When: Wednesday, Jan 31 | 11:20 am - 12:00 pm

Location: MTCC - 201EF

Days: Wednesday. Event Types: Session. Sectors: Public Libraries. Subjects: Children's Services and Programming.


Description:

Join Elaine Knox and Alexandra Gilston from the Pickering Public Library as they discuss their experience running an all-night library lock-in program for teens. Learn about the detailed planning process, inclusive to marketing, partnerships, and execution. Hear many powerful testimonials from teens who attended!

Outcomes:
After experiencing our presentation, audience members should be able to:
• Critically evaluate their workplace to identify factors related to their library environment, thus enabling them to construct and execute a proposal for an all-night teen program.
• Market their program to their teens in an engaging and fun way.
• Cater their program to best engage with their specific teen audience.
• Effectively partner with local businesses and organizations, to create a program that will be fun and engaging for their teen audience.