Join the National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) trainers as they share “aha moments,” tips, techniques and research-based recommendations from three recent professional development conferences.  We will discuss:

• Presentation skills, including better PowerPoint design
• Tips for creating participant-centered training activities
• Distance learning recommendations

Date:  November 7, 2012

Time:  3 – 4 pm ET

Place:  Adobe Connect; web address will be sent to registrants

Register here:  http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/schedule.html#class501

Registration is now open for NTC spring classes! The NTC will be teaching PubMed® for Trainers in Houston, TX; Chapel Hill, NC; and Chicago, IL. TOXNET® and Beyond will be taught in Houston and Chicago. See the NTC class schedule and register now!

The PubMed® for Trainers and TOXNET® and Beyond classes will be offered at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA in February 2012. PubMed for Trainers is a hybrid class with both online and in person sessions; it will be offered February 6-22, 2012, with the in-person session held at UCLA on February 14. TOXNET and Beyond will be offered in-person at UCLA on February 15. Register now!

The new PubMed® for Trainers class is a hands-on course that consists of lectures, individual exercises, group work and discussions in four sessions, with independent work before or after each session. The course will consist of three 1.5 hour online sessions and a six-hour in-person session. The class is eligible for 12 hours of MLA CE credit.

Registration is open for the PubMed for Trainers class from October 5 – 26, 2011; the in-person session will be taught at NLM in Bethesda, MD. Watch this space for announcements of future PubMed for Trainers classes to be taught around the country in 2012!

For more details about the new class, as well as other NTC happenings, see the NLM Technical Bulletin article published on September 13, 2011.