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London (ON) Public Library / April 2009

• UR, but IM: Connecting Young Adults and Libraries in the 21st Century part one
• UR, but IM: Connecting Young Adults and Libraries in the 21st Century part two
• UR, but IM: Connecting Young Adults and Libraries in the 21st Century part three
• UR, but IM: Connecting Young Adults and Libraries in the 21st Century part four
• UR, but IM: Connecting Young Adults and Libraries in the 21st Century part five

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Oregon Association School Librarians / Washington Library Media Association Conference / Portland OR / October 2008

• Reluctant Reader handout
• Things Change: YA evolution and revolution
• Reluctant Readers: part one
• Reluctant Readers: part two
• Reluctant Readers: part three
• Reluctant Readers: part four
• Quick Picks top tens 2007
• Quick Picks top tens 2008
• Quick Picks 2009 nominations

North Suburban Library System / Wheeling IL / April 2008

• Power Point part 1: values and trends
• Power Point part 2: reaching reluctant readers
• Power Point part 3: YA programs
• Power Point part 4: YA customer service
• Full handout

School Librarians of Western New York, March 2008

• Why We Are Kids Best Assets powerpoint
• Why We Are Kids Best Assets handout
• Reluctant Reader powerpoint
• Reluctant Reader handout

ECIS Librarians' Conference, Berlin, February 2008

• Why We Are Kids Best Assets powerpoint
• Why We Are Kids Best Assets handout
• Don't tell, sell powerpoint
• Don't tell, sell handout

Carrollton (TX) Public Schools

• Guys Read

Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative workshop October 2007

• Power Point: Metamorphasizing Your Library for teens and tweens: Transforming your library into a teen magnet through programming and booktalking

teen Trax: South Carolina Teen Institute, October 2007

• Power Point: UR, but IM: Why is it so hard to understand teens?

American Lbrary Association, June 2007

• Power Point: Buyer Beware: Investigating the quality of customer service to young adults in a major urban public library

International Reading Association, May 2006

• Power Point: Information, Please!­ Great Books that Inform and Inspire

Alabama Library Association, April 2006

• Alabama Library Association: Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers

PLA Boston, March 2006

• You are, but IM (PowerPoint Presentation)
• The Ten Values We Share and The Ten Trends That Drive Us (Word Document)