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[https://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/UFL/ufl-newsletter-template/190403-u...] IN THIS ISSUE Join us for "Friends and Foundations Working Effectively with the Library" <https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDM3OTE1NiZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDE3NjgyJmxpPTkxODE1Njc0%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Cwhites29%40michigan.gov%7Cc4b39d01f95e426f90e408d9ceeab37d%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637768330326860895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=e5m8C84UH51N38zK4BUBZpf6fdW%2Fj%2BZE7%2FQbsu%2B9g0w%3D&reserved=0>[https://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/Learning%20LIVE%20logo%20(L).png?cb=771942]<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDM3OTE1NiZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDE3NjgyJmxpPTkxODE1Njc0%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Cwhites29%40michigan.gov%7Cc4b39d01f95e426f90e408d9ceeab37d%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637768330326860895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=e5m8C84UH51N38zK4BUBZpf6fdW%2Fj%2BZE7%2FQbsu%2B9g0w%3D&reserved=0><https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDM3OTE1NiZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDE3NjgyJmxpPTkxODE1Njc0%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Cwhites29%40michigan.gov%7Cc4b39d01f95e426f90e408d9ceeab37d%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637768330326860895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=e5m8C84UH51N38zK4BUBZpf6fdW%2Fj%2BZE7%2FQbsu%2B9g0w%3D&reserved=0> Our Learning Live series will continue Tues., January 11th at 2 p.m. ET.<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fala.informz.net%2Fz%2FcjUucD9taT0xMDM3OTE1NiZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDE3NjgyJmxpPTkxODE1Njc0%2Findex.html&data=04%7C01%7Cwhites29%40michigan.gov%7Cc4b39d01f95e426f90e408d9ceeab37d%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637768330326860895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=e5m8C84UH51N38zK4BUBZpf6fdW%2Fj%2BZE7%2FQbsu%2B9g0w%3D&reserved=0> The Learning Live program is presented free to United for Libraries group, personal, and Statewide Group Members. Michigan public libraries are Statewide Group Members. This session will provide guidance on the tools and techniques needed for effective collaboration between Friends groups, Foundation members, libraries, and library directors. Presenters will discuss the roles of each group in relation to the library and provide resources on MOUs, guidelines for giving, and other subjects. Speakers will include Judy Hills, President of the Friends of the North Carolina Public Libraries, and Peter Pearson, Founder/Senior Consultant at Library Strategies Consulting Group and a past President of United for Libraries. [https://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/Judy%20Hills.png?cb=781744] Judy Hills is the President of the Friends of the North Carolina Public Libraries (FONCPL) and Vice-President of the Friends of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library. Now retired, her first career was as a registered nurse; her second career was in commercial real estate; and her third career was in nonprofit and quasi-governmental organizations (similar to regional library systems). At the end of her career, she was the Executive Director of a nine-county planning organization. She helped secure many millions of dollars in federal, state, and other grants, and continues to provide grant opportunity information to the nonprofit community. [https://ala.informz.net/ala/data/images/Peter%20Pearson.png?cb=431291] Peter Pearson is lead consultant and co-founder of Library Strategies Consulting Group. He was president of the Friends of the Saint Paul (Minn.) Public Library for 25 years, and was a founder of Library Strategies. As president of the Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, he led three capital campaigns and coordinated an annual grassroots advocacy campaign that added millions of dollars of public funding to the library's budget. 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