United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations

2024

Tuesday, July 30 - Thursday, August 1, 2024

This interactive three-day virtual event will feature expert speakers on current topics facing library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and staff who work with them.

  • Participate in live Q&A sessions with presenters.
  • Enjoy exclusive access to keynote speakers and authors.
  • Receive a certificate of attendance (for live participation or on-demand viewing).

Programs

Programming runs from 11:00 am Eastern to approximately 4:00 pm Eastern daily with scheduled breaks. Registrants may participate in some or all program sessions live, and/or watch recordings on-demand.

Tuesday, July 30

Trustee Day

  • Advocacy: The Importance of Leveraging Your Community
  • Preparing for Troubling Times: Tips for Trustees
  • Rising to the Challenge: The Trustee's Role in the "Culture Wars"
  • Securing Tomorrow: Effective Succession Strategies for Library Boards
  • Valuing Your Library: Beyond Cost-Benefit Analysis

Wednesday, July 31

Foundations & Fundraising Day

  • Donor Engagement: Acquiring and Inspiring Committed and Faithful Supporters
  • Enhancing the Story - Developing a Smaller-Scale Capital Projects Fundraising Campaign
  • Fundraising Tips and Tricks: Some Novel Ideas
  • Marketing is the Future: How to Build a more Sustainable Library Foundation Model by Integrating Marketing in the Organizational Culture, Strategy, and Practice

Thursday, August 1

Friends Day

  • An Extravaganza of Literary Events for Your Library
  • Championing Library Freedom: How Friends Groups Can Fight Back When Our Library is Under Attack
  • Libraries are Better with Friends: How to Foster a Strong Group of Advocates
  • Smooth Sailing with Library Trustees and Staff

Registration Options

New for 2024 - flexible registration options, including individual full conference; individual single day or multiple days; or group viewing single day or multiple days. United for Libraries personal members save 35% off all registration rates. Save up to an additional 40% off per seat when purchasing multiple seats.

Unsure which option is the best fit?

  • If you live in or work for any type of library in Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, or Virginia, full conference registration is paid for by your state library!
  • Check out the full details including registration, attendance, and participation; available discounts; detailed pricing charts, and frequently asked questions.
  • Contact United for Libraries staff by phone at (312) 280-2161 or by email at united@ala.org.

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Individual Full Conference

Individual Full Conference registration includes three days of live programming and on-demand access for one year.

Save an extra $15 on all individual full conference registration rates with Early Bird savings through July 12.

United for Libraries personal members pay $81.85 with Early Bird savings.

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FREE Registration States: MA, MI, NE, OR, VA

If you live in or work for any type of library in Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Oregon, or Virginia, full conference registration is paid for by your state library!

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Individual Single Day

Individual single day registration includes live attendance and on-demand access for one year to the selected day's programming.

Register for one or more single day options:

Save an extra $5 on all individual single day registration rates with Early Bird savings through July 12.

United for Libraries personal members pay $37.25 with Early Bird savings.

Group Viewing Single Day

Group Viewing is available for single or multiple day registration, and is only available by invoice request. Includes live group viewing and on-demand group viewing of the selected day's programming.

Full details including pricing and discounts is available on the Group Viewing Invoice Request Form.

Save an extra $20 on all Group Viewing single day conference registration rates with Early Bird savings through July 12.

United for Libraries personal members pay $119.75 with Early Bird savings.

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Lead Sponsor of United for Libraries Virtual 2024

The mission of the Penguin Random House Library Marketing Department is to put great books and audiobooks into the hands of librarians before they are published, as well as to provide resources to assist with Readers’ Advisory, Event Programming, and Book Club planning.