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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:8.0pt;background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/liola2025app"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Apply Now!</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">
2025 Leadership Institute of Oregon Library Association (LIOLA)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Why?
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Would you like to develop equitable leadership practices? Have you wished that you had a support system of other leaders in Oregon libraries who could help when new challenges
arise? Want to learn strategies to be a thoughtful advocate? You’ll gain these skills and more through your participation in LIOLA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Where & When?
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">We are currently taking applications for the fifth LIOLA to be held in-person at The Mt. Hood Resort, in Welches, OR, on July 17-18, 2025. Additionally, there will be
a pre-institute virtual meeting on July 7 10:00am - 11:30am, and three (3) virtual sessions held on August 4, 11, and 18, 2025, 10:00am - 11:30am. LIOLA participants are required to attend all in-person and virtual meetings. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Cost?</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020"> $750 for OLA members which includes
LIOLA content, as well as lodging and meals at Mt Hood Resort, Welches, Oregon. Scholarships are available.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Who?
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">If you are an aspiring, emerging, or current leader working in any role within a library, and you are a current OLA member, please apply! Applications will be accepted
until <b>March 17, 2025.</b> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">Questions? Visit our
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vQ4Mwn2heti45UiDvDJbZNmoXFAvSLFBdSZ8hd_p60J4Td5UKIiXES2Y6wGEpM1evgSzgZw90WLfGqj/pub"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">LIOLA
Application FAQs & Scoring Rubric</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">For additional information please visit:
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.olaweb.org/liola-2025"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://www.olaweb.org/liola-2025</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#202020">
or contact the LIOLA Committee at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:olaleadership@olaweb.org">olaleadership@olaweb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks, Liisa Sjoblom</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">OLA Leadership Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#332015">Liisa Sjoblom<br>
Community Librarian, Business and Nonprofits<br>
Deschutes Public Library<br>
<a href="tel:(541)%20617-7093" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">(541) 617-7093</span></a><br>
<a href="http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://www.deschuteslibrary.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sign up for the quarterly Small Business or Nonprofit <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">eNewsletter here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2pw5TbN"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://bit.ly/2pw5TbN</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#332015">Know More.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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