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Best of Core at ALA Annual Conference: Thinking to Produce Results
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2023
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description:
Try a proven-strategy for streamlining your planning – as a librarian, manager, or administrator – so that your thought-process, discussions, and decision-making take less time and produce better results. Certified trainers for Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, Dorothy Stoltz, retired library community engagement director, and Pat Carlisle, The de Bono Group, will demonstrate the magic of thinking – drawing forth one’s genius to enrich life. Explore a subject in parallel, rather than argue who is right or wrong. Six Hats focuses on not telling you what to think but showing you how to think for yourself, creatively and inclusively.
Learning outcomes:
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Upon completion, participants will be able to identify at least two benefits for using Six Thinking Hats to provide a more positive approach to how teams and individuals propose solutions.
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Upon completion, participants will be able to gain insight into exploring subjects in parallel, rather than argue who is right or wrong.
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Upon completion, participants will be able to gain insight into the potential use of the Six Hats method as a powerful thinking tool helping to look at any subject in a collaborative 360 degree view.
Who should attend?
Any are welcome, but the focus is for managers and supervisors.
Presenters:
Dorothy Stoltz is retired director for community engagement with Carroll County (MD) Public Library with a 40-year library career. Stoltz is a certified training consultant for Dr. Edward de Bono Thinking Methods and owner of Waldo Publishers, LLC. She was chair of the PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read Committee (2014-2015), president of the Maryland STEM Festival Board (2017 - 2022) and is currently serving on the advisory board for the IMLS Erikson Media Literacy PD Project, the steering committee for the Maryland State Library Agency’s Hatchlings Project, and DVA and More, a non-profit board dedicated to Drug and Violence Awareness. Books include Activate Peer Learning in Your Library and Community, Inspired Thinking, and the article “Augmented Reality Brings Early Industry to Life” in Old Mill News. Ms. Stoltz is a co-author for the ALSC white paper, “Media Mentorship in Libraries Serving Youth,” The Power of Play, and other publications.
James P. (Pat) Carlisle is experienced in leading a variety of programs and processes from Executive Team/Leadership Development/Staff Learning in his work with teams and organizations to career assessment, coaching and counseling in his work with individuals. His primary focus is developing the full creative thinking potential of organizations via their leaders and teams. With a breadth of experience in a variety of organizational settings, cultures, and countries, Mr. Carlisle brings a special perspective of experience in his program and process leadership. He has been recognized for his extensive and successful teaching and training of the widely acclaimed de Bono Thinking™ methods, conducting trainings for companies and organizations in many countries, such as, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Portugal, and the United States. He has introduced these powerful thinking methods to key companies in China, including Microsoft, Motorola, Coca-Cola, Bertelsmann, Trane, 3M, and Dow-Corning.
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Registration fees for webinar: Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10; Non-member $79.00
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=971
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.
For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.
*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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