Virtual Engagement Toolkit – LITA Documentation

This toolkit is meant to help you participate in and run your virtual LITA committee or team. It has been developed by the 2017 ALA Emerging Leaders Team D and was last updated by LITA staff in November 2019.

Read more about the 2017 Emerging Leaders.

Essential Guides

Be sure you read these documents before you begin your work as a LITA committee or interest group chair:

http://docs.lita.org/working-with-lita/ — **Working with LITA**

Icon Working With Your Team — **Working With Your Team**

General Tips

Star icon — **Important Qualities for Chairs**

When Things Aren't Going Well icon — **When Things Aren’t Going Well**

Communicating with your Committee

Selecting the Best Forms of Committee Communication icon — **Selecting the Best Forms of Committee Communication**

Picking a Web Conferencing Software Program icon — **Picking a Web Conferencing Software Program**

Tips for Facilitating Virtual Meetings icon — **Tips for Facilitating Virtual Meetings**

Running Webinars and Online Instruction icon — **Running Webinars and Online Instruction**

Encouraging Virtual Engagement icon — **Encouraging Virtual Engagement**

Consensus Process for Virtual Teams icon — **Consensus Process for Virtual Teams**

Managing the Work of Your Committee

Scheduling Work Throughout the Year icon — **Scheduling Work Throughout the Year**

Document Management icon — **Document Management**

Project Management icon — **Project Management**

surveys icon — **Conducting Web Surveys**

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