Time and money seem to be tightly intertwined, although they could be teased apart into
- how to structure training time into a staff person's work day
- how to afford to devote staff time to training
- how to find more cost-effective training opportunities
To get the conversation rolling, here is the chat log from the segment on time issues:
Solutions: the time issuewj_EmilyI says, "does anybody have a good solution for the time issue?"
wj_EmilyI says, "raise your hand and share your idea?"
Nichol_Lusk says, "We have closed the library from 9-10 on one day a week to do
inservice"
Holly___Nevada says, "Nevada has an online CE Calendar - just need to get folks to
access it"
Kate_Laughlin says, "online training...but it takes a big front end investment to bring the
org to a ready place"
Incline_Library says, "flexible scheduling"
Brandy__Missouri says, "Online courses complete at individual's schedule"
Kris says, "3/4 of staff is part-time...we offer free online training but supervisors don't
want to give them time to do it"
>> You have promoted Alan to presenter status
Holly___Nevada says, "Staff can access it when they have the time - I can send out email
reminders "
AZ_mala says, "We do more and more Training on Wimba"
Holly___Nevada says, "I'm not connected"
GA_pat says, "Jay at the Ohio State Library was doing 10 Minute Online Training
Tutorials "
Nichol_Lusk says, "We have tried webinars, there are only a few staff members that can
do this though-time issues-"
Jennifer_Hayek is away
Phyllis_Smith says, "We have state library sponsored online training, county level
training, microsoft online available - need to prioritize and have a schedule"
Denise says, "Intranet: training files, short training clips, job specific."
shon_barnes says, "I think that's the way most will be looking to go, especially with time
being such a big issue."
Kate_Laughlin says, "am I connected?"
James_Gahagan says, "quarterly training days"
>> Audio has been enabled
Jennifer_Hayek has returned.
Marianne_Lenox says, "just in time training"
shon_barnes says, "It's difficult though because you don't get that in face to face time.
The really big problem concerning online is helping staff become e-learners."
Frances says, "I ask to be invited to staff meetings to do training"
GA_pat says, "I promote the WJ courses and let people know they can work on the
courses when they have time - even if they only have 10 or 15 minutes at a time, They
have up to a year to access and complete the course."
Jane_H says, "Our State Library is starting what we call RACE--Random Acts of
Continuing Ed--which will be webinars on various topics that librarians in the state
indicate they want."
Robin_Hastings says, "I do that as well, Francis - that's a good way to sneak in some
training!"
GA_pat says, "I love Jane's idea!"
wj_EmilyI says, "make sure you are holding the talk button, or the CTRL key to speak."
Velvet_Marlin says, "I promote WJ also, but staff get bored with on-line courses."
Shirley_B_Idaho says, "Yeah -- Barbara!!"
Kris says, "we use LE@D as well"
Frances says, "I've also posted small topics that give managers ideas of small trainings
that they can do at their meetings"
Kim_Priest says, "I like to promote the WJ courses as well. We try to use them as pay
raise incentive."
wj_streamss says, "Random ACts of Continuing Ed"
Kris says, "we also use our worker's compensation company FOR FREE"
Bobbi_Newman says, "be flexible, be approachable for on demand training, I get stopped
all the time with questions"
wj_EmilyI says, "techsoup just published an excellent article on how to deliver effective
webinars."
shon_barnes says, "Will look for that!"
