Education

10 Feb

Talk About the Future During Winter Institute’s Bookseller-to-Bookseller Discussion Groups

These discussions are intended to prime booksellers for the Saturday, February 20, keynote “How to Think Like a Futurist” with futurist and author Brian David Johnson.

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10 Feb

Watch Your Inbox: Winter Institute Event Links Coming Soon

Over the next week, ABA will send out all the information that registered booksellers need to access the range of virtual events taking place during Winter Institute.

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10 Feb

Marketing Meetup Recap: Edelweiss360

The session included a live demonstration from Shaina Mahler and Justin Gold of Above the Treeline, as well as tips from a panel of booksellers.

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10 Feb

Learn to Manage Online Sales at Winter Institute

Booksellers will hear from panelists who will discuss what they have learned over the past year about managing online sales as well as best practices for efficiency. 

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10 Feb

Fall in Love With Romance Books at Winter Institute

In this session, attendees will hear from both bookseller panelists and LGBTQ+ romance authors.

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10 Feb

Winter Institute to Offer Education Session on Neurodiversity in the Workplace

The session will feature a panel of neurodiverse individuals and advocates discussing challenges and concerns neurodiverse employees experience in the workplace and customers experience in the store.

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09 Feb

Virtual Winter Institute to Feature ASL Interpretation

Handwriter Ink will be providing American Sign Language interpreting services for a number of events at Wi16, sponsored in part by Biblio.com, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, and Bookazine.

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08 Feb
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February 11 Technology Meetup to Look at Constant Contact

Topics discussed will include how to create a template, manage reporting, and grow your contact list.

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08 Feb

Next Webinar in New IndieCommerce Series to Look at Signing Up for the Program

On February 17, the IndieCommerce team will host an educational webinar for stores that are interested in learning about how to sign up for an IndieCommerce or IndieLite site.

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03 Feb
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Booksellers Talk Virtual, In-School, and In-Store Book Fairs

During the session, booksellers heard about planning virtual book fairs. A session on planning in-person book fairs will be held on Wednesday, February 10, at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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03 Feb

Learn About Creating an Accessible and Equitable Work Environment at Wi16

The conversation will center on a chapter of Dr. Stephanie Pinder-Amaker and Dr. Lauren Wadsworth’s book, Did That Just Happen?!: Beyond “Diversity” ― Creating Sustainable and Inclusive Organizations.

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03 Feb

Plan a Successful 2021 at Winter Institute

The February 19 session will cover monitoring or creating a budget, responding to changing business conditions, managing cash flow, and monitoring important benchmarking data to track progress and meet yearly goals.

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02 Feb

ABA Invites Booksellers to Suggest Education Topics, Speakers for Upcoming Events

ABA is inviting booksellers to offer suggestions year-round about education topics, panelists, and speakers via a new form.

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02 Feb
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Sign Up for February’s Marketing and Technology Meetups

A Marketing Meetup on Edelweiss360 will be held on Thursday, February 4, and a Technology Meetup on Constant Contact will be held on Thursday, February 11. 

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27 Jan
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Learn About Managing Staff in the Age of COVID at Winter Institute

Attendees are invited to submit questions for the session ahead of time by this Friday, January 29.

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