spark talk: guerrilla professional development #pla14
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This slide deck accompanied my 5-minute Spark Talk at the 2014 PLA Conference, where I talked about the benefits of branching away from paid, top-down "expert" trainings and instead allowing in-house staff to share their own expertise in guerrilla-style training events.TRANSCRIPT
Guerrilla Professional Development
Put Collaboration to Work for You and Your Library!
Amy Koester | St. Charles City-County Library District | Storytime Underground
Traditional trainings look like this:
And your staff thinks...What does this have to do with my
job? When’s lunch?
I could lead this training and it would be so much better.
Cool ideas!
Why are you stifling in-house talent?!
USEALLTHESTAFFEXPERTISE!!!
Guerrilla trainings look like this:
*Thank you, Wisconsin!
Your staff in guerrilla training...
My librarycares about
what I do here! Sharing
is fun!
I have something valuable to
offer!These ideas are tubular!
Empower your staff, save money.
Empower your staff, save money.
GOGUERRILLA
FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
