Me > We: Engage Your Community (Indiana District 2 Conference Keynote)
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Making it happen!
What am I even talking about?
Why engage your community?
What do you want to achieve?
Civic or community engagement?
Where is this info coming from?
Baseline of community support
What doesn’t matter when it comes to supporters
What does matter?
You are a candidate and community organizer
Getting Political
How do you start?
It starts with your message
How should a “message”
look?
What should a message do?
Practice your message
Get your message out there
Reintroduce your Library
Telling your library’s story.
Build your resource list
Partnerships
Get organized (form a cohort)
Community events
Get cozy with politicians
…And the business community
Library as incubator/beta test site
Networking and Schmoozing
All you need?
Advocacy Opportunities
Most importantly, what do they want?
Bonus Slide – Haycock Rule
Any Questions?