Branching Out
Reaching Readers Through Libraries
Name...................................................
Authority...............................................
{To be returned to Branching Out office by Wednesday 15 September. Please keep a copy for yourself and bring it with you to Stockport.)
Workload Are you giving more/less than one day per week equivalent to Branching Out?
Have you got enough/too much to do?
Dissemination Who knows/doesn't know about Branching Out in your authority/region? Who knows?
Who doesn't know?
Skills addressed in Branching Out to date
very competent quite competent adequate for task underdeveloped Knowledge of literature networks Basic research skills Presentations on Branching Out/reader development to different audiences Cascading Branching Out to other staff Knowledge of literature and the Web Understanding how to target promotions Keeping uptodate with conteporary literature Assessing books for Forager Influencing your authority's selection process to buy a wider range of fiction/poetry Developing a regional reading promotion network Integrating Branching Out into your authority's planning process and everyday work Other (please specify) Other (please specify)
Skills not yet addressed in Branching Out training
very competent quite competent adequate for task underdeveloped Writing about books in a reader-centred way Working with reading groups Publicity and media skills Designing training sessions Delivering training sessions Fundraising skills Working with designers Project management skills Evaluation skills Other (please specify) Other (please specify) Other (please specify) Other (please specify)
Impact How have you used what you've learned in Year One of Branching Out? List three specific occasions where you have applied what you've learned in Branching Out in your workplace. What were the circumstances? How did your skulls and experience gained from Branching Out help?
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Any other comments? This is your opportunity to convey your thoughts about any other aspect of Branching Out. Think about the whole project not just the core training days, eg the consultancy days, your regional networking, Branching Out partnerships, communications and support. You might want to consider pace; the balance on the training days between individual/group work/formal presentations from Bouters, Opening the Book, or other speakers; what you found most useful and least useful in the whole project; what you think are the most urgent priorities and what you know you want to do but it could wait till Year Three. Use another page if you need to.
