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1. DEPT. OF STATE
ANNUAL MEETING
Product
Revisions
Product
Analysis
Product
Improvement

2. MORNING SESSION
Times What is happening
8:30am Assemble
9:00am Introduction
9:30am Year in review (Best Sellers and
Solid Backlist Titles
10:00am Revisions
12:15am Lunch break
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3. AFTERNOON SESSION
• 1:00 TITLE LIST
• COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
• FRENCH, SPANISH, JAPANESE CORE PRODUCTS
• NEW ELECTRONIC ANCILLARIES
• ACQUISITION CANDIDATES
• UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONS FROM PROFESSORS
• NEW TITLES NOW UNDER CONTRACT
• ROUNDING OUT THE LIST
• CONCLUSION
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4. PRODUCT REVISIONS
• REVISED LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
• SPANISH; LEVELS 2 & 3 (LOCAL EDITIONS ONLY)
• ARABIC; LEVEL 3
• GERMAN; LEVEL 2
• REVISED SYSTEMS
• COMPUTER ACCESS SYSTEMS
• INTERNET LIVECAST
One Global
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5. SPANISH REVISION
• LEVEL 4
• UPDATE ESSAYS WITH CURRENT CONTENT
• UPDATE GRAMMAR SECTIONS FOR CONTEMPORARY USAGE
• SPANISH CONVERSATION PRACTICE
• REVIEW IDIOMS FOR CONTEMPORARY USAGE
• CHARACTERS SHOULD REFLECT ETHNIC DIVERSITY
• APPROPRIATE GENDER SPEAKERS
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6. CHINESE REVISION
• LEVELS 1 & 2
• EXAMINE FOR OUTDATED POLITICAL REFERENCES
• CHECK REGIONAL COVERAGE
• UPDATE WITH CURRENT VOCABULARY
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7. JAPANESE REVISION
• LEVEL 3
• ADD DIALOGS
• REVIEW PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTIONS
• ADD NOTES ON BODY LANGUAGE
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8. PRODUCT ANALYSIS
• COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS
• CORE LANGUAGES
• ENGLISH AND SPANISH
• COMPETITION
• 3RD PARTY REVIEWS
• PROGRAM STATISTICS
One Global
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9. PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS
• NEW ELECTRONIC ANCILLARIES
• RICH AUDIO TRACKS
• IMPROVED VIDEO DISPLAYS
• MORE INTERACTIVITY OPTIONS
• TRADITIONAL SELLERS INITIATIVES
One Global
Alexis Feggins

10. NEW TITLES
• ON-LINE TITLES
• FRENCH; LEVEL 4
• VIETNAMESE; LEVEL 3
• CD-ROM TITLES
• HINDI; LEVEL 3
• PUNJABI; LEVEL 2
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11. -100
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Top 10 Spoken Languages (in millions)
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12. TRANSLATE
• BE WISELY WORLDLY, BUT NOT WORLDLY WISE. (ENGLISH)
• ‫كن‬‫الدنيوية‬ ‫الحكمة‬ ‫من‬ ‫ليس‬ ‫ولكن‬ ،‫بحكمة‬ ‫الدنيوية‬. (ARABIC)
• WHAT YOU SPEND YEARS BUILDING MAY BE DESTROYED OVERNIGHT. BUILD
ANYWAY. (ENGLISH)
• LO QUE PASA AÑOS EN CONSTRUIR PUEDE SER DESTRUIDO DURANTE LA NOCHE.
CONSTRUIR DE TODOS MODOS. (SPANISH)
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