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  <p class=style2><span style='color:#000099'>TBLC Workshop Announcement </span><o:p></o:p></p>
  <p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LE@D - Financial
  Management in Tough Times</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p>
  <p>You've just been told that your budget is being cut by 10% next year. Or
  perhaps you must submit a budget showing a 20% or even 30% reduction in the
  upcoming fiscal year. <o:p></o:p></p>
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       auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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       the up make sponsorships and advertising&gt; <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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  <p>Is it possible to improve library service to the community while cutting
  the budget? <o:p></o:p></p>
  <p>Budget cuts can be beneficial to a library and a community. We must
  examine what our libraries do and how effectively/efficiently we do it. It's
  time to responsibly make the right decisions and make the necessary changes
  to negatively affect the minimal number of people in our community. And, in
  the process, we may find that our informed decisions have actually IMPROVED
  library services!<o:p></o:p></p>
  <p>Objectives: <o:p></o:p></p>
  <p>After completing this course, you will be prepared to: <o:p></o:p></p>
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       "Arial","sans-serif"'>Make informed budget-cutting decisions based upon
       needs analysis, cost analysis, resource analysis, and impact analysis <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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       auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
       "Arial","sans-serif"'>Do more with less by using technology,
       outsourcing, leasing, using volunteers, partnering, advertising, weeding
       and recycling, establishing memorials, merging and reorganizing, saving
       energy, and soliciting gifts <o:p></o:p></span></li>
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  <p>Throughout this course, you will also learn from your colleagues about how
  they made budget-cutting decisions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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