Workshops

Committee Programs

Management Training Series

Library Leadership Ohio

Teen Poetry Slams

Saturday, September 20, 2022
1:30:00 PM - 3:30:00 PM

Location:
Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library

Cost:
$20 CAMLS Members
$25 Affiliate Members
$40 Non-members
Free for guests/speakers

Deadline: Saturday, September 13, 2022
Limit: 35
Registered Now: 13
Contact Hours: 2

**Notes:
Fee includes refreshments and materials

Got Slam? Come and learn how to present a poetry slam, hear real teens present their poetry and describe their slam experiences at the library. Then try your hand at a little friendly poetry competition.

Course Content

Learn the structure and rules of poetry slam.
Learn what to do with questions of censorship and mature content.
Find out how to promote the slam in your community, recruit teen poets and reward the poets who compete.

Audience: Teen or Young Adult librarians or anyone interested in enchancing the library experience for teens.

Presenter:
Nancy Levin is the Young Adult Services Coordinator at the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library where she has worked since 1998. She has served as Children's Services Librarian and as Children's Associate. Teens from ages 11-19 have been slammin' at her library and on the road in team and individual competitions with great success and huge crowds coming to watch! Before becoming a librrian, Levin was a photo-editor at The Associated Press and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. She also served in the curatorial department at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House in Rochester, NY.