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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#005EA4">Akron-Summit County Public Library</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tempus Sans ITC";color:#005EA4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Sylfaen","serif";color:#004376">The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support,
improve, and enrich individual, family, and community life.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#004376"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Marci Merola [mailto:mmerola@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marci Merola<br>
<b>Cc:</b> advocacy-l@ala.org; aladnow@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [aladnow] Build your library's Advocacy Work Plan with PLA's free advocacy training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white">People are talking about
</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:white">Turning the Page 2.0</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">“I cannot recommend it highly enough. It has changed not just how I advocate for our library, but how I think about things here in general. It is a good
investment of time and energy.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">"This course is further honing my public speaking, relationship building, and 'asking' skills.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">"It was one of the best library-related online experiences I<span style="color:#1F497D">’</span>ve had."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">- Quotes from participants of
<em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">Turning the Page 2.0</span></em></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/education/turningthepage"><strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#E76E34">Turning the Page 2.0</span></strong></a>
</span></em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">is a unique opportunity for
<em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">free, in-depth, interactive, online</span></em> education in public library advocacy. Register for this six week course and get one-on-one attention from professional facilitators as you build
a customized Advocacy Work Plan for your library.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black">This session begins with a free, optional program at the
<a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/education/alaannual/turning"><strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#E76E34">ALA 2012 Annual Conference on June 22</span></strong></a>, then transitions into an online six-week course with
weekly virtual classroom sessions and independent work.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#1B3A66">Registration for the summer session (week of July 9-week of August 13)</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#1B3A66"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">is now open!</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#E76E34"><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/education/turningthepage/register"><strong><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#E76E34">REGISTER
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#1B3A66">___________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#1B3A66"><a href="http://www.ala.org/pla/education/turningthepage"><em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:#E76E34">Turning the Page 2.0</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif"">
is developed and presented by the Public Library Association with generous support from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.</span></em></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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