{"id":20818,"date":"2019-04-05T00:46:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T04:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=20818"},"modified":"2019-04-05T00:46:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T04:46:34","slug":"networking-with-friendsofalsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/networking-with-friendsofalsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Networking with #FriendsofALSC"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALSC at Power Up!<\/h3>\n
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Friends of ALSC Reception at Power Up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On March 28, 2019 #FriendsofALSC<\/a> sponsored a reception in Madison, WI at the Power Up: A Leadership Conference for Youth Services Managers and Staff<\/a>. The reception was hosted by Andrew Medlar<\/a> and Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Friends of ALSC Reception at Power Up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although I could not be there in person, from pictures it seemed to be a nice opportunity for conference attendees to mingle and meet fellow attendees and ALSC members\u2026and who doesn\u2019t love food!<\/p>\n

You can check out the #PowerUp19<\/a> hashtag on Twitter to learn more about the conference! If you were an attendee, I hope you consider submitting a blog post on a session or major takeaways you think other youth library professionals could learn from.<\/p>\n

Planning…<\/h3>\n

Planning one of these networking events without being able to physically look at the event space gets a little tricky, but it’s a lot of fun to coordinate. Some questions I’ve learned to think about while planning one these networking events:<\/p>\n