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SUMMARY:Strengthening Communities: Effective Outreach and Partnerships for Libraries
DESCRIPTION:This session will empower libraries to become vibrant community hubs through strategic outreach and impactful partnerships. In today’s rapidly evolving landscape\, libraries play a vital role in fostering community engagement and meeting diverse needs. This webinar will explore proven strategies\, innovative approaches\, and best practices for establishing and nurturing partnerships with local organizations\, businesses\, and community members. If you’re a library staff member seeking to enhance your outreach efforts\, this session offers valuable insights to strengthen communities and promote lifelong learning. Discover how libraries can serve as catalysts for positive change and inclusive growth. Online resources will be provided and there will be opportunities for Q&A and discussion. \nDr. Curtis Rogers\nDr. Curtis Rogers is a library consultant with over 35 years of experience in the library and information science field. He has worked at Union Carnegie Library\, Charleston County Public Library\, and retired as Communications Director of the South Carolina State Library. He has taught at the University of South Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science. Dr. Rogers holds a BA in Geography\, an MLIS\, and a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from USC. He has served in leadership roles with the SC Library Association\, the Library Marketing and Communications Conference\, and ALA Core Library Consultants group.
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CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Build Community: Turning Local Connections into Library Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:Florida libraries do more than provide services. They build community! This session explores practical ways library staff can develop meaningful local connections that expand outreach\, increase visibility\, and strengthen relationships with the communities they serve. Using real examples from St. Johns County Public Library System\, this session will highlight creative and approachable partnership strategies\, including a community-wide campaign for Library Card Sign-Up Month\, collaborating with a local ice cream shop to create a book-themed flavor that promoted library awareness\, and participating in parades and festivals to reach new audiences. \nAlex Barr\nAlex Barr has worked at St. Johns County Public Library System for over 14 years\, where she currently serves as Community Engagement Coordinator. She is passionate about taking the library out into the community and developing partnerships with local businesses and organizations. Alex received her Master of Library and Information Science from Florida State University in 2013.
URL:https://floridalibrarytraining.com/event/build-community-turning-local-connections-into-library-partnerships/
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SUMMARY:Engaging Seniors in Memory Care and Senior Living
DESCRIPTION:The Orange County Library System recognized a need to expand programming for seniors in our community. In this session\, we’ll share how we developed engaging programs for memory care participants and senior living residents\, while also supporting caregivers and fostering meaningful connections. \nSheri Holland\nSheri Holland is the Community Engagement Manager for the Orange County Library System\, where she has spent over 31 years supporting the community. For the past three years\, she has worked in Community Engagement\, overseeing Mobile Services\, Social Workers\, and Storytellers\, and expanding access and building partnerships across a wide range of communities. Her recent work has concentrated on developing memory care and brain health programs for older adults. \nAntoinette Griffin\nAntoinette Griffin\, a storyteller with the Community Engagement Department of the Orange County Library System\, celebrates 20 years of sharing the art of storytelling with diverse communities of all ages throughout Orange County.  Several years of research and experience with serving older adults support her most recent contributions to the development of OCLS’ Brain Health Initiative.
URL:https://floridalibrarytraining.com/event/engaging-seniors-in-memory-care-and-senior-living/
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Keynote: Creative is not a noun!
DESCRIPTION:Creativity is not magic. Creativity is for everyone! In this talk\, writer and artist Austin Kleon (New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist\, Show Your Work!\, Keep Going and Don’t Call It Art) will share 10 principles for doing more creative work in the digital age. We’ll learn how to think in networks\, embrace influence instead of run away from it\, use analog tools for better ideas\, and cultivate habits of lifelong curiosity and attention. Kleon will also talk about how his career started in a library and how librarians serve as a personal model for parenting both his kids and his own inner kid.  	 \nAustin Kleon\nAustin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of a series of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: Steal Like An Artist\, Show Your Work!\, Keep Going\, and Don’t Call It Art. He’s also the author of Newspaper Blackout\, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. His books have sold over two million copies and have been translated into over 30 languages. He’s been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition\, PBS Newshour\, and in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. New York Magazine called his work “brilliant\,” The Atlantic called him “positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet\,” and The New Yorker said his poems “resurrect the newspaper when everybody else is declaring it dead.” He speaks for organizations such as Pixar\, Google\, Netflix\, SXSW\, TEDx\, Dropbox\, Adobe\, and The Economist. In previous lives\, he worked as a librarian\, a web designer\, and an advertising copywriter. He lives in Austin\, Texas\, with his wife and sons. Visit him online at www.austinkleon.com
URL:https://floridalibrarytraining.com/event/keynote-creative-is-not-a-noun/
CATEGORIES:Community,Leaders,Opportunities,Strong Teams,Welcoming Spaces
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