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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">Have you had an opportunity to review the <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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Winter/Spring CE Guide</a></i></span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
</span></em>that lists all the workshops, webinars and network meetings for January - June 2019? Be sure to share this with your staff. Please let us know if you would like a printed and bound copy mailed to you. In addition, here
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></strong>is the one page <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
<a href="https://www.neo-rls.org/docs/0319_NEO-RLS_CE.pdf">CE @ a Glance</a></span></strong>. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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headlined by bestseller Imbolo Mbue, who wrote the Oprah-approved <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Behold the Dreamers
</span></em>. Some of the best local talent in fiction, nonfiction, picture books, and graphic novels will be there – selling and signing their work, as well as leading breakout sessions on the craft of writing. This event will be held on Saturday, April 13,
2019 at Lakeland Community College. Click <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.mentorpl.org/northcoastwritersshowcase2019/">HERE
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">Apply by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">March 15, 2019 </span></strong>to attend this FREE hands-on, space science-themed workshop that will provide activities and content to prepare public library staff for the 2019 Summer Reading program,
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.starnetlibraries.org/universe-of-stories/">A Universe of Stories.</a>
</span></em>See the following page for application information.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Learn how to conduct a dozen
<a href="http://clearinghouse.starnetlibraries.org/143-universe-of-stories">space science activities
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Discover resources to connect to NASA science and missions</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#030303;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Network with others facilitating science and technology programs</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#030303;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Connect to the broader online community through the
<a href="http://www.starnetlibraries.org/">STAR Library Network</a>.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">The workshop will begin on May 29 at 1pm, with a Night Sky Viewing that evening (weather permitting). The workshop will continue from 9am-3pm on May 30.
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The workshop will be held at the State Library of Ohio. Click <strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://library.ohio.gov/services-for-libraries/library-programs-development/nasa-my-library/#Workshop">HERE
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">You still have time left to start a Girls Who Code Club this year! It’s never too late to become a change maker and have a positive impact on girls in your community.
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<strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303">Applications to start a Club this spring are accepted until end of March so don’t wait any longer and apply today!
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">HOW TO GET STARTED TODAY!</span></strong><br>
Read our <a href="https://girlswhocode.cmail20.com/t/d-l-plikhg-etjltllur-j/">step-by-step guide
</a>on starting a Girls Who Code Club for 3-12th grade girls in your community!</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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be transitioning to a new contract period and scope of work with CMS. As result of this transition, we have been instructed, by CMS, to stop our Patient Navigation program.
<b><u>February 25<sup>th</sup></u> </b>was the last day beneficiaries were enrolled into the program. Please stop promoting/referring to this program immediately and dispose of all materials containing information on KEPRO’s Navigation program.
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">3/22/2019</span></strong><br>
<a href="https://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo_responsive.php?eventid=51145&org_id=NEOL"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Branch Managers Network Meeting</span></strong></a><br>
Akron Summit County Public Library-Good Year Branch Library <br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">4/9/2019</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo_responsive.php?eventid=51147&org_id=NEOL">Reference Network</a>
</span></strong><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo_responsive.php?eventid=51147&org_id=NEOL"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> Meeting</span></strong></a><br>
Kent Free Library<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">4/12/2019</span></strong><br>
<a href="https://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo_responsive.php?eventid=51148&org_id=NEOL"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">New Supervisors Network Meeting</span></strong></a><br>
Twinsburg Public Library</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#030303"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="100" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://myneotoday.org/photos/35223_01302017091627.jpg">Do you have an idea for a workshop or webinar that you would like
to present? Do you need professional development opportunities for your resume, CV, or tenure requirements? Some of our best and most well-attended programs started with someone wanting to share their expertise or their exciting project with the libraries
in our region. Perfect examples of this include last week’s workshop, <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Escape Rooms from Scratch,</span></em> and the recent webinar,
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I Didn’t Know You Did That – Public Library Board Game Circulation,
</span></em>along with our upcoming workshop, <a href="https://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo_responsive.php?eventid=51144&org_id=NEOL">
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#00CC66">Instruction and Training Enhanced through Storytelling: Tips and Tricks to Engage Your Audience</span></em>,
</a>and our upcoming webinar, <a href="https://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=50995">
<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tweens…After School Behavior: To Battle or Engage?</span></em>
</a>. We would love to have you instruct on a topic of your choice. If you are interested, we are currently accepting proposals for workshops and webinars to be held on a space available basis for July 1–December 31, 2019 or from January 1-June 30, 2020.
That gives you a lot of time to plan and prepare! Please visit our website’s <a href="https://www.neo-rls.org/call_for_presenters.php">
Call for Presenters </a>for more information. We look forward to hosting your ideas!<br>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Betsy Lantz</span></em></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52036"><b>Adult Programming Series: 20 More Adult Programming Ideas in One Hour
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03/11/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51142"><b>Difficult Conversations re: Corrective Action and Termination</b></a><br>
03/12/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=50992"><b>If It's Broke, Fix It: Handling Leftover Challenges Effectively</b></a><br>
03/13/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51166"><b>Readers' Advisory Network for Children and Teens: Trends, Tools, and Tricks</b></a><br>
03/13/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=50993"><b>Tools to Improve Your Workflow and Increase Productivity
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03/14/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52056"><b>Services for Immigrants - Lessons Learned from Library Services for Immigrants and New America
</b><b><span style="color:red">[Archive]</span></b></a><br>
03/15/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52057"><b>Best Practices in Performance Documentation
</b><b><span style="color:red">[Archive] </span></b></a><br>
03/18/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=50995"><b>Tweens...After School Behavior: To Battle or Engage?</b></a><br>
03/20/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52072"><b>How to Write Effective Survey Questions to Get Useful Data</b></a><br>
03/20/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51143"><b>Understanding Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type</b></a><br>
03/21/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51145"><b>Branch Managers Network Meeting</b></a>
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03/22/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51146"><b>Book Discussion Circuit Meeting</b></a><br>
03/22/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52055"><b>Everyday Disability: Welcoming Patrons with Disabilities
</b><b><span style="color:red">[Archive] </span></b></a><br>
03/22/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52033"><b>Graphic Novels for all Patrons
</b><b><span style="color:red">[Archive]</span> </b></a><br>
03/25/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=50785"><b>Cataloging is not neutral: improving equity and inclusion in resource description</b></a><br>
03/26/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51144"><b><span style="color:#00CC66">Instruction and Training Enhanced through Storytelling: Tips and Tricks to Engage Your Audience</span></b></a>
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<span style="color:#00CC66">03/28/2019</span><br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52054"><b>Intellectual Freedom . . . The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
</b><b><span style="color:red">[Archive] </span></b></a><br>
03/29/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51092"><b>What are they thinking? Teen behavior in Your Library</b></a><br>
04/02/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52074"><b>Storytime and Program Planning Made Easy</b>
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04/03/2019<br>
<a href="https://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo_responsive.php?eventid=51153&org_id=NEOL"><b>Critical Conversations Conference: Mental Health Awareness: Libraries Create Safe Zones for Customers and Staff</b>
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<a href="https://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo_responsive.php?eventid=51153&org_id=NEOL"><span style="color:black">04/04/2019</span></a><br>
<b><a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51147">Reference Network</a></b>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51147"><b> Meeting</b></a><br>
04/09/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=50996"><b>Effective Workplace Communication for New Supervisors</b></a><br>
04/10/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51148"><b>New Supervisors Network Meeting</b></a>
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04/12/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51158"><b><span style="color:#00CC66">Play Your Way to Literacy Through STEM and Musical Madness!
</span></b></a><br>
<span style="color:#00CC66">04/16/2019- 04/17/2019</span><br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=52075"><b>Weed 'em and Reap: Readers Advisory Benefits of Fiction Weeding</b></a><br>
04/17/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=50997"><b>Increase Library Usage Through Strategic Merchandising
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04/18/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51174"><b>Myers Briggs Communication</b></a>
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04/30/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51093"><b>Serving Forgotten Patrons: Libraries in the Fight Against Alzheimer's Dementia
</b></a><br>
05/01/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51155"><b><span style="color:#00CC66">Collaboration Connection: Planting the seeds to building successful community partnerships</span></b></a><br>
<span style="color:#00CC66">05/02/2019</span><br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51156"><b>A Day for Public Service</b></a>
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05/08/2019<br>
<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51160"><b>Gripes, Grumbles and Grievances: Improving Labor-Management Relations through Effective Communication and Grievance Processing
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related to emerging tech. Feature your library’s cool tech programming and events with a traditional poster or feel free to get creative! Email
<a href="mailto:holly.klingler@neo-rls.org">holly.klingler@neo-rls.org</a> to participate.<br>
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Read more about the event: <a href="https://bit.ly/2UEqPe3?fbclid=IwAR3Scq9UbRiGbqwRlzINE47U_KwI-_FPovMrEyOIzie24ksp6vn_4R-28GQ" target="_blank">
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<a href="http://mms.neo-rls.org/Calendar/moreinfo.php?eventid=51144"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thursday Morning, March 28
<sup>th </sup>at Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Whether you regularly teach, train, or speak in front of others, we're always looking for new ways to connect and engage with our audience. Learn how to apply acting, storytelling, and visual design
techniques to help you prepare and deliver engaging presentations no matter what the context.
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Learning Objectives:</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Employ acting techniques to enhance the preparation and delivery of your sessions</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Utilize storytelling as a framework for session development</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presenter: </span></strong><em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Amanda Koziura
</span></em><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> joined CWRU as a Digital Learning & Scholarship Librarian in 2014. In addition to managing the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship with the rest of her team, she teaches workshops,
consults on a variety of digital scholarship topics, and serves on the library's instruction task force. She also regularly collaborates with faculty to bring digital humanities into the classroom and enhance their research efforts. In 2017 she was selected
to participate in the Librarians Active Learning Institute. She holds a BA in Theater & English from Skidmore College and an MLS from the University at Buffalo, SUNY.
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