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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">August is
around the corner, and we’ve got so many free<b> maker, entrepreneurship,
grantwriting, </b>and <b>creativity workshops </b>coming up
in <b>Coopersville </b>(near Grand Rapids)<b>, Houghton Lake </b>(mid-Michigan),
and <b>Benzonia </b>(near Traverse City)! These are the last
workshops of the summer!<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">All are free,
with free SCECH credits for K-12 educators. Register and find details at </span><a href="http://makinginmichiganlibraries.eventbrite.com/"><span style="font-family:Arial">http://makinginmichiganlibraries.eventbrite.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial"> .<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">COOPERSVILLE
(NEAR GRAND RAPIDS) – NEXT WEEK!</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"> Introduction
to the Maker Movement </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Tues 8/1, all day)<b> – </b>What
is the "maker movement" and what role can it play in local
communities, schools, and libraries? We'll talk about it and help you
think about how to plan for a successful and sustainable maker
program in your institution.<span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Fashion
Hacking / Upcycling / Refashioning </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Wed
8/2, all day) – Attract kids, teens, and/or adults to your library when
you host activities to refashion t-shirts, button-downs, and more in your
library. Thanks to fast fashion, secondhand clothing is cheap and
abundant!</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Creating
Design Challenges </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Thurs 8/3, morning) –
tired of your students/patrons just puttering? How can you help move them
to intentional design decisions? We’ll use a variety of maker tools to
help you think about how to integrate this into your program. A recent
attendee said a few weeks ago that this event helped her think more
clearly about how to integrate science and engineering principles! <span></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Selling
Handmade Goods Online </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Thurs 8/4, afternoon)<b> </b>–
How can schools and libraries help students and patrons not just start
online shops at sites like Etsy, Smashwords, Society6, Zazzle, Shapeways,
Zazzy, and thrive? We’ll look at how creating a community of craft
entrepreneurs in a library/school setting can help maximize success.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">HOUGHTON
LAKE (MID-MICHIGAN) – REGISTER NOW OR SOME WORKSHOPS MAY BE CANCELLED!<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"></p><ul><li><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Introduction to the Maker Movement </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Tues
8/15, all day)- see description above<br></span><br></li><li><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Fashion Hacking / Upcycling / Refashioning </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Wed 8/16, all day) – see description above<br></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Creating
Design Challenges </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Thurs 8/17, morning) – see description above<br></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Maker
Idea Swap </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial">(Thurs 8/17, afternoon – Come tinker and take
apart stuff while trading ideas for maker programs. We’ll be the notetakers so
you can enjoy the conversation.</span></li></ul><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> <b>BENZONIA (NEAR TRAVERSE CITY)<span></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"></p><ul><li><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Introduction to the Maker Movement </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Tues 8/22) – see description above<br></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Selling Handmade Goods Online </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Wed 8/23, morning) – see description
above<br></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Fashion Hacking / Upcycling / Refashioning</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><b> </b>(Wed 8/23, afternoon) – see description
above<br></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><br></span></b></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial"><b>Grantwriting / Gathering Financial
Support</b> </span><span style="font-family:Arial">(Thurs 8/24,
morning) - </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Learn tips and strategies for writing better grants from someone
who has reviewed grant proposals at the local and federal levels and secured
over $800,000 in funding</span></li></ul><p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Maker
Idea Swap </span></b><span style="font-family:Arial">(Thurs 8/24, afternoon) – see
description above</span><span style="font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">If you’d like
to learn more or register for these free workshops, please visit </span><a href="http://makinginmichiganlibraries.eventbrite.com/"><span style="font-family:Arial">http://makinginmichiganlibraries.eventbrite.com</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial"> or email </span><a href="mailto:contactmichiganmakers@umich.edu"><span style="font-family:Arial">contactmichiganmakers@umich.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial"> . <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Hope to see you soon!<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Kristin Fontichiaro<br>
University of Michigan School of Information<br>
4427 North Quad<br>
105 S. State St.<br>
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">734.647.3593<span></span></span></p>
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