Secrets to Crafting a Winning Webinar Series
The Georgia Library
Association's Carterette Series Webinars, established in 2010, provides
free, continuing education webinars highlighting trends, innovation, and
best practices in libraries. The current Carterette team, with a
combined 24 years experience, will present the necessary components and
best practices for developing a successful webinar series from concept
through assessment. Covered topics include establishing your purpose,
administering your webinar through structured team member roles and
documentation, subject matter selection, scheduling, marketing, and
assessment. In addition, we will discuss day-of hosting necessities
including required technology, presenter orientation and training, and
how best to prevent and troubleshoot issues for your attendees.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:- Identify and communicate the overall goals of their own webinar series as well as the audience they intend to serve;
- Identify the people power, technology, and sponsorships necessary to create their own webinar series; and
- Begin to establish a yearly calendar for successful creation and completion of a webinar series.
Who Should
Attend: Anyone with an interest in the topic is welcome to attend.
Presenters:
Kimberly Boyd is the Head of Research & Instruction for Brenau University's Trustee Library and she serves on the university's SACSCOC leadership team. She manages the library's access services department, directs the library’s reference services, and leads the information literacy instruction program in addition to teaching semester-long classes in science, business, and psychology. She is dedicated to making the information literacy program at Brenau University strategic, streamlined, and effective. As a member of the Georgia Library Association's Carterette Series Webinars planning team, Kimberly provides professional development and continuing education opportunities to local, regional, and national audiences.
Emily Williams is the Cataloging & Metadata Librarian at the Georgia State University Library. For the past 11 years, she has worked in various library positions within the University System of Georgia and earned her MLIS from Valdosta State University in 2014. She currently serves her professional community as the Speaker Wrangler for the GLA Carterette Webinar Series team and as an officer on the GALILEO Interconnected Libraries (GIL) Cataloging Committee.
Michelle Lee is a Research and Instruction Librarian at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia. Her research interests include diversity in academic libraries, resource sharing, student engagement, and peer mentoring. Michelle is an active member of the Georgia Library Association, serving on the Atlanta Emerging Librarians planning committee and as secretary of the New Member’s Round Table. Michelle also recently joined the three member planning team of the nationally recognized Carterette Series Webinars.
Tech Requirements
Registration
Online: Complete the individual webinar online registration form. Sessions are listed by date, and you must log in.
By phone: 1-800-545-2433 (press 1 to reach our customer service representatives)
By mail: To register by check or purchase order, please email registration@ala.org. Our registration department will send you an invoice or registration form.
How do I purchase group registration?
You can register a group for an event by specifying the number of people who will be accessing the event during checkout. We offer discounts for webinars depending on the number of registrations you specify in checkout:
Number of Seats |
Discount Applied |
3-6 |
30% |
7-12 |
35% |
13-19 |
40% |
20+ |
If you are registering 20 or more individuals for a webinar, or are interested in group registrations for other learning events, please contact us at corece@ala.org |
Core Code of Conduct: Please review the Statement of Conduct before registering.