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Now is the time to make plans to attend the best professional development opportunity for school library media professionals in Michigan!
Look for detailed program information at www.mimame.org;
or follow the links below to speaker and program information.
SB-CEU's will be available!
To take advantage of early registration at a reduced rate,
download and mail your registration form
before September 13!
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| Keynote Speaker: Steven L. Layne |
 "Why God Made Librarians"
The power and impact of story is unparalleled; University professor and award-winning children's/young adult author Steven L. Layne inspires listeners with a look at just how powerful story can be, and along the way he truly honors those who care for stories the most--librarians!
As always, Steven draws forth a few tears, a lot of laughs, and still manages to send the audience away with a burning desire to keep doing what they do-better than they've ever done it before. http://www.stevelayne.com |
| Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michael Stephens |  Dr. Michael Stephens is currently Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, and author of the blog:Tame the Web: Libraries, Technology and People. Read more about him at http://tametheweb.com. |
| Keynote Author Mark Crilley |  "Turning Points: The Four Moments That Made Me the Author I Am Today."
By way of a live drawing demonstration and images projected on a screen, I will take the audience through the four big turning points in my life that shaped me as a creative person: The 4th grade talent show that unlocked the "entertainer" in me, the fateful meeting with David Small at Kalamazoo College, my first arrival in Taipei, Taiwan and the powerful impact that had on me, and finally my chance meeting with Erin Helmrich, then librarian in Royal Oak (Now Ann Arbor), the first person to encourage me to begin speaking at schools and libraries to share my thoughts about writing with young people in Michigan and beyond.
http://www.markcrilley.com |
| What awaits you at this year's conference..... | Kathleen McBroom and Annette Marie Haley, Local Arrangement Chairs, have been meeting and negotiating with Hyatt folk to bring MAME members the best bang for their conference buck!
We will be creating a warm, personal conference environment for each member so that all you need to concern yourself with is loading up on information to take back with you!
Among the amenities planned, pending final budget approval, are:
- Light supper-level appetizers and cash bar at the Wednesday Exhibits Opening/Welcome event, which includes a Wii corner with Fabulous Fun prizes
- Thursday & Friday: Cash lunch in Exhibits from 11-1 each day
- Thursday all day: Be sure to check out the silent auction display near the MAME Gift Sales Booth!
- Exhibitor sessions "On Stage" in the Exhibits Ballroom for your convenience
- Afternoon coffee break each day after the last session but before meetings,
- Thursday Alumni Receptions,
- Thursday Evening Presidents Reception and Awards Ceremony with a reprise of the glorious Chocolate Fountain, plus cake;
- Friday Author Breakfast, prepaid ticketed event (served plated) with Mark Crilley,
- Round Tables (each with power!) in the Dearborn Ballroom, and
- Gourmet Coffee bar with sweets just before the Closing Keynote Session Friday afternoon.
- We are working on a WiFi hotspot in addition to the small lab in Exhibits for your personal computing ease, and many more services are in the works.
- MAME 4Ever Retirees (in their red shirts!) will be staffing the Registration area and other areas, so stop and ask them anything!
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| Volunteers Needed! | |
Have you ever noticed that you get more out of an event when you're really engaged in it? The same holds true with volunteering at our conference. Meet new people, use this networking opportunity, and get an inside view of the organization by giving a couple of your conference hours. No experience necessary! Email Gwenn Marchesano gwenn2ns@yahoo.com
to lend a hand.
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| Roundtable Presenters Needed! | |
Do you "Dare To Dream?" Do you have a great idea or resource you can explain in fifteen minutes or less and present three times in one hour? Please consider being a presenter for our Roundtables at the MAME 37 Fall Conference in Dearborn.
Roundtables are informal presentations covering a variety of school library or technology topics and grade levels. Share your "dreams" and experiences with your colleagues!
Download the Roundtable Presenter Form from the mame website
Please mail or email the form by Sept 11. |
| Gift Sales Booth | | Katy Koskela is looking for any last-minute suggestions for items that you'd like to see for sale in the MAME booth. | |
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