ALA Center for Civic Life
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The Conversation Continues:
Hosting Public Issues Forums @ your library
The Place Where Democracy Happens
Learn to convene and moderate community discussions in
4 free monthly online workshops presented through ProgrammingLibrarian.org with support from the ALA Cultural Communities Fund.
Webinar 3:
Moderating Forums @ your library, Part 2—Step-by-Step
Tuesday, April 24, 4:00-5:00 EST; 3:00 – 4:00 CST; 1:00 – 2:00 PST
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This session will continue webinar #2–how to moderate and/or
record a public deliberative forum at the library; a step-by-step guide to making a deliberative forum work, from introducing the issue and participants and showing the video, to deliberating about approaches and finding common ground; and ideas about how to gain practice moderating discussions.
Webinar 4:
Convening Forums @ your library–Nuts and Bolts
Tuesday, May 22, 4:00-5:00 EST; 3:00 – 4:00 CST; 1:00 – 2:00 PST
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This session will cover the logistics and choices involved in planning to
hold a forum–choosing the issue topic; setting the date; preparing
the room and equipment; publicity; assigning moderators and recorders; participant registration; following up after the forum; and preparing issue-related resources for forum participants.
Archived Webinars
Tune In If You Missed Or Want to Review Previous Sessions
Webinar 1:
Getting Started
An Introduction to Convening Forums @ your library
Tuesday, February 28
Now archived at:
http://www.programminglibrarian.org/online-learning/online-learning-archive.html#.T1E-8MxaNqFO
Webinar 2:
Moderating Forums @ your library, Part 1–Nuts and Bolts
Tuesday, March 27
Now archived at:
http://programminglibrarian.adobeconnect.com/p7vm2a6q229/
Downloadable resources
for all webinars available at: http://connect.ala.org/node/167956
For More Information, contact:
Carolyn Caywood, cacaywood@cox.net; Nancy Kranich, nancy.kranich@rutgers.edu; Angela Thullen Baker, athullen@ala.org
The American Library Association’s Center for Civic Life, launched in 2010 with the Kettering Foundation, promotes community engagement and fosters public deliberation through libraries. The Center is building the capacity of libraries and librarians to help citizens engage in the civic life of their communities.
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