DONATED MATERIALS Buried Treasure or Burying You?!

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April 10, 2014 8:00 am – 9:20 am!

MEET PAT Worked with libraries since 1978

Worked for Texas libraries since 1994

On the ground in 48 states and Canada

Basic issues that make libraries succeed

Worked in retail and with nonprofits

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If the plan is in your head,

there is no plan.!

AGENDA

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Donations: Money and Engagement

The Downside of Donation Campaigns

Strategic Plan

Partners

Goals, Budgets, and Deadlines

Who is In Charge?

Evaluations

Resources and Books

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Money

Green opportunities: Recycling

Community engagement

Support for books: cheap and free

Partnerships with other agencies

Projects for people

WHY DONATIONS

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Reliance on volunteers

Particularly one great person

Needs special skill sets

No oversight

Costly fund-raising

Loses connection with mission

Marketing and sales can be distraction

DOWNSIDES

STRATEGIC PLAN

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Integrate donations into strategic plan.

Create line item in budget.

Contract with your community.

Provide oversight and review.

Make donations important.

PARTNERS

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Relationship with Friends

Relationship with foundation

Managing and investing funds

Businesses and charities

Government agencies

Your competitors

GOALS, BUDGETS, AND DEADLINES

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It’s a project: Manage it.

Never just a “turnkey” operation.

How will you measure success?

Takes money to make money…

When it is time to close the store…

WHO IS IN CHARGE

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The point person: Who is responsible?

Recruit an experienced boss.

Pros and cons of retirees

What happens when key person leaves?

Managing staff and volunteers

EVALUATIONS

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Monthly evaluations and audits

How much does the money cost?

Volunteers are not free.

Profit is in the details.

Can you get a better deal?

FIRST STEPS

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Build a team.

Put the project systems in place: Management, staff, and volunteers

Budget and money

Goals and priorities

Try something small.

RESOURCES

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theleanlibrary.com

pmi.org

americancityandcounty.com/administration/ lean-six-sigma

guidonps.com/industry-news/lean-government-to-be-used-in-developing-texas-city/

slideshare.net/Sdeas/lean-six-sigma-for-municipal-government

RESOURCES

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jindal.utdallas.edu/centers-of-excellence/center-for-intelligent-supply-networks/certificate-in-lean-6-sigma/

americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/ get-ahead-outsourcing

mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_PPM.htm

sieralearn.com /introduction-to-lean-government-reading-list/

librarything.com/catalog/PatternResearch

BOOKS

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting and Running a Thrift Store Ravel Buckley

The Home-Based Bookstore Steve Weber

Internet Bookselling Made Easy! Joe Waynick

alaeditions.org/web-extra-book-sale-how-guide

CREDITS

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Slide number Attribution 1 Portable Antiquities Scheme 2009. Licensed

under CC BY 2.0. This is an adaptation of the original work. www.flickr.com/photos/finds/4202540707

4 Tanya Hart 2007. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. This is an adaptation of the original work. www.flickr.com/photos/arripay/514603192/

5 anyjazz65 2006. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. This is an adaptation of the original work. www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/2666997907

CREDITS

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Slide number Attribution 7 Christina 2006. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This is an adaptation of the original work. www.flickr.com/photos/texasgreentea/129416974/

10 Don Graham 2009. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. This is an adaptation of the original work. www.flickr.com/photos/23155134@N06/5881582291/

12 Renee 2007. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. This is an adaptation of the original work. www.flickr.com/photos/peagreenchick/364182311/

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Bronwen Abbattista, Art Director!

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