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Using Twitter for Marketing and Outreach- ALA Workshop

Using Twitter for
Marketing and Outreach
90-minute workshop with Andy Burkhardt

Thursday, June 4, 2015
2:30 PM Eastern | 1:30 PM Central
12:30 PM Mountain | 11:30 AM Pacific 

This workshop will empower participants to build a consistent, effective Twitter presence that creates value for library users and promotes the library, its resources, and its services. You will discover what types of content make for good tweets and how to measure their success.

After the workshop participants will be able to:

  • Create a Twitter dashboard in order to build awareness and follow conversations
  • Schedule tweets in order to save time and maintain fresh content
  • Craft tweets that both market the library and create value for your audience
  • Use Twitter metric tools to measure and improve effectiveness

Visit HERE for more information

American Libraries Live: Integrated Library Systems- FREE Broadcast

Integrated Library Systems are key to the modern library. But for most librarians, it can be tough to stay on top of the latest developments. When faced with a decision on an ILS, it’s important to be well-informed!

Join us for a new episode of American Libraries Live, Integrated Library Systems. Library automation expert Marshall Breeding will lead an expert panel and discuss what’s new in the industry and how you can stay informed.

Tune in for this free, streaming video broadcast.

You can pre-register here for this free event (pre-registration assures you a reminder before the event), or go to www.americanlibrarieslive.org on May 14 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) to view.

Community Forum on Heroin at Saratoga Springs Public

This will be the first in a series of local forums being held across New York State to provide community members the opportunity to share personal experiences in dealing with alcohol and drug addiction, loss of a family member or friend, as well as recovery from addiction.

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The Listening Forums will engage the community in discussion with local leaders and result in a report titled “The State of Addiction Recovery in New York” to better inform the public and policy makers.
Want to share your story?  Speaker’s remarks will be limited to 3 minutes in order to allow as many people as possible to speak.

This event is being held at Saratoga Springs Public Library in the 1st floor Community Room.

Visit HERE for more information & to sign up
See the printable flyer HERE