3rd Annual Friends Institute
October 8, 2016 - Friends and Partnerships
Grantville Holiday Inn
9:00 – 9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome and Introduction to PCBL
Announcement of new Emeritus Member
Presentation of Friend of the Year Award
9:45 – 10:45 General Session
Being a Friend for Your Library: Stepping Out and Stepping Up
Sara Jane Lowry, SJL Consulting, Pittsburgh, PA
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:00 Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Friends and Foundations
Denny Leeper, President, Easttown Library Foundation
Session 2: The ABC’s of Effective Meetings: How Agendas, Bylaws and Committees Work Together
Denise Sticha, Administrator, Berks County Public Libraries
Session 3: Friendraising: Building the Relationships that Bring You Volunteers, Partners, and Money
Sara Jane Lowry, SJL Consulting, Pittsburgh, PA
12:00 – 1:30 Buffet Lunch, with extra time for chatting and networking
1:30 – 2:30 Concurrent Sessions
Session 4: Sales Tax; When to Charge It
Lora Kulick, Senior Counsel, PA Dept of Revenue
Small Games of Chance
Janis Creason, Dauphin County Treasurer
Session 5 Financial Record Keeping
Joseph Cawley, Principal, Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz
Session 6: Successful Fundraising Ideas
Linda Bogdanovic, Friends of the New Cumberland Pub Lib
[Second Friends Group to be announced]
2:30 Adjourn