The IT Leadership Program Forward was created to make the MOR IT Leadership Program’s process clear, supplement program discussions, and set the expectation that graduates would give back to the IT community.
Dan, Brenda, Brandon, and Deborah created the first Information and Technology Leadership Conference in December 2013. It was named “Information & Technology” instead of “Information Technology” to encourage broader participation from the library and other information groups.
These new initiatives addressed some specific needs or gaps, but Brandon, Brenda, and Deborah were still puzzled about how to go bigger and how to regularly engage the community in a meaningful way.