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Libraries Prosper – A Guide to Using the PLA Advocacy Toolkit -- digital download
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| Item Number: 978-0-8389-9713-0 |
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| Publisher: PLA |
| Price: $45.00 |
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Please note digital downloads may only be purchased using a credit card. If purchased using a purchase order, the account will be billed but downloads will be inaccessible.
The first in PLA’s new Train the Trainer series, this electronic publication supports the PLA publication Libraries Prosper with Passion, Purpose, and Persuasion: A PLA Toolkit for Success.
This guide will enable library trainers to:
Create a sample advocacy plan for a library by using the resource in the Toolkit;
Adapt the general training agenda and materials to support the learning objectives for specific target audiences;
Explain each of the sections of the Toolkit to learners from a variety of target audiences;
Answer questions relating to the materials from training participants;
Provide concrete local examples of how each of the resources in the Toolkit might be used;
Lead general discussions and manage group interactions;
Organize and manage effective small-group discussion and reporting processes;
Evaluate the effectiveness of the training program they present.
Table of Contents
Designed for a one day (9 am – 4 pm) training program presented for a mixed audience of librarians, trustees, and supporters. Training Program includes:
Trainers’ Agenda (Word File)
Trainers’ Powerpoint (Powerpoint File)
Trainers’ Script (pdf file)
Participant Handouts (Word Files)
The kit also includes a Modified Training Program. These materials have been designed for a 1.5 -2 hour training program being presented for trustees and supporters.
Includes the following:
Trainers’ Agenda (Word File)
Trainers’ Powerpoint (Powerpoint File)
Trainers’ Script (pdf file)
Participant Handouts (Word files)
About the Author
Sandra Nelson is a consultant, speaker, trainer, and writer specializing in public library planning and management issues. She has presented hundreds of training programs in forty-eight states during the past three decades. During her career, Nelson has worked in both large and small public libraries and in state library agencies. She is the author of Implementing for Results (2009), Strategic Planning for Results (2008), and The New Planning for Results: A Streamlined Approach (2001), and is coauthor of Creating Policies for Results: From Chaos to Clarity (2003), Managing for Results: Effective Resource Allocation for Public Libraries (2000), and Wired for the Future: Developing Your Library Technology Plan (1999), all published by the ALA. She is the senior editor of the PLA Results series. Her awards include Arizona Librarian of the Year (1987), the Professional Achievement Award from the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (1996), Outstanding Alumna Award, University of North Texas, School of Information Science (1999), and the ALA’s Melvil Dewey Medal (2008). |
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