Last Call: March 24 Deadline to Register for Ci5 Advanced Education Session

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Registration for the 2017 ABC Children’s Institute [8] (Ci5) advanced education session “Idea Exchange for Owners and Managers [9]” will close this Friday, March 24. Booksellers interested in attending the session should sign up now [9], as space is limited.

The Idea Exchange will take place on Friday, April 7, from 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Children’s Institute host hotel, the Red Lion Hotel on the River – Jantzen Beach in Portland, Oregon.

The session will consist of two 30-minute freeform discussions, each on a specific topic; booksellers will switch tables halfway through the session. Topics for discussion include:

• Communicating, delegating, and helping staff advance into new positions of responsibility
• Preventing owner, manager, and staff burnout
• Hindsight is 20/20: If you could do one thing different, what would it be?
• Managing your personal politics and the political landscape of your store without alienating customers
• Growing school, book fair, and direct-to-library sales
• Increasing event attendance and guaranteeing sales
• Navigating margins and training staff to upsell
• Bookstore etiquette: Helping customers to respect your store and merchandise

Pre-registration is required to attend the Advanced Education Session, and attendance is limited to bookstore owners and managers. Register now [9].

Make an Appointment: IndieCommerce One-on-Ones

Booksellers can learn more about IndieCommerce and IndieLite, a low-cost e-commerce alternative, at one-on-one meetings with IndieCommerce staff [10] at the upcoming Children’s Institute.

IndieLite, the new e-commerce platform under development by ABA, will be a solution for bookstores that are just getting started in e-commerce or those that want a website requiring very little time and effort to maintain. Stop by to discuss IndieLite with a member of the IndieCommerce team.

All one-on-one sessions will be held in the Glisan Room at the Red Lion Hotel on the River – Jantzen Beach. Ci5 attendance is not required to meet with IndieCommerce staff. Appointments are currently being accepted [10] for Wednesday, April 5; Thursday, April 6; and Friday, April 7. Walk-ins are also welcome.

For more information about IndieLite or IndieCommerce, e-mail [email protected] [11].

See the complete Ci5 program here [12]. Children’s Institute 2017 is made possible by the support of lead sponsor Baker & Taylor [13] with additional support from publisher sponsors large and small.