Organizations where people share values—families, religious organizations, fraternal ones, even businesses—have important stories to pass on to the people who come after them. If you have a story to tell, make 2015 the year you get it on paper—or maybe on the internet. In this class, Katharine Hadow Ploense, will teach you effective ways to present it: newsletter, article, book, website, or some combination. You’ll bring your facts, your anecdotes and your pictures. You’ll round them out with library research and internet research.
You’ll decide on your main theme, and you’ll begin chronicling it. You’ll spend part of each class in a formal discussion, and part in a studio setting where you can collaborate, research and ask questions one-on-one. The pace of the class will be rapid, so please plan to attend all five sessions on January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Tri Kappa Meeting Room at the Crown Point Library.
Materials needed: If you’re averse to high-tech you can do everything with paper, ink and a library card. However, we will have library laptops available in the class to assist you or you may bring your own laptop. A USB drive (which can be purchased for $8 at the library’s front desk) is useful if you plan to use technology to continue your story in the future. If you own a digital camera, you may wish to bring that as well. There won’t be time for instruction on any technological devices, but you may enjoy utilizing the above devices if you are already familiar with them.
Space is limited, please register by calling the Reference Department at 306-4593.
Instructor: Katharine Hadow Ploense is a freelance writer and marketing consultant in Crown Point. She writes for magazines including the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society Journal, the journal of the Canadian Library Association, and Law & Order (the magazine, not the television show). She has written a culinary history book. Right now, she’s researching and writing the story of a family business.