Transforming: Community Relationships

Transformational Capital Campaigns: Maverick Approaches that Lead to Organization-Changing Projects

Sunday, June 26, 2022

9:00am – 10:00am

Location: Washington Convention Center, 146A

Public libraries large and small are conducting successful capital campaigns, even in contentious times and environments. Diverse examples of how panel libraries developed successful capital campaigns will spark your community’s interest in and serve as supplemental funding for building and expansion projects. Is a formal and expensive feasibility study truly necessary? How involved is the Director in the campaign? Tap into your institution’s potential to turn residents and businesses alike into Library investors.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to determine their library’s readiness for a capital campaign.
Upon completion, participants will be able to understand and identify phases of a successful capital campaign.
Upon completion, participants will be able to develop a minimum of three maverick strategies for implementing a capital campaign in their home libraries.

Main Contact(s)

Kimberly Coughran

Library Director
Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library

Speaker(s)

Kimberly Coughran

Library Director
Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library

Moderator(s)

Kimberly Coughran

Library Director
Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library

Speaker(s)

Amanda McKay

Library Director
Effingham Public Library