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SUMMARY:Building the Library Coalition: Organizations\, Agencies\, and Stakeholder Groups (Community Chat)
DESCRIPTION:About the Building Support for Library Series \n\nMassachusetts 
 Library System (MLS)\, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Library 
 Association (MLA) Legislative Committee\, is excited to share a special 
 selection of EveryLibrary webinars with our members. \n\nThese webinars and 
 follow-up community chats are designed to strengthen skills in 
 communication\, funding strategies\, and community engagement that help 
 libraries thrive. Each webinar introduces strategies from national 
 experts\, followed by a community chat where members can revisit the 
 content\, ask questions\, and explore how to apply these ideas locally. 
 Together\, the series offers expert guidance and space for peer 
 connection\, supporting healthy\, vibrant libraries across the 
 Commonwealth.\n\n\nDescription: \n\nContinue the conversation from our 
 recent webinar on Building the Library Coalition: Organizations\, Agencies 
 and Stakeholder Groups. If you missed the live event\, you can watch the 
 recording in advance and join this session ready to ask questions\, share 
 your experiences\, and discuss how the ideas apply in your library. This 
 informal conversation is an opportunity to connect with colleagues\, 
 reflect on key takeaways\, and explore practical next steps together.\n\nIf 
 you were not able to join us for the webinar\, you can find the recording 
 on the MLS Vimeo Page. \n\n\nPresenter\n\nJohn Chrastka\, Executive 
 Director\, EveryLibrary\n\nEveryLibrary’s founder is John Chrastka\, a 
 long-time library trustee\, supporter\, and advocate. John is a former 
 partner in AssociaDirect\, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on 
 supporting associations in membership recruitment\, conference\, and 
 governance activities. He is a former president and member of the Board of 
 Trustees for the Berwyn (IL) Public Library (2006 – 2015) and is a former 
 president of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS) 
 multi-type library system. He is co-author of “Before the Ballot\; 
 Building Support for Library Funding.” and “Winning Elections and 
 Influencing Politicians for Library Funding.” Before his work at 
 AssociaDirect\, he was Director for Membership Development at the American 
 Library Association (ALA) and a co-founder of the Ed Tech startup ClassMap. 
 He was named a 2014 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal and tweets 
 @mrchrastka.\n\n\nAccessibility\n\nThe Massachusetts Library System (MLS) 
 strives to create inclusive and accessible events. To request a reasonable 
 accommodation to attend this event\, please contact Sarah Donnelly (Event & 
 Project Manager) at sdonnelly@masslibsystem.org or 508-357-2121 ext. 301. 
 All reasonable accommodation requests should be made no fewer than two (2) 
 weeks before the event\, although we will attempt to fulfill reasonable 
 requests made after that time.
LOCATION:Community Chat
ORGANIZER;CN="Hillary Washburn":MAILTO:hillary@masslibsystem.org
CATEGORIES: Community,  Leadership & Management,  Marketing & Communications, Building Support for Libraries Series
CONTACT;CN="Hillary Washburn":MAILTO:hillary@masslibsystem.org
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