• https://meet.goto.com/147526901 (this will be the link to access all of our calls)

• Confirm your library’s team roster Due March 1
  • Submit the names of your team members along with their email addresses and role at the library (trustee, staff, community member, etc.) to Casey Conlin at cconlin@midhudson.org
  • Your team should include 4 to 6 people
  • Your team must include at least 1 trustee and at least 1 staff member
  • The library’s director will be the leader of the team and primary communication point for this project
• Watch the Turning Outward Videos below – Due March 10 before our call
  • MHLS Turning Outward Cohort Program Introductory Webinar (48 minutes)
    • Please note: it is not necessary to rewatch this if you attended the webinar or watched this previously
  • Being Turned Outward (4 minutes)
  • One of the MHLS Engage Mini-Webinars
    • Engage Mini-Webinar: Mahopac Library and Community Conversations (17 minutes)
    • Engage Mini-Webinar: Kingston and Highland Public Libraries (23 minutes)

• Meeting 1 Slides
• MHLS Turning Outward Workbook
• Communication & Outreach Plan

• Meeting 1 Recording

• • Complete 2021 TO Communication & Outreach Plan Due April 8
    • Email completed TO C&O Plan to Casey Conlin
  • Complete the Turning Outward Exercises below – Due April 14 before our call
    • Ask Exercise
      • Ensure each team member takes a turn asking the questions and answering the questions
    • Key Behaviors Exercise
  • Complete the Strategic Planning Exercises below 
    • Conduct a community conversation with the library board – Due before conversations begin
    • Conduct an assessment of library usage and trends – Due before September meeting
  • Complete the Turning Outward Exercises below – If you have time before our next call
    • Turn Outward Quiz
      • Complete individually or as a group
    • 3A’s of Public Life Exercise
      • Complete as a group or individually and discuss as a group

• MHLS Turning Outward Workbook
• Communication & Outreach Plan
• Note-taking Tool
• Meeting 2 Slides

• Meeting 2 Recording

• Start implementing your action plan and engaging in community conversations

• MHLS Turning Outward Workbook
• Communication & Outreach Plan
• Note-taking Tool

• Meeting 3 Recording

•  Implement Your Action Plan including Engaging in Community Conversations with the Public and Key Officials and Organizations
• Organize Notes Using Organizing Your Notes

• Organizing Your Notes

• Meeting 4 Recording

• Organize & Compile Notes (Organizing Your Notes Tool) Due September 22 before our call
• Develop & Identify Themes from Conversations Due September 22 before our call
• Assess Library Usage and Trends (MHLS Annual Report Data)
• Complete SOAR Exercise (SOAR Exercise Worksheet)
• Mad Lib Tool for Building Report to the Community

• Organizing Your Notes
• MHLS Annual Report Data
• Mad Lib Tool for Building Report to the Community
• SOAR Exercise Worksheet
• Meeting 5 Slides – What Did You Hear and Capacity

• Meeting 5 Recording

• Complete SOAR Exercise (SOAR Exercise Worksheet)
• Use the Mad Lib Tool for Building Report to the Community
• Work on Strategic Plan – Themes, Goals, Actions, Objectives, Mission, Planning Summary
  • One-page Template
  • Full Template with Table
  • Full Template No Table
  • Full Template No Objectives and Actions
• Optionally, Work on Core Values Using Core Values Exercise and Vision Statement

Relevant Resources

• MHLS Annual Report Data
• Mad Lib Tool for Building Report to the Community
  • Denver Public Library Report to Community Example (8 pages)
• SOAR Exercise Worksheet
• Finding Your Library’s Core Values Guide
• Plan Templates
  • Full Strategic Plan Template
  • Full Strategic Plan Template with Table
  • Strategic Plan Template No Actions
  • One-page Strategic Plan Template
• MHLS TO 6 Understanding the Components of a Strategic Plan Slides

Relevant Resources