Dear all, Greetings We would like to invite you to attend – and participate in – the 2023 pitch competition on Thursday, May 4, 3-4 pm EST (plus networking time) via Zoom: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUodOmsrDguGNdqrU-Blphn0w5TA..., or use the registration link on https://entrelib.org/elcpc2023/ Participants can watch the pitches, vote for the audience choice award, learn who won this year, engage in a facilitated discussion, network with other librarians, and celebrate with the winners! Thank you to EBSCO and ALA Libraries Build Building for sponsoring. We will be giving away $10,000 total to the top 5 libraries in the competition: 1st place: $4,000 2nd place: $2,500 3rd place: $1,500 4th & 5th place (tie): $500 Audience choice award: $1,000 (added to that library’s prize) The five contestants: Emily Tobin West Bloomfield Township Public Library (MI) “Community Business Works” Hillary Peppers St. Louis County Library (MO) “Pitch Perfect: Empowering Encore Entrepreneurs” Jennifer Byrnes Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County (NY) “The Accidental Cannabis Czar: Helping Patrons Navigate the Legal Cannabis Industry” Karly Feinberg Baltimore County Public Library (MD) “Clean Start: Supporting the Reentry Community” Matt McNally Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (NV) “Teen Tycoons” This year, all the pitches focus on local equity issues or marginalized populations and communities. Details at https://entrelib.org/elcpc2023/. We are looking forward to meeting you Thank you! Best regards, Leili Seifi On behalf of the ELC 2023 pitch competition Planning team -- Regards, Leili Seifi, PhD Associate Professor Department of Knowledge & Information Science Faculty of Behavioral Science University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran Tel(Office): +98 56 31026855 https://cv.birjand.ac.ir/seifi/en -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.