Registration is open until today, July 27, at 5:00pm CDT, for the next session, week of Aug. 8 – week of Sept. 12, of Turning the Page 2.0. This free, six-week comprehensive advocacy training program has been developed and presented by the Public Library Association (PLA) with generous support from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Turning the Page 2.0 will be offered three additional times through 2011 and 2012. The full schedule with registration dates is available here.

Turning the Page 2.0 addresses core issues of advocacy, communications and relationship building in a convenient blended-learning format including weekly one-hour webinars, development of an Advocacy Work Plan and personalized feedback from facilitators. Highly interactive units cover topics such as creating and telling your library’s story, building relationships with key decision makers, project management and making the all-important ask.

Participants should expect to spend about three hours per week on this program. A certificate of completion will be awarded following the submission of an Advocacy Work Plan. Registration for Turning the Page 2.0 is open to all public librarians, library staff, and library supporters, including board members, Friends and local officials. Libraries are encouraged to complete Turning the Page 2.0 with an advocacy team that works through the program together. For more information about the program, please email .