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The Marketing Forum represents the interests of library marketers and provides a forum for them to network, share ideas and strategies, and develop best practices to disseminate through the ILA website and other channels, including conferences and events.
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- ILA Marketing Forum Programming Survey
- June 5, 2023
- The ILA Marketing Forum Needs Your Help Planning Future Events The ILA Marketing Forum is seeking your input on its plans for the remainder of the year and in 2024. As part of the forum's goal to gather feedback on future ev…
- Linda Vering, Northbrook Public Library, Named Recipient of the Deborah Dowley Preiser Marketing Award
- July 1, 2021
- Linda Vering, Marketing and Communications Manager at the Northbrook Public Library, is the recipient of the 2021 Illinois Library Association Deborah Dowley Preiser Marketing Award. The award recognizes a library employee who has performed excellent…
- Forum Spotlight - Marketing Forum
- April 1, 2021
- Whether you work in a large marketing department, or wear a part-time marketing hat along with many other “duties as assigned,” check out the ILA Marketing Forum. The Forum represents the interests of library marketers and provides opport…
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Past Marketing Forum Events
- Engagement: Attracting New Patrons to the Library - September 22, 2023
- AI Demystified: Practical Strategies and Tips for Everyday Use - July 28, 2023
- AI: Possibilities and Problems - April 28, 2023
- Web Accessibility Basics - March 24, 2023 (slides)
- Let's Talk Branding with Simple Truth - January 27, 2023
- Style Guides, Storefronts, and T-Shirts - November 18, 2022
- Is Your Library Using Tik Tok? - September 16, 2022
- What Are You Doing for Library Card Sign-Up Month? - July 15, 2022
- Rolling with the Punches -COVID-19 - March 18, 2022
- How to Welcome and Bring People Back into the Library Part II - February 18, 2022
- How to Welcome and Bring People Back into the Library - January 21, 2022
- How Do You Integrate DEI into Your Marketing and Communication - November 19, 2021
- Everything You Need to Know About File Storage and File Sharing - September 17, 2021
- Annual/Year-End Reports From Start to Finish Part II - August 20, 2021
- Annual/Year-End Reports From Start to Finish - July 16, 2021
- Copyright, Fair Use, and Attribution Oh My - June 18, 2021 (presentation slides)
- Share What You're Doing for Summer Reading - March 19, 2021
- Hosting Live Events Using Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram Reels - February 19, 2021
- Marketing Forum Roundtable: Various topic discussed - January 21, 2021
- Marketing Forum Roundtable: Current Challenges - December 4, 2020
- Marketing Forum Roundtable: My Library Is... presentation - November 13, 2020
Marketing Forum Mini Conference
Forum Leadership
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Jordan Neal, Board liaison Adult Services Manager at Champaign Public Library
Term ends 06/30/2024 -
Tamara Jenkins, Staff liaison Illinois Library Association
Term ends 06/30/2025