[OPLINLIST] Webinar announcement: Choose Civility initiative

[Janet Ingraham Dwyer]

Please excuse cross-postings.  Posted on behalf of Christine McNew,
Youth Services Consultant, Texas Library & State Archives.  Please note
the webinar will be at 11:00 EST; the time given in Christine's email is
Central Time.  Registration is free.

 

Colleagues,

Choose Civility is a community-wide initiative designed to enhance
civility, respect, empathy, consideration, and tolerance, led by Howard
County Library (MD). The Libraries Foster Civic Engagement Membership
Initiative Group featured this outstanding program at the 2010 American
Library Association Conference.  The Texas State Library is pleased to
extend this invitation to attend a webinar on Choose Civility on Friday,
December 10, 2010, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Choose Civility evolved from an internal library campaign into a
successful, ongoing, community-wide initiative with nearly 100 partners
and funders, including the public school system and community college.
Three key leaders will explore techniques to articulate a vision and
mission, implement a Choose Civility Initiative, position the library as
a lead partner, recruit and engage community partners, form a Board of
Advisors, develop a public relations campaign, and create relevant
curriculum for students of all ages. Learn why more than 60,000 people
have chosen to display Choose Civility car magnets on their vehicles,
and why the library is a natural choice to lead the initiative.

The webinar will be presented by Valerie J. Gross, President & CEO of
Howard County Library (HCL); Christie P. Lassen, HCL's Director of
Public Relations; and Ellen Flynn Giles, Chair of the Howard County
Board of Education, and Vice-Chair of Friends of HCL. This trio has been
instrumental in envisioning Choose Civility, transforming the grassroots
campaign into a successful community partnership, developing a public
relations campaign, and making "Choose Civility" a hallmark for Howard
County.

To learn more about the Howard County Library Choose Civility
Initiative, see http://www.choosecivility.org.

For more information about the webinar and to register, please visit the
Texas State Library's Webinars page
<http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/workshops/webinars/>  and click on the
link for the webinar, or go directly to
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/195649898.

Best regards,

 

Christine McNew

Youth Services Consultant

Texas State Library and Archives Commission

cmcnew at tsl.state.tx.us 

 

 

 

 

 

Janet Ingraham Dwyer 
Library Consultant 
State Library of Ohio 
jdwyer at library.ohio.gov 

614.644.6910 
http://library.ohio.gov

http://library.ohio.gov/youthservices 

The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist
state government and libraries in providing the best service to all.

 

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