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Telling Your Library Story

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In this session, you will create a short version of your library story and practice

telling it.

Session Purpose

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Session AgendaIn this session, you will:

1. Identify and discuss informal opportunities to tell your library story.

2. Develop a one-minute library speech.

3. Practice delivering your one-minute library speech and receive feedback from your peers.

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Telling a Good Library Story

• Libraries have wonderful, often untold stories to tell.

• Everyday encounters can provide opportunities to tell your library story—you need to be ready.

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Activity: Opportunities to Tell Your Library Story

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Preparing to Tell Your Library Story

• Target audience perceptions—what they know, think, and feel about the library, help you determine the types of messages and story elements that will be effective.

• Effective advocacy messages have one main message and up to three supporting messages that can be tailored for specific audiences.

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Library Story Elements

• Three main elements that help make a library story interesting and memorable: Strong advocacy message or messages Anecdotes Quantitative data

• Different types of stories may appeal to different target audiences Factual, anecdotal, inspirational, or a

combination of all three

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Advocacy Action Plan Workbook

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Activity: Writing YourLibrary Speech

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Activity: Practicing Your Library Speech

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ClosingReviewing our agenda:

Identify and discuss informal opportunities to tell your library story.

Develop a one-minute library speech. Practice delivering your one-minute library

speech and receive feedback from your peers.

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