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BoardSource Offers ‘Stand for Your Mission’ Awards

November 3, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

The Stand for Your Mission Award will recognize a nonprofit board’s advocacy.  The deadline for the $5000 award is January 12.  Learn more.   ...

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Trustee Training: Lehigh Valley Region

September 20, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

On a late summer Saturday, (August 12), over 40 trustees and library directors from the Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem and Lebanon District Centers joined attorney David Spitko at the beautiful new Doubletree Hotel in Reading Pa. for a day-long workshop on employment law. Since...

Nonprofit Board Trends

September 6, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

Leading with Intent is a Boardsource report that provides information about nonprofit board trends.  Nonprofit Quarterly will discuss sections of the report in a series, starting with this one on the lack of diversity in boards. (A three-step change model is offered).  You can...

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Trustee Training: Community Engagement and Strategic Planning – Two Workshops for Trustees

August 1, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development

How can we become more fully connected to our communities? How do we know what our community wants and needs? Are we basing our decisions on those wants and needs? And how do we plan for those wants and needs? Trustees and Library Directors from the North Central Library District...

Trustee Training

Trustee Training: Community Engagement and Strategic Planning

June 6, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development

Trustees are invited to attend this 2 part workshop at the James V Brown Library, Lowry Room, in Williamsport: Community Engagement on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 10:30AM to 3:30PM Strategic Planning on Thursday July 13, 10:30AM to 3:30 PM. Register for one or both workshops! Learn: how...

Trustee Training in SW PA

Trustee Training: South West PA

June 6, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development

What values does your library building convey? What is the board’s annual agenda of work? Will Alexa take over the reference desk? These were some of the questions posed to the 56 library trustees and directors who attended the SWPA Region Trustee Training on April 29th in Greentree....

SNOE Region Trustee Workshop: Building Better Boards

March 20, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

SNOE Region Trustee Workshop:   Building Better Boards April 5, 2017 9:30am – 3:30pm Midwestern Intermediate Unit, 453 Maple Street, Grove City, PA  16127 Workshop Agenda 9:30am – Registration 10am – 3pm* – Presentation by Michael Kumer (See below for...

Southwest PA Region’s Trustee Training Institute

March 13, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

You are invited to attend the 2017 Southwest PA Region’s Trustee Training Institute!                                    Date/Time: Saturday, April 29 | 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Registration & continental breakfast begin at 8:30 a.m. Location: Crowne Plaza...

Tech Savvy Trustees

January 11, 2017 By Compendium News Staff In Professional Development, Resources of Interest

Toward Tech Savvy Trustees Library staff are expected to embrace technology advancements and keep their skills sharp and their libraries relevant. But what about library boards—how tech savvy are your trustees? The more that trustees are dialed into a personal use of technology,...

Webinar on Engaged Planning – Ask What You Can Do For Your Rural Community

November 29, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Data, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries

WebJunction, in cooperation with the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL), is offering a webinar on December 1. The webinar  will outline the steps of an engaged planning process, to align library capabilities with community needs and aspirations. Once you understand...