On Demand Education Sessions

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Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace

Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace (June 6, 2023)
Content related to the education session Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Diversity & Inclusion
Tags:
  • Owners and Managers
Neurodiversity refers to the natural variation of human brain functioning, including conditions like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and others. Understanding and embracing neurodiversity can have a positive impact on workplace culture, productivity, and inclusivity. In this session, we will discuss practical strategies for accommodating diverse learning, and working styles, as well as the importance of communication and collaboration. We will also address common misconceptions and stereotypes about neurodivergent individuals and provide guidance on how to avoid discrimination and promote respect. Attendees will leave this session with a better understanding of neurodiversity and practical strategies for creating a more inclusive workplace. Bookstore owners and managers are encouraged to attend and learn how to support and empower neurodivergent employees.
 
Speaker:
 
Emily Raclaw, Marquette University - Milwaukee, WI
 

Serving Children's Book Deserts

Serving Children's Book Deserts (June 6, 2023)
Content related to the education session Serving Children's Book Deserts, Children's Institute 2023.
Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
Tags:
  • Children's Bookselling

Book deserts are communities without access to printed books. They exist in all kinds of locations, from urban neighborhoods to rural communities. Independent bookstores in neighboring communities can help fill the gaps in book deserts. This session will present ideas for how indies can expand their reach to support literacy in communities with less access or no access to printed books.

 

Calvin Crosby (The King's English Bookshop - Salt Lake City, UT), Brein Lopez (Children's Book World Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA), Ashley Valentine (Rooted MKE - Milwaukee, WI), Tegan Tigani (Queen Anne Book Company - Seattle, WA)

Keynote with Daniel Nayeri: A Town Without a Bookstore is an Oversized Gas Station

Keynote with Daniel Nayeri: A Town Without a Bookstore is an Oversized Gas Station (June 6, 2023)
Content related to the education session Keynote with Daniel Nayeri: A Town Without a Bookstore is an Oversized Gas Station, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
Tags:
  • 101
Daniel Nayeri is a former publisher, editor, and pastry chef. His autobiographical novel, Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) won multiple awards including the Printz Medal. 
 
Speakers:

Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams (Levine Querido)

Introduction by Allison Hill, ABA CEO
 

Principles of Merch Design

Principles of Merch Design (June 5, 2023)
Content related to the education session Principles of Merch Design, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Marketing & PR
Tags:
  • 101
Store-branded clothing is the concert tee of your bookstore. Once it walks out the door, it is free marketing, signaling through the wearer's swagger that your store is lit in all the ways. In a sea of business-branded t-shirts, it can be challenging to keep designs fresh, so we're bringing in the experts. In this session, we will explore the principles of effective t-shirt design, including color theory, typography, composition, and branding and you will learn how to create designs that capture your bookstore's unique style and voice. This session is great for marketing managers, directors, and coordinators. It is accessible to all who attend and want to learn how to leverage the power of t-shirts to promote their brand and engage their customers.
 
Speaker:
Michael Fusco-Straub, M+E/Michael Fusco Design - Brooklyn, NY
 

Storytelling for Success

Storytelling for Success (June 5, 2023)
Content related to the education session Storytelling for Success, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Marketing & PR
Tags:
  • Owners and Managers
Storytelling is essential for business innovation. It allows owners and managers to build purpose-driven businesses by dismantling restrictive mental models and challenging the status quo. This workshop, led by novelist and business professor Anna Bruno, will enable you to excavate your origin stories. Storytelling models will rely on Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle (ethos, pathos and logos), as well as the structural techniques of audience engagement (beginnings, endings and transitions). The workshop will help you tell origin stories with memorable detail, break down barriers and build resilient relationships, and adapt stories for various business purposes (marketing, programming, products and services).
 
Speaker:
Anna Bruno, University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
 
Storytelling for Success (June 5, 2023)
Content related to the education session Storytelling for Success, Children's Institute 2023.
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  • Marketing & PR
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  • Owners and Managers
Storytelling is essential for business innovation. It allows owners and managers to build purpose-driven businesses by dismantling restrictive mental models and challenging the status quo. This workshop, led by novelist and business professor Anna Bruno, will enable you to excavate your origin stories. Storytelling models will rely on Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle (ethos, pathos and logos), as well as the structural techniques of audience engagement (beginnings, endings and transitions). The workshop will help you tell origin stories with memorable detail, break down barriers and build resilient relationships, and adapt stories for various business purposes (marketing, programming, products and services).
 
Speaker:
Anna Bruno, University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
 

Optimizing Business-to-Business Sales

Optimizing Business-to-Business Sales (June 5, 2023)
Content related to the education session Optimizing Business-to-Business Sales, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Buying and Selling
Tags:
  • 101
Find ways to be more strategic and proactive to increase your B2B reach. Bookseller experts on this topic along with Deb Lewis, B2B Trade Sales Manager for Penguin Random House with more than 20 years B2B experience, will share important considerations for B2B sales from cultivating business connections, working with reps to find and support opportunities, promoting B2B sales to your customers, and implementing best practices.
 
Speakers:
Deb Lewis, Penguin Random House - NEW WINDSOR, MD
Becky Anderson, Anderson's Bookshop - Naperville, IL
PK Sindwani, American Booksellers Association - White Plains, NY
Cliff Helm, Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MO
Optimizing Business-to-Business Sales (June 5, 2023)
Content related to the education session Optimizing Business-to-Business Sales, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Buying and Selling
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  • 101
Find ways to be more strategic and proactive to increase your B2B reach. Bookseller experts on this topic along with Deb Lewis, B2B Trade Sales Manager for Penguin Random House with more than 20 years B2B experience, will share important considerations for B2B sales from cultivating business connections, working with reps to find and support opportunities, promoting B2B sales to your customers, and implementing best practices.
 
Speakers:
Deb Lewis, Penguin Random House - NEW WINDSOR, MD
Becky Anderson, Anderson's Bookshop - Naperville, IL
PK Sindwani, American Booksellers Association - White Plains, NY
Cliff Helm, Left Bank Books - St. Louis, MO

Five Steps to Effective On-Shift Training

Five Steps to Effective On-Shift Training (June 5, 2023)
Content related to the education session Five Steps to Effective On-Shift Training, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Operations
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  • Owners and Managers
On-shift training is the primary form of training in many businesses - one trainer teaching skill-based information to one or two trainees. Despite its popularity, it is often hard to get consistent results when not all trainers are on the same page, are not working with the same expectations, and sometimes, are not on the same skill level. This leads to frustrated trainees, managers, and trainers. The 5 Steps for Effective On-Shift Training are guaranteed to improve the experience of trainer and trainee alike - and lead to better, more enjoyable results!
 
Speaker:
Timo Anderson, ZingTrain - Ann Arbor, MI

 

Five Steps to Effective On-Shift Training (June 5, 2023)
Content related to the education session Five Steps to Effective On-Shift Training, Children's Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Operations
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  • Owners and Managers
On-shift training is the primary form of training in many businesses - one trainer teaching skill-based information to one or two trainees. Despite its popularity, it is often hard to get consistent results when not all trainers are on the same page, are not working with the same expectations, and sometimes, are not on the same skill level. This leads to frustrated trainees, managers, and trainers. The 5 Steps for Effective On-Shift Training are guaranteed to improve the experience of trainer and trainee alike - and lead to better, more enjoyable results!
 
Speaker:
Timo Anderson, ZingTrain - Ann Arbor, MI

 

Virtual Bookstore Tour - Village Books (Bellingham, WA)

Virtual Bookstore Tour - Village Books (Bellingham, WA) (May 11, 2023)
Content related to the education session Virtual Bookstore Tour - Village Books (Bellingham, WA), Virtual Bookstore Tours.
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Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
Tags:
  • 101
Bookstore tours are always a highlight of ABA’s in-person institutes, and now you can join in on the fun from the comfort of your home (or bookstore!). These tours will offer booksellers the opportunity to take a peek behind the curtain to see how other stores set up their spaces. On May 11, 2023, co-owners Paul Hanson, Kelly Evert and Sarah Hutton took us on a tour of Village Books & Paper Dreams in Bellingham, WA. 
 
We look forward to touring a variety of store models, from traditional to pop-up to mobile, urban to rural, and all across the country. Email [email protected] to submit a proposal for your store!

Virtual Bookstore Tour - Title IX (New London, CT)

Virtual Bookstore Tour - Title IX (New London, CT) (May 11, 2023)
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Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
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  • 101
Bookstore tours are always a highlight of ABA’s in-person institutes, and now you can join in on the fun from the comfort of your home (or bookstore!). These tours will offer booksellers the opportunity to take a peek behind the curtain to see how other stores set up their spaces. On May 11, 2023, Abby Rice took us on a tour of Title IX in New London, CT. 
 
 
 
We look forward to touring a variety of store models, from traditional to pop-up to mobile, urban to rural, and all across the country. Email [email protected] to submit a proposal for your store!

New Member Series: Store Ownership 101 - Q2

New Member Series: Store Ownership 101 - Q2 (May 9, 2023)
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Topic:
  • Bookselling Essentials
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  • 101
  • Owners and Managers

Our New Member Series:Store Ownership 101 provides new and prospective bookstore owners with an opportunity to ask questions of seasoned bookstore owners/staff. 

The opinions expressed are those of the individual participants, not of the ABA. Information discussed is reflective of the time of the recording.

A full transcription is available for this session. Please note that it is machine-generated and not reviewed for accuracy.

New Member Series: Store Ownership 101 - Q2 (May 9, 2023)
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  • Bookselling Essentials
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  • 101
  • Owners and Managers

Our New Member Series:Store Ownership 101 provides new and prospective bookstore owners with an opportunity to ask questions of seasoned bookstore owners/staff. 

The opinions expressed are those of the individual participants, not of the ABA. Information discussed is reflective of the time of the recording.

A full transcription is available for this session. Please note that it is machine-generated and not reviewed for accuracy.

Local Organizing to Combat Book Bans

Local Organizing to Combat Book Bans (April 24, 2023)
Content related to the education session Local Organizing to Combat Book Bans, Advocacy.
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Topic:
  • Advocacy
Tags:
  • ABFE

On Monday, April 24, 2023, the American Booksellers for Free Expression (ABFE), the free speech initiative of the American Booksellers Association, hosted a virtual panel on how to fight book bans in your community. The panel discussion, "Local Organizing to Combat Book Bans," featured Chris Finan, Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship; Samiya Bashir, Executive Director, Lambda Literary; Vera Eidelman, staff attorney with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project; and Zoe Perzo, Content Coordinator, ABA. It was moderated by Ray Daniels, ABA Chief Communications Officer, and David Grogan, ABFE Director. 

 

Listen to more episodes of BookED, ABA's bookstore education podcast, online or through your favorite podcast app!

New Member Series: Intro to ABA Benefits Q2

New Member Series: Intro to ABA Benefits Q2 (April 11, 2023)
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  • Bookselling Essentials
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  • 101

Our New Member Series: Intro to ABA Benefits includes a tutorial on navigating Bookweb.org to ensure a better understanding of where to find the information most vital for members. The presentation looks at education resources, networking and community, business affinity partnerships, indie marketing, advocacy, and much more. The second half of the session will offer booksellers an open forum during which they can ask questions and talk with ABA staff.

The opinions expressed are those of the individual participants, not of the ABA. Information discussed is reflective of the time of the recording. Please see the most recent coffee break and/or the daily email update for the most current information.

New Member Series: Intro to ABA Benefits Q2 (April 11, 2023)
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  • Bookselling Essentials
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  • 101

Our New Member Series: Intro to ABA Benefits includes a tutorial on navigating Bookweb.org to ensure a better understanding of where to find the information most vital for members. The presentation looks at education resources, networking and community, business affinity partnerships, indie marketing, advocacy, and much more. The second half of the session will offer booksellers an open forum during which they can ask questions and talk with ABA staff.

The opinions expressed are those of the individual participants, not of the ABA. Information discussed is reflective of the time of the recording. Please see the most recent coffee break and/or the daily email update for the most current information.

Virtual Wi2023 Opening Keynote: Chokepoints, Antitrust, Amazon, and You

Virtual Wi2023 Opening Keynote: Chokepoints, Antitrust, Amazon, and You (March 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session Virtual Wi2023 Opening Keynote: Chokepoints, Antitrust, Amazon, and You, Winter Institute 2023.
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Topic:
  • Advocacy
Tags:
  • 101

Kick off Virtual Wi2023 with a LIVE keynote conversation between Danny Caine (co-owner of the Raven Book Store and author of How to Resist Amazon and Why), Cory Doctorow (co-author of Chokepoint Capitalism), and Stacy Mitchell (Director of the Institute for Local Self Reliance). Together, they will explore the threats posed by corporate consolidation, and far-reaching strategies for fighting back.
Corporate monopolies are as powerful as ever, making it harder and harder for American small businesses to thrive. The explosive growth of monopolizers like Amazon has implications beyond booksellers, too, impacting creative workers, privacy advocates, the environment, and American labor. But with a new antitrust movement already claiming important victories, incremental progress is being made. Bookstores now have an opportunity for bold action to tell our story and resist corporate consolidation. In this discussion between three leading anti-monopoly thinkers, learn about the risks posed by capitalist chokepoints, and gain strategies for how to fight back.

Speakers: Danny Caine, Raven Book Store (Lawrence, Kansas); Cory Doctorow, Beacon Press; Stacy Mitchell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance (Minneapolis, MN)

The Knowing: The Power of Independent Artists and Independent Retail Spaces

The Knowing: The Power of Independent Artists and Independent Retail Spaces (February 23, 2023)
Content related to the education session The Knowing: The Power of Independent Artists and Independent Retail Spaces, Winter Institute 2023.
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  • Bookselling Essentials
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  • 101

In Ani Di Franco’s debut picture book, The Knowing (Rise x Penguin Workshop), the iconic independent musician captures the awareness that we’re all meant for something greater than the sum of our parts. This knowing is integral to the spirit of independent bookstores and record stores, which operate as agents of cultural change on both local and national levels. And it is this knowing that compels each of us to dedicate our lives to championing the work of musicians and writers in our stores. In this once-in-a-lifetime closing keynote, Courtney Wallace, ABA’s Program Director of Independent Bookstore Day, will lead a conversation between Ani Di Franco, Carrie Colliton, co-founder of Record Store Day, and Robert Sindelar, managing partner of Third Place Books in Seattle. Together, they will discuss the intersection of independent bookstores and record stores, as well as the influence that independent retail spaces have on society.

The Knowing: The Power of Independent Artists and Independent Retail Spaces (February 23, 2023)
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In Ani Di Franco’s debut picture book, The Knowing (Rise x Penguin Workshop), the iconic independent musician captures the awareness that we’re all meant for something greater than the sum of our parts. This knowing is integral to the spirit of independent bookstores and record stores, which operate as agents of cultural change on both local and national levels. And it is this knowing that compels each of us to dedicate our lives to championing the work of musicians and writers in our stores. In this once-in-a-lifetime closing keynote, Courtney Wallace, ABA’s Program Director of Independent Bookstore Day, will lead a conversation between Ani Di Franco, Carrie Colliton, co-founder of Record Store Day, and Robert Sindelar, managing partner of Third Place Books in Seattle. Together, they will discuss the intersection of independent bookstores and record stores, as well as the influence that independent retail spaces have on society.

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