April 2010 Issue 44
01 SUSAN BOYLE
Live Your Dreams

Randy Pausch

Susan Boyle made a promise to her mother that she would someday enter a singing contest. Her dear mother passed away and without fanfare Susan entered Britain’s Got Talent. As she walked on stage, 47 year old Susan was greeted by a surprised and skeptical audience. And then, as if the world stopped for just a moment, she captured the audience and stunned the judges as she sang, “I Dreamed a Dream.” Indeed she had. Millions around the world became acquainted with her phenomenal performance which has now been seen over and over again on the internet.

Who was she, where did she come from, and the most often heard query—where has she been?!

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02 NEW RADIO PSAS
Sportsmanship & Optimism

Visit our website and listen to our two new radio PSAs! Sportsmanship features the great story of teammates Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace carrying their opponent Sara Tucholsky around the bases after she was injured hitting the winning home run.

You can also listen to Thomas Edison’s PSA featuring the Value of Optimism. Imagine if Thomas Edison had let failure keep him from trying! Instead, he kept at it. And at the 10,000th try, there was light!

03 MOBILE SITE
Values.com from your Cell Phone!

Now you can visit Values.com from your phone! We created a special version of our site for those of you with smartphones, making it easier to watch the TV spots and browse the billboards while on-the-go. Try it out today!

04 FREE POSTERS & DVDS
Featuring New Posters and Videos

We have a new poster set available—Jackie Robinson, Nola Ochs and Preparation. We also include a DVD of our TV spots in each set of posters, featuring our latest TV spots Breakaway and Wet Cement and many others. If you work at a school, college or university, non-profit, hospital, church, corporation, etc. request yours today! Just visit: www.values.com/media_requests/new/school.

 

05 CREATE YOUR OWN BILLBOARD
at Values.com

case study Is there someone special in your life you would like to honor? Do you want to share your own remarkable story with everyone? Why not make a billboard?! Upload a photo, write a line, select a value…and you’ve just made your own billboard! Get started now.

06 VISIT OUR SISTER FOUNDATION
The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

Visit our sister foundation, The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, with ideas on how to promote Random Acts of Kindness in your school, community, or personal life. www.actsofkindness.org

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