The overall experience I had at Fall Creek Falls was great; loaded with valuable information and speakers/teachers who taught many things such as, core values, organization, team building, leadership, professionalism, discovering our brand, the history of the library & were we are going in the future, long term planning, and taking time to care for our self, so we can be a positive example and an effective leader. I met many new associate directors and managers that all influenced my life and career in some way. The speakers and teachers Heather Lambert, Don Reynolds, Kia Jarmon, and Cathy Self were all stupendous. I have taken much home with me. I hope to gain new friends of our library and to build community.
Indeed an action and information packed week! I think perhaps one of the greatest assets of being in PLMI is that we now have one another to rely on. It's like a club that belongs only to us! I have to say, if you do not already have a Friends group you should definitely attempt to drum up support for the establishment of one! Good Luck!!!
ReplyDeleteNot going to lie, Kim, I enjoyed the hand-drawn owl on the business card you gave me. I appreciated the attention to detail.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed being told that we have to take care of ourselves--especially the part about not killing ourselves by putting in copious amounts of overtime. No one will applaud us for killing ourselves, and we are actually better prepared to meet the challenges of our job environments when we are not overworked, over-stressed, and stretched out super thin.
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I enjoyed hearing all the speakers too. I really liked the video about the history of the regional library. Anytime history is involved I'm going to enjoy it.
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