1 Leadership Summit Session 2: Membership Mix: Find the Blend that Works January 16, :15 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.

2 Today’s Presenters Deborah Keller, Knowledge Management Division Chair Penny Leach, Secretary and Past President, SLA Europe Sam Wiggins, President-Elect, SLA Europe Geraldine Clement-Stoneham, 2015 Annual Conference Advisory Council

3 KM Division Outreach Strategies

4 Partnerships Partner with NY Chapter and LLAGNY to develop KM education programs Program participants were LLAGNY and SLA-NY members, but not KM Division members

5 Future Partners More programs are already being planned with SLA-NY Partner with other chapters to deliver KM programs for their members Convert in-person programs to webinars

6 Recruiting Students Developing relationships with KM Graduate programs Creating projects that benefit the Division Goal is to create a natural bridge between school and SLA/KM membership

7 Peer Organizations Working to connect local KM groups or other national KM associations with SLA/KM One area where SLA HQ can help is offering member rate exchanges at relevant conferences

8 Deborah Keller Chair, KM Division

9 Membership Mix

10 SLA Europe Jan 2014 Collaboration/Partnership To enrich events To enrich web content To enrich offering to members To enrich the information profession With multiple third parties And internally

11 SLA Europe Jan 2014 Events Mix of event type –to attract mix of attendees Sponsorship helps cover costs –but also adds to format and web content Link –with other events –with other membership groups –with other organisations Caveat – harder to get out of the London ‘echo chamber’ 11

12 SLA Europe Jan 2014 Recent event partners 12

13 Appealing to the next generation

14 “The new professionals who are just getting started and who are bringing new ideas and energy to SLA. I loved meeting them… they are the future of the profession; and, they are unabashedly enthusiastic about SLA” - Janice Lachance, 2013

15 ✓ Graduate open day with Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and British & Irish Association of Law Librarians ✓ Joint event with Manchester New Library Professionals Network

16 Early Career Conference Awards

17 SLA Europe Jan Division partners - past and present

18 SLA Europe Jan

19 SLA Europe Jan “My LMD mentor was incredibly welcoming and gave me loads of help and great information” – Ned Potter, 2011

20 SLA Europe Jan “New professionals such as myself need to be guided by those more experienced to ensure the future success of libraries, and consequently SLA” – Marie Cannon, 2012

21 SLA Europe Jan Membership analysis

22 SLA Europe Jan 2014 Industry / Divisions 22

23 Questions? Penny Leach Sam Wiggins Geraldine Clement-Stoneham

24 SLA Europe Jan 2014 Photo Credits Waterstones Shopfront CEO - Tiare - Board Meeting - Franklin Canyon Questioned Proposal Graduate Open Day c/o Simon Barron SLA event photos from the Chapter’s Flickr account 24