I hope that everyone who attended enjoyed the talks at the Foothills Library Association organized Calgary Libraries in Action conference as much as I did! Thanks to the organizers who picked several extremely interesting talks.
As promised, here are the slides from my presentation, with a bit added at the very end based on one of the questions:
Edited to add: copy of evaluation form used for Hollywood Got It Wrong
As I mentioned during the talk, all the slides that I knew I would not have time for are included in this version of the slides.
While I know I would have preferred a few more weeks between the Hollywood Got It Wrong speaker series and this presentation, I am also quite happy that it forced me to put most of my thoughts in writing/slides. It should make organizing future speaker series significantly easier. If you’ve ever tried to read my handwriting, you’d understand…
Enjoy nicely typed slides!
Original Conference Abstract:
Getting a Speaker Series at Your Library Right, by Cheryl D. Bain
Are you thinking about organizing an event at your library, but don’t know where to start? This talk will provide you with places to start looking for speakers, and ideas about how to assess the potential candidates to decide if they will be a good fit for your event and community. The focus will be on recruiting local (Calgary and area) speakers for an event that does not have a large enough budget to bring in people from distant locations. The primary example will be Sheep River Library’s Hollywood Got It Wrong series (March-April 2025), which featured speakers from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds. Will include approximate timelines on how long event organization took from conceiving the idea to waving goodbye to the final attendees.
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