Our 2026 theme:
Excellence Begins with the Essentials;
Helping Your Boards to SOAR!
Thursday, May 14, 2026
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Registration will begin in February 2026. Stay tuned!
Please consider being a sponsor table!
We accept credit cards and checks.
Checks: If mailing a check, after clicking on "tickets", look for the "promo code" box on the top left and enter mailingcheck (one word). Be sure to click on "apply" after that. Then follow the prompts.
Make check payable to: Serving with a Purpose
Mail check to:
Corona Public Library 650 S. Main St Corona CA 92882 Att: Serving
Be sure to mail your check amount according to the fee schedule. If check arrives late and the fee has gone up, you will be charged the higher fee.
2026 CONFERENCE THEME
Excellence Begins with the Essentials; Helping Your Boards to SOAR!
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Your registration will include a gourmet continental breakfast, catered sit-down lunch and conference materials.
Please consider supporting this conference by becoming a "Table Sponsor". By doing so, you are displaying that you value libraries and the people who advocate for them. Each year we try to keep registration prices as low as possible and your sponsorship assists us with this priority. The price of the Table Sponsorship is $900 and includes 8 registrations, special acknowledgement in conference PR, agenda and program, 8 copies of our author’s newest novel, and premium table placement in main conference area. Please look for the special ticket during purchasing.
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SPEAKERS
Our keynote:
Amanda ReCupido leads strategic planning efforts for nonprofit clients encompassing fundraising and communications, staff and board engagement, issues mitigation and more. Under her leadership, the Downers Grove Public Library Foundation has increased its fundraising and community awareness, including its first-ever signature event, matching donor and major grant. Amanda is a frequent speaker in the media, on podcasts and at events about the importance of libraries as vital public institutions.
Learn more at amandarecupido.com.
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Our author is Steven Rowley. Steven is the New York Times best-selling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, The Editor, named by NPR as one of the Best Books of 2019, The Guncle, a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for 2021 Novel of the Year and winner of the 22nd Thurber Prize for American Humor, and The Celebrants, a TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club pick. His fiction has been published in twenty languages. All of his books are in development for feature film or television adaptation. Originally from Portland, Maine, he is a graduate of Emerson College and currently resides in Palm Springs with his husband, the writer Byron Lane, and two rescue dogs. His newest novel is Take Me With You. Steven brings his resonant wit and emotional insight to an epic love story – an exploration of the forces that draw two people into the same orbit and the gravity that threatens to pull them apart. We are thrilled to be able to offer his new book before it is officially published.
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CONFERENCE
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SCHEDULE
(Subject to Change)
AM
8:00
Check In
Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcome
9:15
Keynote Speaker:
Amanda ReCupido
PM
12:00
Sit-down catered lunch
1:20
TBD
2:00
TBD
10:15
Break
2:10
Roundtable discussions
10:45
Author Steven Rowley
followed by Q and A
and Book Signing
3:30
Closing Session
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
INFORMATION
ACCOMMODATIONS
Holiday Inn Ontario Airport
2155 E. Convention Center Way
Here's the booking link
1. Go to
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/ontario/ontha/hoteldetail
2. Select a check-in and check-out date between - to -
3. Go to the drop down menu under Rate Preference
4. Select Group Rate
5. On the Group Code, put SWP
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PARKING
Ontario Convention Center
has ample parking available.
Conference attendees receive FREE parking!
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