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Core webinar: Building Virtual Team Cohesion - Tips for Managers
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description: COVID-19 has forced libraries to adapt and manage their teams from home in times of uncertainty. 2020 has made significant shifts in traditional workflows and virtual programs, but as library managers, have you had to step up to build team cohesion remotely? Learn how to reposition team management through empathy, connection, and staff engagement by participating in this webinar.
Learning outcomes:
Learn strategies to reestablish connections with staff to their employer, workplace, and colleagues.
Support cross-communications styles through empathy, cultural humility, racial lens, and trauma-informed practices.
Gain insights into team dynamics and virtual forums to support staff engagement with remote teams.
Who should attend?
This webinar is for library managers or directors who are tasked with repositioning and evaluating their team and the pandemic's and racial toll on library services
Presenter:
Taina Evans has worked with Brooklyn Public Library since 2007 and currently oversees ten library branches. Taina brings with her a vision to better connect librarians and support staff, as well as a passion for engaging team cohesion with technology. Taina serves as the chair of RSS Library Service to Aging Population Committee of Reference and User Services Assn. (RUSA), is active in New York Library Association (NYLA) and teaches Collection Management for the Division of Library and Information Science Program at St. John's University. Taina has a B.A. in Government and Politics and a Master’s Degree in Library Science from St. John’s University in 2009.
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FREE! This webinar is being offered at no charge as a courtesy to Core members and the library community as a whole as we seek new and better ways to adapt to the Covid19 pandemic.
For additional information and access to the registration link, please go to the following website:
http://www.ala.org/core/building-virtual-team-cohesion-tips-managers-free-webinar-core
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org
For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, please contact freuland@ala.org
Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.