{"id":21759,"date":"2025-09-08T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/?p=21759"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T21:14:40","slug":"directors-insights-reconnecting-rebuilding-and-reaching-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/directors-insights-reconnecting-rebuilding-and-reaching-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Director&#8217;s Insights: Reconnecting, Rebuilding, and Reaching Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"441\">It\u2019s a wonderful feeling to be writing another <em data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"211\">Director&#8217;s Insights<\/em> entry for Region 5! The past few months have brought their share of challenges for both our team and the Network, but we\u2019re energized and ready to continue this important work alongside our members and partners across the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"528\">As we reinstate our program, here\u2019s what you can expect from us in the coming months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"528\"><strong data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"575\">The return of our popular Weekly Digest<\/strong>, where you\u2019ll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/about\/regions\/region5\">find updates<\/a> on Region 5 activities, upcoming webinars, trainings, and highlights from the NNLM and our partners &#8211; locally and nationwide.<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"767\">Continued learning and engagement<\/strong> from the Region 5 staff, who will be participating in NNLM trainings and professional development opportunities. Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\">check out our calendar of events<\/a> to see what\u2019s coming up!<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"953\" data-end=\"974\">Stories of impact &#8211; <\/strong>we\u2019ll be sharing how Region 5 programs have made a difference since 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/about\/regions\/region5\">Stay tuned to our communication channels<\/a> to learn more about the long-term impact of our funding, outreach, and training efforts over the past five years.<\/li>\n<li><strong data-start=\"1209\" data-end=\"1238\">New funding opportunities<\/strong> will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/funding\">soon become available<\/a> to support outreach initiatives and the professional development of our Network members. Stay tuned!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1540\">And of course &#8211; we want to hear from you! Share your ideas, feedback, or questions by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/R5-suggestion-box\">visiting the digital suggestion box<\/a> on the Region 5 homepage. Your input helps shape our work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a wonderful feeling to be writing another Director&#8217;s Insights entry for Region 5! The past few months have brought their share of challenges for both our team and the Network, but we\u2019re energized and ready to continue this important work alongside our members and partners across the region. As we reinstate our program, here\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/directors-insights-reconnecting-rebuilding-and-reaching-forward\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3001,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[30,445,325,93,191,446,74,432],"class_list":["post-21759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-funding","tag-learning","tag-nnlm-region-5","tag-outreach","tag-professional-development","tag-suggestion-box","tag-training","tag-weekly-digest"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3001"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21759"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21768,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21759\/revisions\/21768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}