A Conversation Facilitated by Paul Signorelli Writer/Trainer/Consultant Paul Signorelli

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A Conversation Facilitated byPaul
SignorelliWriter/Trainer/ConsultantPaul
Signorelli Associatespaul_at_paulsignorelli.com
Northeast Kansas Library System
Directors InstituteNovember 7, 2013Valley
Falls, Kansas
Community Collaboration Helping Shape Our
Communities
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Its Personal

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Its What We Make of It

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Atchison Library6x6 Early Literacy

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Basehor Community LibraryAnnual Go Dog Go
Fundraiser

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Baldwin City LibraryArt, Alpacas, and Wildlife

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Silver Lake Public LibraryFarmers Market Vendors

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Eudora Public LibraryAdventure Days

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Rossville Community LibraryReading in Local
Nursing Home

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Mary Cotton Public LibraryKiwanis and Lions
Clubs

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Morrill Public LibraryQuilt Shop

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Exploring Our CommunitiesAn Exercise in
Partnerships

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Thinkers Worth KnowingRay Oldenburg the
Third Place
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Thinkers Worth KnowingRay Oldenburg the
Third Place
those happy gathering places that a community
may contain, those homes away from home
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Thinkers Worth KnowingPeter Block Community

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Thinkers Worth KnowingPeter Block Community
Citizens participate consumers surrender to
others the power to provide what is essential for
a full and satisfied life.

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Thinkers Worth KnowingR. David Lankes New
Librarianship

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Thinkers Worth KnowingR. David Lankes New
Librarianship

The Mission of Librarians is to Improve Society
through Facilitating Knowledge Creation in their
Communities
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Discussion 1Identifying Matches
BetweenLibrary and Community Needs

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Libraries, Community, and LearningLibraries as
a Newly-Defined Fourth Place?

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Libraries, Community, and LearningLibraries
Already as Fourth Place

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Putting the Social into Social Media

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Learning, Innovation, and CollaborationConnectiv
ist MOOCS
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Learning, Innovation, and CollaborationPersonal
Learning Networks

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Thinkers Worth KnowingRichard Harwood

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Thinkers Worth KnowingRichard Harwood

This new trajectory, people say, will take shape
only through actions that start small, and
local, between and among them, beginning close
to home, on a human scale.
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Thinkers Worth KnowingMaureen Sullivan

http//www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/libraries
-transforming-communities
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Defining Our Message,Then Crafting It

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Discussion 2The Elevator Speech

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And This Just InElevator Speeches Libraries

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Discussion 2The Elevator Speech

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Blending Ideas from Our Inspirations

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Blending Ideas from Our Inspirations

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Blending Ideas from Our Inspirations

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Blending Ideas from Our Inspirations

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Blending Ideas from Our Inspirations

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Thinkers Worth KnowingJim Diers

start where people arethis means organizing
people around what interests them rather than
around what you think they should be interested
in.
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Our Challenge Identifying Community Needs and
Solutions

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Discussion 3Finding our Collaborators

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Discussion 4Identifying and Overcoming
Hurdles

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Discussion 5Identifying What to Do

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In Summary
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In Summary
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In Summary
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In Summary
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In Summary
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In Summary
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Resources
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Resources
Website for Transforming Libraries http//www.a
la.org/transforminglibraries/libraries-transformin
g-communities
An annotated visual bibliography of resources
Community Collaboration in an Onsite-Online
World, available at http//paulsignorelli.com/PD
Fs/Bibliography--Community_and_Collaboration.pdf
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Questions, Comments, and Next Steps
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For More Information
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514 San Francisco, CA 94122 415.681.5224 paul_at_pau
lsignorelli.com http//paulsignorelli.com Twitter
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Credits Acknowledgments (1 of 2) Slide
Design by Paul Signorelli(Images taken from
lickr.com unless otherwise noted)Circle of
Hands From Sheryls Boyss photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/mmgjrwqGirl Reaching Out
From BenSparks photostream at http//tinyurl.com/
lhnp257Kansas From ChrisM70s photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/ks3y2dyAtchison Library 6x6
From AtchisonLibrary.org Basehor Library Go Dog
Go Online photo album at http//tracielansingpho
tography.smugmug.com/Events/Go-Dog-Go-2013Baldwin
Library Summer Reading Newspaper article at
http//signal.baldwincity.com/news/2013/jun/10/ani
mals-attraction-librarys-summer-reading-program/S
ilver Lake Library Farmers Market Announcement
at http//www.silverlakelibrary.org/farmers-market
-the-library/Eudora Library Adventure Days
Announcement at http//www.eudorapubliclibrary.org
/summer-reading-grant/Rossville Community
Library From http//www.rossvillelibrary.org/serv
ices/home-delivery-service/Mary Cotton Public
Library From http//www.sabethalibrary.org/Morri
ll Library Quilts From Librarys Facebook page
at http//tinyurl.com/n6l9vdtListen/Understand/Ac
t From HigherSights photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/mxjnotfCircle of
Interconnected Hands From MaryScheirers
photostream at http//tinyurl.com/lwtlcop
Information Commons, University of Nevada, Las
Vegas (Lied Library) From Mal Booths
photostream at http//tinyurl.com/knd6vjk
Homework Help From Topeka Shawnee County
Librarys photostream at http//tinyurl.com/k4no7
d9 Richard Harwood From ALA The American
Library Associations photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/kkqj7nh Maureen Sullivan
From ALA The American Library Associations
photostream at http//tinyurl.com/lbj673y
Elevator From Trepelus photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/kfwbkmc Elevator Buttons
From CB Photographys photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/lc8gvqz
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Credits Acknowledgments (2 of 2) Slide
Design by Paul Signorelli(Images taken from
lickr.com unless otherwise noted)Jim Diers
From AlexAbbouds photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/mbo7uu8 Leaping Over
Hurdles From SoggyDans photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/n5xbgve Living Your Plan
From Symphony of Loves photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/lpq2yoyQuestion Marks From
Valerie Everetts photostream at
http//www.flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/3006348550/
sizes/m/in/photostream/
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Thinkers Worth Knowing (Images taken from
lickr.com unless otherwise noted) Peter
Block From Coyenators photostream at
http//www.flickr.com/photos/coyenator/3283315715/
sizes/m/in/photostream/R. David Lankes From
Tracie7779s photostream at http//tinyurl.com/kuay
34w Circle of Interconnected Hands From
MaryScheirers photostream at http//tinyurl.com/l
wtlcop Elevator From Trepelus photostream at
http//tinyurl.com/kfwbkmc Leaping Over Hurdles
From SoggyDans photostream at http//tinyurl.com/
n5xbgve Living Your Plan From Symphony of
Loves photostream at http//tinyurl.com/lpq2yoy