Education Resources

Description

During this session, we will explore various use cases and best practices for using spreadsheets in your bookstore. Whether you use Excel or Google Sheets, you will come away from this session with new ways to analyze, evaluate, and apply information. This session will provide an overview of the basics of spreadsheets and formulas, before delving into more advanced functionalities that are particularly useful for bookstores.

 

Speakers

Hannah Oliver Depp, Loyalty Bookstores - Washington, DC

Emma Kaas, The Norwich Bookstore - Norwich, VT

Beth Seufer Buss, Bookmarks - Winston-Salem, NC

Maddie Ciliotta-Young, Watchung Booksellers - Montclair, NJ

 

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In-person book fairs are a fantastic way to build relationships with your local schools and can be a profitable undertaking for a bookstore. If you’ve never done one before, knowing how to start is the first step to success. This session is for bookstores that are new to book fairs and will feature booksellers with established relationships with their local school districts. They will present how to build a realistic timeline for a book fair, manage people’s expectations based on a school’s needs, and create a checklist to ensure your fair goes off without a hitch. Presented by the ABA Children’s Group.

 

Speakers

Molly Olivo, Child’s Play - Washington, DC

Rebecca Crosswhite, Rediscovered Books - Boise, ID

Holly Weinkauf, Red Balloon Bookshop - Saint Paul, MN

 

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Book Fair Toolkit

Shop Local Flyer

Description

Clearly defined systems save time and mental energy and can set clear expectations for everyone on a team which means great (consistent!) results. These systems are the start of any training program and can even help improve employer/employee communication and increase sales! Sounds great, right? But where do we start with defining these systems? We start with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Join this session for practical education on writing and following SOPs for your store. Presented by ZingTrain.

 

Speakers

Arianna Téllez Léon, ZingTrain - Ann Arbor, MI

 

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Writing Standard Operating Procedures Workbook

 

Description

The media landscape and consumer reading and listening habits have changed considerably in recent years. We have witnessed the growth of new and existing social media channels and many traditional media outlets have disappeared or reduced coverage and content. What are the most effective channels for bookstores to reach their customers, market to new customers, and engage with their community? This session will break this down, answer your questions, and provide some guiding principles to help you make the right choices for your store.

 

Speakers

Kassie King, The Novel Neighbor - Webster Groves, MO

Cris Siqueira, Lions Tooth - Milwaukee, WI

Kalli King, Rediscovered Books - Boise, ID

Laura Trujillo, USA TODAY - Tysons, VA

 

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Using his seven years as the unlikely and heralded Chairman and CEO of Ashley Stewart, a business with deep roots in Black American communities, as the basis for his narrative, James Rhee weaves together a tapestry of ideas including humanism, neuroscience, race, economics, and capitalism to paint a picture of what is possible through the mutually reinforcing forces of kindness, math, and goodwill. His book, red helicopter, empowers readers to lead change in business and in life. As all booksellers know, what we read shapes our society, and James offers a simple path to a world that is at once kinder and more successful. As a long-time private equity investor, an educator as the Johnson Chair of Entrepreneurship at Howard University and Senior Lecture at MIT Sloan School of Management, and student of life, James implicitly and explicitly makes the case for a set of measurements that captures and scales what’s best in us. It is there, alongside a few financial and accounting formulas, where life, money, and joy can be valued.

 

 

 

Description

A radical approach to running a business, Open Book Management empowers everyone in an organization to actively participate in tracking metrics that directly contribute to business success. By tracking key numbers and learning the story behind the scoreboard results, employees get a real sense of how they directly impact the success of the business. Explore what Open Book Management is, why it works, and what it looks like in the day-to-day of your store. Presented by ZingTrain.

 

Speakers

Elnian Gilbert, ZingTrain - Ann Arbor, MI

 

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Intro to Open Book Management Workbook

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It’s critical that owners and managers understand Human Resources (HR) practices. This three-hour seminar will be divided into three 45-minute segments with a ten minute break between each segment. In segment one, booksellers will receive a foundational understanding of what HR is, what it is not, and clarity on federal HR rules and regulations that are in place to protect a business. Segment two will provide booksellers with more specifics on HR hot-topics in the small business space including onboarding, employee record keeping, termination, communication and more. The seminar will conclude with a panel discussion with plenty of room for Q&A.

 

Speakers

Randy Egolf, Joseph-Beth Booksellers - Cincinnati, OH

Chonteau McElvin, Spiral Circle - Orlando, FL

Eileen McCormick, Green Apple Books - San Francisco, CA

Martin Patrick, GTM HR Consulting - Clifton Park, NY

 

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Handbook Policy Checklist

HR Talent Lifecycle

Joseph-Beth Culture Committee

ABA Bookstore Resource Library

Joseph Beth Leadership Competencies