[Libs-Or] Project Planning Webinars

[Darci Hanning]

The following two-part webinar/series is being for free in February:

Title: Project Management 101: Planning Your Project and Key Elements of a Project Plan
Date/Time: February 5 and 11, 2015, 11 am PST

Produced by the Coalition to Advance Learning in Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Registration Info: https://oclc.webex.com/oclc/onstage/g.php?PRID=8ae72edaaa3bc1b1b2deca2e5c8451e8

Join your colleagues from archives, libraries and museums for a two-part, interactive learning webinar that will introduce the fundamentals of project management: planning a project. All of our fields struggle with unstable budgets and dynamic technology, so learning to think and act in terms of projects is critical-it can be the difference between turning an idea into a successful, resourced initiative or not. Led by representatives from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the webinars will focus on the key elements of a project plan: the idea, the audiences, funding options, a work plan, an evaluation, and more. We will also discuss how to critically examine your project ideas, asking, Is it fundable? Valuable? Sustainable? And if not, what could you do differently? While learning these fundamentals, you will also benefit from the insights and experiences shared by your fellow participants from across archives, library, and museum institutions.

Presenters and Moderators
Robert Horton, Associate deputy director, IMLS
Sarah Fuller, Program specialist, IMLS

February 5     Key Elements of a Project Plan

This session will describe how careful planning leads to more successful projects. We will cover how to develop an idea, define your audience, look at funding options, do an environmental scan, assess your resource capacity and needs, and develop a project scope and schedule for implementation. Attendees will be invited to use the two weeks between webinars to outline a project idea based on these key principles. Submitted project plans will be reviewed by webinar moderators with individual feedback provided for each submission.

February 19   Evaluating Your Project Plan

In this highly interactive second session, we will use sample project ideas and case studies to look at how we can assess the strength of a project plan before it is implemented. We will also discuss other project management resources and where to learn more about the topic.

How Will I Benefit?

After participating in this two-part webinar, attendees will be better able to:
× Why project management is a critical skill
× What it takes to turn an idea into a fundable project
× Where to learn more about project management
× How to evaluate staff and institutional capacities to manage a project

Who Should Attend

This topic is relevant to all organizational roles: you may be currently managing or soon will be managing a project, or you may be a contributor to a current or future project.


Cheers,
Darci

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Darci Hanning * Technology Development Consultant
Library Support and Development Services * Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR  97301
503-378-2527 darci.hanning at state.or.us<mailto:darci.hanning at state.or.us>


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