Continuing Education Archives

This webinar is designed to provide an overview of the most crucial aspects of being a notary in Illinois, focusing on current laws, best practices, and the responsibilities of the role. Given the recent updates to the Illinois Notary Public Act, including new requirements for education and journaling, this session will clarify what's needed to ensure you are acting in full compliance and with confidence.

Professional Registered Parliamentarian Steve Anderson provides a practical review of Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised to help you lead and participate in board meetings with confidence and fairness. He covers the essentials of meeting management, including bylaws, agendas and the order of business, how to handle motions and debate, conducting elections and voting, and addressing issues of member discipline.

HR functions come down to: Recruitment, Interviewing, Orienting, Coaching, and Termination. This workshop will help employers and supervisors identify essential skills for all library applicants, learn how to tease out those skills during an interview, and provide tips for diagnosing and coaching wayward employees. Also discussed will be how to end a work relationship that can't be saved.

Dr. Leanne Furby, Project Manager and Course Developer, gives an overview of the statewide iLEAD Trustee Training Portal. This free resource is designed to give Illinois public library trustees a solid foundation of learning and best practices on which to build their library knowledge.

In this webinar, participants will learn practical strategies for engaging with and “speaking” to positional power with clarity and confidence. First, we will explore how awareness is strategic and how successful interactions begin with this core principle. Next, participants will see how “plating” helps set the table for the discussion and provides an opportunity to be positioned as a thoughtful, solution-oriented leader; scenarios will be shared to illustrate the approach.