[Baynet] Infopeople's "Building Leadership Skills: Community Engagement" workshop

[Linda Rodenspiel]

This workshop continues the series of leadership skills-building workshops
that are part of the Eureka! Leadership Program. This is an open
registration workshop. You may register for this workshop without taking any
other workshops in the series. If you are interested in learning more about
the Eureka! Leadership Program, please go to
http://eurekaleadership.org/index.html.

 

 

Since some people who may be interested in participating might not receive
this notice directly, we would appreciate it if you would print and post or
route this announcement to staff and colleagues. Thanks!

 

Title:  Building Leadership Skills:  Community Engagement

 

Dates and locations:

 

Monday, January 5, 2009, San Francisco Public Library

Wednesday, January 7, 2009, Buena Park Library District

Tuesday, January 20, 2009, San Jose, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library

Thursday, January 22, 2009, Fresno Woodward Park Library

Tuesday, January 27, 2009, El Cajon Library

Wednesday, January 28, 2009, Los Angeles Public Library

Friday, January 30, 2009, Arcade Library (Sacramento)

 

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/396

 

Fee: There is a $75 fee for this workshop.

 

 

.             Is your library indispensable to its community? Could it use
more allies? 

.             Do people know what your library has to offer them? 

.             Are you interested in developing more effective partnerships
to help your library and your community blossom? 

.             Are you looking to help your library get 'outside its walls',
but aren't sure how to put your good intentions to their best use? 

 

In this workshop you will learn how to partner effectively with other
organizations, and to deploy your library's valuable assets - such as free
community space, connections to the local economy, a sense of ownership by
the community, and a level of community trust - in ways that help build
strong support for the library and contribute to social capital. 

 

Workshop Description: This fun and interactive full-day workshop will
include the use of individual and group activities to help participants make
the most of their libraries' assets. Participants will develop a marketing
tool they can use immediately to demonstrate their library's value to
everyone they meet. They'll also learn to plan effective short- and
long-term partnerships. 

 

Preliminary Course Outline

.Aligning Library Services with Community Priorities and Values 

                                The community has needs and priorities-where
does your library fit? 

What does 'engagement' look like? 

Whose job is it to engage? 

.Making Yourself and Your Library Visible 

What do people really think of the library? 

How do the words we use influence the attention we get? 

.Identifying and Connecting With Communities and Stakeholders 

Mapping your community connections-are you as 'connected' as you need to be?


You're connected, now what? Develop and hone your library's message 

.Pragmatic Partnering 

When to partner-and when not to partner 

Is your partnership an 'event' or a merger-and what are the implications of
each? 

Creating a partnership plan 

 

Instructor:  Gail Griffith.  Gail Griffith is the Deputy Director of the
Carroll County (MD) Public Library, responsible for public services and
staff development. She also provides consulting services in organization
development to a variety of public library, local government, and nonprofit
agencies throughout the U.S. Most recently, she has worked with Maryland's
state library agency to develop and deliver Learning Libraries (leadership
and teamwork) training throughout Maryland. She has also developed and led a
Leadership Academy for all levels of library staff.

 

Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community with an
interest in leadership and/or community engagement. 

 

Prerequisites: None 

 

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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
Web site at 

http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions.  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://infopeople.org/WS/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.

 

 

 

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