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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">Good afternoon Youth Services staff!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">Thank you to everyone who attended the listening session today, I think there was a lot of great discussion around possible slogan for 2024- Adventure and the theme for 2025. There is a Google
Form for submissions and that’s open until April 8<sup>th</sup>. Some things to think about before submitting your ideas:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">Definition of Theme: </span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">A single concept described in
<b>one or two</b> words</span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">Examples: Space, Oceanography, Music</span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">Themes should be short and concise; one or two words work best. </span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">Definition of Slogan: </span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">A short and striking or memorable phrase that promotes libraries, summer programming, and CSLP</span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">Examples:
<i>A Universe of Stories, Oceans of Possibilities, Libraries Rock</i></span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black">Slogans help narrow down a broad theme and are easily remembered.
<u>The slogan must be appropriate for all ages</u> (Early literacy, Children, Teens, Adults) and the concept of it must be able to translate to Spanish. While a slogan like “Kelp yeah!” is fun and memorable, it wouldn’t work for children and the translation
to Spanish wouldn’t have the same wordplay. </span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif;color:black;background:white">Slogans not chosen by State Reps may be used by the Manual committees for chapter headings.</span><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">Past themes/slogans can be found at:
<a href="https://www.cslpreads.org/programs/years-of-cslp-slogans/">https://www.cslpreads.org/programs/years-of-cslp-slogans/</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calisto MT",serif">The submission form can be found at:
<a href="https://forms.gle/ZrHmSShTTaRHpnpB9">https://forms.gle/ZrHmSShTTaRHpnpB9</a>. I look forward to reading all of your ideas, there have already been some great ones submitted!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#00B0F0">Deanne Dekle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#00B0F0">Youth Services Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#00B0F0">New Mexico State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#00B0F0">505-476-9705<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#00B0F0">1-800-340-3890<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#00B0F0"><a href="mailto:deanne.dekle@state.nm.us"><span style="color:#00B0F0">deanne.dekle@state.nm.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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