2025 Virtual Power Up: A Leadership Conference For Youth Services Managers & Staff
Dates: February 13-14, 2025
Location: Online
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Past Events:
Power Up 2024
Power Up 2022
Power Up 2019
Power Up 2017
Join youth services managers and staff for two days of virtual learning. Sessions will focus on leveling up your leadership skills, best practices for serving your community, and how to best support your team.
Each concurrent session will be presented live, and recordings will be available to registered attendees for 3-months.
Keynote Speaker: Kyle Lukoff
Kyle Lukoff is the author of many books for young readers. His debut middle-grade novel, Too Bright To See, received a Newbery honor, the Stonewall award, and was a National Book Award finalist.
His picture book When Aidan Became A Brother also won the Stonewall, and his book Call Me Max has been banned in schools across the country. He is the recipient of the 2025 Children’s Literature Lecture award, and has forthcoming books for all ages on a variety of topics. While becoming a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years, and then nine more years as a school librarian.