A forum for discussing issues of national significance (A series of strategic conversations)
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2024

Session 5
Te Tōtara | Developing Your Workforce

Hosted by PLNZ & LIANZA
Annemarie Thomas, Project Manager Te Tōtara Workforce Capability
Find Annemarie's presentation here
Ian Littleworth, Manager Future Libraries Kāpiti District Libraries
Find Ian's Presentation here
Monika Prasad, Manager Auckland Council Tupu Youth Library
Find Monika's Presentation here

Session 4
Community Libraries as health and wellbeing hubs

Joanne Dillon (JD) - Kaiurungi Whakatairanga Pakeke Ako | Adult Learning, Programmes and Promotions Lead and Kim Heke - Kaiurungi Kiritaki | Customer Experiences Lead Te Aka Mauri - Rotorua Library
Download JD & Kim's presentation here
Te Aka Mauri - Health Literacy Framework:
Bi-lingual Info Flyer
Vine Poster

Rotorua Children's Health Hub - some useful links
Te Aka Mauri | Rotorua Library - Children's Health Hub
Te Aka Mauri | Rotorua Library - Community learning pathfinders

Peter Murgatroyd - Group Leander, Library Knowledge Services, Health New Zealand Download Peter's presentation here

https://www.healthliteracy.co.nz/health-literacy/

Trusted sources of information:

• Healthify NZ Go to place for health information
  

Other useful sites

• The Mayo Clinic
• WebMD

Session 3
Navigating Challenging Behaviour in our public libraries

Speaker 1: Jess Hallam, Far Norther District Council
Find Jess's presentation here 
Speakers 2, 3  & 4: Erica Rankin, Rosi Levi, Christchurch City Libraries & Trina Schuster
Selwyn District Libraries 
Rosi's Presentation can be found here  - coming soon
Speaker 5: Paula Ulrich, Whangārei District Libraries
Speaker 6: Matthew "Macca" McKenzie, Hutt City Council
Speakers 7 & 8: Echo Janman and Nancy Thomson, Auckland Council Libraries

Session 3 
Dementia Friendly Libraries

Dr Meg Spriggs resources:

• Attached here is the Registration form. This can be completed and emailed to Dr Meg Spriggs directly. dementiafriendlynz@alzheimers.org.nz
• Dementia Friends: https://alzheimers.org.nz/explore/dementia-friendly-nz/become-a-dementia-friend/
• Dementia Friendly Recognition Programme toolkit: https://cdn.alzheimers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Dementia-Friendly-Recognition-Programme-Toolkit-for-businesses-and-organisations.pdf
• Example blog piece including libraries who had been recognised: https://alzheimers.org.nz/blogs/strides-made-in-dementia-friendly-recognition-programme/
• The webinars Kay mentioned. Among these is the Challenging Behaviours one that was particularly helpful: https://alzheimers.org.nz/explore/dementia-learning-centre/webinars/

Session 2 
Rainbow & Drag Storytime

Download Siren Deluxes' ways to participate/support slide here

Session 1
MAKERSPACES

2023
Session 7 

Download Marion and the team's presentation here

2023
Session 6 

Download MSD's presentation here

2023
Session 5

Download Mike Reid and Simon Randall's presentation here

2023
Session 4

2023
Session 3

Judy Ryder (PLNZ Treasurer and Tauranga City Libraries ) hosts 
Keeping Safe - Libraries dealing with Anti-social behaviour.
Part II
With Craig Gilbert - Lead Consulting

2023
Session 2

Hilary Beaton (PLNZ Executive Director ) hosts 
Elizabeth McCaw, Stats NZ

2023
Session 1

Dyane Hosler (PLNZ Chair and Library Manager Puke Ariki ) hosts 
Recruitment, Retention and Working Remotely
With Shawn Cornet, OD and Senior Consultant People & Co.

Session 7

Chris Hay (Manager Tūranga) hosts 
Keeping Safe: Keeping safe libraries dealing with anti-social behaviour.
With Nicola Saunders (Napier) and Waiata Hohepa (Puke Ariki)

Find Nicola's presentation here

Waiata's codes are here
Puke Ariki Training scenarios
Puke Ariki Lockdown procedures
Internal
External

Note: The Children’s library at Puke Ariki is called Discover it!

Session 6 

Paula Penfold on the Process and Courage of Collecting Hard Information

Watch The Stuff Circuit documentary Fire and Fury here: