World Read Aloud Day 2014 Planning Calendar

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1 World Read Aloud Day 2014 Planning Calendar The calendar below includes suggested social media and event planning actions that you can take either as an individual or as a group to create excitement and joy around the World Read Aloud Day 2014 campaign. Use what feels helpful to you, but feel free to be creative and infuse your own voice and ideas into your social media posts and event plans. Keep up to date on all things World Read Aloud Day on our and Other key resources for World Read Aloud Day can be found on our website, litworld.org/wrad. November 1. Tell your network to register for World Read Aloud Day. Sample post: I will read aloud on March 5 for World Read Aloud Day, will you? #readaloud #wrad 2. Share the importance of reading aloud. Sample post: Reading aloud closes the word gap between high & low-income kids. Join the #readaloud movement: #wrad #2smalltofail 3. Tell your network where to find World Read Aloud Day resources. Sample post: The 2014 World Read Aloud Day activity packet has arrived! Download the free resource here: 4. Share the title of a book that you love to read aloud. Sample post: On March 5 I will read aloud from (title) for World Read Aloud Day. What will you read? #readaloud #wrad 1. Register your participation on LitWorld s website, litworld.org/wrad. 2. Download our customized event planning packet from our website, litworld.org/wrad.

2 December 1. Rally your friends and family to join the read aloud movement. Sample post: All children have the right to read. RT if you will celebrate World Read Aloud Day on March 5 #wrad #readaloud 2. Raise awareness about the importance of literacy. 793 million people cannot read or write. Stand up for literacy as a human right on World #ReadAloud Day 3. Share details about your own World Read Aloud Day celebration: On March 5 I will #readaloud with (insert details) in (insert location). How will you celebrate #wrad? 4. Remind your friends and followers that litworld.org offers free event planning and activity kits. Sample post: Visit to download free World Read Aloud Day activity and event planning packages! #wrad #readaloud 5. Fill in the blank. Sample post: My favorite thing about reading aloud is. #readaloud #wrad 1. Spark up some buzz and excitement around the day! Add it to your company calendar, book in some advertising space in your school newsletter and/or spread the word in your personal network. 2. If you are planning a larger event with special guests, reserve your venue space and begin to make arrangements with the guests you d like to include.

3 January : January 1, 2014 is the official launch of the World Read Aloud Day Campaign. 1. Help rally the world to read aloud by generating buzz and sharing the campaign with your friends, family, co-workers and community. Sample post: Let s get the whole world to #readaloud for a literate world on March 5. Register for World Read Aloud Day today: 2. Tell others how you will celebrate World Read Aloud Day. Sample post: March 5 is World #ReadAloud Day. I will celebrate by (insert details) Take the reading minutes challenge to support LitWorld s work around the world. Sample post: I m taking the World Read Aloud Day reading minutes challenge. Learn about it here: #readaloud 4. Make a statement. Sample post: Read aloud, read aloud, the key to everything: read aloud. Join the World Read Aloud Day movement: 5. Share a photo. Think about the phrase reading joy. Post a photo of what reading joy looks like to you and add these hashtags to your post: #readaloud #wrad #joy 1. Finalize your venue space and special guests. 2. Recruit attendees to come to your event. Some ideas include members of a community center, schools, after school programs and patrons from your local library. 3. Look through the World Read Aloud Day event packet you downloaded and prepare any materials you may need for the day. 4. If you are planning to do the Reading Minutes Challenge, encourage your participants to start gathering pledges. 5. Start advertising. Reach out to the same supporters from December and have them repost about the event. Find new places to promote World Read Aloud Day. Some ideas include posting in the local newspaper, creating flyers to post in shops, finding like-minded organizations who would like to work with you on the day and/or help advertise for the day.

4 February 1. The countdown is on. On February 5th give your social media network a one-month reminder. Sample post: World Read Aloud Day is 1 month away! Last year over 1 million people #readaloud, help make the movement even bigger this year: 2. Share your own read aloud actions. Sample post: I can t wait to #readaloud (name of book/poem/article) on March 5! What will you read on World Read Aloud Day? 3. Remind your network what World Read Aloud Day is all about: the transformative power of literacy. Sample post: The power of story belongs to everyone. #ReadAloud on March 5 for the 793 million people who cannot read or write Keep your network posted on your reading minutes challenge. Sample post: Since (date you started challenge) I ve read for (number of minutes you ve read) minutes. Catch me if you can! Take the challenge here: 1. Finalize any last-minute details on venue, guests and attendees. 2. Continue the advertising from January and create more excitement by promoting your special guest appearances. 3. Continue gathering pledges for the Reading Minutes Challenge. 4. Begin any post-event prep that you can. For example, you can create a list of thank you notes that you can send out after the event.

5 March 1. World Read Aloud Day is right around the corner. Start a daily countdown to your celebration to share your excitement for the big day! Sample posts: Only 5 more days until World Read Aloud Day! There s still time to register and gather family & friends for a #readaloud party: I am part of the worldwide movement for global literacy. I hope you'll #readaloud on World Read Aloud Day too: Today is World Read Aloud Day! Worldwide people will #readaloud for the transforming power of literacy & story On World Read Aloud Day share live updates from your celebration! Don t forget to include pictures and the hashtags #readaloud and #wrad so that LitWorld can share and retweet your acts of reading kindness! 1. Host your event and have fun! 2. Create a photo album on Facebook and share it on the LitWorld Facebook page. 3. Blog about it and tweet us the link or send it to info@litworld.org so we can share with our network too! 4. Send thank you notes to all your supporters.