Gail McGovern
Planning and Training Wizard
906 Q Street • Sacramento, CA 95814-6416
Phone/Fax: 916-446-2411
gmcgovern@macnexus.org

Background

Workshop Topics

Presentations

Client List

Testimonials

Resumé

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Workshop Topics: (PDF files of sample handouts are available upon request to gmcgovern@macnexus.org)

• Assessing Community Needs
  
• Building Partnerships And Community Coalitions
  
• Fundraising
  
• Grantsmanship
  
• Interviewing Techniques for Gathering Community Input
  
• Long Range/Strategic Planning
  
• Marketing
  
• Program Planning And Evaluation
  
• Public Relations
  
• Serving Diverse Populations
  
• Time Management
  
• Training Trainers
  
• Trustee Roles And Responsibilities
  
• Workshop Planning
  
  

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Recent Presentations and Projects:

2002
January - March - Consultant/facilitator at NEFLIN for long range planning process, Orange Park, FL

March-September - Consultant for Cerritos (CA) Library 2001-2002 LSTA project

May 31 - Presenter at California State Library Statewide Trustees Conference on Library Leadership for the 21st Century on Dollar$ and Sense: Grant Resources, Sacramento, CA

June 13-4 - Facilitator at the American Library Association Preconference entitled Different Voices, Common Quest: Adult Literacy & Outreach in Libraries!, Atlanta, GA

June 16 - Presenter at More CLENE Fun program at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA

July 10 - Presenter at Infopeople Master Trainer program at the Cerritos (CA) Library

October-December - Consultant for Cerritos (CA) Library 2002-2003 LSTA project

2003
January-September - Consultant for Cerritos (CA) Library 2002-2003 LSTA project including the Imagine it, Explore it, Create it! Conference for California public library teams

August-September - Consultant for California State Library publication, Finding Support for Arts, Humanities and Cultural Programming: A Resource Guide for California Public Libraries

September-December - clioinstitute Wizard (activities related to event planning and training)

2004
January-December - clioinstitute Wizard (activities related to event planning and training including Reenergize Your Library’s Service Environment Workshop and Get Real! Helping Libraries Survive and Thrive in Turbulent Times Conference for California public library trustees)

January-March - Consultant for Sonoma County (CA) Library 2004 Staff Day

April - May - Instructor for Infopeople Effective Time Management for Library Staff online class

2005
January-December - clioinstitute Wizard (activities related to event planning and training)

February - March - Instructor for Infopeople Effective Time Management for Library Staff online class

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“I like both the enthusiasm and creativity Gail brings to her sessions. The balance of philosophical background and practical advice was just what our librarians needed. I was also impressed with how the material was adapted to meet the concerns of individual workshop participants.”

Amy Bernath, Manager, Continuing Education and Training, SOLINET (GA)

“Gail is an effective communicator and helps people to recognize their goals and potentials.”

Bill Davies, President,
Sacramento (CA) Macintosh Users Group

“I was impressed with the way Gail managed to distill a complicated planning process down to the very essence and made it fun as well.”

Mary Moore, Training Coordinator,
Washington State Library


“The Marketing to Culturally Diverse Communities 36-page extensive manual included every aspect of marketing from resources to gathering data, to sample group interviews, to planning for customer service, to word of mouth public relations, to reallocating resources....and much more....”

Sandra Rios Balderrama, Diversity Officer,
American Library Association

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