Develop a Plan for Increased Community Engagement
Friday, July 19, 2024
11:00 a.m. to Noon
Online (Zoom)
You're already engaging community members in a variety of ways, right? But do you know if it's working? And how do you get more people to engage?
Join us to learn how to create a community engagement plan that will help you coordinate your engagement efforts by designing a process to understand what's important to people in your community, how to best communicate with them, and how to ensure long-term support and advocacy.
While similar to strategic planning, member engagement planning involves assessing current engagement levels and creating an understanding of ideal community engagement and how to get there.
Attendees will understand how to create a plan that cultivates intentional engagement and moves community members to increased connection and support for your library.
This free event is open to all Illinois libraries (ILA members and non-members). ILA personal members can access the recording of this event 1-3 days after the live event.
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About the Speakers
Helping information organizations see the big picture as they strive for equity and social justice is Cindy Fesemyer's passion as the Principal of Fesemyer Consulting, LLC. Community engagement, qualitative assessment, strategic planning, engaged leadership, and staff & trustee training are her areas of expertise. She was previously employed for 2.5 years at the WI State Library, served 8 years as a Trustee for the Madison Public Library, and 7 years as Director of the Columbus Public Library (WI), named a finalist for Library Journal's 2017 Best Small Library in America. She teaches academic and continuing education courses for the UW-Madison iSchool. She earned her MLIS from UW-Madison in 2012.
Amanda Standerfer is the founder and lead consultant for Fast Forward Libraries, a small consulting practice based in Champaign, IL. Her passion is helping libraries and nonprofit organizations advance so they can create meaningful impact in their communities. Amanda has 15 years of experience at various positions in public libraries, most recently as the Director of Community Engagement for The Urbana (IL) Free Library. She also has 7 years of experience working in the philanthropy sector. She has a BA and MA in History from Eastern Illinois University and a MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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