A two-part webinar series taking place on Wednesday, August 2 and Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30pm Central/12:30pm Mountain/11:30am Pacific each session.
How do you draft a strategic plan that is cohesive, distinctive to your organization, and developed through an equity lens? During this two-part workshop, join Joy L. Fuller, author of Strategic Planning for Public Libraries, and DEI practitioner Christina Fuller-Gregory as they provide participants with hands-on opportunities to explore the steps required to develop an all-voices approach to assessing and addressing the strengths and needs of your community.
The first session will introduce using strategic planning for public libraries as a framework. Participants will learn the important steps that define a successful strategic planning process.
During the second session, participants will discover methods for applying an equity lens to the strategic planning steps learned during the first session. They will be encouraged to consider their individual libraries and challenged to develop a plan of action for creating a throughline between their DEI and strategic planning efforts.
By participating in this event, you will:
- Develop an approach to strategic planning that embeds EDI in every step of the process. You will discover how to:
- Equitably plan for and develop an environmental scan
- Envision a strategic direction informed by a whole community approach
- Introduce EDI-based methodologies for both current implementation and future planning
- Recognize those critical but often overlooked steps to successful planning efforts to include:
- Ensuring that all stakeholders feel included and heard
- Developing an inclusionary goal setting process
- Committing to an open approach to strategic planning communications
- Understand the importance of data and metrics in the strategic planning process to include:
- Creating practices to ensure that your metrics/data are rooted in equity
- Understanding how to properly measure key indicators
- How to harness the power of data to tell your organizational story
Joy L. Fuller (she/her) has more than a decade of experience guiding organizations—both public and private—through the strategic planning and implementation process. With a focus on the end-to-end strategic planning lifecycle, Joy has helped global nonprofits and institutions of higher education develop actionable plans that positively impact the communities they serve. In addition to authoring Strategic Planning for Public Libraries, Joy has facilitated trainings for PLA’s Inclusive Internship Initiative and presented as a keynote speaker during PLA 2020. Currently, Joy works in strategy and operations for Google. She holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Wake Forest University.
Christina Fuller-Gregory (she/her) is a librarian and experienced Equity, Diversity, Inclusion practitioner and principal at Fuller Potential Consulting. Christina is past chair of the Public Library Association's (PLA) Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Committee. She also currently serves on the American Library Association’s Committee on Diversity. She is a course facilitator for Library Journal’s Equity in Action series and is the program facilitator for the ALA Emerging Leaders program. Christina’s work is driven by a desire to see libraries develop strategies for weaving equity, diversity, and inclusion into the very fabric of their organizations.
This event will be hosted in Zoom. Automatic captions will be enabled for this event. This event will be recorded, and registrants will receive access to the recording within a day after the event ends.
If you have questions or requests regarding accessibility, contact us at ce@ala.org or at 312-280-5100.
