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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 12.8.11 / [email protected]
A Presentation for the Literacy Council of West Alabama by the 2011 LITE Officers
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• 2008: created as class project to fight FI – 200 UA students -> 80 tutors
• 2009: student organization established – 800 UA students -> 250 tutors
• 2010: expanding goals – 1,148 students -> 350 tutors
Previous LITE Campaigns
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• Conduct Research
• Set Measurable Objectives
• Plan, Carry out Programming
• Complete Evaluation
R.O.P.E.
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• Primary
– Met with LCWA members
• Secondary
– Review of past LITE campaigns
– Research for Backgrounders
– Review of relevant databases
Primary/Secondary
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• Increase awareness of functional illiteracy
• Recruit volunteers
• Raise funds
• Support the work of the LCWA
LITE’s Overall Goals
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• Create/Produce communication suite
– Flyers, print ads, brochures, feature stories, PSAs, promotional video, stickers
• Stage special events at UA
• Recruit at least 100 new volunteers
• Raise $2500 dollars for LCWA
Specific 2011 Campaign Objectives
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• Interpersonal communication regarding FI – Used to engage diverse audiences
• Build partnerships/relationships to drive campaign
• Flood various communication channels with key messages
Strategies used to accomplish objectives
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1. Functional illiteracy is a global issue and a serious local problem.
– 1 in 4 Alabamians is functionally illiterate
– 40 million U.S. adults can’t read or are
functionally illiterate – 40 percent of fourth graders in Alabama can’t
read at grade level
Messages used to carry out strategies
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2. Literacy is a community-wide issue, and you are a part of the solution.
– Become a tutor and change a life: it only takes one to two hours each week.
– Make a donation to the LCWA to fight illiteracy
– Help with fundraisers/other literacy-related events and activities
Messages used to carry out strategies
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3. 3. LCWA champions the power of literacy to improve lives and communities in West Alabama: Our goal is 100 percent literacy. – Coordinate and support literacy programs in
nine counties in the region
– Partners with businesses, universities, groups and clubs to fight functional illiteracy
– Increases awareness of functional illiteracy and advocates for change
Messages used to carry out strategies
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4. Functional illiteracy bears heavy costs for individuals, families, work places and communities. – 43 percent of Alabamians who can’t read live
in poverty. – 70 percent of Alabama’s prisoners are
functionally illiterate – 40 percent of students drop out of high
school---mostly because they can’t read. – The annual cost of illiteracy in the U.S. is $590
billion dollars.
Messages used to carry out strategies
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1. Funders
2. Adult Learners
3. Volunteers
4. Community Groups
For our messages
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• Flyers, brochures, stickers and signs
– Targeting various audiences
– Distributed to strategic locations
• Distributed special flyer promoting Zoe’s Fundraiser
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
Empower Literacy: Push Me
For the first treatment, we wanted something:
• Clean • Modern • Simple • Sparse The design team acknowledged and agreed
with the class-wide affinity for the “empower
literacy” motif.
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Distilled from…
Empower Literacy The prevailing visual theme.
QR Code A modern driver for traffic
It only takes a little… Key message found in several Ads.
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
Discover Literacy
For the next treatment, we wanted something:
• Visually interesting • Modern • Message-Oriented
This take focused heavily on creative
attention-grabbing strategies.
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
Distilled from…
Diverse Community Visuals that depict an entire community bettered by Literacy
LCWA-Provided Copy Meant to target funders
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
Nourish a Life
For the final treatment, we wanted something:
• Pathos-heavy • Folksy • Less… ‘clean’
Kids. Kids. & More Kids.
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
Distilled from…
Nourish a life The prevailing visual theme.
Pictures of Children Found in many Ads, the class agreed this is a powerful tactic.
Growth rhetoric We chose a tagline from those Ads that complement the visual style.
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
Empower Literacy: Imagine
For the next treatment, we wanted something:
• Funder-driven • Positive • Community-Oriented
A peek at the diverse, yet local approach
“Imagine Literacy” takes.
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APR 572 – Dr. Berger 256.426.6578 / [email protected]
Distilled from…
Strong Messaging Copy that explicates and details the problem.
Taglines aplenty Why not use them all?
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• Prepared 3 targeted television PSA’s
– Partners: WVUA-TV, the Tuscaloosa Public Library, the LCWA
– Engaged four adult learners and one tutor
• Prepared promotional video
– Partners: TCF students, Creative Campus
– Connected Quidditch on the Quad to literacy efforts in West Alabama
Video Production
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PSA1 – It’s never too late to learn how to read
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Online
• Electronic News Releases • Feature stories on LITE,
LCWA website • Paypal • LITE Website • Gmail
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Online
• Promoted events via Facebook and Twitter
• Shared Images of events • Built Literacy Awareness
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• Hosted information and recruiting tables at the Ferguson Center November 7- 10 and at Quidditch on the Quad on November 13th
-Partnered with Read Alabama
• Created personal elevator pitches to inform, recruit students
Interpersonal
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• Deliver recruiting presentations to UA classes, groups, Greek Organizations during November 7-15
• Hosted Chapter “Dress Down” with Gamma Phi Beta sorority on November 9, 2011
Interpersonal
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• Distributed ___ flyers
• Distributed ___ brochures
• Distributed ____ stickers
• Produced and distributed 3 TV PSAs
• Produced and distributed 1 Internet promotional video
Results
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• Two news releases; 6 news stories
• 14 feature stories
• Launched new LITE website
• Revitalized Facebook and Twitter accounts
Results
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• Spoke with ____ UA students at the Ferguson center information tables
• Spoke with ____ people at Quidditch on the Quad
• Presented to ____ students in ___ classes
• Distributed materials to 19 Greek organizations
Results
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• Recruited 204 students to serve as tutors
-___ multi focus volunteers
-___child tutors
-___adult tutors
-___ESL assistants
Results
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• Tutor training (January)
• Continue to message
– Run PSAs at Cobb Theatre during previews
• Potential partnership with YMCA as tutor location
• Share LITE’s story with other colleges and universities
It doesn’t end here…
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