Literacy Awareness Toolkit

Literacy! is an ongoing initiative to build awareness of, and support for literacy programs and students across Colorado. Below are tools you can use to learn more about the Literacy! campaign.

• Literacy! Powerpoint Presentation
  Background and introduction to the Literacy! campaign
• Marketing Your Organization (.ppt)
  10 steps for effective marketing of literacy organizations
• Literacy! Elevator Speech (video)
  An elevator speech is a technique you can use in professional and casual encounters to tell others in 30 seconds about your program and the Literacy! campaign.
• Colorado Adult Literacy Fact Book - April 2001
• How to donate to Literacy! (coming soon...)

Webbes

• Literacy! Webbe - Creating and Customizing Your Elevator Speech
  This is an online booklet to walk you through the NERSA steps of an elevator speech.
  Printable version Front, Printable Version Back, Printable version duplex.
  (Note: You may have to experiment with your printer to get the right back-to-back alignment. When printing the duplex version, flip the paper on the long side.)
• Educating and Lobbying your Legislators
• Marketing Webbe
  (You will need RealeReader 1.1.7 to view webbes. Download it for free here.)