Failures, Fumbles, and Flops, Management Edition

An Unconference on Management Mishaps and How to Avoid Them

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Course Details

May 18, 2027 | 1:00 - 4:00 pm ET
3-Hour Online Session
3 Credit Hours
Recommended for library managers and directors.
$149 (Save with group rates!)

WHAT IF YOUR BIGGEST MANAGEMENT MISTAKE COULD SAVE SOMEONE ELSE FROM MAKING THE SAME ONE?

  • You've learned some of your best lessons the hard way
  • You're tired of professional development that only showcases success
  • You want honest, peer-to-peer conversation about what goes wrong in library management and what to do about it

This unconference gives public library managers a candid, judgment-free space to share management missteps, hard-won lessons, and the strategies that helped you recover and improve.

ABOUT THIS COURSE

The best management advice doesn't come from what went right.

Live sessions via Zoom:
May 18, 2027, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm ET  (recordings available for 6 months)

(Can’t attend live? Recording sent out after the live session.)

Failures, Fumbles, and Flops: Management Edition is the unconference where library managers get to tell the truth and you get to learn from it. In a peer-driven,informal format, participants will share real stories of management mishaps--hiring mistakes, communication failures, culture missteps, and everything in between--and explore what they learned and what they'd do differently. There are no polished success stories here, just honest practitioners helping each other get better. Come ready to share something real, and leave with the kind of insight you can only get from people who've been there.

The live sessions run on May 18, 2027, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm ET (recorded for on demand viewing). For more details, check out the What to Expect tab.


Enroll FOR SPRING 2027

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AFTER COMPLETING THIS COURSE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Share real management missteps in a candid, judgment-free peer environment.
  • Identify lessons learned from hiring mistakes, communication failures, culture missteps, and other common management challenges.
  • Apply peer-tested recovery strategies to their own management practice.
  • Build a network of honest practitioners who can offer real, experience-based insight beyond the event itself.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE

This course is designed for library leaders and management.


GROUP OPTIONS

Training a team? Choose the setup that matches how you want to plan and pay :

Group course enrollment: Enroll 3+ staff in this course and save.

Bulk course credits: Prepay once, get the highest per-seat discount on every course, and assign seats later.

Unlimited annual licensing: System-wide access for a year with no per-course approvals.

Request Discounted Group Pricing

Questions? Email groupsales@libraryjournal.com.

COURSE FORMAT

This will be a 3-hour online course and will include:

Live sessions: Guest speaker presentations by leaders in their field. All sessions are recorded for on-demand access for six months after the course ends.

Facilitated discussions: Audience participation in Q&A and discussion with guest speakers.

Online classroom: The virtual learning platform holds all course content and remains accessible for six months after the course ends.

 

EXPECTED TIME COMMITMENT

If you attend or watch recordings of all live sessions, you will spend approximately 3 hours on this course. You will earn 3 hours of professional development credit and a Library Journal certificate of completion.

 

ALL THE DETAILS

Failures, Fumbles, and Flops: Management Edition is the unconference where library managers get to tell the truth and you get to learn from it. In a peer-driven,informal format, participants will share real stories of management mishaps--hiring mistakes, communication failures, culture missteps, and everything in between--and explore what they learned and what they'd do differently. There are no polished success stories here, just honest practitioners helping each other get better. Come ready to share something real, and leave with the kind of insight you can only get from people who've been there.

 

ON-DEMAND ACCESS

All live guest speaker sessions are recorded and available on demand for six months following the initial broadcast as part of your purchase.

 

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Complete all course requirements to earn 3 professional development credit hours and a Library Journal certificate of completion. Certificates are emailed upon completion.

 

ACCESSIBILITY

All video recordings feature auto-captioning. If you require accommodations, please email course-support@libraryjournal.com upon registration and we will make our best efforts to support your needs.

 

SUPPORT

For technical or course-related support, please contact course-support@libraryjournal.com.

Available Sessions

Course Name Start Date Price
Spring 2027 Session (Register by May 18, 2027). Live Session: May 18, 2027, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm ET $149.00

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