Thursday, March 22, 2018
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8:30 - 9:15 a.m. |
Registration |
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Continental Breakfast |
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Exhibits Open |
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Announcements |
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Opening Keynote with Eric Hoffman |
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. |
Exhibits Open |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Taking on the Challenge: Van Buren County Teen Creative Writing Challenge |
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Children’s Big Questions, and the Picture Books That Help Answer Them |
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So You Want to Be in the Mitten Award Work Group? What Does It Take, Really? |
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Let’s Chat: Behavior Management for Children’s Events |
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch with Kevin & Stephanie Kammeraad |
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. |
Book Signing with Eric Hoffman |
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. |
Exhibits Open |
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Is Your Library Ready to Code? |
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YOU Can Use Puppets |
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Book Awards Behind the Scenes: How-To-Do-It With Examples |
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Let’s Chat: The Power of Collaborative Brainstorming in Youth Services Programming |
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. |
Exhibits Open |
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Afternoon Refreshments |
3:45 - 4:45 p.m. |
Afternoon Keynote and Book Signing with Jeff Zentner |
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
Cool Things My Library Does Reception |
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Light Hors d’oeuvres |
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Prize Drawings |
Friday, March 23, 2018
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8:30 - 8:50 a.m. |
Registration |
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Continental Breakfast |
8:50 - 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Announcements |
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Frances H. Pletz Award |
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
General Session with Kim Monaghan |
10:10 - 11:10 a.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Diversity in Youth Literature – Part One |
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Where will we pop-up next? |
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Little Explorers: A Sensory Explosion! |
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Community Supports for Youth in Crisis |
11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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Diversity in Youth Literature – Part Two |
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Ready to Read Michigan: Resources for Michigan’s Early Literacy Initiative |
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Fun for the Whole Family: Storytelling with Folktales |
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Stretch your Storytime |
12:20 - 1:50 p.m. |
Just Lunch Trivia Lunch |
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions |
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PRIME TIME Family Reading Time… More Than a Free Dinner! |
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Breaking out of the box for kids, teens, staff, & beyond! |
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Teen Mental Health: Become a QPR-Trained Gatekeeper |
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Let’s Chat: Public School Collaboration |
3:10 - 4:10 p.m. |
Closing Keynote with Jeffrey Brown |
4:10 - 4:30 p.m. |
Book Signing with Jeffrey Brown |