May 12, 2025
When you promote a huge event through the newsletter, website, social media, and the local paper, and day of someone says, “Well, I didn’t know this was happening!”
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When you promote a huge event through the newsletter, website, social media, and the local paper, and day of someone says, “Well, I didn’t know this was happening!”
Ok but for real--
Here is my thought on occasional super-sized programs at the Library.
Either we have them and risk turning people away, or we don’t get to have the programs. Like, it is unrealistic to go offsite every time we have a potentially popular program. We like bringing people into our building. And the vast majority of the time, we get just about the right number of people.
Do we sometimes have to turn people away? Yep. I don’t like to do it, and we do our best to accommodate them (we set up overflow chairs outside the room when we can), but it’s a reality of limited space. And that’s how we get to do these popular programs. That’s the risk. Either we take the risk, or we just don’t get them. And I’ll take the risk.
(yes, registration is an option, but we’ve found that we get poor return rates and end up with a lot of empty chairs. that’s not fair, either. So we save registration for programs that are limited for a particular reason-- the presenter requires it, limited equipment, etc., and just run the risk for lectures and presentations that can fill the room.)
A PATRON ASKS FOR THE EVENT CALENDAR SO THEY CAN AVOID PROGRAMMING
WHEN A PATRON AT A PROGRAM IS ON THEIR PHONE THE WHOLE TIME
WHEN MY LEAST-FAVORITE PATRON WALKS INTO MY PROGRAM
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WHEN A PATRON CALLS TO SIGN UP FOR A PROGRAM A WEEK AFTER IT HAPPENS
MY FACE:
INTERNALLY:
It’s Excellent When
A presenter actually takes the time to come to your library ahead of their presentation to check out the space, ask if you have questions, and see how their files work with your equipment. New favorite presenter. Now hopefully plenty (or at least) some teens stop by.