00:27:02 TBLC Tampa Bay Library Consortium: Hello! 00:27:21 Sara Gassaway: Good morning! 00:27:29 Meg Blount: Good morning πŸ‘‹ 00:27:35 Raymond Neal: Good morning! 00:27:35 TBLC Tampa Bay Library Consortium: Don’t forget to select β€œeveryone” from the blue dropdown so we can all see questions coming in πŸ™‚ 00:27:52 Kathy Dempsey: Good morning, Sara, Regina, & all! Greetings from NJ 00:27:55 Sue Ane Stumpo: Good morning all! 00:27:58 Debra Robbins: Great, glad to be here! 00:28:03 Wendy Schneider: Good morning 00:28:03 TBLC Tampa Bay Library Consortium: I have had my coffee and am ready to learn! 00:28:07 Diana Silveira: Good Morning! Doing great this morning 00:28:12 Amy-Jane McWilliam: Good morning! 00:28:20 Jim W: Good morning! β˜• 00:28:23 Ross Woodbridge: Good Morning! 00:28:28 Regina Burgess: Good morning! It's a beautiful day in north Florida. 00:28:32 Meg Blount: Greetings from Chattanooga TN, by way of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa :) 00:29:02 Dr. Michael Stephens: Good morning all! 00:29:44 Lynne Snyder: Good morning from SW Florida! 00:30:11 Dr. Michael Stephens: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe9rh5fvv8jhcc6/Stephens_Wholehearted_Florida_Final_2023.pdf?dl=0 00:32:28 TBLC Tampa Bay Library Consortium: Yes 00:32:30 Diana Silveira: Yes 00:32:32 Sue Ane Stumpo: Yes! 00:32:34 Amy-Jane McWilliam: Yes! 00:32:35 Regina Burgess: Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe9rh5fvv8jhcc6/Stephens_Wholehearted_Florida_Final_2023.pdf?dl=0 00:33:01 Sara Gassaway: And a quick note everyone! We have some time at the end for Q&A 😊 00:36:21 Kathy Dempsey: ABBA-tars!! πŸ˜‚ 00:36:22 Meg Blount: The Dali Museum in Tampa has a great augmented reality app to use in conjunction with viewing the paintings 00:36:26 Regina Burgess: I love ChatGPT! 00:36:38 Regina Burgess: Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe9rh5fvv8jhcc6/Stephens_Wholehearted_Florida_Final_2023.pdf?dl=0 00:38:45 Amy-Jane McWilliam: Yes. 00:38:46 Emily Grosskopf: Absolutely. 00:38:48 Christina Wells: yes 00:38:49 Lynne Snyder: I wasn't doing this work years ago, I was teaching elementary school! 00:38:49 Jamie Naylor: Yes. 00:38:49 Diana Silveira: Yes 00:38:51 Sue Ane Stumpo: Absolutely 00:38:52 Winona Patterson: 100% yes, harder 00:38:56 Belinda Parker: Yes! 00:38:58 SHERNEE BELLAMY: Very much so!!!!! 00:38:59 Meg Blount: A little bit - I work from home, so it's easier in that respect, but the work is different 00:39:00 Dorothee Bennett: Different, not harder 00:39:06 Christina Wells: internally and externally 00:39:10 Amy Weiss: yes 00:39:22 Robin Grunwald: It's harder but we're progressing faster 00:39:37 Gemma grose@flaglercounty.gov: loss of patrons 00:39:42 Rebecca Greer: Staff shortages 00:39:45 Selome Brathwaite: It is definitely harder to make a living and maintain dignity in the profession, especially for front-facing staff and those that are bound by the dynamics of the public perception and the leaders that dictate policy and funds. 00:39:45 Jamie Naylor: Fast pivot to virtual programs, meetings 00:39:46 Debra Robbins: Building programming numbers 00:39:52 Jamie Naylor: Staff turnover 00:39:53 Christina Wells: Poor attitudes 00:40:01 Stacey Ewing: burnout 00:40:01 Gemma grose@flaglercounty.gov: high expectation from the public 00:40:02 Destiny DeHart: Newer employee, but there is a lot of red tape to serving patrons 00:40:03 Winona Patterson: Patrons appreciating what we did during COVID issues, and now thinking we're demonic for what we have on display 00:40:06 Serena Smith: Increase in cost of living changes a lot of things 00:40:17 Robin Grunwald: Water intrusion, flooding, mold, etc... 00:40:18 Matthew David: Staff vacancies 00:40:24 Selome Brathwaite: High turnover and lack of transparency in addressing it 00:44:13 Regina Burgess: What a wonderful idea! 00:45:29 Gemma grose@flaglercounty.gov: all good 00:45:31 Destiny DeHart: Yes :) 00:45:33 Amanda DeCastro: all good 00:45:37 Rebecca Greer: πŸ‘ 00:45:41 Matthew David: πŸ‘ 00:45:43 Selome Brathwaite: I love the self-care, and it is especially needed for adults experiencing homelessness, a major issue in Jacksonville. We have for teens, but it is trickier to do for adults 00:45:46 Sue Ane Stumpo: πŸ‘ 00:47:31 Matthew David: What were those three things? Make stories, and…? 00:47:54 Kathy Dempsey: Keep stories, Make stories, Share stories 00:47:59 Matthew David: TY 00:48:13 Regina Burgess: Slides: Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe9rh5fvv8jhcc6/Stephens_Wholehearted_Florida_Final_2023.pdf?dl=0 00:51:07 Christina Wells: exercise 00:51:08 Destiny DeHart: Quilting! 00:51:08 Serena Smith: Meditation 00:51:10 Celeste Mark: bird watching :) 00:51:11 Dorothee Bennett: beach walking 00:51:11 Stacey Ewing: gardening 00:51:11 Amy-Jane McWilliam: Walking 00:51:11 Matthew David: Tennis 00:51:11 Winona Patterson: singing 00:51:11 K.T. Vaughan: Knitting! 00:51:12 Russell Reece: Yoga 00:51:13 Tricia Wylie: Gardening 00:51:13 Debra Robbins: Spending time with my puppy 00:51:15 Gemma grose@flaglercounty.gov: taking a bubble bath 00:51:15 Selome Brathwaite: Singing 00:51:17 Kira Thoenes: On my lunch I drive down the street to a beautiful lake (: 00:51:22 Belinda Parker: Hiking 00:51:24 Melissa McNicol: crafting 00:51:25 Russell Reece: Books 00:51:26 SHERNEE BELLAMY: gardening 00:51:26 Judie Cooper: handcrafts 00:51:27 Emily Grosskopf: Video games with friends. 00:51:28 Wendy Schneider: Gardening, reading and walking my dog 00:51:29 Jamie Naylor: Sewing 00:51:31 Mika LaVaughn Slaughter Nelson: Going to the Ocean, Sand and Sun - meditation 00:51:31 R. Baril: Reading, writing, watching tv, crafting 00:51:33 Robin Grunwald: Floating down the river 00:51:33 Nancy Garmer: Weekly meditation with a group on campus in the garden nn 00:51:37 Sharon Jones: Gardening 00:51:39 Destiny DeHart: Family dinners 00:51:39 Selome Brathwaite: crafts and writing 00:51:41 Ericka Dow: Cross stitching, walking 00:51:47 Belinda Parker: Beach day! 00:51:50 Selome Brathwaite: being a plant mama 00:51:55 Jamie Naylor: 5 minute walk after staring at a screen 00:52:10 Selome Brathwaite: discovering new street art 00:52:18 Christy Jules: My daughter is my joy and I love self beauty counts. When you look good you feel good 00:52:54 Nancy Sanders: beach 00:54:56 Christina Wells: yes 00:55:00 Chiquita Quirin: Yes!! 00:59:32 Diana Silveira: Patience/Empathy 00:59:32 Russell Reece: Listening 00:59:33 Dania Soriano: empathy 00:59:34 Stacey Ewing: empathy/compassion/diplomacy 00:59:36 Kira Thoenes: compassion 00:59:36 Kathy Dempsey: patience 00:59:37 Destiny DeHart: Kindness 00:59:38 Christina Wells: emotional intelligence 00:59:39 Sharon Jones: Empathy 00:59:40 R. Baril: Empathy 00:59:42 Nancy Garmer: build relationships 00:59:42 Sarah Paige: Listening skills! 00:59:43 Winona Patterson: Understanding covers all of them 00:59:43 SHERNEE BELLAMY: empathy 00:59:44 Brandy Black: empathy and a general want to help people 00:59:44 Serena Smith: Creativity, something always comes up and we have to pivot 00:59:45 Selome Brathwaite: Kind of akin to curiosity: imagination 00:59:45 Judie Cooper: empathy 00:59:47 Belinda Parker: understanding 00:59:48 Celeste Mark: being friendly 00:59:48 Dorothee Bennett: empathy for customers and coworkers 00:59:50 Debra Robbins: Patience 00:59:50 Sue Ane Stumpo: Empathy - we have a large transient population at our library 00:59:53 Matthew David: Encouragement 00:59:56 Cynthia D.: connecting with others 01:00:12 Mika LaVaughn Slaughter Nelson: Setting a tone of peace - pace and peace 01:00:18 Nancy Sanders: understanding/ Empathy 01:00:21 Gemma grose@flaglercounty.gov: Gratitude 01:01:12 Robin Grunwald: true grit 01:01:34 Selome Brathwaite: where is the link for libraries are for everyone pdff? 01:02:38 Matthew David: https://www.hafuboti.com/2017/02/02/libraries-are-for-everyone/ 01:02:52 Selome Brathwaite: thanks @matthewdavid 01:03:41 Matthew David: πŸ€“ 01:04:42 Christina Wells: absolutely 01:04:48 Gemma grose@flaglercounty.gov: Amen! 01:07:01 Sara Gassaway: Chicken Story Time πŸ˜‚ 01:07:20 Destiny DeHart: Yes! 01:07:35 Lynne Snyder: Thank you so much! 01:07:44 Samantha Harmon: My nieces and nephew 01:07:45 Kira Thoenes: Connecting with old friends 01:07:47 K.T. Vaughan: My college student came home for the summer! 01:07:48 Kathy Dempsey: watching spring flowers bloom 01:07:49 Lynne Snyder: My birdfeeders and my dog! 01:07:51 Chiquita Quirin: My family 01:07:55 SHERNEE BELLAMY: Dog Sitting <3 01:07:57 Cynthia D.: vacationing with my family 01:07:58 Christina Wells: travel 01:07:59 Debra Robbins: Exploring opportunities to leave the most positive footprint I can in the world. 01:07:59 Jamie Naylor: My dogs and my craft room 01:08:04 Dorothee Bennett: Homemade jam: yum 01:08:06 Mary Balint: Well seeing those photos of Pedro Pascal just improved my day 01:08:06 Nancy Sanders: My cats 01:08:08 Judie Cooper: fur babies 01:08:09 Russell Reece: Trying new food 01:08:09 Kira Thoenes: Exploring in nature 01:08:10 Tricia Wylie: Grandkids 01:08:11 Tina Chalfant: Walking the beach at sunrise 01:08:11 Rebecca Greer: Taking my niece to Disney world for the first time 01:08:11 R. Baril: Watching nature 01:08:11 Sharon Jones: My children binding 01:08:13 Brandy Black: Just found a band I love from Europe is touring in the US in the fall :D 01:08:18 Sue Ane Stumpo: Visiting Disney! 01:08:24 Cynthia D.: This is the way! 01:08:27 Celeste Mark: seeing a different type of birds 01:08:34 Diana Silveira: Yes Mary! I agree πŸ™‚ 01:08:38 Mika LaVaughn Slaughter Nelson: Music 01:09:13 Kira Thoenes: Trivia Night! I always give facts about the answers and patrons love it 01:09:14 Samantha Harmon: Explore Your Senses 01:09:14 Serena Smith: writing workshops for adults 01:09:15 Star Andrews: bingo for books 01:09:17 Destiny DeHart: I was able to write a Textile Studio Lab for 9-12 age kids 01:09:21 Jamie Naylor: escape rooms 01:09:23 Lynne Snyder: Seasonal crafts 01:09:24 Winona Patterson: Having musical performers actually talk about the music they're performing 01:09:29 Judie Cooper: Steam Saturday 01:09:29 Jamie Naylor: teen tech programs 01:09:30 K.T. Vaughan: Destress events at/for the college - games night and self-care baskets 01:09:35 Matthew David: NEA Big Read // Prime Time Family Reading Time 01:09:38 Destiny DeHart: Our branches have been doing DND programs 01:09:38 SHERNEE BELLAMY: Stop Motion 01:09:46 Ericka Dow: We're about to open an Archive Lab for digitizing perosnal photos and records 01:09:59 Sharon Jones: Summer movies and popcorn for families 01:10:02 Jamie Naylor: tiny art take and make - return them for a display! 01:10:07 Sara Gassaway: Love ALL of these! 😍 01:10:11 Selome Brathwaite: @ErickaDOw, can I talk with you about that at a later point? 01:10:20 Jamie Naylor: Agree @sara! 01:10:27 Ericka Dow: @Selome sure thing 01:10:40 Tina Chalfant: virtual scavenger hunts 01:10:49 Jamie Naylor: New skills development - tech, crafts 01:11:08 Leslie Kahn: genealogy, experiences during pandemic, etc. 01:11:22 Selome Brathwaite: @ Ericka: sbrathwaite@coj.net 01:11:39 Emily Grosskopf: Bioblitz within your community 01:12:02 Sharon Jones: Reading challenges (youth and adults) 01:12:37 Jamie Naylor: We did a 100 stories for our county centennial, recorded interviews on our Vimeo channel. 01:13:10 Tina Chalfant: Music - an hour for music lovers to come play together 01:13:27 Gemma grose@flaglercounty.gov: We had kitten yoga at our library. It connected us with the humane society. It was so popular it started a pet food bank 01:13:33 Selome Brathwaite: June 21st is World Music Day! 01:13:36 Jamie Naylor: We have Artists in the Library every summer. It's a collaborative effort with our local artists. 01:13:44 Robin Grunwald: I love the academic library pet therapy days 01:13:47 Brandy Black: Kitten Yoga!! 01:13:50 Sharon Jones: knitting group 01:14:01 Winona Patterson: we recently started a sound healing group 01:14:07 Mika LaVaughn Slaughter Nelson: Local author and local music collections - can expand on this to allow community to explore what their neighbors are producing 01:14:16 Jamie Naylor: Read with the dogs - therapy dogs from the local humane society. for ages 3-12, but all ages enjoy meeting the dogs. 01:14:32 Selome Brathwaite: I am trying to revive Sewing Drop-in Activities at our Main branch *fingerscrossed* 01:14:49 Celeste Mark: that is so wonderful what they did! 01:15:17 Jamie Naylor: Selome - We also have sewing programs! Some libraries get more participation than others. 01:17:04 Tina Chalfant: I feel encouraged! 01:17:11 Kathy Dempsey: Listening to you was my self-care for today. πŸ₯° 01:17:12 Winona Patterson: Choosing positivity, especially in the face of material and display challenges, is important. 01:17:15 Nancy Garmer: i would love to read your rescue dog library journal article 01:17:23 Selome Brathwaite: Well, I've been talking to as many patrons as I can to see what the community wants, whos would participate, etc. 01:17:24 Lynne Snyder: I really appreciate your upbeat and joyful take on life! 01:17:25 Debra Robbins: I feel so amazing and inspired. Thank you for such a meaningful exchange. 01:17:52 Kira Thoenes: Doing great! Really feel your compassion and it is inspiring. 01:18:01 Sue Ane Stumpo: This was very positive, uplifting...and validating! Thank you :) 01:18:07 Sharon Jones: Inspire too, thank you! 01:18:18 Mika LaVaughn Slaughter Nelson: Your emphasis on belonging - with everything libraries/library workers are facing - knowing we're not alone and do great work together is so important, and that we belong where we are because we're doing great work. 01:18:19 Mackenzie Williams: This was so lovely, thank you so much! 01:18:39 Belinda Parker: This was a great way to start the day! Thank you! 01:18:50 Selome Brathwaite: You have renewed my spirit to keep doing what my intuition aligns with. Thank you Dr. Stephens 01:19:27 Celeste Mark: heart centered :) thank you for your presentation 01:19:33 Matthew David: Question - when describing the essence of libraries to non-library folks, what are some things we can say? 01:20:02 Christina Wells: We are whatever the community needs us to be <3 01:20:17 Selome Brathwaite: Good question! Especially to municipal leaders that we rely on! 01:20:21 Carissa Corpus: What are your social handles, Dr. Stephens? 01:20:38 Sue Ane Stumpo: Libraries are not just books anymore - we are a community center 01:21:02 Matthew David: That's true Christina, we fill community gaps 01:21:11 Kathy Dempsey: Question: With all the book-banning attempts and hatred surrounding us now, what are your tips for getting past our anger and fear? 01:21:52 Robin Grunwald: I'd like to hear from everyone on initial greetings, I've noticed people are very sensitive to even the simple, how can we help? Lots of folks don't want to engage, how are you drawing people out of themselves? Simply a hello gets crickets and big eyes, it's sad, how are you greeting patrons at walk in? 01:22:12 Chiquita Quirin: Great question Kathy that we are definitely facing. It's hard to say the library is for all, but legislation is saying the opposite. 01:22:45 Samantha Harmon: I always open with, "Good morning/afternoon, did you find everything alright?" 01:22:53 Robin Grunwald: Love that, thanks 01:22:59 Selome Brathwaite: I say welcome in! Thanks for visiting us! Please take a look around, if they say they are new. We like to show off our gallery exhibits, and give them our recently updated map. 01:23:28 Destiny DeHart: I'm happy to see you today. That makes me feel good when I hear it too. 01:23:51 Robin Grunwald: These are great, thank you!!! 01:24:18 Dr. Michael Stephens: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xe9rh5fvv8jhcc6/Stephens_Wholehearted_Florida_Final_2023.pdf?dl=0 01:24:25 Wendy Schneider: I like when people tell me they love their library. I always tell them that we love our patrons. 01:25:11 Stacey Ewing: thank you so much for your presentation! <3 01:25:16 K.T. Vaughan: Agreed! 01:25:22 Lynne Snyder: This was so uplifting! 01:25:22 Judie Cooper: thank you πŸ™ 01:25:23 Melissa McNicol: Thank you! 01:25:25 Charlie Cantley: Thank you! 01:25:26 Winona Patterson: Such a great way to start the day - thanks! 01:25:42 Chiquita Quirin: Thank you for the wonderful and insightful presentation. 01:25:47 Christina Wells: Thank you :) 01:25:48 Wendy Schneider: Thank you! This was wonderful! 01:25:57 Raymond Neal: Thanks, Michael! 01:25:59 Rebecca Greer: Thank you! 01:26:01 Kira Thoenes: Thank you, Dr. Stephens! Safe travels back home to Michigan! 01:26:10 Belinda Parker: Thank you! 01:26:37 Mika LaVaughn Slaughter Nelson: Thank you very much; your perspective is inspirational. 01:26:37 Sharon Jones: Thank you! 01:26:52 R. Baril: Thank you so much! This was a wonderful presentation. And the dog photos were great! :) 01:26:52 Celeste Mark: very uplifting ! 01:26:57 Lynne Snyder: My father-in-law lives in Lincoln (Lost Lake Woods Club) near Alpena. Traverse City is so beautiful! 01:27:26 Kacey Meadows: I felt heard and seen today. Thank you 01:28:00 Matthew David: Any differences in libraries in different states you have noticed? 01:28:18 Christy Jules: Thank you, Dr. Stephens. I firmly believe that libraries must persist in their efforts to engage and captivate their audiences by offering what is often overlooked or underappreciated. 01:28:38 Selome Brathwaite: Agreed, @ChristyJules! 01:29:06 Mika LaVaughn Slaughter Nelson: ❀️ that Kacey; feel the same. 01:29:30 Christy Jules: πŸ‘ 01:29:37 Matthew David: 🦩 01:29:39 Sara Gassaway: πŸ₯° 01:30:47 Christy Jules: Thank you!