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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are looking for some information on how to get started with community engagement next week’s Google Hangout with Cindy Fesemyer, Director of the Columbus Public Library in Wisconsin, will
be sharing experiences in a Google Hangout. See below for complete details on the opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Google Hangout: Columbus (Wis.) Public Library’s Action Potlucks (and other ideas for getting started in community engagement)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Getting started in community engagement work can feel daunting, but it doesn’t have to. You can get your feet wet with simple, fun gatherings that bring new faces into your library and get them
working together. Cindy Fesemyer, director of the Columbus (Wis.) Public Library, organized a series of popular Action Potlucks where her residents got together over shared food to brainstorm and execute small improvement projects for their town.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Join Cindy for a casual conversation about her Action Potlucks and other community engagement projects on Tuesday, March 28, at 2pm EDT/1pm CDT. Joining this Google
Hangout is easy – all you need is the internet and a Google login, no webcam or microphone needed as you can communicate by chat.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register at <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LTCCINDY" target="_blank">
<u><span style="color:blue">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LTCCINDY</span></u></a> and we will send you instructions on how to join.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Questions? Email us at
<a href="mailto:publicprograms@ala.org" target="_blank"><u><span style="color:blue">publicprograms@ala.org</span></u></a>.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">_______________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sarah Ostman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Public Programs Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">American Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">312-280-5061<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Shannon White<br>
Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan"><u><span style="color:#0563C1">www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></u></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">517.373.9489<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Whites29@michigan.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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