Free webinars on marketing plans, going fine-free, social media & more this month (NEWI)

Go to the NEWI list of free webinars to find continuing education opportunities in which you can participate without leaving your library; most sessions are 60 minutes long, and are provided – at no charge to you – by associations, agencies, companies, and library systems.
 
Here’s a sample of webinars offered this month:

• Activate Your Rural Community – Feb 5
• Free Tools for Working with Social Media – Feb 5
• Rural & One-Person Libraries: Safety & Security for Staff, presented by Dr. Steve Albrecht – Feb 6
• A Deeper Understanding of the Lives of People Experiencing Homelessness by Ryan Dowd – Feb 6
• Hiring & Recruiting Library Workers: A Guide for Small and Rural Librarians – Feb 7
• How to Create Video for Social Media on a Shoestring Budget: Tips & Tools – Feb 11
• Intro to Creating a Library Marketing Plan (includes a customizable template) – Feb 13
• Fine Free: How Libraries Are Increasing Equity, Engagement and Access for Their Communities – Feb 13
• Financial Literacy at Small & Rural Libraries: Little Library, Big Impact– Feb 18
• Outreach Programming: Finding & Serving Hidden Patrons – Feb 26

Missed a webinar? It might have been archived, so check NEWI’s list of webinar recordings you can watch for free, anytime.
 
Bonus: the Big Talk From Small Libraries online conference will take place via GoToWebinar on Friday, February 28 from 8:45 – 4pm. Every presenter works with small libraries or is from a library serving fewer than 10,000 people. Register here to attend any of the fourteen sessions, which include these topics:

• Partnering with Local Organizations to Benefit Youth
• Community Connections: Working with Schools, Libraries, and Local Partners to Make Big Things Happen
• Fitness, Food, & Fun with Senior Citizens
• Wizards and Jedi and Gamers, Oh My!: Library Con on a Limited Budget
• Can a New Library Website Overcome Small Library Challenges?
• Growth Mindset and Staff Development
• Prom Dress Giveaway
• Best Small Library in America 2019, Copper Queen Library
• Libraries as Spaces to Unite and Empower Communities

All the sessions will be recorded, and you need not register to access the recordings.

​NEWI is a continuing education (CE) partnership of library systems located in North Eastern Wisconsin.  The NEWI website aims to be a central source of CE info for staff working at libraries in four library systems: Manitowoc‐Calumet Library System (MCLS), Nicolet Federated Library System (NFLS), Outagamie Waupaca Library System (OWLS), and Winnefox Library System (WLS).