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PHILADELPHIA — United for Libraries will present “Getting a Bigger Piece of the Pie: Effective Communication with Funders & Policy Makers” from 1-2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 29 at the 91��ý Annual Conference.

Learn from the experts about how to get to know, communicate with and influence those who approve your library's budget. Even in tough times, there are strategies to get you more. Enjoy a free piece of pie while you learn how about “getting a bigger piece of the pie.”

Featured speakers will be April Butcher, executive director of the Sacramento (Calif.) Public Library Foundation and member of the board of directors of California Public Library Advocates; Valerie Gross, CEO and president of the Howard County (Md.) Library System, and Deborah Doyle, director of development for the Friends of the San Francisco (Calif.) Library, president of the California Library Association, and United for Libraries board member. The program will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, N240.

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