Institute Agenda
“Friends and Community Partners”
9:00 – 9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome, Introduction, and PCBL Annual Meeting (Deborah Dorshimer, President, PCBL)
10:00 – 11:00 General Session: Power in Numbers; A Discussion on Partnerships and Collaborations (Tricia Richards-Service, PR/Marketing Communications Consultant)
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 Concurrent Sessions
- Session 1: Writing a Win-Win Proposal (Tricia Richards-Service, PR/Marketing Communications Consultant)
- Session 2: Board Policies and Procedures (Angie Lightfoot Roth, PANO; Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Organizations)
- Session 3: That’s Worth How Much? Tools and Tips for Online Bookselling Through Amazon (Brandt Ensor, Director, Jean Barnett Trone Memorial Library)
12:15– 1:15 Lunch
- Presentation of the Friend of the Year Award
- Presentation of the Friends Group of the Year Award
1:15 – 2:15 Concurrent Sessions
- Session 4: Sales Tax; When to Charge It (Allan J. Rossi, Assistant Counsel, Pa Dept of Revenue) and Small Games of Chance (Marcia Wilson, Friends of the Littlestown Library)
- Session 5: Unique Fundraising Projects (Susan Tracey, Vice President, Friends of the Mt.Lebanon Public Library)
- Session 6: Library and Friends Memorandum of Understanding (Beth Nawalinski, Executive Director, United for Libraries)
2:15 Adjourn
