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Library Fundraising: The Importance of Storytelling

By Kim Horton | September 30, 2020 | Comments Off on Library Fundraising: The Importance of Storytelling

It seems bizarre now, but if I think back to March, there was a prevailing feeling that COVID…

From the Field: Svetha Hetzler, Library Director, Sun Prairie, WI

By Kim Horton | August 27, 2020 | Comments Off on From the Field: Svetha Hetzler, Library Director, Sun Prairie, WI

Sun Prairie is a suburb of Madison, WI. Population 34,000. We worked with Sun Prairie in 2018/19 on…

View from the Spare Room: Running a Virtual Event

By Kim Horton | August 27, 2020 | Comments Off on View from the Spare Room: Running a Virtual Event

Somehow, it is the end of August. Somehow, I am still working in my spare room. I don’t…

Diary of a New(ish) Foundation Employee: Thinking About Fundraising

By Kim Horton | July 30, 2020 | Comments Off on Diary of a New(ish) Foundation Employee: Thinking About Fundraising

One of the things I knew very little about when I started work with The Friends and Library…

From the Field: Nate Coulter, Executive Director, Central Arkansas Library System

By Kim Horton | June 30, 2020 | Comments Off on From the Field: Nate Coulter, Executive Director, Central Arkansas Library System

Library Strategies worked with the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) last year. We reached out to Executive Director,…

Surveying the Field

By Kim Horton | June 30, 2020 | Comments Off on Surveying the Field

In May, Library Strategies surveyed a pool of past and potential clients for their views on what would…