Updated Booktalking Tips

A couple of days ago I had a post about getting your staff to record themselves booktalking. After posting this I realized it had been a while since I had posted the slides from my popular Booktalking Your Way to the Friendliest Library in Town presentation. So here is a completely updated version that I will also be giving today for an IL library.

These slides have many links to more information about how to be a better book talker including a step by step guide on how to gamify booktalking at your library, links to booktalking prompts, and basic tips and tricks.

Even without hearing me deliver this talk, there is much here you can learn from. And many of the exercises can be done in zoom meetings with your departments or by doing the recordings mentioned above. The practicing does not need to stop when we are working from home.

And who knows, if you are really active with virtual booktalking, you might even inspire some patrons to send in their own book talks. That would be an awesome outcome for sure.

So begin learning how to book talk your way tot the friendliest library in town right now.

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