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How to Plan Your Program 11
Leann Schneider Webb has a background in events and program planning for a variety of public institutions including history and art museums and public libraries. She currently works at Bexley Public Library in Bexley, Ohio. Contact: lschneider@bexleylibrary.org
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IntroLecture1.1
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Step 1: BrainstormLecture1.2
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Step 2: Strategic Content AreasLecture1.3
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Step 3: Develop and Research Your IdeaLecture1.4
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Step 4: Propose Your ProgramLecture1.5
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Step 5: Get ApprovalLecture1.6
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Step 6: Plan the ProgramLecture1.7
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Step 7: The BudgetLecture1.8
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Step 8: Follow Up and Write DescriptionLecture1.9
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Step 9: Put Your Program in CommunicoLecture1.10
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Step 10: It’s Program Time!Lecture1.11
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Step 4: Propose Your Program
Know how you are to propose programs at your library. Is there a place online? Do you go to someone in person? Do you send an email? Is a proposal necessary? Typically, someone or a group of someones in your library will:
- They will ask the following:
- Does the program meet the library’s programming best practices? I.e.: does the program fall within one of our strategic content areas?
- Has the program been done before? If so, how recently? was it well-attended?
- Are there too many similar program types?
- Are there not enough programs from one particular strategic content area?
When proposing a program ALWAYS…
- Get them in by the proposal deadline
- Fill in all sections to the best of your ability.
- [Your] Name, Email, Program Title, Description, Potential Date & Time Range, Primary Age Group, Strategic Content Area, Program Type, Estimated attendance, will there be outside speakers?, estimated cost.
- It is important to have as much of this information as possible when proposing your program so that the best decisions can be made during the approval process.