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Still Time to Register for Reaching Forward
April 28, 2014The 25th Annual Reaching Forward Conference will be held Friday, May 9, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
The conference includes a full day of programming, featuring forty-three programs--ranging from Readers' Advisory to Storytelling, Marketing Plans to Common Core, and Technology to your IMRF Benefits. The day will feature Reaching Forward favorites such as Gail Johnson & Pam Parr, Jacklyn Rowe, Kelly Krieg-Sigman, and Jill Powers. An author track will feature Leslie Goddard, Bull Garlington, Al Gini, and Merri Dee, all of whom will be signing copies of their books throughout the day.
The Reaching Forward Conference has something for everyone--front-line staff, managers, marketing professionals, human resource managers, programmers, readers' advisory and reference staff, technical services staff, youth and young adult services staff--EVERYONE!