Trainers as Leaders

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Trainers as Leaders A discussion with Paul Signorelli, Presenter/Moderator Maurice Coleman Sandra Smith Louise Whitaker Presenters/Panelists ALA Annual Conference Washington, D.C. Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:30 am – noon Sponsored by the ALA Learning Roundtable

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Presentation was delivered at the American Library Association Annual Conference (Washington, D.C., June 2010) under the auspices of ALA's Learning Round Table; event featured formal presentations, a panel discussion including a few of those interviewed (Louise Whitaker, Maurice Coleman, and Sandra Smith) for the forthcoming ALA Editions book "Workplace Learning and Leadership: A Handbook for Library and Nonprofit Trainers" (May 2011), and included discussion between panel and audience members.

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Trainers as Leaders

A discussion with

Paul Signorelli,Presenter/Moderator

Maurice ColemanSandra Smith

Louise WhitakerPresenters/Panelists

ALA Annual ConferenceWashington, D.C.

Sunday, June 27, 201010:30 am – noon

Sponsored by the ALA Learning Roundtable

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Leaders are Inspirational

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Leaders Find Creative Solutions

to Insurmounta

ble Problems

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Leaders Are Not Afraidto Tackle Difficult Issues

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And They Don’t IgnoreWhat They Are Facing

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We Don’t Need to Be Flashy

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Sometimes the Quiet

Reflective Moments Mean the

Most

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Collaboration &

Community:Maurice

Coleman,Harford County

(MD) Public Library

&T is for

Training

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Evaluation:Louise Whitaker,

Pioneer Library System

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Working With Decision-Makers:

Sandra Smith,Denver Public Library

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Creating Sparks

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A Few Leadership Resources

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Credits

(Images taken from flickr.com photostreams unless otherwise noted):

Fireworks over Washington D.C., from Tsraveling’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/28189035@N04/2665639312

Washington Crossing Delaware, photo from Lindsinnewyork’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindsinnewyork/1092914342/

Photo of Abraham Lincoln from Library of Congress American Memory Online Digital Project.

Obama and McChrystal, from mcxc2006’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcxc1982/4729567702/

Ostrich from Mchll323’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mchll323/2709219964/

Ducks from Bill in STL’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bill_in_stl/3179684354/

Volcano, from Emstrur’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/emstrur/4589774320/

Library of Congress Main Reading Room, from Gumper_11’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gumper_11/156852289/

Denver Public Library photo from Andrei Portugues Rosa’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrei_portugues_rosa/3216853296/

Sparkler, from Miller foto+grafik’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/37170484@N02/3690203452/