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Turning Outward to Lead Change in Your Community: Sustaining Yourself

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AGENDA

• • • • • • Libraries Transforming Communities Harwood Institute for Public Innovation How to get the most out of this session Authenticity and sustaining yourself – Experience – Benefits and how to use at home Other sessions and tools for community engagement Evaluation

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About Harwood

• • • National nonprofit working with you to address community challenges in a way that makes your library and community stronger Proven 25-year track record What’s different – Turning Outward

If you turn outward and make more intentional judgments and choices in creating change, you will produce greater impact and relevance in your community.

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Turning Outward

An orientation toward community – literally about the direction we are facing!

Without it, there is little chance for change.

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The “Turning Outward” Approach: Four Foundational Tools

Rejuvenate; make wellbeing for yourself and your team a priority Sustaining Yourself Aspirations Talk to your community, framing the conversation to best understand their hopes, challenges and conditions for change Act intentionally and authentically, evaluating your success as you go Intentionality Turn Quiz Approach your work with the community, not the institution, at the heart of all discussion and action

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3A’s Exercise

Authenticity

Accountability Authority

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Do I reflect the reality of people ’s lives, and do they believe I have their best interests at heart, even when we disagree?

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Sustaining Yourself

• What key phrases jumped out at you? Why those?

• What are the implications for how we work with community?

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Sustaining Yourself

• What do you make of this?

• How does it fit with having a commitment to the community?

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Benefits for Libraries & Library Professionals

• Repositioning libraries and library professionals as conveners and facilitators of community innovation and change • Bringing new tools, skill development and learning opportunities that support enhanced capacity for community engagement • Demonstrated results in communities to increase their ability to work effectively together on issues the community cares about

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Evaluation

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Join Us at These Related Programs

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“Libraries Fostering Community Engagement Reception”

A networking reception with library professionals working on community engagement

Tonight from 5-6 p.m., HRM – Hyde Park/CC 11A •

“Leading in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Ferguson (Mo.) Library Director Scott Bonner”

Sponsored by Libraries Transforming Communities

Monday from 1-2:30 p.m., W183C

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Keep the Conversation Going

To be part of the conversation with other library professionals, go to ALA Connect ( connect.ala.org

) and join the Libraries

Foster Community

Engagement group.

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Take the Tools Home!

A Step-by-Step Guide to “Turning Outward” to Your Community Digital and paper workbooks available on your way out.

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Contact us or visit www.ala.org/LTC

Mary Davis Fournier Deputy Director, Public Programs Office American Library Association 312-280-5056 [email protected]

Cheryl Gorman Carlton Sears Vice President of National Programs The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation 613-614-1213 [email protected]

Certified Coach The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation 330-402-9149 [email protected]

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