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SUMMARY:PCI Webinar: Creating Community with Speed Friending at Your Library
DESCRIPTION:PCI Webinar with Kerri Copus\n\nCreating Community with Speed 
 Friending at Your Library\n\nDate: August 19\, 2026\n\nWe all recognize the 
 patrons who come in to the library looking for conversation. But what about 
 those quietly scrolling\, hoping for connection and unsure how to take that 
 first step? In an era often called an “epidemic of loneliness\,” 
 libraries have a powerful opportunity to spark genuine community 
 connection.\n\n \n\nSpeed Friending offers a simple\, low-cost\, and 
 engaging way to bring people together. With a welcoming space and 
 thoughtfully crafted conversation starters\, your library can help turn 
 strangers into neighbors\, and neighbors into friends.\n\n \n\nLet’s 
 explore how to design and facilitate a Speed Friending program that 
 encourages meaningful interaction\, reduces social isolation\, and builds 
 lasting community connections. This session will provide practical tools\, 
 adaptable ideas\, and real-world insights to help you confidently launch a 
 program that fits your library’s size\, audience\, and resources.\n\n 
 \n\nAs a result of this program\, attendees will:\n\n· Identify groups in 
 their community most impacted by social isolation and loneliness\n\n· 
 Develop effective conversation starters to spark engaging and comfortable 
 interaction\n\n· Learn how to plan\, scale\, and replicate a Speed 
 Friending program tailored to their library
ORGANIZER;CN="Megan Hammond":MAILTO:mhammond@azlibrary.gov
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CONTACT;CN="Megan Hammond":MAILTO:mhammond@azlibrary.gov
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