Organizational change takes a focused and thoughtful approach in order to ensure buy-in and success. It is human nature for those involved to want to understand the rationale behind required change. Therefore, models can be valuable frameworks for organizational leaders to effectively lead changes.

Answer the following questions as if you were a leader in an organization tasked with implementing change. You can review what an "elevator speech" below before you \start.

• Which change model do you feel would work best for your identified educational system? Why?
• As a leader, what questions would you ask before implementing a change?
• What support are you ready to provide?
• Prepare and share an "elevator speech" for why change is important.

Elevator speech View this link https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/ESSA%20Elevator%20Speech_Revised.pdf

An elevator speech a message intended to spur decision makers to action. An elevator speech must be short, specific, and memorable. It is important to have your elevator speech rehearsed and ready because you never know when you'll have an opportunity to use it!

Who is the audience for my elevator speech?

For school librarians, decision-makers can be school principals, parent organizations, district administrators, elected officials, community partners and more. It's good to have a few elevator speeches ready--or a few versions of the same speech--so that you can quickly shift to address the audience in front of you. The graphic below illustrates how to develop your elevator speech, and the PDF document attached provides a specific example.

Crafting the elevator speech