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Be prepared to talk about your library (or yourself)
Practice makes perfect when you need to communicate your value to library stakeholders or prospective employers.
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Blog Writing Workshop for Librarians
A 60-minute workshop in which library staff members who are new to blogging learn simple methods of writing any kind of blog post and of generating ideas for blog posts.
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Communication Planner
Word document
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Dear Mayor: A Demonstrating Impact Letter
Library Director Bob Watson's letter to his mayor and trustees makes the case for his library in practical terms.
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Demonstrating a Local Library's Global Impact
The Wayne County (PA) Public Library has a simple and effective way of demonstrating its impact: putting its patrons on the map.
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Demonstrating Impact: Making Your Case
Marshal your arguments, spruce up your presentation, and let your audience (funders or patrons) know what a difference you make.
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Designing the Digital Experience: What is Community?
An excerpt from Designing the Digital Experience: how to use experience design tools and techniques to build websites customers love (Chapter 5 - What is Community?), by David Lee King. Attached PDF includes images. Reprinted with permission.
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Expanding Your Story, Finding Their Stories
Understand your library's place in your community--both as a physical space and as an influence in people's lives.
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Get Your Geek On: Improve Local Funding Outlook through Community Advocacy
Archive and associated resources for the January 25, 2011, webinar with Jennifer Pearson, Heidi Gustad and Liz Kudwa presenting on the Geek the Library campaign.
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How People Should Approach their Representatives and Senators
Beth Edmonds, past Maine Senate President and current director of Freeport Community Library, summarizes key points from a recent speech on how people should approach their representatives and senators to talk about libraries.
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How to Tell Library Stories
An article exploring ways of telling the library story using examples from the library field and from the work of Robert McKee.
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Jana Ponce Presentation Audio File @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
The audio file of the keynote presentation by Jana Ponce of the Parker (AZ) Public Library: "Community Involvement & Rural Libraries...How Do We Make It Happen?" Discover Parker's 5 "C"s (Community, Concept, Color, Collection, Connectivity) and hear about the Key Concepts Jana lives by. A PPT of her presentation is also available for download.
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Librarian Stories
A collection of stories, compiled by Chris Rippel, Central Kansas Library System, from libraries around the country who are changing lives and building communities.
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Libraries Build Community: from distribution to engagement
Archive and associated resources for November 16, 2010, webinar with Chrystie Hill, Helene Blowers and Nancy Dowd on libraries and community building.
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Making Sense of Social Software in the Library
A recording of an online panel discussion of social software projects that enhance a library's online presence.
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Organizational Storytelling for Librarians
Archive and related resources for a webinar presented on January 10, 2012 by Kate Marek and Chris Rippel on organizational storytelling for libraries.
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Press Release Tips
How to write a press release that news editors will pick up and use word-for-word. Includes examples, an exercise, and a template
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Punch It UP with Pictures: Presentations with visual power
Slides and handouts for the CLENERT-sponsored pre-conference workshop at ALA Annual 2009.
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SC Toolkit Chapter 13, Establish A Speakers Bureau
Create opportunities to promote your public access computing program. A speakers bureau is a great way to reach out to community groups.
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SC Toolkit Chapter 8, Update the Community
Publicize and promote your library and its services with a newsletter. This tool will teach you how to maintain a high profile in your community.
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