Making it Happen TogetherPatrick “PC” Sweeney

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Ladder of Engagement

Building voter support for librarieswww.pcsweeney.com

Traditional model

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Community Organizing model

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Identify, activate, and radicalize

supporters

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Library Card Stats Don’t Matter

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Library Use Doesn’t Matter

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What Does Matter

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Guiding Principle: The Haycock Rule

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Guiding Principle: Dred Pirate Robertswww.pcsweeney.com

Your Attitude Matters

• Smile

• Be positive

• Friendly

Building voter support for libraries www.pcsweeney.com

Handshakes

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Eye Contact

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Posturewww.pcsweeney.com

Physical and Verbal Cues

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Power Mapping

Power mapping is a visual tool used by social advocates to identify the best individual to target to promote social change. The role of relationships and networks is very important when advocates seek change in a social justice issue.

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Developing/Delivering Messaging

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Patron Data&

The P Wordwww.pcsweeney.com

Facebook

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Social Capital www.pcsweeney.com

ALATT: Building your own Social Capital

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Library? www.pcsweeney.com

Guitar Collection

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Seed Library www.pcsweeney.com

Board Game Collection

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Let them make the collection

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Patron driven collectiondevelopment

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Community Created Books

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There is no good reason that your collection has to be at the library

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Book Bikes

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Little Libraries

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Waiting Room Libraries

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Guerilla Libraries

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Instrument Collection

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You don’t have to make the

program

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Programs From the communitywww.pcsweeney.com

Poetry Nights

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Saturday Morning Chess

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Open Mic Nights

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After school Gaming

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Parenting support groupswww.pcsweeney.com

Partnered programswww.pcsweeney.com

Touchpoints Bilingual Story Time

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Police or Firefighter

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Computers for Everyone

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Parks and Rec Partnershipwww.pcsweeney.com

MMAP Murals

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ImaginOn

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Making it Happen Together