Reading Confessions!

Or, what we learned about Viral Video, Teens

and Reading.

We armed our kids….

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Reading = Yay! Reading = Meh. Do you read for fun?What do you read? (fiction, nonfiction,

genre?)Do you have a favorite book?A book you hated? (why?)What book are you most surprised you

read?Anything you’re embarrassed to have

read?Did you have a favorite book as a kid?Do you read magazines? (which ones?)Do you read blogs? (About what?)Do you read the newspaper/online news

sites?How do you decide what to read next?Where do you get the books you read?

(friends, family, library, store, school, other?)

Do you talk to anyone about the books you read?

Do any of your family/friends read for fun? If so, do they talk to you about what they read?

Do you read for fun?Why not?Did you read for fun when you were

younger?If so, what sorts of books did you read?Did you have a favorite book as a kid?Do you read magazines? (which ones?)Do you read blogs? (About what?)Do you read the newspaper/online news

sites?What sort of fiction storyline or nonfiction

subject might get you reading?If your best friend gave you a book and

said it was amazing, would you try it?

If your boyfriend or girlfriend did?Do any of your family/friends read for

fun? If so, do they tell you about what they

read?

The Response?

•108 confessions•69 girls, 39 boys

•Ages 12-19•Of the Girls • 59 said they read for fun

•Of the Boys • 18 said they read for fun

What We Learned

Everybody Loves the Hunger Games

Classics “Worth Your Time”

I Read Harry Potter, Now What?

Moving on From Hogwarts…

Lessons from the “Non-Readers”

It’s not what you recommend, it’s who recommends it.

Recommendations work both ways…

Non-Readers Do Read

I loved this as a kid…

The Effect

Message Posted Impressions Feedback

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March 23 at 3:40pm 232 1.7%

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If We Had To Do It Again…

Choose the right place…

and the right time.

It’s not about you!

Ask follow up questions

…but stay on script.

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