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Weekly Wrap-up | June 18, 2021
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” —Lao Tzu People
Director’s Corner
Applied Foresight Accelerator
3-Day Live Online Program | August 2-4 8:30 am-12 pm and 1:30-5 pm daily
CSL DLD’s
Transformation for Libraries: The Futures School
IMLS National Grant Project has come full circle and is returning to Connecticut for an August Applied Foresight Accelerator Program. This is a wonderful opportunity to participate in a program that Sarah Fuller, IMLS referred to as “a game changer for librarians,”
and from our Cohorts: “It's great to have a model that is normally applied to business be specifically applied to libraries. Our profession really needs a shakeup!”
– Florida Cohort “The Futures School provided a powerful, engaging way to deconstruct our biases and environmental variables to predict various future scenarios that affect our
long-term vision and mission.” – Doug Casey, Executive Director, Connecticut Commission for Educational Technology "This class was great! The presenters, support staff and materials created an atmosphere where I was learning and trying things I've never done before, but it
all made sense. The group projects were the best part. And I hate group work! I left feeling energized and prepared to use these skills immediately to create better outcomes.”
– Aramis J. Troche, Head Children & Teen Librarian, Palm Beach County Library System - Acreage Branch Built on a vision of developing learning experiences that help you to be “fueled by foresight” in all that you do – this unique training program is presented in
partnership with Kedge and The Futures School. It emerged from a growing realization among leaders and organizations that success in the 21st century landscape of rapid change means we must embrace new pathways to the future. In other words, we need to foster
mindsets and skills that help us to seize untapped possibilities and opportunities.
You have the opportunity to participate in this pilot project. With tangible results and a repeatable framework, you’ll be on your way to developing a foresight
mindset and skillset, ensuring you are primed for market-leading innovation, successful opportunity development, and futures intelligence. Ultimately, you will learn a strategic framework that enables you to continuously learn-unlearn-relearn to lead discussions
and actions in the transformation of libraries. Learn more:
You must be able to commit to the full 3-day program since the content builds, and you will be contributing to the same small group during the three days. We look forward to working with you! To apply, please send an email of intent to Dawn La Valle at
dawn.lavalle@ct.gov
by close of business July 2.
We are pleased to invite CT libraries to participate in the Lead Your Library Pilot program where you will engage in a practical overview of the CT Vision for
Resource Sharing.
In order to embrace a learn-unlearn-relearn and “long now” mindset - a holistic way of thinking that includes the best ideas from yesterday and the most dynamic
visions from tomorrow in order to create robust and successful resource sharing vision today, the CT State Library ACLPD Resource Sharing Committee is seeking to enhance CT libraries ability to anticipate and respond to imminent social, technological, environmental,
economic, political and consumption trends through Strategic Foresight pertaining to resource sharing. To this end, it desires to strengthen CT libraries capacity to engage in robust resource sharing beyond the present literacy and practice. We are looking for Pilot Libraries representative of all types of libraries in CT:
Pilot Orientation:
Pilot Duration: Pilot will take place June 15th through August 15th. Timing is flexible based on availability of Pilot leads. For more information, contact Dawn La Valle at
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