Webinar Description:

Modern library programming involves incorporating popular trends, research on language and reading acquisitions, as well as developmental milestones, and of course fun! Pulling that off with ease requires solid planning and organization.

In this interactive webinar program, Jill Burket Ragase will give you a variety of tools that you will be able to use to:

• Strategically plan your programming calendar
• Use planning time efficiently for maximum results
• Methods to collect titles and activities for future use
• Methods to transform the sea of titles, themes, and random ideas into a cohesive plan
• Incorporate flexibility in your plans to meet evolving conditions
• Tips and tricks for organizing program and storytime themes, programming supplies, and materials,
• Set up shared documents to decrease workload across staff

Program planning doesn’t have to be time consuming. We’ll discuss strategies for organizing your ideas, work, and materials in a way that maximizes your planning time investment.

About the Presenter:

Jill Burket Ragase is the founder and co-host of the podcast Book It, a member of the American Bookseller Association’s Education Task Force, and a James Patterson bookseller of the year. She earned her MLS from the University of Kentucky and has worked as both a youth services and collection development librarian. She is also the proud parent of two, yes two sets of boy/girl twins with her husband Mark in Cincinnati, OH. You can find her online at jumbleofjill.com and bookitpod.com.

Live captioning will be provided.

This webinar will be recorded and a recording will be shared with all registrants afterward.

Register via Zoom

**All participants will have the option to request a certificate of attendance for 1.5 contact hours.**

All CLRC events are open to CLRC members and members of the Empire State Library Network.

All Attendees are expected to follow CLRC’s Code of Conduct