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Avoid Programming Burnout: Tap into Your Interests to Stay Engaged
- 1. Avoid Programming Burnout: Tap into Your Interests to Stay Engaged Presented by Katie LaMantia and Emily Vinci June 20, 2018
- 3. Let’s start with a question: What brought you to this webinar?
- 4. ● Desk Shifts ● Committees ● Community Engagement ● School Visits ● Summer Reading ● Professional Development ● Collection Development ...And of course, programming!
- 5. What exactly is burnout? Burnout is a state of chronic stress that leads to: ● Physical and emotional exhaustion ● Cynicism and detachment ● Feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment
- 6. Signs of Burnout ● Chronic fatigue ● Forgetfulness/impaired concentration and attention ● Anxiety ● Feelings of apathy and hopelessness ● Increased irritability
- 7. Effects of Burnout ● Loss of enjoyment ● Pessimism ● Detachment ● Isolation ● Lack of productivity and poor performance Read more about the signs and effects of burnout at: Psychology of Today and Teen Services Underground
- 8. GENERAL TIPS
- 9. Locating the Source of Your Burnout ● Situational ○ (temporary vs. long-term) ● Coworker(s) ● Library ● Administration ● External vs. Internal ● Programming
- 10. Tips on Curbing Your Burnout (Pre-Burnout) ● Try to create balance in your work schedule ● Take breaks! ○ Both in the library and days off ● Sleep! ● Don’t check your work email at home ● Make time to do the non-work-related things that make you happy ● Don’t eat lunch at your desk ● Be open to a workplace ally Incorporate fun/personality into your job whenever you can...but more on that later!
- 11. What is one thing you can do to make you feel like you’ve accomplished a task and/or lowered your stress? ● Programming checklist ● Set one goal to complete that day ● Prioritize your tasks ○ What can be delayed until next week? ○ Can a volunteer help with smaller programming tasks?
- 12. Staying Engaged to Avoid Burnout You’re not a lost cause if you’re burnt out already - we’ve all been there! Burnout is not a constant state. Whether you’re already feeling burnt out or see burnout on the horizon, we have some tips to help you stay engaged and inspired.
- 13. Bring Yourself to Work With You
- 14. Not All Librarians Are Created Equal “No other person ever has, or ever will have, the unique blend of talents, strengths, and perspective that you have.” - Marie Forleo
- 15. Finding Your Niche ● Incorporating your interests and passions into your work keeps you engaged and inspires those around you. ● Put yourself out there! Seek out ways to fuse your interests and unique expertise with your job.
- 16. ● Document everything ● Board reports ● Emails to manager, administration- especially if trying something new! It takes time, so don’t be discouraged by initial results You have something worthy to contribute, what sets that apart is how much time and effort you’re willing to put into really cultivating your niche. If You Build It, They Will Come!
- 17. QUESTIONS?
- 19. Getting Into the Mindset to Get Out of the Mindset
- 20. Traditionally we’ve operated with an idea about what is and isn’t the domain of the library. Such thinking can limit our ideas and cause us to miss out on crucial opportunities.
- 22. Are You Afraid of the Dark? ● Fall night ● Bonfire ● Storyteller ● Creepy walk in the woods ● Crafts ● S’mores and hot cider
- 23. Comic Con ● Cosplayers ● Panels & workshops ● Artists ● Vendors ● Gaming A convention celebrating not only comic books and graphic novels, but many different facets of pop culture and the fandoms therein
- 24. “She Makes Comics” ● Screened the documentary, “She Makes Comics” ● Highlighted the graphic novel collection and the female creators therein ● Showcased local female artists and writers ● Lead-up program to Comic Con ● Interested patrons learned about the creative process and received information about local writing/creators groups ● Partnership with Sister Cities Commission
- 25. Stranger Things ● Eggo waffle bar ● Dungeons & Dragons ● Button maker ● Viewing S1E1
- 26. Zines ● Zine: small, usually hand-made, magazine that generally focuses on a particular topic - in some cases a particular fandom or area of pop culture ● Introduce patrons to zines and show them how they can make their own at home ● Self expression is the name of the game
- 27. Teen Tasters ● Monthly, themed tasting sessions ● Give teens opportunity to try new flavors and samples of exotic and cultural foods ● Learning experience
- 28. Fun Fair: Or, The Program I Designed Around Having a Dunk Tank ● Objectives of learning how to play and share ● Library TAB built life-sized games ● Staff in a dunk tank ● Engages patrons and staff of all ages
- 29. Zombies and Monsters ● Dr. Frankenstein’s Lab ● Zombie makeup ● Theme an event or lock-in ● Zombie apocalypse exercises
- 30. PARTNERSHIPS
- 31. Trivia ● Partner with a local restaurant or bar ● Create trivia answer sheets ● Write trivia questions - use a trivia board game, online generator, etc. ● Fun, social activity that meets patrons where they are in the community
- 32. Spring Valley Nature Center ● Ally with other local government institutions that provide resources for community members ● Living heritage farm, 135 acres of woods and prairie path - what creative programs can we do? ● Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Camp NextGen, Chicken hatching, Story Walk
- 33. Chickens ● Partner with Spring Valley Nature Center for equipment, food, and forever home ● Life cycle ● Staff and patron investment
- 34. AFSC: Adults Facing Social Challenges ● Casual, low-stress ● Emphasis on social interaction in a space that feels safe ● Programs have included crafts, board/video games, a genre discussion, drawing class, green screen workshop and a dating rules/etiquette information session ● Programs held once a month and attended by at least one professional from one of our community partners
- 35. What are some ways you can incorporate your unique interests into library programming?
- 38. Why should we do this in libraries? ● Brings fluidity to program planning ● Connect with schools ● Youth can build on what they’ve learned in school in a more relaxed setting ● Reach kids with different backgrounds and learning styles ● Public libraries are not bound by curriculum
- 39. Talk Moves ● Strategies that help us build this culture of learning and help facilitate inquiry based learning ● Direct Instruction vs. Facilitation Can you say more about that? Explain your thinking to me. What’s another way to do that?
- 40. Goals of Talk Moves ● Share, expand, and clarify individual thinking ● Meaningful, active listening ● Deepen reasoning ● Think with others
- 41. Inquiry Based Program Example in Action YouTube Science: Elephant Toothpaste
- 42. Wonder How do these ingredients cause a chemical reaction?
- 43. Explore ● What ingredients can I use to create a reaction? ● Do different quantities change the reaction?
- 44. Reflect ● What ingredients and materials worked the best? ● How did the elephant toothpaste change with different materials and quantities? ● Why did you think it was called “Elephant Toothpaste?”
- 45. OVERCOMING BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES
- 46. ● Have conversations ● Talk about your fears and state of burnout ● Explain programming style to manager and management ○ Open-ended programming ○ Self -guided learning ○ Process vs. product Communication is Critical
- 47. Being an “Expert”/Imposter Syndrome
- 48. Avoid the easy trap of comparing yourself to others. It’s one that is all too easy to fall into, especially right when we start to feel really good about something we’re doing. It’s important to remember that librarianship is a big collaborative community, and we should celebrate that.
- 49. QUESTIONS?
- 50. You can be burnt out and you will be okay!
- 51. Contact Information Katie LaMantia lamantiak@gmail.com Emily Vinci evinci@stdl.org
- 52. by Amy J. Alessio, Katie LaMantia, and Emily Vinci: A Year of Programming for Millennials and More Click here to buy from ALA Editions 50 + Fandom Programs: Planning Festivals and Events for Tweens, Teens and Adults Click here to buy from ALA Editions Pop Culture-Inspired Programs for Tweens, Teens, and Adults Click here to buy from ALA Editions
Editor's Notes
- Talk about ourselves, our experiences, the library. What brought us here/inspired this webinar. Started thinking about the presentations we’ve done in the past and what was something we hadn’t touched on regarding programming as a shared experience. NextGen programming 2014-15 2-3/month (KL plus teen programs)- what were we thinking?!?
- What brought you to this webinar? What signs of burnout did/do you or your staff have? Are you trying to curb burn out? While we are not occupational therapists- we are here to help and definitely have cited sources on hand!
- Programming is ongoing, continuous, and never-ending. You’re working on projects that are happening today, this week, next month, and 4-6 months in the future (and beyond!) That in and of itself is a huge job, depending on the size of your community, staffing and budget, whether it’s for a children’s, teen, or adult services department. This can be overwhelming if you think about this and don’t have a handle on it.
- Mention that we are not experts, but merely giving examples of things that have worked for us
- Pessimism Lack of productivity and poor performance
- https://www.teenservicesunderground.com/burnouts-the-dirty-secret-no-one-talks-about/
- Situational - temporary (did a program not go well? Do you maybe just a need a day off?- don’t check work email, newsletters, etc.) Administration - Conflicting with the values of your administration External vs Internal- job fulfilment and happiness -- public service can be exhausting-- Mention that we are not experts, but merely giving examples of things that have worked for us
- Add fun whenever you can into your job
- Programming checklists
- We’ll start simply - focus on your authentic self. Bring that person to work with you. it’s always a struggle for us to negotiate who we are at home with who we are at work - obviously certain interests and topics are verboten. Perhaps we feel that our own interests don’t have a place at the library, because we’re so focused on the public’s interest and what our patrons’ interests are. you shouldn’t suppress your individuality at work - especially if you’re working in public library! The public is diverse with diverse interests. Being yourself and embracing what YOU love can lead you to make connections you’d never expected. And who knows? Perhaps what you’re most interested in is in short supply in your library and YOU can be the one to provide it. More on that later...
- It’s easy to compare ourselves to what our colleagues are doing and feel like we should match/exceed that. This can contribute to burnout, too - a feeling that we’re not a “good enough” librarian because we aren’t doing what so-and-so is doing. This is when it is especially important to take a step back and look are your interests and skills and think about applying them to you position, especially program planning. We’ll touch in a bit on ways in which to expand your thinking about planning library programs and what is/isn’t a library program so that you can widen your scope to see where your interests fit in.
- It’s not required that you have a niche at your library, but incorporating your own interests and passions into your job and making connections with patrons and community partners is how a niche is born. And having a niche = having a happy place at work. EV talk about her experience in stumbling upon her own niche by being herself and playing to her interests. NextGen/pop culture programming specifically. Gets you invested with library/community- curb burnout in a different way- find a unique way to fit into your library’s mission and values statement
- EV
- KL
- These are our interests, but we are expanding our thoughts beyond what a typical library program is. Think about how you can incorporate your interests into the library
- 90s Are you afraid of the Dark-reinvigorate programming ideas with something you are passionate about: original and fun ideas that spark a creative drive- leads to new ideas, patrons sense your enthusiasm, trying new ideas, original marketing, risk-taking
- EV
- KL Latex Zombie makeup, calistentics and defense- AA, don’t get bit, self defense moves
- Finding value in community partners, don’t have to be the experts always Partnerships work both ways- balance of publicity, marketing, and expertise to benefit both parties You don’t have to do it ALL - that’s where partnerships come into play. Mutually beneficial partnerships that have the greatest benefit to your patrons and community.
- AFSC is a great example of something that was initiated with the help of our own interests (NextGen), spawning a valuable and much-needed community resource.
- Either in the library or out of the library- future or past- that no one else can do- your unique perspective
- You don’t have to do it ALL - that’s where partnerships come into play. Mutually beneficial partnerships that have the greatest benefit to your patrons and community.
- What is inquiry based learning? What we’re used to - many of us had school experiences where our teacher provided content and then we all did a specific activity related to, everyone was doing the same thing, using the same steps- it seemed like the teacher was at the center of everything, students were less prone to ask questions “instead to listen and repeat the expected answers” inquiry based learning is one approach to learning that puts that model aside and replaces it with a method that puts the student at the center “front loading” - tie it back to libraries and many of do programs this way - this puts a lot of pressure on us to knowledgeable - be an expert when we may not be - we shouldn’t try to be school From a student point-of-view, inquiry-based learning focuses on investigating an open question or problem. They must use evidence-based reasoning and creative problem-solving to reach a conclusion, which they must defend or present. From a teacher point-of-view, inquiry-based teaching focuses on moving students beyond general curiosity into the realms of critical thinking and understanding. You must encourage students to ask questions and support them through the investigation process, understanding when to begin and how to structure an inquiry activity. Focusing on the questions students have
- Adapted from Talk Science in the Inquiry Project - KL We talked a lot about facilitation vs direct instruction Talk Moves are strategies that help us build this culture of learning and help facilitate inquiry based learning. Let students repeat, add on, or clarify. Instead of you repeating, ask another student to repeat, clarify or reinterpret. Let students ask follow up questions, or ask for repetition if they didn’t hear or understand. Answer with questions Make them open ended
- You tell us- what are some barriers/challenges you face in your job/programming duties? Defining your barriers and challenges- what is the crux of the issue/s? Time Expectations
- David Whittaker at sfu.ca