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<br></h1><p><span>With the election coming up, it’s easy to see the national politics all around us (especially in a swing state like Ohio!), but are you aware of the everyday politics of your organization? Think your organization doesn’t have politics? Think again.</span><br></p><p><span>You may feel like understanding the organizational politics of your workplace is only necessary if you are particularly ambitious or looking to move up. You may think of playing organizational politics as a negative. But again…. Think again! </span><br></p><p><span> And whether you want to be involved or not, </span><a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2332097&ymlink=4747035&finalurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhbr%2Eorg%2F2015%2F01%2Foffice%2Dpolitics%2Disnt%2Dsomething%2Dyou%2Dcan%2Dsit%2Dout"><span>you may not be able to afford to ignore</span></a><span> the “political landscape” of your library.</span><br></p><p><span> Do you often find yourself unable to get things done? Confused about change? Wishing you knew who to turn to for help? Do decisions from “on high” often seem weird or arbitrary to you, leaving you befuddled and possibly unable to do your job?</span><br></p><p><span> I think this has happened to all of us, at some point or another in our careers, and here is where you can benefit from learning about how to navigate YOUR political landscape. Even if you don’t think you want to play the game – even if you think you might be above, or perhaps below, the fray – </span><a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2332097&ymlink=4747035&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Equintcareers%2Ecom%2Fdealing%2Dwith%2Doffice%2Dpolitics%2F"><span>you can benefit from understanding how to work the politics</span></a><span> of your office.</span><br></p><p><span><span><br>Want to understand more about how to get along in you library? </span><a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2332097&ymlink=4747035&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2F%3Fpage%3Dsave%5Fthe%5Fdate"><span>Register now</span></a><span> for</span> our Spring Membership Meeting.</span></p><p><span>On April 19<sup>th</sup>, SWON will host the annual Spring Membership Meeting at the brand new Miami Township branch of the Dayton Metro library system and we are pleased to be able to offer the chance for you to learn about “Navigating YOUR Political Landscape” in the afternoon. Our featured speaker will be Barry Morris, an Organization Development and Human Resource Executive with a Ph.D. in Organization Behavior and Development. Barry has combined his organization development, human resource, and social work capabilities with his executive experience and created a consulting practice focused on the development of businesses, organizations and communities.</span><br></p><p><span>Special Interest Groups will meet from 10am to noon, and lunch will be provided from noon to 1pm, during which you will have a chance to tour the new Miami Township branch. Barry will speak after lunch, and we will update and vote on SWON business at 2:45. <a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2332097&ymlink=4747035&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Fevents%2FEventDetails%2Easpx%3Fid%3D780255%26group%3D">Check out the full agenda here</a>.<br>
</span><span> </span></p><p><br></p><p>~Cassondra Vick, Technology Educator, SWON Libraries <br></p><div><hr><br></div>
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<br></h1><p style="font-size:16px;line-height:24px;text-align:center;"><a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2332097&ymlink=4747035&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Feveswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Fevents%2FEventDetails%2Easpx%3Fid%3D755598"><img src="http://swonlibraries.org/resource/resmgr/email/smallstk.jpg" alt="Supervisor Tool Kit" style="text-align:center;" align="middle"></a><br></p><p>You can take all kinds of training relating to your productivity, your organization, your legal responsibilities, managing your boss, customer service, creating a fun workplace, creating a workplace that welcomes diversity, etc. But if you’re not performing your core functions, neither you, nor your staff are going to be terribly effective together. <br></p><p>Too often, these skills are ‘assumed’ – we figure we’re just going to pick them up on the job. It doesn’t have to be that hard! Come to our Tool Kit workshop and take away a 90-day plan you develop for yourself based on where you’d like to grow next (after we cover the core skills). Be a great supervisor by getting your core functions right. You’ll be happier, you’re staff will be happier and your organization will see how effective you can be.<br></p><div style="text-align:center;"><div> <br></div>
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<div>3/17/2016 - Online
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</li><li><div><b><a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2332097&ymlink=4747035&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Fevents%2FEventDetails%2Easpx%3Fid%3D759946">Webinar: Finding, Downloading, & Editing Digital Photos for Free
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<div>3/29/2016 - Online
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<div>3/29/2016 - Burlington, Kentucky
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<div>3/31/16-4/1/16 - Lewis Center, OH
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<div>3/31/2016 - Online
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<div>4/4/2016 - Blue Ash, Ohio
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<div>4/7/2016 to 4/8/2016 - Colorado
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<br></h1><p><i>Save the date for these events...</i><br></p><ul><li><div><b><a href="http://swonlibraries.org/link.asp?e=cassondra@swonlibraries.org&job=2332097&ymlink=4747035&finalurl=http%3A%2F%2Fswonlibraries%2Eorg%2Fevents%2FEventDetails%2Easpx%3Fid%3D777029">Teen Summer Reading SLIP
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<div>6/1/2016 to 7/31/2016
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<div>8/23/2016 - West Chester, OH
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<div>11/5/2016 - Crestview Hills, KY
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