Join DC/SLA for a Pre-Cinco de Mayo for an evening of networking over drinks at our Happy Hour with SLA President Deb Hunt!

We’ll be gathering at Ceiba (http://www.ceibarestaurant.com/ceiba.html) around 5pm and we’ll be there until at least 8pm.

Registration is free, everyone pays their own tab at the end of the night

When: Wednesday, May 1, 5pm-8pm

Location: Ceiba 701 14th St, NW Washington, DC 20006

Closest Metro Station:  Metro Center (Blue, Orange and Red Lines)

Price:  Free!

Questions contact: Chris Vestal at vicepresident@dc.sla.org

More info: http://dc.sla.org/events/?ee=229

The Washington D.C. SLA Chapter presents: “Expand Your Career Potential” featuring: SLA President Deb Hunt. Sponsored by LexisNexis.

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Having the right skills is everything in today’s very tight job market.  How can you know which skills are in the greatest demand and how can you acquire the new skills you need for career advancement?

“Expand Your Career Potential” is the first in a series of workshops on career development for librarians and information professionals.  Together with longstanding SLA member and co-instructor, David Grossman, Deb Hunt will teach librarians and information professionals about the 33 hottest skills they need to master to jumpstart their next career move.  The workshop also provides sound, practical advice on six ways to acquire those most sought after and essential skills.  Participants will construct a customized “road map” plan to achieve their personal objectives.

You will learn how to:

• Conduct a self-assessment of your current skillset
• Leverage your existing skills to move to the next level in your career
• Acquire 33 essential skills for career growth
• Plan and jump-start your next career move
• Develop YOUR own personalized road map for career advancement

This 90 minute presentation is designed to help you broaden your existing skillset and construct a plan to attain new levels of expertise, employment, compensation and career satisfaction. Read more to get information about the presenters and what people are saying about these workshops.

You can sign up to attend this session live at LexisNexis 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington DC 20036, or you can sign up  to participate via webinar.

When: Wednesday, February 27^th, 6:00pm-8pm

6:00 to 6:30 pm Networking

6:30 to 8:00 pm Presentation

Location: LexisNexis 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington DC 20036

Closest Metro Station:  Farragut West (Blue, Orange Lines) /Farragut North (Red line)

Price:  Student/Members in Transition/Retired: $20

General Admisstion: $30

Questions contact: Chris Vestal at vicepresident@dc.sla.org

Whether we’re covering the reference desk, working with IT staff, justifying our budgets/services to decision makers, or doing some kind of outreach let’s face it strong creative communication skills are essential.

There’ll be lots of time for catching up with old friends and meeting new ones while we enjoy fantastic food and drink at the beautiful University Club of Washington, DC. During a brief business meeting, we’ll thank the 2012 Board for their service to the chapter and welcome the 2013 Board.

To share the holiday spirit with those less fortunate, we’ll be collecting non-perishable food items, to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. View their list of most wanted items, for ideas. Canned goods, boxed items or plastic bottles are best; no glass please!

We are grateful for our event sponsors:

Leadership Directories:  Looking for decision-makers? Leadership Directories researches contact and biographical data for hundreds of thousands of thought leaders in America – with emails, phone numbers, addresses, background information and much more. Leadership Directories builds web-based directories with in-depth organization profiles and verified contact information from companies, government agencies, Congressional offices, law firms, news media outlets, healthcare organizations, and nonprofits.

Safari Books Online:  Safari, the top technology tool used by government and defense, now has over 25000 of the top technology books sold as well as over 6000 hours of training and instructional videos.   Call for a free demo and trial for your group.  For more information on Safari Online Books contact Denise Nason Kiley, Government Sales Director, dnason@safaribooksonline.com.

TRAK Records:  For over three decades, TRAK Companies has been providing recruiting and staffing solutions to the country’s most high-powered and influential organizations. TRAK Legal places legal and project support staff in law firms and corporate legal departments. TRAK Services supplies executive, administrative and conference support to corporations, associations, government relations firms, unions, academic institutions and other organizations. TRAK Records and Library offers experienced personnel in the information management arena across the United States.

DATE:  Tuesday, December 11, 2012

TIME: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

New to DC/SLA?  Not new but want to become more involved?  Here’s your chance to learn more about the chapter and its many activities and events.  Our fabulous volunteers will be on hand to tell you more and help you sign up.

We’ll also use the opportunity to thank our many volunteers for their service during 2012!  Join us for this fun and fantastic event.

Beer, wine, soft drinks and food will be served.  Networking encouraged – bring your business cards!

Thanks to our generous sponsors:

ACS – The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society provides the worldwide scientific community with a comprehensive collection of the most-cited, peer-reviewed journals in the chemical and related sciences. ACS Publications publishes more than 40 journals, Chemical & Engineering News, ACS Legacy Archives, and the ACS Symposium Series via its award-winning web-based platform. ACS journals are #1 in citations or Impact Factor in the seven core chemistry categories as well as eight additional categories.

Financial Times – The Financial Times, one of the worlds leading business news organizations, provides an essential source of news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community. Our corporate service extracts the intelligence that’s relevant to your business and delivers it using the technologies that suit you best. Millions of people now access our journalism via FT.com, mobile phones, tablets, media monitoring agencies and news aggregation platforms. For more information, visit www.ft.com/corporate

Safari Books Online  – Safari, the top technology tool used by government and defense, now has over 25000 of the top technology books sold as well as over 6000 hours of training and instructional videos.   Call for a free demo and trial for your group.  For more information on Safari Online Books contact Denise Nason Kiley, Government Sales Director, dnason@safaribooksonline.com.

We also want to thank our host, BNA!

Date:  Monday, October 15, 2012

Time: 6 pm – 8:30 pm

Location:  BNA, 1801 South Bell Street, Arlington, VA.  METRO: Crystal City
Parking is plentiful and free after 4 PM in the Crystal City Underground. #3 on the map is closest to BNA.

CLICK HERE to register for this event. It is $10 for SLA members.