this one-hour webinar to discuss how to use and promote your ProQuest Newspaper collections. The session will include an overview of content and features and a live demo; please bring any questions for our Q&A portion at the end.
Stats to Circs: Librarian Tips for Leveraging Data to Better Serve Readers
Time: Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
OverDrive
Join OverDrive's staff librarians for an enlightening session on what readers are doing and how you can manage your digital collection to best serve them. We'll explore:
• Stats on what people in North America are reading and when.
• Tools in Marketplace to view your own community's reading habits.
• Tips for purchasing titles in these categories on a limited budget.
Notes:
• Access to these tools requires a Marketplace login/username.
• This session will be recorded.
• Attendees will be muted and able to submit questions under Q&A.
• We understand the timing may not suit everyone but signing up ensures that a recording is sent the day after the live session so you can view at your convenience.
• Please check that your time zone is correct before entering details below.
NotebookLM in Action
Time: Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Are you curious about how AI tools can enhance your work and learning, but want to focus on information you trust? Join us for a practical webinar exploring Google's NotebookLM, a powerful AI-powered research and writing assistant that works exclusively with your uploaded sources. Unlike general chatbots trained on the broad internet, NotebookLM focuses its analysis on the documents, links, and audio files you provide. This makes it an ideal partner for organizing, analyzing, and extracting insights from your own materials.
In this session, you will learn how to get started with NotebookLM, including uploading various source types such as PDFs, Google Docs, web links, and audio files. You will discover how to generate summaries, briefing documents, quizzes, mindmaps and an interactive podcast. We’ll conclude with a showcase of creative ways librarians, teachers, researchers, and library staff are using this tool.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Romance Readers’ Advisory: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Readers love romance, but with all the different sub-genres and tropes, it can be hard to keep up! Join us for a one-hour webinar to get the skinny on all things romance RA. We’ll talk about how to talk about romance from across the desk (door closed, open or cracked?) and how to craft the most effective search to find your patrons the book of their dreams!
We’ll also discuss the language we use surrounding the content of romance novels (including spice levels), read-a-likes for popular authors, and if you can really judge a romance novel by its cover!
Who will benefit from this program
All staff that Interact with patrons
All circulation staff members
Readers’ advisory staff
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Tarot for Well-Being: An Infopeople Webinar
Time: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 3 pm Eastern (12 pm Pacific | 1 pm Mountain | 2 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
Infopeople
For a traditionally quiet space, libraries are becoming busier with patrons needing a variety of services, programs, and assistance. Library staff report feeling overwhelmed and disoriented. Perhaps the tarot can help center you in a mindful way in times of chaos as a way to focus on well-being and practice self-care. This session will be fun, interactive, engaging, and show attendees several ways and resources to use the tarot to find focus, calm, and purpose in a frenetic workplace.
At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:
Receive an introduction to the Major Arcana of the Tarot
Learn several spreads to use in a mindfulness practice
Understand the challenges and ethics of reading for oneself and others
This webinar will be of interest to: Library staff looking for alternative mindfulness practices. Learners at all levels are welcome, with or without prior experience or knowledge.
Care-Full Leadership: Managing with Trauma-Informed Care
Time: Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
This PCI webinar will give library leaders tools to bring trauma-informed care into day-to-day management and library structures. Participants will learn how to better support staff and their communities, handle difficult situations, and build a work environment where folks feel safe, respected, and seen.
This session starts with laying the groundwork for understanding trauma and trauma-informed care, then moves into practical ways to apply these principals in library management. Through potential scenarios and guided discussions, participants will explore how trauma-informed approaches can help navigate workplace challenges and create healthier team dynamics. Participants will also be given some reflective prompts to continue to build and create trauma-informed workspaces after the session.
As a result of this program, attendees will learn how to:
● Clearly define trauma and trauma-informed care.
● Recognize the need to trauma-informed approaches in library work.
● Identify tangible ways to enact trauma-informed principles to workplace policy, leadership, and public service.
● Build library spaces that reduce harm, are trauma-informed, and support team morale.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Applying Early Literacy in Storytime Settings
Time: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Storytime isn’t just fun—it’s foundational. In this session, we’ll explore how to intentionally apply early literacy practices to storytime sessions in meaningful, engaging, and developmentally supportive ways. Learn how to align your book choices, songs, activities, and interactions with the five early literacy practices (talk, sing, read, write, play), and better understand the “why” behind what we do.
We'll explore how to share early literacy concepts with caregivers in ways that feel approachable and encouraging, making storytime a shared journey toward lifelong learning. Whether you’re refreshing your approach or looking to build more intentionality into your storytimes, this session will help connect the dots between storytime fun and meaningful impact.
What attendees will learn:
Learn how to incorporate the five early literacy practices (talk, sing, read, write, play) into storytime planning and delivery
Identify developmentally appropriate strategies to support language and literacy development in babies, toddlers, and preschoolers
Gain tools to articulate the purpose of storytime and the value of early literacy to caregivers.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Best Practices for Onboarding New Staff
Time: Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
New library workers face the challenge of learning a job as well as integrating into a workplace culture and environment. Part of onboarding is showing how the library as an institution supports and encourages employees, and engaged employees are a significant marker of an organization’s success. How do you ensure each new employee has a consistent and positive experience? Concrete tools and workflows will provide every person involved with a smooth and collaborative outcome.
As a result of this program, participants will:
Discuss the essential parts of onboarding and how the process interacts with hiring and training
Explore ways to organize incoming employees’ action items and how to ensure that all employees complete the onboarding process successfully
Learn how to design a workflow that meets their library’s needs
Who will benefit from this program:
Managers/supervisors; administrative and human resources professionals.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Stoicism and Gratitude: Being Thankful for What We Can Control and What We Cannot
Time: Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Every year, Andrew presents a program in November on Giving Thanks. This year he invites you to take a look at gratitude and life through Stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy that provides a framework for ethical self-improvement and for living a human life worth living.
On Thanksgiving Day, we’re supposed to make time for thanks, to actively think about gratitude. But what is gratitude? The Stoics believe it is inclusive and counterintuitive. It wasn’t just about being grateful for the good, but for all of life.
Join Andrew for an hour of thought-provoking information including The Control Test. This program could change how you think, feel and act about gratitude on Thanksgiving Day and every day after.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Scheduling & Developing an Adaptive Storytime
Time: Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Neurodivergent children have needs that can make coming to the library a challenge. To bridge this barrier and embrace and celebrate this community, we created programming and a designated physical space that is inclusive and provides an enriching library experience. This program will walk participants through how we developed and implemented an adaptive storytime and a sensory wall so that they can apply aspects of these strategies that work for their libraries and communities. We will also discuss the importance of staff training and the significance of families seeing the library as a safe and welcoming space for their children.
As a result of this program, attendees will be able to:
identify the various challenges and barriers neurodivergent families encounter when visiting the library.
apply multi-sensory elements and calming strategies to their existing programing and physical spaces.
describe the key elements staff should be trained in to feel confident in their ability to interact with neurodivergent customers of all ages.
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
Something's Missing: The Need for Library Involvement in Prison Literacy Programs
Time: Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
Incarceration in the United States affects all members of society whether directly or indirectly. Prison libraries, like their public counterparts, are uniquely positioned to provide a safe environment for individuals to access the resources needed to enhance their knowledge and skills to further their education to prepare for their future.
Statistically, those who are incarcerated have much lower literacy rates than those who are not incarcerated. Frequently, libraries are left out of the equation when implementing literacy programs in carceral environments. Prison libraries, partnering with other library types, can be the catalyst to increasing literacy in preparation for further education and successful reintegration post-incarceration.
This webinar will provide insights into prison literacy programs, offer ideas of how libraries can and should take the lead in improving their incarcerated patrons’ literacy skills, and challenge participants to take part in creating or enhancing literacy programs with library support.
Attendees will be able to:
● Create a plan to start a literacy program within their organization.
● Identify and create partnerships with outside organizations for programming.
● Identify impactful resources, data, and support for literacy programs in carceral facilities
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
More than Your Voice: Practical Strategies for Speaking to Power
Time: Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific | 12 pm Mountain | 1 pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description
PCI Webinars
What if speaking to power felt less like a risk and more like a skill you could grow? In this 60-minute session, Michelle Ornat shares practical strategies for engaging with positional power, such as those in leadership or decision-making roles, with insight and confidence.
The session begins by exploring how awareness is a strategic advantage and how successful conversations start with intention. You will discover how to “plate” a message, whether you are addressing problems or complaints, sharing updates or information, pitching new ideas or proposals, or raising concerns. This approach helps build trust, highlights credibility, and positions you as a thoughtful, solution-oriented leader.
Attendees will learn how to:
Apply self, relational, and situational awareness to improve communication and outcomes
Plate problems with solutions, frame updates with outcomes, and pitch ideas with purpose
Deliver messages, especially sensitive ones, with clarity, structure, and professionalism
Who Will Benefit from this Program:
All Staff including Supervisors and Managers
Please note: All PCI Webinars are recorded and will be available on the GPLS Learning Center within a week of the original airdate. Kindly refrain from contacting the host for a copy of the recording.
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