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As NFLS prepares to move its website to a new platform in the year 2025, this post replaces of many of the Additional marketing and communication tips, tools & resources links that have been provided on its Marketing and Communication resources webpage to date.

​At the top level, these resources categories include:

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Here are the headlines from the January 10, 2025, 📣 Nic News Weekly:  

• Travel Rates increased for 2025 

• Winter 2025 issue of WLA News 

• Grants & Scholarships 
  • 2025 NFLS Grant Applications available 
  • Talk Story: Sharing Stories, Sharing Culture 

• Library Employment 
  • Hiring: Youth Services Librarian, S. Verna Fowler Academic/Menominee Public Library 
  • Appleton Public Library is hiring 

• Program Ideas & Resources 
  • Valentines for Wisconsin Veterans 
  • Unemployment 1099-G Tax Information Desk Guide 

• Learning Opportunities for Libraries 
  • Library Director Certifications 
  • Register for the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web virtual conference 
  • Welcome to TechSoup: New Member Orientation and Q & A 
  • Learning Opportunities Calendar – new items added 

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Here are the headlines from the December 20, 2024 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• The holiday season is a time for joy and love.  

• Holiday break 

• WLA Updates 
  • WLA volunteer opportunities for 2025 
  • WLA Inclusive Services SIG is seeking a new leader 
  • YSS Virtual Performers Showcase - purchase directory and recording access 
• Adult Services resource: Entrepreneur In Training Partnership from UW-Extension 

• Learning Opportunities for Libraries 
  • 2024 OverDrive Training Wrapped: The best on-demand training for public librarians 
  • Learning opportunities calendar additions 

 
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The NFLS News is a bi-monthly newsletter highlighting all the great things the member libraries of the Nicolet Federated Library System are doing throughout our communities. 
 
Read the November 2024 NFLS News for the latest news from a few of our member libraries and others. Topics include: 

• Meet Kristie Hauer, Assistant System Director of Nicolet Federated Library System 

• JobPod announces partnership with Microsoft 

• Door County Reads title announced for 2025 

• Kewaunee Public Library hosts Great Lakes, Great Read author visit with Sally Cole-Misch 

• Gillett Public Library honors veterans 

• Door County resident inducted into Wisconsin Library Hall of Fame 

 
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Here are the headlines from the November 8, 2024 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• Resources for supporting Veterans and military-affiliated patrons 

• WPLC Library Staff Survey due November 15 

• Library Employment Opportunities 
  • Public Library Services Position - Wisconsin Valley Library Service 
  • Find more library employment opportunities throughout northeastern Wisconsin here 

• WLA Inclusive Services SIG Survey due November 11 

• Youth Services Reminders & Resources 
  • CSLP Newsletter 
  • LibraryCon Live November 14th 
  • Jump start your SLP programming with the YSS Performers Showcase 
  • Apply for the PBS KIDS Community Learning Cohort by November 15 
• Learning Opportunities for Libraries 
  • Section 508 Best Practices Webinar: Essential Strategies for Creating Accessible Social Media Content 
  • New learning opportunities added 

 
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Here are the headlines from the October 25, 2024 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• JobPod announces partnership with Microsoft 

• WI Library Buildings & Spaces website adds new resources 

• CCBC Starred Review hands-on book examination Nov. 18-22 

• Library Employment Opportunities 
  • Library Director - Black Creek Village Library 
  • Adult Services Librarian - Neenah Public Library 
  • Find more library employment opportunities here. 
• Building Equity-Based Summers Public Library Cohort 

• Learning Opportunities Calendar 

 
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JobPod, an innovative initiative dedicated to connecting job seekers with quality employment resources through public libraries, proudly announces its new “Powered by Microsoft” status.

The partnership was officially launched at a special event on October 22, 2024, at the Brown County East Branch Library in Green Bay, bringing together community leaders and stakeholders to celebrate this pivotal collaboration.

The event featured notable speakers, including Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, Microsoft US TechSpark Fellows Program Manager Michelle Schuler, Bay Area Workforce Development Board Executive Director Vickie Patterson, and Nicolet Federated Library System Director Tracy Vreeke. Together, they underscored the importance of leveraging training and technology to empower individuals in their job search efforts across Wisconsin.

JobPod aims to merge the welcoming spaces of community libraries with essential workforce development services, offering a comprehensive range of job services and resources. This innovative model ensures that job seekers can find the support they need, regardless of their location.

Through its collaboration with Microsoft, JobPod is positioned to provide robust training in digital literacy and technology skills. This initiative will facilitate opportunities for community members to learn, grow, and succeed in a rapidly evolving job market.

For more information about JobPod, please visit jobpodwi.org.

Here are the headlines from the October 18, 2024 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• WiLS Ideas to Action Fund 
  

• Hiring: Library Technician – Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Library 
  

• Jumpstart your summer programming with the YSS Virtual Performers Showcase 
  

• OverDrive's Check Out Your Library campaign 
  

• Participate in the Enhancing Digital Collections Stewardship Learning Group 
  

• New learning opportunities 
  

 
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Here are the headlines from the October 11, 2024 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• WLA leadership role elections 

• ALA 2025 scholarship application open through March 1 

• Library Employment Opportunities 
  • Library Director - Ethel Everhard Memorial Library 
  • Adult Services Librarian - Information and Outreach Services, Fond du Lac Public Libary 
  • Review more library job opportunities here. 
• Learning Opportunities for Libraries Calendar 

 
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The NFLS News is a bi-monthly newsletter highlighting all the great things the member libraries of the Nicolet Federated Library System are doing throughout our communities. 
 
Read the October 2024 NFLS News for the latest news from a few of our member libraries and others. Topics include: 

• 2024 InfoSoup Library Road Trip comes to a successful end 

• New Director at Marinette County Consolidated Public Library Service 

• Two Oconto County libraries host National Night Out 

• Florence County Library introduces Nature's Nook 

• DPI Assistant State Superintendent celebrates Library Card Signup Month with Door County Libraries 

• Brown County Central Library celebrates 50th Anniversary 

• Brown County Library home of two 2024 WLA Award recipients 

• Lena Public Library hosts Kiddie Carnival 

 
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Here are the headlines from the October 4, 2024 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• Get in the Game: DPI & Washington State Library awarded grant for games-based library services 

• Explore your public library dashboards this fall 

• Get to know the WPLC 

• ​Library Program Ideas & Resources 
  • ASLdeafined.com: Links with libraries to expand access to ASL learning 
  • Book Dinosaurs Dimensions for next summer 
  • New BadgerLink resource highlights 
  • CSLP Newsletter: September 2024 

• A new update to the ADA has big implications for libraries 

• Learning Opportunities for Libraries 
  • Technology CE available for Website ADA standards training 
  • WLA Conference Volunteers Needed 
  • Learning Opportunities Calendar 

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Here are the headlines from the September 6, 2024 📢 Nic News Weekly:  

• Two new resource highlights from BadgerLink 
  • Britannica Library – Young Children 
  • ChiltonLibrary 

• Nic News Weekly resumes in October
• Wisconsin Humanities Opportunity Grants
  

• Library Employment Opportunities 
  • Assistant System Director - Nicolet Federated Library System
  • Youth Services Librarian - S. Verna Fowler Academic / Menominee Public Library
  • Librarian - Coleman Branch, Marinette County Consolidated Public Library Service 
  • Library Aide – Algoma Public Library 
  • Library Director - Ripon Public Library 
• Learning Opportunities for Libraries 
  • Register for the 2024 WLA Annual Conference 
  • Learning Opportunities Calendar 

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Gillett Public Library hosted another successful National Night Out, raising over $750 for the Gillett Fire Department.

Multiple community organizations contributed to the event, including the Gillett Women’s Club, which held a Bake Sale; Gillett VFW Post 8314, which made ice cream sundaes; and the Gillett Area Chamber of Commerce, which organized a cookout fundraiser.

Local restaurants offered a variety of choices including La Mexicana and OJ’s Midtown. American Legion Post 300, Gillett Police Department, Oconto County Family Services, and the Marinette and Oconto Literacy Council staffed informational tables.

Local band Homegrown entertained the crowd with classic rock tunes. The Tattooed Mannequin provided face painting for the crowd. Gillett Public Library Board members staffed a raffle table with a variety of prizes. Tanya Dittman made balloon animals for the kids. Saputo Cheese provided over 1,000 pounds of cheese for the event. Steve Frederick provided a trailer to take people to Zippel Park, where Eagle III landed.  

The NFLS News is a bi-monthly newsletter highlighting all the great things the member libraries of the Nicolet Federated Library System are doing throughout our communities. 
 
Read the July 2024 NFLS News for the latest news from a few of our member libraries and others. Topics include: 

• Gillett Public Library receives AED 
  

• Lakes Country Library hosts dedication ceremony 
  

• Kewaunee Public Library adds automatic doors with accessibility grant 
  

• Algoma Public Library offers Backpack Bounties kits thanks to local Eagle Scout service project 
  

• Explore the gardens at three Marinette County Consolidated Public Library Service library branches 
  

• Shawano County Library awarded Teen Inclusive Internship Grant 
  

• Play Make Learn Conference promotes play & creativity 
  

 
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