{"id":1562,"date":"2019-08-16T08:47:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T06:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2019-08-16T11:04:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T09:04:52","slug":"the-10-minute-library-advocate-31-remember-to-take-a-selfie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/2019\/08\/16\/the-10-minute-library-advocate-31-remember-to-take-a-selfie\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10-Minute Library Advocate #31: Remember to take a Selfie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1564\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/08\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-31.png\" alt=\"The 10-Minute Library Advocate #31: Remember to take a Selfie\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/08\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-31.png 849w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/08\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-31-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/08\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-31-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Advocacy needs to leave a trace.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to be able to build a relationship, it\u2019s important to show what you have already done, and achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Having evidence that you\u2019ve met a politician or other target makes it easier to follow up.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s great to have when talking about your advocacy to your colleagues and friends!<\/p>\n<p>So for our 31<sup>st<\/sup> 10-Minute Library Advocacy exercise, when you meet with a politician or other decision-maker, remember to take a selfie!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, depending on the person you\u2019re talking to, a traditional photo will also be good!<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s a great way of creating a sense of complicity, and even a sense of fun, as long as the person you are meeting seems likely to accept.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, people in power like having photos taken of them at work.<\/p>\n<p>You can also share it with the person you have met \u2013 they might want to be able to show they are meeting with stakeholders too.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>See the introduction and previous posts in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/tag\/everylibrariananadvocate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10-Minute Library Advocate<\/a> series and join the discussion in social media using the #EveryLibrarianAnAdvocate hashtag!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy needs to leave a trace. If you want to be able to build a relationship, it\u2019s important to show what you have already done, and achieved. Having evidence that you\u2019ve met a politician or other target makes it easier to follow up. And it\u2019s great to have when talking about your advocacy to your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":810,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26646,219,32,26647,26725],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-everylibrariananadvocate","tag-libraries","tag-library","tag-library-advocacy","tag-photo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1565,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562\/revisions\/1565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}