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SUMMARY:Mapping Community Needs with Foresight\, Empathy\, and Data
DESCRIPTION:Join DLD staff in person at the Middletown Library Service 
 Center\, and participate in exercises designed for a powerful community 
 needs assessment. Integrating foresight into this process helps 
 organizations and stakeholders better understand what resources\, 
 services\, or programs are lacking\, as well as what empathy-focused 
 challenges and opportunities are most important to address. The session is 
 designed to empower grant-seeking library staff to effectively understand 
 the specific community and target audience that they will work with to 
 co-create programs\, services\, or projects. Participants will learn 
 exercises built from EXCITE Transformation for Libraries workshops 
 including how to do empathy mapping and how to facilitate community 
 conversations to reveal the true needs and wants of the group. The goal is 
 for participants to leave better prepared to describe the community needs 
 within a grant application. All library staff involved in writing grant 
 applications are encouraged to attend.\n\nPresenters: \n\n\n	Dawn La 
 Valle\, Barbara Ghilardi\, and Gail Hurley\n	Please plan to attend this 
 program as scheduled as it will not be recorded and slides will not be 
 shared.\n\n\nWho Should Come?\n\nPerfect for all library staff involved in 
 writing grant applications\, to effectively understand the specific 
 community and target audience that they will work with to co-create 
 programs\, services\, or projects.\n\nAccessibility \n\n\n	If you require 
 an access service to participate fully\, please use the Accommodation 
 Request Form at least 14 days prior to the event.\n
LOCATION:Middletown Library Service Center\, 786 South Main St.\, Middletown
ORGANIZER;CN="Gail Hurley":MAILTO:gail.hurley@ct.gov
CATEGORIES:DLD Workshop
CONTACT;CN="Gail Hurley":MAILTO:gail.hurley@ct.gov
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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