{"id":35635,"date":"2026-04-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=35635"},"modified":"2026-04-01T19:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T23:20:58","slug":"great-lunch-time-conversations-at-pla2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/great-lunch-time-conversations-at-pla2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Lunch Time Conversations at #PLA2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the invaluable outcomes of attending conferences is the sharing and networking that goes on in between sessions, at lunch, and at various events. Today a coworker and I were out to lunch and discussing morning sessions, and she had attended “Becoming One Library: How to Build Better Internal Communications,” presented by Mary Kapusta from the Calgary Public Library. This led to a discussion, because communication is a staple of what we do, but we have to communicate in different ways with different people in order to achieve the best result. My coworker shared this photo with me and it was on target for me.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Photo by Noelle Hobbs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Gen X here! Yes, I am the person who will email you and then follow it up with a visit. If you are communicating with others, whether public or staff members, and want the best result, it may be worth adapting your communication style to match their style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Conference Blogger Lisa Mulvenna <\/strong>(she\/her\/hers) is the Head of Children\u2019s and Teen Services at Clinton-Macomb Public Library<\/a>. She is looking forward to networking with colleagues and the ability to share ideas. This is her 7th PLA Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please note that as a guest post, the views expressed here do not represent the official position of ALA or ALSC.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in submitting a guest post, please read and fill out our Guest Blogging Interest Form<\/a>. We would love to hear from you!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the invaluable outcomes of attending conferences is the sharing and networking that goes on in between sessions, at lunch, and at various events. Today a coworker and I were out to lunch and discussing morning sessions, and she had attended “Becoming One Library: How to Build Better Internal Communications,” presented by Mary Kapusta from the Calgary Public Library. This led to a discussion, because communication is a staple of what we do, but we have to communicate in different ways with different people in order to achieve the best result. My coworker shared this photo with me and it was on target for me. Gen X here! Yes, I am the person who will email you and then follow it up with a visit. If you are communicating with others, whether public or staff members, and want the best result, it may be worth adapting your communication style…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[134,151,3151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-blogger","category-live-blogging","category-pla-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}