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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Let’s LEAP together… one step at a time!
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">LEAP (Libraries Engage Appreciatively for Positive Change) registration is now open.</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please excuse cross-posting and note that this event includes lists that extend beyond Michigan, but the event is for
<b>Michigan library staff </b>only.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">As part of our shared <b>Michigan Libraries Engage</b> project,
<b>MCLS</b> and the <b>Library of Michigan</b> invite all Michigan library staff to a special virtual event on
<b>Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, 9:30am – 4:30pm Eastern</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">We have heard from many Michigan libraries that the priority right now, in the wake of disruptions and closures caused by COVID-19, is to start reengaging with your communities one conversation, one patron at a time; LEAP will focus
on teaching you some great techniques to do just that. This workshop day, as well as the six monthly virtual facilitated learning and coaching sessions to follow, will help you feel equipped and inspired to work toward engaging your community in new ways as
we continue to navigate our mid-pandemic, and move toward a post-pandemic, world – one small LEAP at a time.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The LEAP event will guide you through processes and tools of Appreciative Inquiry to help you focus on your library’s strengths and build upon them in order to reconnect with your patrons and your wider community.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Library of Michigan supports Michigan library staff in growing their skills and reconnecting with their communities. Registration is highly subsidized and is
<b>just $40 per person</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Registration is now open and first-come, first-served. <b><u><a href="https://store.mcls.org/index.php/special-programs/libraries-engage-appreciatively-for-positive-change-leap-604.html" target="_blank" title="https://store.mcls.org/index.php/special-programs/libraries-engage-appreciatively-for-positive-change-leap-604.html"><span style="color:#6888C9">Register
today!</span></a></u></b></span> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
For more information visit: <a href="https://www.mcls.org/training-events/events/leap-2020/" target="_blank" title="https://www.mcls.org/training-events/events/leap-2020/">https://www.mcls.org/training-events/events/leap-2020/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This project is made possible in part by the
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/" target="_blank">Institute of Museum and Library Services</a>. Additional support is provided by the
<a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/" target="_blank">Library of Michigan</a>.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jan Davidson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Engagement, Consulting, and Training<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">517-492-3811 / toll-free 800-530-9019 x111<br>
<a href="mailto:davidsonj@mcls.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">davidsonj@mcls.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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