[Baynet] Infopeople's "Building Leadership Skills: Strategic Financial Thinking"

[Linda Rodenspiel]

Since some people who may be interested in 
attending might not receive this notice directly, 
we would appreciate it if you would print and 
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Title:  Building Leadership Skills: Strategic Financial Thinking

Dates and locations:

Wednesday, June 6, San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Friday, June 8, Belle Cooledge Library (Sacramento)
Thursday, June 14, San Francisco Public Library
Tuesday, June 19, Buena Park Library District
Wednesday, June 20, Los Angeles Public Library
Thursday, June 21,San Diego County Library Headquarters
Friday, June 29, Fresno Woodward Park Library

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at
http://infopeople.org/workshop/323

Fee:  There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop.

Property taxes, impact fees, outsourcing: are all 
these terms familiar but you don't really 
understand what they mean to your library? 
Worried you'll confront creating your first 
library budget and not know where to start? 
Strategic Financial Thinking provides practical 
information about public library budgeting, 
revenue sources, outsourcing proposals, budget 
cutting, and long term strategies for achieving financial stability.

Workshop Description: This all-day workshop is 
part of Infopeople's Eureka! Leadership Program. 
It offers hands-on experience in analyzing a 
typical public library budget, choosing revenue 
sources for specific projects, developing 
responses to outsourcing proposals, making budget 
cuts for the short and long term, and developing 
a multi-year library financial strategy. The 
instructor will provide tips on the politics of budget
making and how to advocate for library services, 
as well as written materials on different 
budgeting methods and revenue sources.

Preliminary Course Outline

Elements of a Typical Municipal and Library Budget
--Looking at the Dry Creek Library budget
--Identifying program costs
--Other budgeting methods

Revenue Sources for Cities, Counties, and Libraries
--Property tax, sales tax, impact fees, borrowing money
--"Let's have a bake sale"—evaluating fundraising proposals

Privatization and Contracting Out
--Techniques for evaluating outsourcing proposals 
Privatization and Contracting Out

Cutting the Library Budget
--Can this library be saved?
--Developing a strategic financial plan for the future

Instructor:  Anne M. Turner.  Anne has been the 
Director of the Santa Cruz City-County Library 
System since late 1983. Prior library service 
included directorships in Lowell and Amherst, 
Massachusetts, and a stint as a Reference 
Librarian at a small college in Western 
Massachusetts.  A past President of the 
California Library Association, she now edits 
that organization’s magazine, CLARION. She has 
written extensively for the library press, and is the author of four books.

Who Should Attend: This workshop is designed for 
California library community managers, 
innovators, and emerging leaders. It is one of 
the workshops in Phase 2 of the Eureka! 
Leadership Program, and is recommended for those 
who are interested in being considered for the 
Phase 3 Leadership Institute, but is also an open 
registration workshop that can be taken by itself.

Prerequisites: An MLS or at least three years of supervisory experience.

Other Logistics:

*On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM;  instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30 PM.

*Maps, directions, and parking information are 
available on the Infopeople website at 
http://infopeople.org/workshop/location 
Infopeople does not validate or pay for parking.

*Infopeople does not provide refreshments or 
lunch.  Since some training locations do not have 
in-house or convenient food service, Infopeople 
recommends that participants bring a sack lunch.

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops 
and for general information about Infopeople 
training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople 
Workshops page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop

If you have questions about registration or 
scheduling of workshops, please contact Linda 
Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at 
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685.