Core Webinar: Building Equitable, Actionable Feedback Cultures

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Core Webinar: Building Equitable, Actionable Feedback Cultures

Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2026

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description:

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a leader has, and one of the
most misused. This session invites library leaders at every level to
examine how to give and receive feedback. Most feedback in organizations
isn't as objective as we think it is. Research consistently shows that who
receives useful, developmental feedback, and who doesn't, often breaks
along lines of gender, race, neurodiversity, and communication style.
Drawing on research-backed frameworks and practical library-specific
examples, participants will leave with concrete strategies for giving,
receiving, and structuring feedback in ways that are fair, actionable, and
bias-aware.

Learning outcomes:

As the end of this session, participants will be able to:

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   Identify at least three documented ways that rater bias shapes feedback
   quality and career outcomes
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   Apply an equity lens to their organization's current feedback structures
   and practices
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   Use at least one practical framework for delivering feedback that is
   specific, behavior-focused, and free of personality-based judgment
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   Recognize the systemic conditions, psychological safety, trust, power
   dynamics, that determine whether feedback actually lands
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   Develop tools for receiving and processing feedback
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   Use proactive strategies to request specific, actionable feedback from
   others
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   Articulate a first step toward building or improving a peer feedback
   culture on their team


Who should attend?

Library managers at all levels

Presenters:

Bobbi Newman is an Associate Professor of Practice, where she teaches
future librarians in courses such as Public Libraries, Community
Engagement, and Management, Teams & Leadership. She leads Bobbi L. Newman
Consulting LLC, and is the founder and director of Thrive, Culture Shift
Consulting, LLC, which hosts the ThriveLib Conference, an international
virtual event focused on building healthier, more sustainable library
workplaces. Through her consulting and speaking, she works with libraries,
library systems, and professional organizations to translate research on
workplace well-being, leadership, and organizational culture into practical
strategies for real-world library environments.

Her career spans public, academic, and special libraries, including
leadership roles in strategic planning, digital services, community
engagement, and national initiatives. For nearly a decade, she led national
engagement work with the Network of the National Library of Medicine
(NNLM), where she developed national partnerships, managed national
projects, and grants.

She is the author of "Fostering Wellness in the Workplace: A Handbook for
Libraries" and editor of "Well-Being in the Library Workplace: A Handbook
for Managers", with additional books and scholarly publications on
leadership, burnout, psychological safety, and healthy workplace culture.

Bobbi holds dual master’s degrees in Information Resources and Library
Science and Political Science, along with a graduate certificate in Public
Management. She is also a certified wellness practitioner, project manager,
and instructional designer who specializes in creating engaging,
learner-centered programs across formats.

Across her teaching, writing, consulting, and speaking, Bobbi’s work
focuses on helping libraries build cultures where people, and the
profession itself, can thrive.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10;
Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1738

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece_at_ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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