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CoLAB Planning ®: Moving Mountains Together

Plenary session from the Living the Future 7 Conference, April 30-May 3, 2008, University of Arizona Libraries, Tucson, AZ. / CoLAB Planning® is a large-group facilitated workshop designed to connect participants’ resources, networks, and skills using a "speed dating" process created by Bess de Farber, Grants and Revenue Manager of the University of Arizona Libraries. This workshop will be held during the Living the Future 7 Conference on Thursday, May 1, 2008 from 1:30-3:50pm. CoLAB – Florida Atlantic University CoLAB Planning® is one method for supporting a renewed vision for libraries as conveners of academic or community resources. Learn to experiment with collaborative relationships that can yield creative ideas you never would have dreamed of on your own. CoLAB Planning® is a facilitative process that takes individual and organizational potential to its highest possible use. The workshop will illustrate the power of unearthing dormant resources within all participants. CoLAB - ACRL 2007, Baltimore, MD CoLAB facilitation methods have been used to connect more than 390 individuals and 272 organizations. 100% of those who attended CoLAB sessions shared that they walked out the door with new relationships and useful information. According to the director of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, "The CoLAB experience provided me with more collaborative partners than I could have anticipated."

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/337091
Date01 May 2008
Creatorsde Farber, Bess
ContributorsUniversity of Arizona Libraries
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
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