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Public Relations Committee
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Updated 11/09/2006 |
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August 12, 1998Mary Carr, Barbara Greever, and Adrien Taylor presented a half-day workshop, Legislative Advocacy Speaking Up and Speaking Out, at the 1997 annual conference in Idaho Falls, using the LiLI project as a basis for its "hands on" exercises. This session was funded in part by a grant for $250.00 from the New York Library Association's Public Awareness Training Project and the Viburnum Foundation, with many thanks to Mary Carr for submitting the proposal and receiving the grant on ILA's behalf. In the winter of 1997, the Idaho State Library created a set information packets detailing funding requests to be submitted to the Legislature for the LiLI project. The packets were distributed to librarians and library advocates throughout the state, and the funding requests were approved, due in large part to the strong support of the Idaho library community. The Public Relations Committee was able to play a small part in this effort by using part of its budget to help pay for some of the material in the information packets. In the spring of 1998, the PR Committee secured funding for Susan L. Silk to present two library advocacy sessions at the Sun Valley conference. Ms. Silk is a former print and electronic journalist, well-known library advocacy trainer, and president of Media Strategy Inc./MSI Strategic Communications. She is the original ALA Speakers' Network and advocacy trainer for the American Library Association program, she created the Speaking Up and Speaking Out! training videotape used throughout Idaho and Washington by those two states' Speakers' Networks, and she presented three library advocacy sessions to rave reviews at the ILA/WLA Joint Conference in Spokane several years ago. On Tuesday, August 13 in Sun Valley, Ms. Silk will present Beginner Grassroots Advocacy the "How To" of Mobilization from 830 to noon; Advanced Grassroots Advocacy from 200-330 p.m. Attendees who wish to become part of the ILA Speakers' Network will be able to sign up at these sessions. The PR Committee has also created a draft communications plan for ILA. The draft will go to the Board this fall for consideration, and once approved, will form the "blueprint" for the Committee's activities in upcoming years. I would like to thank Anne Abrams, Stephanie Bailey-White, and Mary Carr for their help in creating the draft plan. After the Sun Valley conference, the Committee plans to conduct a survey of Idaho media outlets regarding their policies for accepting Public Service Announcements. PSAs available through the New York Library Association and/or the American Library Association on general library issues will be considered for distribution throughout the state. The Committee will also order two banners and two signs with the ILA logo and the association's name on them. These can be used for the ILA Legislative Breakfast and other association events. Respectfully submitted, Barbara C. Greever, Chair, Public Relations Committee Barbara C. Greever
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