Basic Elements of a Teen Services Plan
What does customer service to teens look like?
Booktalk It! Creating a booktalk program to network with schools
Using Social Media to engage teens, including contests
Empowering teens and creating buy-in
Putting the “Teen” in your Teen Space
The Unconventional Summer Reading Club
Cut through the static, get feedback
I’m Nobody, Who Are You? (Why we teen librarians should talk to each other)
Are You Nobody Too? There’s a pair of us. (How to get started with your own librarian network)
Advocacy & Marketing
Libraries are the Beating Heart (of our communities) An advocacy piece with great infographics to use in promoting libraries.
Why Turning Our Libraries into Wal Mart is a Bad Idea
Advocacy 101: Be seen, Be felt, Be heard
Marketing Teen Services to Non Teen Services Staff, part 1
Marketing Teen Services to Non Teen Services Staff, a teen services plan example
Don’t Underestimate the Value of “Hanging Out” (more about programming)
The “Be”-Attitudes of Communicating with Staff
Generating Marketing Creativity with iPhone Apps
Graphic Design for Teen Librarians
Making the Most of Your Teen Services FB Page
Saving Big with Your Library: marketing the value of your library to current culture
Creating a great teen services website, an example and some tips
Thinking Out Loud: Marketing and the library lock-in
Thinking Out Loud: More marketing and the library lock-in
Rebuttal: Marketing and the library lock-in
RA Posters, end cap signs, bookmarks and more
Don’t Underestimate the Value of Twitter
The Measure of Program Success?
Part 1: The Measure of Program Success? Probably not book circulation
Part 2: The Measure of Program Success? Probably not attendance either
Part 3: The Measure of Program Success? It’s complicated, kind of (a formula and discussion)
Serving Full T.I.L.T. series:
By the Numbers, making the case for teen services using basic demographic information (Karen Jensen)
Sarcasm, Spice and Everything Awesome: The Developing Teen (Rebecca Denham)
Teen Brain Science 101 (Heather Booth)
Asset Building 101, How using the 40 Developmental Assets can help us plan and evaluate teen programming (Karen Jensen)
Diverse teens, diverse needs (Eden Grey)
Sharing stories, how knowing and sharing the stories of our teens can help make the case (Heather Booth)
Empathy, remembering what it means to be a teen and how it makes us better teen services librarians (Karen Jensen)
A Teen Services 101 Infographic (Karen Jensen)
Talking Up Teens (Eden Grey)