PLAN

Self-Care for Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, and Moral Injury
2025-11-20 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago)
TOPICS COVERED:

The causes of burnout, vicarious trauma, and moral injury and how they uniquely affect people in helping professions

Practical tools for nervous system regulation (based on Polyvagal Theory) to stay grounded and calm

Essential self-care strategies that everyone needs (setting boundaries, managing compassion fatigue, caring without burning out)

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Gabrielle Juliano-Villani is a licensed clinical social worker, consultant, and educator based in Sarasota, Florida. With a background in child welfare, residential treatment, and crisis response, Gabrielle brings real solutions to burnout.

After building and selling a successful group practice, Gabrielle now trains organizations, nonprofits, and care teams on nervous system regulation, workplace wellness, and sustainable service.

Stoicism and Gratitude: Being Thankful for What We Can Control, and What We Cannot
2025-11-26 13:00 - 14:00
Every year, Andrew presents a program in November on Giving Thanks. This year he invites you to take a look at gratitude and life through Stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy that provides a framework for ethical self-improvement and for living a human life worth living.

On Thanksgiving Day, we’re supposed to make time for thanks, to actively think about gratitude. But what is gratitude? The Stoics believe it is inclusive and counterintuitive. It wasn’t just about being grateful for the good, but for all of life.

Join Andrew for an hour of thought-provoking information including The Control Test. This program could change how you think, feel and act about gratitude on Thanksgiving Day and every day after.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Andrew Sanderbeck – Andrew has been developing and conducting training programs for library organizations for more than twenty years. He has presented Web-based, On-line, and Face-to-Face sessions in the U.S. and many countries around the world.

AI in Libraries
2025-12-10 11:30 - 12:30
Artificial intelligence isn’t just a tech trend — it’s becoming a powerful partner in how libraries connect people, ideas, and information. From smarter search results and on-the-fly translations to creative tools that spark learning and storytelling, AI is opening exciting new possibilities for library services.

As 2026 approaches, the pace of change is picking up. Generative AI, retrieval-augmented search, and locally hosted models are giving libraries fresh ways to enhance discovery, improve efficiency, and support patrons in entirely new ways — but they also bring big questions about privacy, ethics, and readiness.

In this lively, skills-focused session, we’ll look at what’s next for AI in libraries and how to get ready for it. You’ll leave with a toolkit of emerging tools worth exploring, and a clear picture of the trends shaping how libraries will lead — not just adapt — in the years ahead.

About the Presenter: Kira Smith has been a dedicated Virtual Reference Specialist with Florida’s Ask A Librarian service for over 15 years. A recipient of multiple Exemplary Reference Awards, Kira is passionate about guiding people to the information they need. In addition to her work in virtual reference, she freelances as a research consultant for journalists, providing expert insights and fact-finding services. Kira also regularly hosts webinars, sharing her knowledge and experience in the fields of online reference and information literacy.

Her diverse background includes experience as an elementary school teacher and a certified childbirth educator, adding depth to her understanding of teaching and communication. With a love for technology, education, and travel, Kira continually seeks innovative ways to enhance learning experiences and connect with people around the world.

Emotional Intelligence During the Holidays
2025-12-10 13:00 - 14:00
The holidays heighten emotions in both positive and negative ways. From joy to sadness, learn how to understand and navigate your emotions and the bah-humbugs of others.

This program will provide a basic overview of emotional intelligence and give you 12 easy tips to use during the holidays that help reduce stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, and feeling overwhelmed.

Who will Benefit from this Program:

All Library Personnel – from full-time to volunteers

About the Presenter: Rosie Clark specializes in training adults using a learner-centered and participant-engaged approach in various professions, contexts, and life experiences. Over the last 20 years, she has taught a variety of topics to include professional development, public speaking, emotional intelligence, leadership development, interpersonal communication, goal setting, workplace safety, environmental compliance, and much more. You can contact Rosie at rosie.x.clark@gmail.com or connect on LinkedIn.

Don't eat the Red Frog (Because Words Can Harm You)
2026-02-18 13:00 - 14:00
This webinar is exclusive to PLAN member libraries, the recording will be posted to PLAN’s Niche Academy within a week following the live event.

If you have ever traveled to Central or South America, you may have come across or heard about the Red Poison Dart Frog. The poison dart frog’s brightly colored bodies serve as a warning to us and their predators of their toxicity.

Here in our country, we too are surrounded by poisonous Red Frogs, but they look different. Surprisingly they look a lot like you and me. You see, there are many people in our lives that are poisonous to us. They may be our family members, friends, colleagues, customers and people on social media.

Their poison affects our confidence, our belief in ourself and our mental and physical well-being. Their toxicity will harm us, if we let it.

In this interactive and informative program, you’ll discover:

5 Red Frogs that are likely in your life today (and what to do about them)

2 ways to conquer those and your future Red Frogs

The secret that everybody knows, but you don’t remember to use: You Have 3 Super Powers!

About the presenter: Andrew Sanderbeck is positive realist. He champions meliorism, the belief that we can contribute to positive change and improve the world and our community, through acts of love, creativity, compassion and kindness.

For more than 20 years he has presented at national, state and regional conferences, meetings and retreats worldwide.

He is the author of three inspirational books and his latest book, Don’t Eat the Red Frog will be published by this year.

Developing Your Personal Archive
2026-04-15 13:00 - 14:00
This webinar is exclusive to PLAN member libraries.

Personal archiving involves capturing and protecting your “living history” to ensure that your experiences remain available for the duration of life- and for the benefit of future generations. Whether your history is contained in overflowing physical boxes, or a sprawling digital footprint, archival principles provide a roadmap to transform these materials from a stuff to be filed pile into your organized legacy.

This webinar will teach you how to get started putting together your personal archive, allowing you to manage your memories methodically.

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Determine which items have enduring informational, evidentiary, or intrinsic significance to their personal narrative

Organize their collection

Identify appropriate preservation guidelines for non-digital media

Begin to outline a digital storage strategy, including social media

About the presenter: Mitchell Friedman, EdD, APR, develops people. Known as an enthusiastic, energetic, and insightful educator and consultant, he relishes opportunities to help others to develop their skills and abilities on the path to achieving their full potential. Dr. Friedman teaches leadership, management communication, organizational behavior, and public relations at universities located throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Friedman also helps a range of organizations to develop the communications and leadership skills of their employees.

Domestic Violence: A Conversation with Dr. Carolyn West
2026-04-16 13:00 - 14:00

Get Smart About Emotional Intelligence: Enhance Your Effectiveness
2026-05-06 13:00 - 14:00
This webinar is exclusive to PLAN member libraries.

Emotional intelligence (EI) is being able to perceive, interpret, and respond to your emotions and those of others. It is crucial for working collaboratively and effectively and having difficult conversations.

People with more emotional intelligence tend to be more resilient, better decision makers, more effective leaders, better communicators, have more self-awareness and self-control, and more success in life overall.

The good news is that EI can be learned and developed. Discover how to harness the power of emotions for more effective interactions!

As a result of this program attendees will:

Define emotional intelligence and describe its 4 domains

Explain the benefits of emotional intelligence in the workplace

Describe 4 ways you can improve your EI

About the presenter: Laura Greco spent more than 20 years in nursing before focusing on coaching and speaking to help professionals live vibrantly with joy and purpose. She believes that mindset and self-care of body, mind, and spirit, are cornerstones for well-being and that we all have the capacity to make positive lifestyle changes. Her work highlights simple action steps and why they work. Laura has a BSN (University of Michigan), master’s in adult education (Penn State), trainings from HeartMath and the Mass General Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, and certifications in wellness coaching from both Wellcoaches and Center for Credentialing and Education. Her books include Wellness Made Simple and Wellness Made Simple for Residents. You can find more information on her website www.YouBloomWellness.com.
