RRLC
Rochester Regional Library Council
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Communicating with Elected Officials about your Library
January 12, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Free
RRLC is offering up to 15 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, LibraryWorks Webinar: Communicating with Elected Officials about your Library
The climate for libraries can be stressful. With polarizing politics, book bans, budget concerns and more, libraries must increasingly work and interact with their elected officials and the public. How do you communicate effectively in stressful times? How can you get the attention of your elected officials? And how can libraries better communicate all the positives they give to their community?
Through this webinar, you will learn:
• Suggestions for handling difficult conversations
• Ideas for communicating and connecting all year with elected officials
• Understanding where elected officials may be coming from
• Resources from the American Library Association and other places that can help
Presenter: Carrie Rogers-Whitehead is the founder of Digital Respons-Ability, a mission-based company that teaches digital citizenship to tens of thousands of parents, students, and educators across the world. Before starting Digital Respons-Ability, Carrie worked about a decade in public libraries. Carrie regularly writes, speaks and researches on digital citizenship and education. She is the author of several academic books including: Digital Citizenship: Teaching Strategies and Practice From the Field (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019) and Becoming a Digital Parent: A Practical Guide to Help Families Navigate Technology (Routledge, 2020) and the The 3Ms of Fearless Digital Parenting: Proven Tools to Help You Raise Smart and Savvy Online Kids (Skyhorse Publishing, 2021). Her latest book for librarians, Advocating Digital Citizenship: Resources for the Library and Classroom is out in fall 2022 and she has another title to be released in early 2023 from the International Society for Technology in Education. She is also an adjunct instructor and in 2021 won an Outstanding Reference Source Award from the American Library Association for one of her books. Carrie is also a mother who applies what she teaches with her own family at home in Utah.
RRLC is sponsoring a limited number of seats to this webinar for RRLC members. It is free for you to attend, but space is limited!
Registration closes on January 6 at 12 pm or when all seats are filled. If the program reaches capacity and you would like to join the waitlist, please email Tina Broomfield.
You will be sent a link to the webinar within 24 hours of the start time.
If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield.
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