System Meeting Friday, Sept 16, 2016 @ 9:30

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• System Meeting Friday, Sept 16, 2016 @ 9:30
  • Selection Lists
  • Announcement Links
  • Sharing
  • Registration link on event calendar: http://pls-net.org/event/system-meeting-3
  • Program: 5 Characteristics of a High Performance Team
    • Program Materials
    • Program Recording
  • System Meeting Documentation
  • Post-meeting Events
  • Link to previous Meeting

Selection Lists

J and YA publisher preview books will be available for review.

Announcement Links

• 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten and Creating a Library Play Space Grant (Pat)
• Summer Reading Surveys (Pat)
  • 2016 Summer Reading Statistics
  • 2016 Youth Services Contact List
• Annual Meeting (Lauren)
• Legislative Breakfast Reminder (Lauren)
• Trustee/Director Workshop: The Inside and Outside of Evaluations (Lauren)
• Pop-Up Library Tent (Lauren)
• Kits for Patrons (Lauren)
• Adult Programming Workshop (Hope)
• Website in a Day (Hope/Ron)
• Construction Grant Awards (Ron)
• Local History Interest Group (Lindsay)
• Mailers (Lindsay)
• Evergreen (Bob)
• E-Rate / CIPA (Bob)
  • Content Filtering
• Holdings Workshop (Kathryn)

Sharing

Registration link on event calendar: http://pls-net.org/event/system-meeting-3

Program: 5 Characteristics of a High Performance Team

A library’s greatest resource is its people. Tor Constantino brings his experience as a communications professional in the business world, to explore the characteristics of high functioning teams. Find out what leaders can do to foster this vital resource and how individuals can maximize their contribution to the team.

Tor Constantino is a communications professional with more than 25 years combined experience as a former journalist and current public relations executive. Early in his career he worked as a general assignment reporter and news anchor for more than a dozen national and regional media outlets including CBS Radio, Clear Channel Communications as well as ABC , CBS and NBC television affiliates.

While working as a corporate communications executive for the past 15 years of his career, Tor has reported directly to five different CEOs at a variety of Fortune 500companies including: IMS Health, AstraZeneca, Global Crossing and Bausch & Lomb.

He holds an M.B.A. degree in management from Rochester Institute of Technology as well as a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University. He has also been a frequent guest lecturer and college-level business communications instructor.

In his spare time, he’s a contributing editor for Soundviewexecutive book summaries, and he is also a weekly contributor to Entrepreneurand a regular contributor to career advice site TheMuse.com as well as The Huffington Post . His writings have appeared on several major media outlets including: TIME , Fortune , Forbesand _USAToday _ .

Program Materials

Program Recording

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System Meeting Documentation

Post-meeting Events

• Youth Yak - Storytime Demos; registration link: http://pls-net.org/event/youth-yak

Link to previous Meeting

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