Finding Focus: Strategic Planning through Collaborative Drawing

Friday, March 23, 2018, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Pennsylvania Convention Center, 204 ABC

Experience a strategic planning activity designed to engage any number of participants, give everyone a voice, and activate different areas of the brain while surfacing priorities, exploring creative solutions, and documenting community needs. This collaborative drawing activity was developed to engage all 300+ Richland (SC) Library employees in visual conversations to direct its new strategic plan.

At the end of this session, participants will:

1: Experience and learn a new facilitation technique enabling you to incorporate drawing into brainstorming and planning sessions. 2: Understand the scientific benefit of using art and drawing in problem solving and identify resources to further explore collaborative problem solving through art and design. 3: Gain tools to help frame community conversations which can be adapted and scaled for a variety of audiences and settings and facilitated within as little as 30 minutes, combining elements of Brainwriting 6-3-5 and Service Design.

The session organizer(s) identified this session as appropriate for:
Level 1: People with no previous knowledge of the topic.

This session will have: High interaction (examples: facilitated discussion; small group collaborative work; hands-on activity or application)

Track: Imagine

Tags: Leadership, Facilitation, Inclusion, Social Change, Strategic Planning, Transforming Libraries

Presenters

Thomas Lide, Learning Engagement Librarian
Richland Library , Columbia , SC

As Learning Engagement Librarian at Richland Library, Thomas Lide cultivates learning experiences to advance the community, engage colleagues and customers, and enhance the customer experience.

Susan Lyon, Learning Engagement Manager
Richland Library , Columbia , SC

Susan Lyon is the Learning Engagement Manager of the Richland Library in Columbia, SC where she is involved in many facets of learning and instruction for both customers and staff. Susan is passionate about creating meaningful and compassionate experiences for her community. She Tweets at @Liblyon.

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Cancellation Policy

The PLA 2018 Conference is offered on a cost-recovery basis. PLA reserves the right to cancel all or any part of this event if there is insufficient registration or for other reasons. Neither ALA nor PLA is responsible for cancellation charges assessed by the airlines or travel agencies, or other losses incurred due to the cancellation of the workshops. All information listed on this website is subject to change.

Attendee Cancellation Policy

Written cancellations, requests for refunds, and/or changes will be accepted until February 23, 2018, and are subject to a $30 handling fee. Refunds will be processed after April 23, 2018. According to PLA policy, all meal events require preregistration. The above cancellation/change information also applies to all preconferences, meal events, and tours. No meal tickets will be sold onsite.

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