Shaping the Future for Your Friends of the Library Retreat (Group Viewing)

This registration is for Group Viewing. For individual only registration, please refer to the Shaping the Future for Your Friends of the Library (Individual) course listing.

Retreat Description

Friends groups make a lasting difference for their libraries. Learn how to ensure your library Friends have a bright future and strategic direction in the areas of recruitment, succession planning, board development, advocacy, and membership. Find out how resources from United for Libraries can help as you grow and strengthen your Friends group. Scalable ideas will be shared for libraries and communities of all sizes. The program will include panel presentations, activities, and idea sharing.

Live Date/Time

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025
Start Time: 12:00 pm Eastern | 11:00 am Central | 10:00 am Mountain | 9:00 am Pacific
Duration: 3 hours

On-Demand Access

Presentations will be recorded; breakout rooms will not be recorded. On-demand access will be available approximately 72 hours after the live retreat.

Agenda/Topics

• Part 1 – All Ages Welcome: Recruiting Friends (presentation and breakout activity) 
• Part 2 – The Changing Role of Friends Groups: Friends & Advocacy (panel discussion) 
• Part 3 – Breakout - Planning next steps for Advocacy and Friends 
• Part 4 – Lightning Round - Short presentations on recruitment, succession planning, board development, advocacy, and/or membership.

Registration Options

Group Viewing Registration

• Purchase this course registration for a single Friends group to gather and participate live in a single location. 
• Options are available for those who cannot assemble in a single location. Once registered in the course, please refer to the "How to Participate" section of the course for more details.
• Each registration is valid for a single standalone Friends group; library staff may also participate with their Friends group. 
• If your library system has branch Friends groups, save up to 40% on the purchase three (3) or more group viewing registrations.
• If your Friends group cannot assemble on March 22, you may still purchase Group Viewing registration and attend as an individual. Your group can gather at another time to watch the recording and complete activities together.

Individual Registration

• Purchase individual registration for one named individual to participate live and/or watch on-demand. Please refer to the Shaping the Future for Your Friends of the Library (Individual) course listing to purchase individual registration.
• Group viewing is not permitted with individual registration. Sharing of logins is not permitted.
• Individual attendees will be placed in Zoom breakout rooms with other individual attendees for activities and breakouts.
• Save up to 40% on the purchase of three (3) or more individual registrations.

Speakers

Deborah Doyle, Chair, Sonoma County (Calif.) Library Commission
2024-2026 President, United for Libraries
Deborah Doyle is a writer, editor, and fundraiser as well as an active library advocate at local, state, and national levels. Her work experience includes roles at the Defense Nuclear Agency, the Council on Economic Priorities, Dolby Laboratories, Heidrick & Struggles, and Booz Allen. She played board and staff roles at Friends of the San Francisco Public Library and was actively involved in helping to create San Francisco’s well-funded modern library system. She has served as President of the California Library Association (CLA) and is the only person to receive CLA’s President’s Award twice – the highest honor given to an individual for significant contributions to libraries. She currently sits on the United for Libraries board, the ALA Committee on Legislation, the CLA Advocacy and Legislative Committee, chairs the Sonoma County Library Commission, and is a past president of California Public Library Advocates. She also serves on United’s Intellectual Freedom/Advocacy Committee. Deborah holds a BA from the University of Virginia (high honors) and an Executive MLIS from San Jose State University. She is also a performer and serves on the boards of the Living History Centre and the Guild of St. George in California.

Madeline Jarvis, Director, Two Harbors (Minn.) Library
United for Libraries Board Member
Madeline Jarvis is the Director of the Two Harbors Public Library in Two Harbors, Minn. Madeline holds a BA in Sustainable Community Development from Northland College and an MLIS from the University of Iowa. She became involved with United for Libraries as an Emerging Leader in 2018 and with the team of Lina Bertinelli, Kathy Kosinski, and Tess Wilson, co-authored the United action planner All Ages Welcome: Recruiting and Retaining Younger Generations to Library Boards, Friends Groups, and Foundations in 2020. She also serves on the boards of the Minnesota Association of Library Friends and the Northland College Alumni. Madeline is proud to bring a rural lens to the United board and can be found enjoying parks and pizza across Minnesota with her family.

Kathy Kosinski, Member Services and Outreach Manager, Califa Group
United for Libraries Board Member
Kathy Kosinski is the Member Services and Outreach Manager at Califa Group. She is also a Board Member At-Large for United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. She became involved with United for Libraries as an Emerging Leader in 2018 and with the team of Lina Bertinelli, Kathy Kosinski, and Tess Wilson, co-authored the United action planner All Ages Welcome: Recruiting and Retaining Younger Generations to Library Boards, Friends Groups, and Foundations in 2020. She lives in Berkeley, Calif., but stays true to her Midwest roots by keeping up with the latest porch goose fashions.

Amelia Aldred, Deputy Director, State and Local Advocacy
American Library Association Public Policy and Advocacy Office
Amelia N. Aldred is Deputy Director of State & Local Advocacy in the Public Policy and Advocacy Office (PPA) at the American Library Association. She joined ALA in April 2024 and is based in Chicago. Prior to joining ALA, Amelia worked in advocacy communications and fundraising; her work has involved forest preserves, gun violence prevention, food access, veteran suicide prevention, and the arts. In her role at ALA, Amelia provides and advances resources, support, and communication for library advocacy, assists state and local library entities in building library-friendly public policy and combating adverse policy, and staffs the Unite Against Book Bans initiative.