Join SWFLN for an exciting and informative day of training sessions, workshops, and demonstrations. This fun and educational event is designed specifically for all library staff. Both breakfast and lunch are included. A Total of 9 sessions PLUS a Keynote Presentation delivered by a very special guest ... One GREAT day for library staff! ______________________________________________________ Linda Bruno: (SESSION A) Are You a Negative Nell or a Positive Paul?? In this session, we’ll look at what tends to bring out our negativity, how long we hang on to negative thoughts, and how we react to those feelings. Then we’ll talk about choices: how do we raise awareness of the choices we’re making regarding our own feelings? How do we ensure that those choices are going to be to our benefit? How do we choose to stay positive when negativity seems to be the norm? (SESSION B) Stress Management - Is that EVEN POSSIBLE?? Although our work often brings us immense joy, it can also present a few challenges: differing personalities, friction, work overload, patron demands – you get the picture! And when we take those challenges home . . . or take our home stress to work . . . we are “running in stress circles” and that’s not good! In this session, we’re going to help you understand what’s really causing the stress – and it’s not always what we think. We’ll look at choices we can make and simple steps we can take to help lessen that stress. (SESSION C) Returning Balance to Your Life!!! Dreading the hustle-bustle of the everyday grind? Feeling out-of-balance for no apparent reason? Stressed because of all the bad news being thrown at us? It’s the age-old $64,000 question: How do we achieve balance in our lives in this “texting – Day-Timer – email – voicemail – IM” – kind of world? In this session, you’ll learn how to take back control of your life; as a bonus, you'll find an extensive list of ways you too, can return balance to your life. Artistic Literacy: (SESSION A) Games Teens Play Pull in those hard to reach teens and tweens with gaming programs! Join us for our favorite games both plugged and unplugged, classic and new, life sized and pocket sized. (SESSION B) Based on the Book Immersive, book-based programs for school age kids! Explore and introduce children’s literature with mini games and activities that are set in a narrative format. (SESSION C) It's Electric! Learn how electric currents flow as well as some great ideas for helping kids build creative circuits this hands-on workshop all about electricity! Experiment with playdough, snap circuits, and paper circuits! Diana Silveira: Presenting “Maker Breaker” . . . A Smaller Version of Makerpalooza 2018! (SESSION A) Augmented and Virtual Reality in Libraries Experience Virtual and Augmented Realities! Attendees will learn about augmented (AR), virtual (VR) and cross (XR) realities including: • How they work; • What you can do with them at your library; and • What the future holds for these devices. (SESSION B) Cricut: Using the Cricut for Library Promotion and Programs The popular Cricut can offer a lot of creative solutions to libraries for both promotion and programming. This session will give you the chance to get hands-on with a Cricut and create something uniquely yours. In addition, we explore ideas on how to utilize the machine to its fullest potential at your library. (SESSION C) Makerspace Activities: Robotics, Circuits and More During this interactive program, we will look at program ideas for your library. Using robots, basics circuitry, and more, this program will help you create programs for adults, students, and small children utilizing the SWFLN Bits ‘N Borrow Lending Program. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A TWO-PART REGISTRATION PROCESS.

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