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EXCITE Transformation for Libraries – Recruitment
By Donna DiMichele | April 9, 2018
EXCITE Innovation Recruitment Opportunity
EXCITE Transformation for Libraries is an intensive team-based experiential learning program that will teach collaboration and innovation skills, result in programs and services that respond to community input and demonstrated needs, lead to cultural change at libraries, and sustain project impact through extended training.
The learning is led by Jeanine Esposito from Innovation Builders, an organization with experience guiding organizations such as PepsiCo, United Health, and several public libraries to innovate new products and services and transform ways of doing business.
What you get when you participate in EXCITE:
- Nine days of immersive, hands-on training over 5-6 months
- Frequent mentoring check-ins with instructor and other teams
- Virtual site visit by instructor
- Full day of onsite coaching from the instructor during the project implementation phase
- Ability to send additional individual employees to a special bootcamp and facilitator training session
- $2,000 per team to offset travel and substitute staffing costs
- Up to $3,000 in seed funding per team to enact the new program or service your team develops
This training is valued at $4,400 per person, not including travel or seed funding.
When?
(apply by 6/14/2018)
September 11-13, 2018
November 6-8, 2018
February 5-7, 2019
Where will the training take place?
Cranston Public Library
140 Sockanosset Cross Rd
Cranston, RI 02920
More about the program and how to apply.
Applications due: Thursday, June 14th, 2018.
Notifications of Selection: Thursday, June 28th, 2018.
For more information contact:
Dawn La Valle , Director, Division of Library Development
Connecticut State Library
231 Capitol Ave. Hartford CT 06106
Office: (860) 757-6665 Fax: (860) 757-6503
http://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld/home
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant # RE-95-17-0068-17.
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