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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear Youth Services Consultants,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Consider sharing the Call for Proposals with youth library staff in your state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Tessa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Tessa Michaelson Schmidt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Public Library Youth and Inclusive Services Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D">(608) 267-5077 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov"><span style="color:blue">tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">D</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#191919">o you have ideas to share about management and leadership in Youth Services? The University
of Wisconsin-Madison Information School is pleased to offer the second Power Up Conference to share your exciting ideas! The conference will take place in Madison, Wisconsin on March 28-29, 2019. The program committee will be accepting proposals until <b>August
3, 2018. </b>Find out more <b><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/power-up/cfp/">here</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#191919">Topics may include, but are not limited to: strategic planning, collaborations, ethics, leadership pathways, advocacy, mentorship, managing change, work/life balance, staff motivation, and innovation.
Youth services librarians and staff from public libraries, schools, after-school programs, museums, etc. are invited to attend – we had 142 attendees from 20 states at the 2017 conference! You may find the program from the 2017 conference <a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/power-up/2017/"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:#047EAE;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#191919">Our opening keynote address speaker is <a href="https://twitter.com/ammlib"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:#047EAE;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Andrew Medlar</span></a>, former ALSC
President and current director of BookOps, serving the New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library. Our closing keynote will be presented by <a href="http://sarahpark.com/"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;color:#047EAE;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sarah
Park Dahlen</span></a>, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#191919"> For more information, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Meredith Lowe<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Continuing Education Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Information School at UW-Madison<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">600 N. Park Street, Madison WI 53706<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">608-890-0364<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/"><span style="color:blue">https://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/</span></a>
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