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Leadership SummitSession 2:

Membership Mix: Find the Blend that Works

• January 16, 2014• 10:15 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.

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Today’s Presenters

• Deborah Keller, Knowledge Management Division Chair

• Penny Leach, Secretary and Past President, SLA Europe

• Sam Wiggins, President-Elect, SLA Europe• Geraldine Clement-Stoneham, 2015 Annual

Conference Advisory Council

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KM Division

• Outreach Strategies

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Partnerships

• Partner with NY Chapter and LLAGNY to develop KM education programs

• Program participants were LLAGNY and SLA-NY members, but not KM Division members

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Future Partners

• More programs are already being planned with SLA-NY

• Partner with other chapters to deliver KM programs for their members

• Convert in-person programs to webinars

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Recruiting Students

• Developing relationships with KM Graduate programs

• Creating projects that benefit the Division

• Goal is to create a natural bridge between school and SLA/KM membership

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Peer Organizations• Working to connect

local KM groups or other national KM associations with SLA/KM

• One area where SLA HQ can help is offering member rate exchanges at relevant conferences

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Deborah KellerChair, KM Division

• deborahlovescats@gmail.com

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Collaboration/Partnership

• To enrich events• To enrich web content• To enrich offering to members• To enrich the information profession

• With multiple third parties• And internally....

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Events• Mix of event type

– to attract mix of attendees• Sponsorship helps cover costs

– but also adds to format and web content• Link

– with other events– with other membership groups– with other organisations

• Caveat – harder to get out of the London ‘echo chamber’

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Recent event partners

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13Appealing to the next generation

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“The new professionals who are just getting started and who are bringing new ideas and energy to SLA. I loved meeting them… they are the future of the profession; and, they are unabashedly enthusiastic about SLA”

- Janice Lachance, 2013

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Graduate open day with Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and British & Irish Association of Law Librarians

Joint event with Manchester New Library Professionals Network

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Early Career Conference Awards

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Division partners - past and present

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“My LMD mentor was incredibly welcoming and gave me loads of help and great information” – Ned Potter, 2011

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“New professionals such as myself need to be guided by those more experienced to ensure the future success of libraries, and consequently SLA” – Marie Cannon, 2012

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Membership analysis

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Industry / Divisions

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Questions?

• Penny Leach

• @pennyrleach

• Sam Wiggins

• @Libwig

• Geraldine Clement-Stoneham

• @GeraldineCS

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Photo Credits

•Waterstones Shopfront •http://www.flickr.com/photos/45909111@N00/3373275602/

•CEO - Tiare - Board Meeting - Franklin Canyon•http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiarescott/69821764/

•Questioned Proposal•http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleaf/2536358399/sizes/l/

•Graduate Open Day c/o Simon Barron

•SLA event photos from the Chapter’s Flickr account

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