Leadership Lunches

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Type of Pilot Project: 
Public Service
Describe Project and Impact: 
A monthly bookclub and lunch for the working professional
Project Description and Expected Outcomes: 
We would partner with the top employers in the metro for promotion and advertising. Each month, we'd feature a book on leadership, management, change, career growth. We would have a book discussion with boxed lunches in our libraries. This initiative would bring in a new audience and increase circulation. It elevates the library as a business hub and a place to seek expertise. At the end of the series, it would be great to bring in a speaker to the downtown auditorium for a lunch session - perhaps and author of one of the books (which is what the $10,000 cost is for in the budget, that would be optional and could be higher or even sponsored).
Why should we select this project?: 
It gives us the opportunity to work with local businesses (they could sponsor the lunch and we could invite their executives to help facilitate the conversations - as well as some faculty from local businesses).
Constraints, Limitations, or Dependencies: 
We may need to eat in our libraries... :) We'd need to order and provide the books in advance and make sure we had the digital version. We would also need the partnerships with local businesses.
Partner/Supporting Departments: 
Development/Volunteer Services
Materials Selection
Outreach
Performance Indicators: 
Market Penetration
Environment: 
Library
Relationship: 
Spark
Experience: 
InterReach
Cluster: 
Occasionals
Estimated Costs
Personnel: 
$0
Commodities: 
$2,000
Contractual (Professional Services): 
$10,000
Capital (Construction/Renovations): 
$0
Total: 
$12,000.00

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elisabeth.white
I like this idea because I do
I like this idea because I do think that business professionals are one segment of the community that we don't currently reach as well as we could. And if our goal is to be the community's hub for lifelong enrichment, the business community should definitely be a part of that.
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