September 1

From AI Experimentation to Execution: Building Capability at Scale (Training Magazine Network)
The all-star team is back. Dr. Karl Kapp, Dr. Ellen Wagner, and Dr. David Metcalf join host Dr. Anders Gronstedt for another sharp, opinionated look at what is reshaping learning and development. The conversation has moved beyond AI pilots, proof-of-concepts, and content generation. Leading teams are now using AI, VR, and learning data to build measurable workplace performance at scale. As intelligent agents become coworkers, coaches, role-play partners, and members of the learning team, the profession itself must evolve. The panel will separate practical progress from inflated promises and explore what learning leaders can build, deploy, and scale today.

Reading the signals: How intelligence is changing fundraising (Bloomerang)
Every interaction with a supporter—from a donation or volunteer shift to an event registration—creates a signal. The challenge is bringing those signals together and turning them into a clear understanding of who needs attention, where opportunities are emerging, and what to do next. Join us to explore how a more intelligent approach to fundraising can help your organization make better use of those signals.

We’ll show how Bloomerang combines donor management, fundraising, and volunteer management in one platform, and adds intelligence through conversational reporting, predictive donor insights, and automated data management.

AI Access Is Not AI Readiness: How to Stop Your Employees Wasting Time with AI (Training Magazine Network)
AI Access Is Not AI Readiness. Giving employees access to AI doesn’t mean they’re ready to use it. Organizations can provide the tools, licenses, policies, and prompt libraries—and still see employees hesitate, misuse AI, distrust its answers, or struggle to apply it to real work. In a digital-skills masterclass with more than 1,000 employees at a Fortune 100 organization, one concern stood out: trust. Employees worried about accuracy and hallucinations—and wanted practical, role-specific ways to use AI confidently. The lesson was clear: AI adoption is emotional before it is technical. In this interactive session, you’ll discover how L&D can move beyond AI access and awareness to build the judgment, skills, and confidence people need to use AI effectively and responsibly. You’ll learn how to: Distinguish AI access, literacy, capability, and readiness; Address the hesitation, distrust, and overconfidence that can undermine AI adoption; Apply the SUMMS™ Blueprint to AI learning experiences; Use the SCRIPT™ framework to improve human-to-AI briefing; Build simple judgment checks that reduce hallucination risk and inappropriate reliance; Create peer-practice environments where employees can safely experiment, learn, and improve. Access gives employees the tool. Readiness gives them the ability to use it well.

Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy (Digital Inquiry Group)
Explore history lessons that embed digital literacy instruction. Experience model lessons, access new curricular resources, and learn evidence-based strategies for teaching digital literacy. 

September 2

Who Doesn't Love a Field Trip? Staff Development Through Library Visits (Nebraska Library Commission)
Small, rural libraries often struggle with limited staff development opportunities and geographic isolation from peer institutions. This presentation proposes an innovative, low-cost solution: organizing field trips to visit other libraries. Our library closed on a local festival day and visited three diverse institutions—Cumberland County Library, Midlothian Public Library, and the Library of Virginia. Staff toured facilities, observed operations, and engaged directly with peers about programming, procedures, and space utilization. Post-visit discussions sparked conversations about possibilities for our own library. This session will provide a framework for planning library field trips, strategies for maximizing learning outcomes, and examples of changes implemented after our visits. Attendees will leave with practical tools to create meaningful professional development experiences without significant budget expenditures—perfect for resource-constrained libraries seeking creative solutions.

8 Simple Ways to Choose Words That Get the Response You Want (Training Magazine Network)
Whether you are training a team, pitching a prospect, presenting a marketing message, calming an upset customer, or guiding a difficult discussion, the words you choose shape what people understand, trust, remember, and do next. This is an interactive session for training professionals and customer-facing teams who want to speak with more clarity, credibility, and influence. You’ll learn how to choose language that clarifies ideas, communicates value, builds trust, defuses concerns, and moves conversations toward action. Participants will leave with repeatable speaking techniques they can use immediately. Clear communication isn’t just a “soft skill.” It helps customers understand value, boosts learner retention, helps teams align on action, and delivers a more consistent experience across every conversation.

The Strategic Grantseeker: A 2026-27 Playbook for Uncertain Times (TechSoup)
There are two ways nonprofits typically approach grant funding: reacting to whatever opportunities land in their inbox or building a deliberate strategy for each project or program that needs support. In today's environment of federal dollars shrinking, more funding routed through states, and private foundations stepping in to fill gaps, the second approach isn't optional anymore. It's survival. Join GrantStation President Alice Ruhnke for this fast-paced, information-packed training built for the realities of 2026-27. You'll leave with a step-by-step process for building a grantseeking strategy that holds up no matter what the funding landscape throws at you next. You'll learn how to: Benchmark your organization against similar nonprofits to set realistic, achievable grantseeking goals; Identify the tools and resources you need to build (or rebuild) a solid grantseeking program; Develop a grants research process that's consistent, efficient, and adaptable as opportunities shift; Weigh different strategic approaches for funding each program or project, including diversifying beyond federal sources; Build an action plan to secure (and keep) the funding your organization needs. If you're worried about your fundraising plan for the next 12–18 months, this session will help you replace guesswork with a grantseeking approach built for resilience.

Unlocking Rural Data: How to Find Census Bureau Data for Rural Communities (US Census)
Serve or work in a rural community? Join Data Dissemination Specialists from the U.S. Census Bureau for an informative session designed to help rural serving professionals access Census data to better understand the people and economies they support. Participants will explore key Census geographies relevant to rural communities and discover the wide range of Census data available to support assessments and planning. Through demonstrations, participants will learn to leverage data.census.gov and other key data tools to make data-informed decisions in their work.

Using Cross-Training to Develop Your Employees and Strengthen Service Excellence (Niche Academy)
How nimble is your library? If a staff member is gone for an extended period of time, can their major job duties be covered? Do your staff want to build new skills? Cross-training is a solution to all of these challenges! Cross-training is any form of employees learning job duties that are outside their normal focus from their colleagues within the same library system. Cross-training can have a variety of appearances, from people within a single library learning each other’s areas, to creating staff who are comfortable at more than one branch location, to back-ups for tasks crucial to the library’s success. Whether you work in a single library or multi-branch system, there are multiple ways to design a cross-training program to help your staff grow and enable your library to rapidly adapt to changing needs. In this session, Garrison Libby and Emily Leachman will discuss the benefits of cross-training and ways to implement it at your library.

September 3

Stop Designing Onboarding Around Day One (Training Industry)
Onboarding is often treated as a checklist: a collection of information, processes and skills a new hire needs on day one. But effective onboarding isn’t a one-time event; it’s the beginning of a longer performance journey. Instead of asking, “What does a new employee need to know to begin?” L&D leaders should ask, “What mindsets, skills and behaviors should a successful employee demonstrate at 6, 12 and 18 months?” In this webinar, Integrity Solutions’ Director of Product Amelia Strother will explore how designing backward from those outcomes can transform onboarding from short-term information transfer into intentional performance development. You’ll see what it looks like to connect long-term outcomes to real-world application and reinforce the right mindsets and behaviors over time. Amelia will bring these principles to life through a practical example of a structured development roadmap that extends across an employee’s first 18 months.

Attendees will learn: How to design onboarding backward from the mindsets, skills and behaviors that define successful performance rather than building it around a day-one checklist; Why effective onboarding must shape what employees believe, not just what they know, and connect those mindsets to the behaviors that drive performance; How to extend onboarding beyond the initial learning event by creating a deliberate path from foundational learning to real-world application and long-term habit formation.

An Orientation to Legal Research: U.S. Case Law (LOC: Law Library)
The Orientation to Legal Research Series provides a basic introduction to legal sources and research techniques. These orientations, taught by legal reference librarians, are typically offered once a month on a rotating basis. This entry in the series provides an overview of U.S. case law research, including information about the U.S. federal court system, the publication of court opinions, methods for researching case law, and information about locating records and briefs.

Donor-Advised Funds 101 for Small Nonprofits (CharityHowTo)
There's more than $326 billion sitting in donor-advised funds right now, money that's already been set aside for charity and is just waiting for the right nonprofit to ask. DAFs help nonprofits of all sizes with grants of varying sizes. The catch? Most small nonprofits have no idea how to get on the receiving end of it. This session changes that. Whether "DAF" is brand new to you or something you've been meaning to figure out for a while, you'll leave knowing what these funds are, why the donors behind them give differently, and the practical steps to position your organization for a slice of one of the fastest-growing sources of charitable giving. The session is split into two parts, with time for Q+A a to ask your questions and learn how to accept DAFs.

• Part 1 - Donor-Advised Funds 101: In this part of the webinar, Mitch Stein, Head of Strategy at Chariot, and Chelsea Paul, VP of Marketing at Daffy, will cover everything you need to know about donor-advised funds.
• Part 2 - Engaging Hidden Gatekeepers of Philanthropy: How to Build Relationships with the Advisors Who Influence Millions in Charitable Giving: Behind transformational gifts are trusted advisors who help donors shape their giving. Learning how to build authentic relationships with these hidden gatekeepers can open doors to funding opportunities that many organizations never realize exist. In this practical webinar, global fundraiser and philanthropy advisor Kia Croom will share the strategies she has used throughout her 26-year career to cultivate these influential relationships and position organizations for transformational giving.

Falling for Books: Upcoming Romance Titles (Booklist)
Over that summer fling? Looking for a cozy fall romance? Or perhaps a holiday hookup? You can find your perfect mate during Booklist’s romance webinar. Join us to learn about potential suitors (*er, books) that are sure to be love at first sight for your patrons from Yen Press, Shadow Mountain Publishing, and HarperCollins Publishers. Whether you like your romance with some paranormal elements or prefer a historical spin, we have it all! Register now! Moderated by Booklist’s Editor in Chief and Adult Books editor Donna Seaman.

September 8

Comics & Libraries: Resources for Collection Development and Programming (Booklist)
How can you utilize comics to reach your patrons, build community, and promote reading? Find out during Booklist’s virtual workshop featuring three sessions focused on collection development and programming in your library or classroom. Register now!

• *Session 1 (2-3 pm) Championing Latine Graphic Novels in Middle School Libraries: Strategies for Intentional Selection and Inclusion: Latine graphic novels are more than engaging reads; they are powerful tools for literacy, representation, and student belonging. This session, moderated by Dr. Karina Quilantan-Garza, explores why these titles deserve a place in middle school collections, even in restrictive policy environments, and offers practical strategies for collection development, advocacy, and responding to common challenges. Participants will leave with ideas and resources they can immediately apply in their own libraries.
• *Session 2 (3-4 pm) Curate with Confidence: Building a Must-Read Graphic Nonfiction Collection: School library director and former English teacher Julie Rick will share resources on how to curate a diverse and dynamic graphic nonfiction collection for kids.  During this presentation she will highlight strategies to evaluate and select high quality graphic nonfiction to meet the needs and interests of your young readers. 
• *Session 3 (4-5 pm) Manga Programming 101 (With A Side of Anime!): YA librarian Joe Pascullo will be on hand to discuss manga programming at public libraries, and how to implement them for your respective youth audiences. Additionally, we’ll take a closer look at the “anime bump” certain manga receive, how to spot them in advance, and how to tie them into programming and collection development!

Beyond Implementation: Why Technology Leaders Belong in Strategic Conversation (Follett)
Technology leaders are often brought into district initiatives after key decisions have already been made, limiting their ability to anticipate challenges, align resources, and maximize impact. This session explores how technology leaders can move beyond implementation and become trusted strategic partners who help shape district priorities from the very beginning. Participants will examine practical strategies for building collaborative relationships, strengthening communication across departments, and ensuring technology supports teaching, learning, operations, and long-term district goals.

September 9

Youth-Focused Tabletop Role-Playing Game Programs in Public Libraries (Indiana State Library)
TTRPGs (Tabletop Roleplaying Games) are increasingly prevalent in library programming as both educational tools and fun, dynamic events for participants, but starting these programs can be challenging. With a combined two decades of experience running TTRPGs, presenters from Monroe County Public Library will discuss how to start and maintain RPG programs for youth audiences, ranging from ages 8-19. We will also share strategies and resources for developing youth community through RPG programming and structuring games to provide a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment for youth to explore their own skills, autonomy, and identities.

Foundation First: Where to Start with AI (Nonprofit Hub)
For a small nonprofit, AI is the closest thing to additional staff you are going to get this year, and the hours it gives back are real. However, most organizations reach for the tools first and work out the rules later, and that order is what turns a good idea into an exposure that cannot be undone. This session is about the first move: what is already running inside your organization, what AI can genuinely take off your team’s plate, and the one rule to write this week. What you’ll learn: Identify Invisible Tools: Understand what AI programs and features are already running inside your organization under the radar; Pinpoint Impactful Automation: Discover specific, high-friction tasks AI can genuinely take off your team’s plate to save measurable hours each week; Mitigate Risk First: Learn how to avoid the dangerous trap of adopting tools before setting ground rules, protecting your nonprofit from irreversible risk; Establish Core Governance: Draft the single most critical AI usage rule your organization needs to implement this week to safely guide your team.

How to Get Corporate Sponsors for Your Nonprofit (TechSoup)
Sponsorships are your key to success. In this live webinar, David Pisarek will show you how you need to shift your thinking to start approaching sponsors with a business mindset. David will showcase case studies of nonprofit organizations that have successfully secured corporate sponsorships and highlight the strategies they used to do so. He'll also provide actionable steps and tips that nonprofit organizations can implement to secure corporate sponsorships, including: How to research potential sponsors and align their CSR goals with your nonprofit’s mission and values; How to develop a tiered sponsorship proposal with different levels of sponsorship packages, each offering different benefits and exposure opportunities for sponsors; How to create a sponsor recognition program that publicly acknowledges the contributions of your sponsors and promotes their brand; How to leverage digital marketing and storytelling techniques to engage potential sponsors and build relationships; How to provide regular updates and reports to sponsors on the impact of their support and offer exclusive opportunities to sponsors. Finally, David provides attendees with a workbook that includes prompts and exercises to help them develop a strategic approach to corporate sponsorship. He'll also offer a Q&A session at the end of the webinar to answer any questions and provide additional insights.

Navigating Federal Funding Cuts - A Peer Learning Exchange about Giving Circles (Candid Learning)
As federal funding becomes less predictable, nonprofits are having to find support for their work elsewhere. Giving circles are a powerful way to engage donors, build community, and direct resources to causes that matter. Whether you're launching a new giving circle, strengthening an existing one, or exploring how collective philanthropy can support your organization's mission, there is much to learn from peers who are doing this work. We invite you to join us for a virtual discussion with fellow leaders and practitioners engaged in giving circles. This session will focus on building and sustaining successful giving circles, engaging members, fostering equity in philanthropy, and exploring ways collective giving can expand community impact.

Introduction to the Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI)
The SLI was created by a group of colleagues who wanted to help libraries step up in the face of climate change and own their role as sustainability leaders. Learn more about our tools and resources that help libraries make more conscious decisions, develop partnerships, and build the triple bottom line of sustainability into library culture: environmental stewardship, social equity, and economic feasibility. Come and learn about the SLI and the benefits and discounts provided to you through your membership with one of our library association partners.

September 10

From Authors Alliance: “Open For Whom? Access to Knowledge in the Age of AI” (ASERL)
AI is reshaping access to knowledge, so who is “open” really for? Join a live discussion on the tensions between openness, AI & access. As artificial intelligence reshapes how information is created, accessed, and consumed, long-standing commitments to open knowledge are being tested in new and urgent ways. Publishers, libraries, and educators — many of whom have championed openness for decades — are now grappling with a difficult question: open for whom? In this live discussion for the Future Knowledge podcast, we’ll explore the growing tension between access and control in the age of AI. Library infrastructure is under strain as large-scale data use accelerates. Publishers who once embraced openness are facing hard conversations with authors concerned about how their work is being used to train AI systems. At the same time, advocates of Open Educational Resources (OER) are navigating a paradox: wanting their materials to reach students widely, even as those same materials are absorbed by powerful commercial tools.

How to build a volunteer onboarding journey that meets rising service demand (CharityVillage)
In an era of shifting supporter expectations and unprecedented service demands, the core challenge of volunteer management is no longer a lack of community goodwill—it’s operational friction. Outdated, manual processes and lengthy onboarding delays are quietly driving passionate advocates away before they ever complete their first shift. Join Rosterfy and special guests as we pull back the curtain on modern volunteer recruitment and retention. In this interactive session, we will share exclusive benchmark data from recent nonprofit infrastructure studies and introduce practical frameworks from our new Volunteer Recruitment Playbook. Discover how to transform your digital gateway, automate tedious administration, and design flexible, impact-driven onboarding journeys that volunteers eagerly complete.

Orientation to Law Library Collections featuring the New Jersey State Library (LOC: Law Library)
The Orientation to Law Library Collections (OLLC) Webinar is designed for patrons familiar with legal research who would like an introduction to the Law Library of Congress’s collections and services. The purpose of the State Law Libraries Outreach Project is to strengthen the ties between the Law Library of Congress and state law libraries by sharing information about our collections, products, and services with one another and with the public. This project involves providing a guest spot for state law librarians, or their designees, to discuss the collections and services they offer during our OLLC webinars.

Back-to-school success: Assistive technology for reading (PACER Center)
Join us for our assistive technology back-to-school workshop series! This session will explore tools to support reading, access to information, and independent learning. Participants will learn about solutions for all ages that can help students start the school year with confidence.

Scream With Me: Confronting Social Injustice Through Horror (Booklist)
Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring young adult horror authors as they explore how this genre can serve as a powerful platform for addressing pressing social issues such as women’s rights, LGBTQAI+ rights, body autonomy, social justice, and racism. Through compelling storytelling and thought-provoking themes, Melissa Blair (WHEN EVIL LINGERS), Cale Plett (THE SAW MOUTH), Keala Kendall (THAT WHICH FEEDS US), and Randy Ribay (NEST OF TONGUES) will discuss how horror fiction can challenge societal norms, amplify marginalized voices, and inspire activism. This webinar can also offer a unique opportunity for attendees to gain insights into the intersection of genre and activism, and to see how fear and empathy can be harnessed to spark meaningful conversations and social change. Kelly Ferreira, Associate Editor of Books for Youth, will moderate. Register now!

The Literacy Crisis: If It’s a Right, Why Is It Still a Privilege? (edWeb)
If literacy is a right, why do opportunity and outcomes remain so unequal? In this edLeader Panel, leaders from Lexia examine the systems, structures, and instructional realities that determine who gains access to literacy and who is left behind. Through the lens of equity, implementation, and the Science of Reading, school and district leaders will explore what it takes to build the conditions for literacy success for every student. This edLeader Panel will be of interest to K-12 school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

Volunteer Recruitment: Kick Off (Idealist)
Join Jennifer Bennett, CVA for a workshop series on recruiting volunteers. This one-hour kick off will outline the current trends and challenges in recruiting volunteers right now and introduce strategies for designing position descriptions, building volunteer personas, creating compelling recruitment messages, and developing follow up communications for prospective volunteers. Sign up for this Kick Off and the 5 individual workshops to re-imagine and redesign your volunteer recruitment strategy!

The potential and peril of generative AI (WebJunction)
Generative AI continues to integrate into our daily lives, and public libraries can play an important role in helping their communities understand these technologies. Everyone needs to understand GenAI's potential and limitations - regardless of whether someone uses a particular tool. Through their daily interactions with the public, librarians see how using these powerful tools can produce intentional and unintentional harm. This session will give an overview of how to work, live, and thrive in a world with GenAI. Panelists will share resources librarians can use to continue their own professional development and support their communities.

September 14

Feedback Fluency: Building the Culture Conditions That Make Feedback Work (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
Feedback culture is one of the most powerful and underutilized performance and retention strategies available to nonprofit leaders. Sustained practice requires more than skill-building: it depends on the psychological foundations and organizational conditions that make it possible. This session outlines those conditions and introduces the essential elements of a feedback-fluent organization, from self-knowledge to structural design.

10 things Libraries and Museums Should Know About Volunteer Engagement (Consultants for Libraries)
Join Jessica Pang-Parks to talk about how volunteer recruitment is only one part of the puzzle. To build a truly engaged, mission-aligned community, libraries and museums must think beyond sign-up forms and start stewarding volunteers through every stage of the engagement cycle. In this session, nonprofit engagement strategist Jessica Pang-Parks will guide you through the full volunteer lifecycle, from recruitment to retention and recognition, and share how thoughtful volunteer engagement can strengthen trust, deepen relationships, and even unlock new revenue. Whether you’re struggling to retain volunteers or looking to build a stronger community around your mission, this session will offer the tools and perspective you need to take your volunteer strategy to the next level. 

September 15

Federal Appropriations Research (LOC: Law Library)
This webinar will focus on researching the legislative history and appropriations in the annual federal budget appropriations. It will review the general appropriations procedure in Congress. It will also focus on resources for conducting legislative history research into appropriations, including annual CRS appropriation status tables, omnibus legislation, and members’ earmarks.

Future-Ready STEM Pathways: Bringing Real-World Careers Into Everyday Instruction (edWeb)
In this edWebinar, educators will explore how STEM Careers Coalition’s (SCC) free resources can help students connect classroom learning to real-world STEM opportunities. This first session of Future-Ready Pathways Week: Connecting Students to Careers highlights high-demand career pathways, turnkey classroom resources, and strategies for embedding career-connected learning into core science instruction. Attendees will learn how to use SCC videos, career profiles, and hands-on activities to spark student curiosity, deepen engagement, and build workforce-ready skills. This edWebinar will be of interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, school counselors, career coordinators, curriculum and instruction coordinators, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders.

The Grants Scorecard: A Simple System for Stronger Proposals (TechSoup)
Every funder seems to ask for something a little different. And with tightening budgets and more competition for fewer dollars, nonprofits can't afford to guess what reviewers are really looking for. Here's the good news: Beneath the differences in terminology and formatting, most funders are evaluating the same core things. Once you know what those are, you can build a repeatable system for strengthening any proposal, no matter the funder's requirements. In this webinar, Alice Ruhnke will introduce a Grants Scorecard: a reusable tool you can apply to any grant application to evaluate your writing before you hit submit. You'll learn how to spot the difference between a section that's exemplary and one that's merely adequate … and exactly what to fix in between. You'll learn how to: Use a Grants Scorecard to evaluate and strengthen key sections of your proposal; Identify what funders expect in your organizational background, statement of need, approach, goals, evaluation plan, and budget; Pinpoint the specific areas of your applications that need the most improvement and prioritize your revision time accordingly. No two grant applications are identical, but the Grants Scorecard gives you a consistent, repeatable framework you can apply to every proposal. This will help your organization write faster, stronger applications and compete more confidently for the funding your mission depends on.

Effective Tier 1 Literacy in the Primary Grades (edWeb)
Join this applicable and enlightening edWebinar with Dr. Stephanie Stollar, one of the nation’s foremost experts on MTSS, early literacy, and effective intervention. Drawing on her extensive work through The Reading Science Academy and her decades of experience supporting schools across the country, Dr. Stollar will unpack the essential characteristics of high‑quality Tier 1 instruction—the features that truly drive student success. In this session, Dr. Stollar will show how Tier 1 instruction and intervention must work together, what educators should look for “under the hood,” and why recognizing and implementing these key ingredients is critical for preventing reading difficulties before they take root. This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-3 teachers, school leaders, and district leaders.

Beyond the Bubble (Digital Inquiry Group)
Explore more than 150 document-based history assessments that reveal student thinking and can be scored in minutes. Engage with model tasks that feature Library of Congress documents and identify opportunities for formative assessment in your context. Updated with new best practices.

September 16

Build a Training System, One Useful Program at a Time (Niche Academy)
Join Niche Academy’s Margaret Helthaler for a look at how to build an effective training system without trying to do everything at once. Margaret will show how to start with one audience, one priority, and a clear outcome—then turn that plan into a manageable training program for staff, volunteers, board members, or community members. You’ll get a step-by-step framework you can use right away, along with short demos that show how Niche Academy helps you find ready-made tutorials, create or organize training content, assign training, review learner progress, and use data to decide what to improve next. You’ll leave with a clearer way to plan one useful program and build from there.

News Access and Media Literacy in Public Libraries (Public Library Association)
Public libraries are playing an increasingly important role in helping communities navigate today’s complex information landscape. From supporting access to trustworthy news sources to helping patrons build critical media literacy skills, library workers are meeting growing needs amid rapidly changing technologies, formats, and user behaviors. Join the Public Library Association (PLA) and PressReader for a webinar exploring key findings from the new report, News Access and Media Literacy in Public Libraries. Based on survey responses from more than 900 library workers, the report examines how public libraries are supporting news access and media literacy, the challenges they face, and where future investment may have the greatest impact.

September 17

Greatest Crimes in Statistics (NNLM)
Join this session to learn about common pitfalls in statistics to look out for when reading scientific articles. Using a mix of lecture, discussion, and practice activities, participants will learn to identify misleading aspects of data visualizations, evidence of p-hacking, problems with pseudoreplication, and omissions in reporting of results.

Introduction to Nonprofit Accounting: the Basics (TechSoup)
Accounting can be hard enough if you haven’t studied it in school. Nonprofit accounting is actually very different and more challenging still. Need help? Join Nonprofit CPA and QuickBooks expert Gregg Bossen in this first-time webinar and learn the ABC’s of keeping books for a nonprofit organization. Key takeaways: What accounting is and how it works; How to read a financial statement; What financial statements should be given to the board each month; The three things that nonprofits are required to track; What features to use in QuickBooks to track programs and grants.

Katherine Rundell Virtual Classroom Visit With Student Q&A (Mackin)
Join us for Mackin’s Storyteller Spotlight as we welcome Katherine Rundell for a free, virtual visit as she reads aloud from the Impossible Creatures series. Her reading will be followed by a spirited Q&A, giving students a chance to ask questions about her books.

Volunteer Recruitment: Position Description (Idealist)
This workshop will walk you through designing a volunteer position description you can use to create a volunteer persona, recruitment messaging, and follow up communications for prospective volunteers. We'll build on ideas and concepts introduced in the Volunteer Recruitment Workshop Kick Off. Please plan on attending or watching that session before attending this session. Come with a volunteer role or position in mind (and a copy of a position description if you have one) and Jennifer will walk you through updating it to help you recruit the right volunteers for the role.

Advancing SEL—Fostering Character, Creativity, and Culture in Early Learning Spaces (Early Childhood Investigations)
Ready to go beyond the basics? In this second session of the series, we’ll explore advanced strategies to support children’s social-emotional development through character education, creative expression, and culturally responsive practices. Join Brian J. Puerling, MS, NBCT, nationally recognized author, PBS Innovative Educator Award recipient, and early childhood leader, as he shares practical tools to deepen your SEL approach. Drawing from decades of work with diverse learners, including roles with Sesame Workshop and Chicago Public Schools, Brian will guide you in designing inclusive environments and crafting sustainable classroom practices. This session builds on the foundation of Webinar 1. If you missed the live event, we encourage you to watch the recording of Part 1. Together, these two sessions offer a comprehensive framework for fostering SEL in the digital age.

The $2 Million Training Question — What Happens When Great Training Doesn't Improve Performance? (Training Magazine Network)
Organizations invest millions in training, yet too often the expected improvement never shows up in workplace performance or business results. The problem is not always the training itself. Employees may leave with the right knowledge and skills, but unclear expectations, limited manager support, competing priorities, inadequate reinforcement, and workplace barriers can prevent them from applying what they learned. In this practical webinar, Dr. Mike Saunderson will examine the “$2 Million Training Question”: What must happen after training for learning to become sustained performance and measurable business impact? You will learn how to identify where learning transfer is breaking down, clarify shared responsibilities—with particular attention to manager accountability—and use a 30-60-90-day roadmap to strengthen coaching, reinforcement, follow-through, and performance measurement.

AI in the Classroom: Practical Tools, Smart Workflows, Future-Ready Teaching Strategies (EdWeb)
AI is reshaping education; what does meaningful, responsible use look like today? In this edWebinar, educators explore AI for student learning and teacher efficiency, experience time‑saving workflows, explore the free IBM SkillsBuild, where each educator will leave having started their AI certification, and gain practical, classroom‑ready strategies for implementation tomorrow. This edWebinar will be of interest to high school teachers, librarians, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

Rethinking Math Fact Fluency in K-5: Building Number Sense, Reasoning, and Foundational Confidence (edWeb)
When students develop math fact fluency through reasoning and number sense—not just memorization—they build a stronger foundation for long-term mathematical success. Join us for an engaging edWebinar with elementary math expert Ann Elise Record as we explore research-based approaches that help students become flexible, confident thinkers while strengthening their accuracy and efficiency with basic facts. In this session, Ann Elise will share practical instructional strategies that move beyond rote recall to deepen conceptual understanding and cultivate mathematical confidence. Educators will discover how purposeful math fact fluency instruction can support all learners while creating meaningful connections between facts, patterns, and problem solving. This edWebinar will be of interest to K-5 teachers, math coaches, interventionists, and administrators.

September 18

Severe Weather Engagement: A New Resource from The Healing Library (NNLM)
This one-hour training will introduce participants to The Healing Library and its newest resource kit, Severe Weather Engagement. Together, learners will explore The Healing Library’s mission and approach, tour its collection of free, ready-to-use resources, and discuss how these materials can be adapted for libraries and the communities they serve. The session will also provide an in-depth look at the Severe Weather Engagement kit, including its books, activities, discussion prompts, and other tools designed to help children and families understand, prepare for, and cope with severe weather events. Participants will leave with practical ideas for incorporating the kit into library programming, community outreach, and disaster preparedness efforts.

September 21

Prospecting Tools & AI-Assisted Outreach: A Practical, Repeatable Workflow for Modern Fundraising Teams (Nonprofit Learning Lab)
This workshop introduces a simple, three-step, technology-enabled workflow that uses AI as a time-saving assistant, never as a replacement for human judgment. Participants actively work through this workflow during the session, using real tools and prompts while applying clear guardrails for responsible AI use and “human-in-the-loop” decision-making.

September 22

Negotiating Qualitative Research Quality in the Age of AI (IFLA)
The advent of widely accessible AI-based products has raised new questions about the use of technology for analyzing qualitative data and what it means to do rigorous qualitative work. Answering these questions requires that researchers have a strong sense of what quality of research means in their own context and to their expected readers. Attendees will learn a framework for articulating how they understand their own research or to use with patrons conducting qualitative work. This framework can be used to inform decision-making around technology for data analysis, including the use of AI.

Reimagining Digital Collections for the Next Generation of Library Users (Library Journal)
Today's library users expect more than access to digital collections. They expect intuitive discovery, engaging digital experiences, and seamless access to unique institutional resources that support learning, research and community engagement. As these expectations continue to evolve, academic libraries are rethinking how digital collections can better serve students, faculty, researchers, alumni and broader communities. Join library leaders as they discuss how their institutions are approaching the next generation of digital collections. We'll learn about modernizing existing environments, improving discoverability, expanding engagement, leveraging AI-powered capabilities within Alma Specto, and much more!

The Three Languages of Library Support, with EveryLibrary (SirsiDynix)
Looking for new ways to advocate for your library, broaden support in your community, and secure funding? Want to learn how you can craft communications that resonate with audiences across the political spectrum and activate key library stakeholders, from voters and donors to elected officials?

Heat, Health, and Disasters: The Role of Libraries (NNLM)
Extreme weather events can have significant effects on individual and community health, while also disrupting the services and resources communities rely on. This training will examine the health impacts of extreme heat and other disasters and consider how libraries may be affected by and respond to these events. Participants will explore practical ways libraries and librarians can support their communities during periods of extreme heat and throughout each phase of the disaster management cycle, including mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Winter/Spring 2027 Youth Preview (Booklist)
Books can transport young readers to new worlds and adventures, fueling their imaginations and sparking creativity. Join Booklist for our Winter/Spring 2027 Youth Preview featuring upcoming titles from Norton Young Readers, Abrams, and Levine Querido. Don’t miss this free, one-hour webinar showcasing the best to come in picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and YA! Register now! Moderated by Booklist’s Books for Youth senior editor Ronny Khuri.

How Gen Z use and don't use public libraries: New data and analysis (WebJunction)
Professors Kathi Inman Berens and Rachel Noorda, media researchers at Portland State University, present 2025 data and insights about how Gen Z use libraries. The researchers contextualize their longitudinal survey data with ethnographic research and conversations with many librarians. What are some successful strategies libraries use to reach and serve Gen Z? What paradoxes characterize Gen Z’s media identities and behaviors? Participants will leave with tips on how to strengthen Gen Z’s connection to libraries, how to understand Gen Z, and how promote services that resonate with younger audiences.

September 23

E-rate 101: Just the Basics for 2027 (Nebraska Library Commission)
What is E-rate? How can my library benefit from E-rate? How do I apply for E-rate? E-rate is a federal program that provides discounts to K-12 schools and public libraries on the cost of their Internet Access and Connections to make these services more affordable. This includes Broadband, Fiber, and Wi-Fi Internet access as well as Internal Connections, such as wiring, routers, switches, and other network equipment. This session will be a general overview of the E-rate program. Full in-depth E-rate workshops will be held later in the year. It will be useful to libraries who have never applied for E-rate, libraries who are new to E-rate, and current E-rate libraries who just want a short refresher on what E-rate is all about.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The dates and rules in this session will be specific to E-rate Funding Year 2027.

Ready NOW: A Framework for Disaster Response in Libraries (NNLM)
Libraries show up in moments of crisis because they have spent years earning the trust of the people they serve. When disaster hits, when a pandemic reshapes daily life, or when the quieter crisis of mental health need settles into a community, people find their way to the library. The question is whether staff will have what they need to respond in ways that actually meet people where they are. The Ready NOW Field Guide was built with that question in mind. Developed through a multi-year IMLS-funded project at the University of Maryland, it is a free, research-based toolkit that helps library staff at every level move from good intentions to grounded action through two core mindsets and three essential tasks focused on relationship-building, co-creation, and internal capacity. In this session, you will hear directly from project staff on what it looks like to bring this framework into libraries. We will move from the foundations of the toolkit to real outreach and programming strategies you can take back to your own community. If you are trying to build services that hold up when your community needs them most, this session is for you.

Meeting Accessibility Standards: What eLearning Designers Need to Know (Training Magazine Network)
Accessibility doesn’t have to feel complicated or like just another compliance box to check. In this webinar, we’ll break down what eLearning designers really need to know about accessibility and how to put it into practice. We’ll look at common accessibility challenges across content, visuals, multimedia, navigation, interactions, and assessments and share practical ways to address them. You’ll come away with a clearer understanding of how to make accessibility part of your design process from the beginning, helping you create learning experiences that work better for everyone. By the end of the webinar, you’ll be able to: Understand the key accessibility standards that matter for eLearning; Spot common accessibility issues before they become bigger problems; Apply practical accessibility practices to text, visuals, audio, video, interactions, and assessments; Design with a wider range of learners and assistive technologies in mind; Build accessibility into your workflow instead of treating it as a final check; Feel more confident making everyday design decisions with accessibility in mind.

Mastering Difficult Conversations (Niche Academy)
Difficult conversations are inevitable, but that doesn't mean we should avoid them. A study from Bravely found that 70% of employees are actively avoiding difficult conversations. Whether you avoid difficult conversations to keep the peace, freeze up when trying to negotiate with others, or feel bad when you’re responsible for giving bad news, the anxiety and fear you feel are more common than you think. And while there is no shortage of workshops and webinars that talk about communication skills, true confidence in hard conversations comes from both mastering ourselves as well as mastering the art of facilitating the conversation. Join Chris Wong to learn skills to go into conversations feeling prepared, as well as proven communication techniques to create an environment of collaboration, rather than fighting.

Strengthen MTSS Through Peer-Led Prevention: Reaching Every Student (edWeb)
Every district is working to build a stronger Multi-Tiered System of Supports. But MTSS is only as strong as what happens between the tiers. This edWebinar looks at how peer-led prevention is enabling districts to strengthen MTSS from the inside by identifying students earlier, connecting them to help faster, and shifting school culture so support reaches every student. Dr. Gregory Hudnall, Founder of Hope Squad, will join district leaders Tiffany Sommerfeld, Director of Academic Advising & Counseling at Belton Independent School District (TX), and Shannon Toney, BJA Stop School Violence Grant Coordinator at Billings Public Schools (MT), to discuss how a peer-nomination model puts trained students and accountable adults inside every level of MTSS, from universal Tier 1 prevention to more targeted support, and how that structure changes the culture of a school over time. This edWebinar is designed for elementary through high school district and school leaders evaluating how to strengthen and close gaps within their district’s MTSS strategy.

September 24

A Library of Things for Disaster Response (SLI)
Learn how Brazoria County Library System (BCLS) in Texas transformed its "Library of Things" into a disaster response asset that directly supports community needs before, during, and after major disruptions. This webinar will explain how readiness planning and intentional selection helped expand access to essential tools during emergencies, strengthening recovery efforts and reinforcing the library's role as a trusted, practical community institution. Library Director Lisa Loranc will share how the BCLS integrated the Library of Things planning and acquisition into core library strategy — rather than treating it as an add-on — and how partnerships and a community-centered services model helped her library counter book banning narratives by emphasizing libraries as hubs for equitable access.

The Three Costliest HR Mistakes Nonprofits Make (Charity Village)
Employment agreements, workplace harassment complaints, and employee terminations are among the most common HR challenges nonprofits face—and among the most likely to result in costly disputes when handled incorrectly. Join Darcy Michaud, Chief Services Officer at HR Covered, and host Kim Allen, Director of Account Management at HR Covered, as they explore three of the costliest HR mistakes nonprofits make and the practical steps organizations can take to avoid them. Drawing on real-world examples and decades of experience supporting Canadian employers, Darcy will share common pitfalls, employer obligations, and best practices related to employment agreements, workplace harassment and investigations, and employee terminations. Whether you’re an Executive Director, HR professional, manager, or board member, this webinar will help you identify potential risks before they become expensive problems.

2027 Adult Preview (Booklist)
Summer may just be ending but we know you’ve got your eye on curating your collections for 2027! If you’re looking for the best adult titles for your patrons, your book clubs, or just your personal TBR, we’ve got them in this webinar! Register now and then join us to hear representatives from Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Crooked Lane and Beacon Press preview their best titles coming in 2027! Hosted by Susan Maguire, Senior Editor, Collection Management & Library Outreach!

Volunteer Recruitment: Volunteer Personas (Idealist)
This workshop will walk you through a volunteer persona. A volunteer persona is an outline of an ideal volunteer - who they are, what they want to accomplish, and what matters to them. Once we have a persona (or two) developed for a volunteer role we can use it to create target recruitment messaging and build a follow up communication plan. We'll build on ideas and concepts introduced in the Volunteer Recruitment Workshop Kick Off, and the Position Description Workshop. Please plan on attending or watching those sessions before attending this session. Come with the position description(s) you've developed and you'll use them to build your volunteer persona.

What the Thermometer Misses: Heat Risk Perception and Trusted Intermediaries (NNLM)
Communities often understand their own hazard exposure differently than official measurements describe it, and the measurements themselves capture less than we tend to assume. This session opens with what standard heat metrics do and do not represent, then turns to recent research on heat risk perception in South Carolina, where measured exposure and residents' assessments of their own risk did not align in the ways preparedness planning expects. Participants will consider what drives that divergence, why additional data and additional alerts do not reliably resolve it, and how information reaches populations that formal channels miss. The second half of the session focuses on trusted intermediaries, including allied health leaders, community organizations, and libraries, and on what it means to work through existing relationships rather than build new ones during an emergency. Extreme heat serves as the case throughout, and the assessment approach applies to whichever hazards matter most in a given service area. Participants will leave with a method for assessing risk perception locally and for determining which intermediaries are positioned to reach the populations they are missing.

September 28

Recognizing and Preventing Burnout (GovLoop)
Burnout doesn't happen overnight, and supervisors play a critical role in recognizing the warning signs before they become bigger problems. The challenge is supporting employee well-being while still meeting mission demands. Join us as we discuss what burnout really looks like, how leaders can spot it early, and practical strategies for fostering healthier, more sustainable workplaces without sacrificing performance.

September 30

Pretty Sweet Tech (Nebraska Library Commission)
Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live! Join the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Amanda Sweet, as she guides us through the world of library-related Pretty Sweet Tech.

How to Keep All Those Donors You Worked So Hard to Get (Productive Fundraising)
Join fundraising master trainer, Chad Barger, ACFRE, ACNP, for a discussion on the importance of donor retention and learn simple, actionable steps that you can take to boost donor retention in your organization. Participants will leave the session with a greater understanding of what they can do to improve donor retention and the start of an improvement plan for their organization.

Make year-end shine: what the data says about giving (Bloomerang)
Year-end is a critical fundraising season, but knowing what will move donors to give can often feel like guesswork. This session combines current giving data, proven year-end tactics, and findings from the Bloomerang Fundraising Innovation initiative. See what’s shaping donor behavior today and how to create a stronger year-end giving experience.

Refusal as Instruction: Talking to Patrons About AI (Niche Academy)
Generative AI is being pushed by big technology companies through forced adoption by design, resulting in purple sparkles appearing everywhere you look and plenty of questions from frustrated and confused library patrons. In this webinar, Hannah Cyrus will cover how to frame generative AI to patrons in ways that are aligned with library values, including tips for reference interactions, passive programs, direct instruction, and teaching classes. From quickly explaining to low-digital-literacy patrons how this technology works and why it is not a reliable information source, to finding opportunities to correct misunderstandings among enthusiasts, to providing directions for how to turn the darn things off, attendees will come away with strategies for pushing back against a technology rife with labor, environmental, and social concerns that library workers can take a stand against.