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How To Host a
How To Festival
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Concept• Showcase local community
members’ skills• Offer networking
opportunities• Celebrate lifelong education
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Concept• Bite-sized amounts• All-ages event• Fresh, vibrant atmosphere• Little time commitment• Promote library services
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Session Ideas• Staff suggestions• Hit up businesses• Social media recruiting• Follow your patrons• Think about your demographics
• Think fun!
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Recruiting
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How-To Sessions
How to Make a “Fatty”Presented by Lone Star Grill
How to Arrange Store Bought FlowersPresented by Mary’s Flowers
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How-To Sessions
How to Choose ProducePresented by Cody from the Saint Peter Food Co-op
How to Brew the Perfect Cup of Coffee at HomePresented by Helena ShanksFrom River Rock Coffee
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How-To Sessions
How to Be a Roller Derby Girl
How to Make a Scarf out of a T-Shirt
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How-To Sessions
How to Make Scarves out of T-Shirts
How to Make a Concrete Birdbath
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Best & WorstSession Ideas
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Logistics• Signage• Spaces (tents, set-up, clean-up,
electrical/digital needs)• Session help (handouts,
preparing the speakers, lunch)• Volunteers
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Event Day Signage
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Volunteers
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Volunteers
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Marketing• Posters• Handouts• Media (press releases, ads)• Social Media• Newsletters/E-Newsletters• Session Speakers’ Fans/Friends
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Set a Tone
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Clearly Map Out
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Event Response• Enthusiasm for next year• Session recruitment easier• Building an annual event
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Questions?• Stacy Lienemann, Waseca-Le Sueur Regional
Library System ([email protected], @MNszl)• Anne Lundquist, Watonwan County Library
([email protected])• Anissa Sandland, St. Peter Public Library
([email protected])• Tosha Anderson, St. Peter Public Library