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Page 1: Brand Style Guide Draft 04 15 June 2012 - Amazon S3s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glyndebourne-ss3-dev/gly_styleguide_… · Brand architecture 1.15 Image style 1.16 Getting it right

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nd S

tyle

Gui

deD

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04

15

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1.1

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N A

BO

UT

TH

ES

E G

UID

EL

INE

S

TH

IS D

OC

UM

EN

T is

a g

uide

to th

e br

and

com

mun

icat

ion

styl

e fo

r Gly

ndeb

ourn

e. It

is a

n ai

d fo

r eve

rybo

dy w

ho w

orks

wit

h th

e br

and.

W

heth

er y

ou a

re co

mm

issi

onin

g, d

esig

ning

or

deliv

erin

g br

and

mat

eria

ls, e

ithe

r as a

mem

ber

of s

taff

or a

n ex

tern

al a

genc

y, y

ou w

ill fi

nd

info

rmat

ion

abou

t wha

t the

bra

nd s

tand

s for

, an

d ho

w th

e cr

eati

ve e

lem

ents

fit t

oget

her

wit

hin

our c

omm

unic

atio

ns. T

here

are

als

o ex

ampl

es o

f var

ious

app

licat

ions

illu

stra

ting

how

to

bri

ng th

e br

and

to li

fe.

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

Abo

ut th

ese

guid

elin

es

1.1

Abo

ut b

rand

s 1

.2Th

e G

lynd

ebou

rne

bran

d 1

.3Re

view

ing

crea

tive

wor

k 1

.8M

akin

g it

wor

k sm

ooth

ly

1.8

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loss

ary

of k

ey b

rand

term

s 1

.8.2

BA

SIC

EL

EM

EN

TS

Logo

type

1

.9Lo

goty

pe w

ith

cres

t 1

.10

Logo

type

wit

h cr

est l

ock-

up

1.1

1Lo

goty

pe sp

ecia

l var

iati

ons

1.1

2Co

lour

1

.13

Typo

grap

hy

1.1

4Br

and

arch

itect

ure

1.1

5Im

age

styl

e 1

.16

Get

ting

it ri

ght

1.1

9

TO

NE

OF

VO

ICE

Wha

t is a

tone

of v

oice

? 2

.14

Thin

gs to

kee

p in

min

d 2

.35

Gol

den

rule

s 2

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Wri

ting

For

the

Web

2

.7

EX

AM

PL

ES

Brin

ging

it a

ll to

geth

er

3.1

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A S

TR

ON

G B

RA

ND

is o

ne

of t

he

mos

t val

uab

le

asse

ts a

n o

rgan

isat

ion

ow

ns.

It te

lls

the

wor

ld

wh

o th

e or

gan

isat

ion

is.

The

best

bra

nds

are

bu

ilt o

n a

n id

ea t

hat

sh

apes

ev

eryt

hin

g th

at a

n o

rgan

isat

ion

doe

s. It

reac

hes

ac

ross

th

e or

gan

isat

ion

from

th

e sh

ared

bel

iefs

th

at d

rive

you

, to

the

cult

ure

, com

mu

nic

atio

ns

and

offe

r th

at y

ou b

ring

to t

he

wor

ld. I

t str

etch

es

an o

rgan

isat

ion

to re

alis

e it

s as

pira

tion

s an

d am

biti

ons.

Wh

eth

er p

rodu

cing

com

mu

nic

atio

ns

for t

he

Fest

ival

, att

ract

ing

a n

ew a

udie

nce

gro

up,

wel

com

ing

new

sta

ff, o

r a c

ampa

ign

to ra

ise

fun

ds, o

ur b

ran

d m

ust

be

clea

rly

un

ders

tood

an

d co

nsi

sten

tly

appl

ied.

Eve

ryon

e h

as a

par

t to

pla

y in

mak

ing

our b

ran

d co

me

aliv

e –

use

th

is

docu

men

t for

gu

idan

ce a

nd

insp

irat

ion

.

Mai

nta

inin

g st

anda

rds

All

ou

r ext

ern

al c

omm

un

icat

ion

s sh

ould

be

prep

ared

by

prof

essi

onal

des

ign

ers

and

be

appr

oved

by

the

Com

mu

nic

atio

ns

team

. Th

e te

am is

alw

ays

avai

labl

e fo

r adv

ice

and

assi

stan

ce.

For

mor

e in

form

atio

n co

ntac

t th

e C

omm

unic

atio

ns t

eam

Gil

lian

Bri

erle

y, H

ead

of C

omm

unic

atio

ns+4

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xt. 2

372

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ian

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erle

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ynde

bou

rne.

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ra Ju

kes,

Sen

ior M

arke

ting

Offi

cer

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(0)1

273

812

321,

ext

. 226

5la

ura

.juke

s@gl

ynde

bou

rne.

com

1.2

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N A

BO

UT

BR

AN

DS

Ou

r fut

ure

is n

ot a

bout

bus

ines

s as

usu

al.

It’s

abo

ut th

inki

ng d

iffe

rent

ly a

nd m

ore p

reci

sely

abo

ut w

hat

we

do.

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For

staff

For

arti

sts

For

part

ners

For

audi

ence

s

For

fund

ers

and

dono

rs

For

the

loca

l com

mun

ity

OU

R B

IG ID

EA

1.3

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N T

HE

GL

YN

DE

BO

UR

NE

BR

AN

D

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OU

R V

ISIO

N –

TH

E IM

PA

CT

WE

MA

KE

1.4

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N T

HE

GL

YN

DE

BO

UR

NE

BR

AN

D

Tran

sfor

min

g op

era

Con

tinu

ing

the

Ch

rist

ie le

gacy

, we

wan

t mor

e pe

ople

to e

xper

ienc

e op

era

– th

e em

otio

ns,

the

spe

ctac

le, t

he p

ossi

bilit

ies.

Bec

ause

we

belie

ve t

hat

op

era

can

tra

nsf

orm

live

s, a

nd t

hat

we

can

tra

nsf

orm

ope

ra.

Sig

n s

po

tte

d in

a G

lyn

de

bo

urn

e r

eh

ea

rsa

l sp

ace

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RIG

OR

OU

SW

e st

rive

for t

he

hig

hes

t sta

nda

rds

of e

xcel

len

ce

in e

very

thin

g w

e do

. We

dem

and

of e

ach

oth

er

not

just

th

e be

st, b

ut t

he

best

th

at c

an b

e do

ne.

A

nyw

her

e.

PIO

NE

ER

ING

We’

ve a

lway

s be

en a

hea

d of

th

e ga

me.

We

hav

e th

e co

nfi

den

ce a

nd

the

imag

inat

ion

to ta

ke r

isks

an

d co

nst

antl

y qu

esti

on w

hat

we

do. O

ur

sust

ain

abil

ity

depe

nds

on

ou

r pio

nee

ring

spi

rit.

CO

LL

AB

OR

AT

IVE

We

are

a u

niq

ue fa

mil

y co

mpa

ny a

nd

we

wor

k as

on

e te

am to

con

nec

t ou

r par

tner

s, o

ur a

rtis

ts a

nd

our a

udie

nce

s th

roug

h t

he

very

bes

t ope

ra

expe

rien

ces

in t

he

wor

ld.

NU

RT

UR

ING

We’

re a

list

enin

g, e

mpo

wer

ed o

rgan

isat

ion

, ge

ner

ous

wit

h o

ur t

ime

and

tale

nts.

We

shar

e ou

r pas

sion

for o

pera

, rea

lisi

ng o

ur f

ull

pot

enti

al

by n

urt

uri

ng o

ur a

rtis

ts, o

ur a

udie

nce

s an

d ea

ch o

ther

.

OU

R V

ALU

ES

def

ine

how

we

beh

ave

and

dri

ve

perf

orm

ance

. Val

ues

are

the

thin

gs t

hat

are

mos

t im

port

ant f

or d

eter

min

ing

the

way

we

wor

k –

wit

h e

ach

oth

er a

nd

wit

h o

ur p

artn

ers.

1.5

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N T

HE

GL

YN

DE

BO

UR

NE

BR

AN

D

OU

R P

ER

SO

NA

LIT

Y is

how

oth

ers

see

us.

O

ur w

elco

me

and

the

resp

ect w

e sh

ow o

ur

aud

ien

ces

hel

ps e

arn

th

eir t

rust

. Ou

r ori

gin

alit

y an

d ex

pert

ise

mak

e u

s on

e-of

-a-k

ind.

Tog

eth

er

we

can

hel

p ea

ch a

udie

nce

mem

ber,

coll

eagu

e or

par

tner

to h

ave

a pe

rson

al a

nd

mem

orab

le

expe

rien

ce w

ith

us.

EX

PE

RT

Ou

r ski

ll, e

xper

ien

ce a

nd

prof

essi

onal

att

itud

e br

ings

an

aut

hor

ity

to e

very

thin

g w

e do

.

RE

LA

XE

DW

e’re

not

sti

ff, o

verl

y fo

rmal

or h

eavy

han

ded

in o

ur c

omm

un

icat

ion

s. W

e w

ant o

ur a

udie

nce

s to

take

ple

asu

re in

th

e G

lyn

debo

urn

e ex

peri

ence

an

d fe

el c

omfo

rtab

le in

ou

r com

pany

.

CO

SM

OP

OL

ITA

NW

e’re

sop

his

tica

ted

in h

ow w

e co

mm

un

icat

e,

alw

ays

seei

ng t

hin

gs fr

om a

wor

ldly

an

d in

tern

a-ti

onal

per

spec

tive

.

To re

flec

t ou

r pe

rson

alit

y ou

r co

mm

unic

atio

ns s

triv

e to

be

OR

IGIN

AL

We

brin

g an

ori

gin

al to

uch

to e

very

thin

g w

e do

, al

way

s st

rivi

ng to

be

imag

inat

ive,

cre

ativ

e an

d re

sou

rcef

ul.

We

don’

t fol

low

oth

ers.

We

lead

th

e w

ay w

ith

new

idea

s an

d in

div

idu

alit

y.

UN

DE

RS

TAT

ED

We’

re n

ot f

lash

or o

verb

low

n. W

e co

mm

un

icat

e in

a

sim

ple,

un

pret

enti

ous

and

dir

ect w

ay. W

e do

n’t

nee

d to

use

hyp

e an

d cl

ich

é. W

e’re

con

fide

nt in

th

e qu

alit

y an

d st

reng

th o

f ou

r wor

k.

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HO

W IT

FIT

S T

OG

ET

HE

RO

ur b

ran

d pl

atfo

rm s

how

s th

e el

emen

ts o

f ou

r br

and,

mak

ing

a cl

ear p

ictu

re o

f how

we

wor

k to

geth

er a

nd

wh

at w

e ai

m fo

r.

1.6

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N T

HE

BR

AN

D P

LA

TF

OR

M

IDE

A

out o

f the

ord

inar

y

PE

RS

ON

AL

ITY

expe

rt

und

erst

ated

re

laxe

d co

smop

olit

an

orig

inal

VIS

ION

tran

sfor

min

g op

era

OF

FE

R

exce

ptio

nal

ope

rafo

r eve

ryon

e

VA

LU

ES

nurt

uri

ngri

goro

us

pion

eeri

ng

coll

abor

ativ

e

ST

RA

TE

GIC

OB

JE

CT

IVE

S

1] C

reat

e w

orld

-cla

ss t

ran

sfor

mat

ive

op

erat

ic e

xper

ienc

es

2] R

emai

n fi

nan

cial

ly in

depe

nden

t

3] E

ngag

e br

oad

aud

ienc

es

4] C

reat

e a

stim

ula

ting

and

in

spir

atio

nal

env

iron

men

t for

all

PO

SIT

ION

ING

inde

pend

ent a

nd

inve

ntiv

e op

era

th

e br

an

d p

lat

for

m

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1.7

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N T

HE

GL

YN

DE

BO

UR

NE

BR

AN

D

IMA

GE

MA

TT

ER

STh

ere

is n

o ot

her

ope

ra c

ompa

ny li

ke u

s. O

ur

his

tory

, th

e pr

oduc

tion

s, o

ur b

uil

din

gs a

nd

the

grou

nds

, ou

r col

leag

ues

and

our r

elat

ion

ship

to

the

Ch

rist

ie fa

mil

y al

l dis

ting

uis

h u

s fr

om o

ther

in

stit

uti

ons,

an

d h

elp

defi

ne

the

way

we

wor

k.

Mai

ntai

nin

g th

e st

reng

th o

f ou

r im

age

hel

ps

peop

le k

now

wh

at w

e st

and

for.

We

can

hel

p al

l ou

r aud

ien

ces

un

ders

tan

d m

ore

abou

t us

– w

hat

we

offe

r an

d w

hy; t

he

spec

ial

Gly

ndeb

ourn

e w

ay w

e do

th

ings

– b

y lo

okin

g af

ter

the

litt

le t

hin

gs a

nd

bein

g co

nsi

sten

t in

ou

r co

mm

un

icat

ion

s. W

het

her

spe

akin

g w

ith

a g

rou

p of

ch

ild

ren

or a

maj

or b

enef

acto

r, ta

lkin

g w

ith

a

set d

esig

ner

or g

reet

ing

arti

sts

on a

rriv

al, h

ow w

e lo

ok a

nd

how

we

talk

mak

es a

n im

port

ant

cont

ribu

tion

to h

ow w

e ar

e se

en.

Bei

ng t

rue

to o

ur b

rand

mea

ns

gett

ing

the

deta

ils

righ

t.

Mak

ing

our m

essa

ge c

lear

get

s us

not

iced

.

Aud

ienc

es a

ppre

ciat

e w

hat

Gly

ndeb

ourn

e st

ands

for.

So t

hat

ou

r aud

ienc

es w

ill j

oin

us

and

shar

e ou

r pas

sion

,an

d ge

t the

mos

t out

of w

hat

we

hav

e to

off

er.

Con

sist

ency

Rec

ogn

itio

n

Und

erst

and

ing

Trus

t

Stro

ng b

rand

s ar

e no

t bu

ilt o

vern

ight

. It

s a

jou

rney

of e

ngag

emen

t wit

h o

ur a

udie

nce

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1.8

IN

TR

OD

UC

TIO

N R

EV

IEW

ING

CR

EA

TIV

E W

OR

K

Suc

cess

ful c

omm

unic

atio

ns b

egin

wit

h a

cle

ar

and

focu

sed

brie

f. If

you

nee

d h

elp

wri

ting

or

inte

rpre

ting

a b

rief

th

e C

omm

un

icat

ion

s te

am is

al

way

s av

aila

ble

to h

elp.

Wh

en re

view

ing

and

ass

essi

ng c

reat

ive

wor

k,

thin

k ab

out

the

follo

win

g:

Rev

iew

th

e or

igin

al b

rief

W

hy a

re w

e do

ing

this

wor

k? W

ho

is it

for?

W

hat

do

we

wan

t to

ach

ieve

from

it?

Init

ial r

eact

ion

How

do

I fee

l abo

ut t

he

wor

k? A

m I

prou

d of

it?

Targ

et a

udie

nce

reac

tion

How

wil

l my

targ

et a

udie

nce

feel

abo

ut t

he

wor

k?

Wil

l th

eir r

eact

ion

be

the

one

that

I w

ant?

Mee

ting

obj

ecti

ves

Doe

s th

is w

ork

ach

ieve

the

obj

ecti

ves

of t

he b

rief

?

Key

mes

sage

Is t

his

cle

ar?

If I

show

ed it

to s

omeo

ne

un

rela

ted

to G

lyn

debo

urn

e w

ould

th

e m

essa

ge b

e cl

ear

to t

hem

?

Bra

nd

test

Cou

ld t

his

wor

k co

me

from

any

oth

er b

ran

d?

Doe

s it

cap

ture

th

e sp

irit

an

d en

ergy

of

Gly

nde

bou

rne?

Fin

al t

est

Do

you

wan

t to

go a

nd

show

a c

olle

ague

th

is

wor

k ri

ght a

way

? If

som

eon

e im

port

ant t

o yo

u

wal

ked

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1.9

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, rel

ate

to a

sub

ject

or

com

plem

ent a

n im

age.

Let

th

e co

lou

r in

ph

otog

raph

s an

d il

lust

rati

ons

guid

e yo

ur

colo

ur c

hoi

ces.

Col

ours

can

be

use

d as

bac

kgro

un

ds o

r in

pan

els.

Th

ey c

an b

e u

sed

to e

mph

asiz

e ty

pogr

aphy

, pa

rtic

ula

rly

in h

ead

lin

es o

r to

lin

k pi

eces

of

info

rmat

ion

.

Th

e tr

ick

is t

o ge

t th

e ba

lanc

e ri

ght.

If y

ou h

ave

a co

lou

rfu

l im

age,

lim

it t

he

num

ber

of c

olou

rs s

urr

oun

din

g it

. If y

ou a

re d

esig

nin

g a

typo

grap

hic

pie

ce u

se a

cou

ple

of c

olou

rs o

nly

. D

on’t

go

craz

y w

ith

col

our u

nle

ss it

s ex

trem

ely

rele

vant

.

To k

eep

our l

ook

fres

h b

ut c

onsi

sten

t, c

hoo

se

colo

urs

bas

ed o

n c

ampa

ign

s –

i.e. i

f an

aud

ien

ce

deve

lopm

ent b

roch

ure

is u

sing

ora

nge,

lin

k al

l th

e re

late

d m

ater

ials

(pos

ters

, inv

itat

ion

s,

web

site

info

, etc

.) by

als

o u

sing

ora

nge.

Not

a c

olou

r pal

ette

– a

col

our t

reat

men

t.

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1.1

4

BA

SIC

EL

EM

EN

TS

TY

PO

GR

AP

HY

OU

R T

YP

OG

RA

PH

IC S

TY

LE

We

use

tw

o ca

refu

lly

chos

en t

ypef

aces

des

ign

ed

to b

alan

ce t

he

cont

empo

rary

wit

h t

he

clas

sic.

En

igm

a an

d Tr

ilog

y S

an

s ar

e d

isti

nct

ive,

ve

rsat

ile,

an

d co

mpl

emen

t eac

h o

ther

. E

nigm

a is

ou

r pri

mar

y fo

nt a

nd

shou

ld b

e th

e fi

rst c

hoi

ce fo

r ou

r com

mu

nic

atio

ns.

Its

desi

gn

has

tra

dit

ion

al q

ual

itie

s bu

t th

e de

tail

s ar

e id

iosy

ncr

atic

an

d in

div

idu

al. U

se E

nig

ma

acro

ss

all c

omm

un

icat

ion

s m

ater

ial:

• h

ead

lin

es a

nd

prod

ucti

on t

itle

s•

intr

oduc

tory

cop

y an

d pu

ll q

uote

s•

body

cop

y

Trilo

gy S

ans

is o

ur s

econ

dary

font

an

d is

use

d as

a

san

s se

rif c

ompl

emen

t to

Enig

ma.

Use

Tri

logy

Sa

ns

for s

ubh

eads

, cap

tion

s, ta

bles

, an

d fo

otn

otes

: wh

enev

er t

ypog

raph

ic v

arie

ty w

ill

mak

e ou

r com

mu

nic

atio

ns

mor

e re

adab

le.

Bod

y co

pyFo

r pub

lica

tion

s w

ith

larg

e am

ount

s of

bod

y co

py

– su

ch a

s th

e te

xt o

f an

an

nual

repo

rt o

r th

e ar

ticl

es in

th

e Fe

stiv

al p

rogr

amm

e bo

ok –

En

igm

a sh

ould

be

the

prim

ary

font

use

d, b

ut

Tril

ogy

San

s m

ay a

lso

be u

sed

to p

rovi

de s

ome

vari

ety

and

cont

rast

.

The

com

plet

e En

igm

a an

d Tr

ilog

y Sa

ns

font

fa

mil

ies

hav

e en

ough

var

iety

for a

ll a

ppli

cati

ons

of t

he

bran

d. T

her

e ar

e n

o ru

les

abou

t wh

ich

w

eigh

t to

use

– c

hoo

se t

he

one

wh

ich

bes

t fit

s yo

ur m

essa

ge. B

ut h

elp

the

read

er a

nd

use

re

stra

int:

too

man

y va

riat

ion

s ca

n lo

ok c

onfu

sing

an

d d

iffi

cult

to re

ad.

Gen

eral

offi

ce u

seG

eorg

ia is

the

defa

ult

fon

t for

app

licat

ion

s n

ot

suit

able

for E

nig

ma

or T

rilo

gy S

ans,

incl

udi

ng

• em

ails

web

site

bod

y co

py•

elec

tron

ic le

tter

s an

d m

emos

Enig

ma,

Tri

logy

San

s an

d G

eorg

ia a

re th

e on

ly

appr

oved

fon

ts –

no

oth

er fo

nts

sh

ould

be

use

d.

Enig

ma

Georgia

Reg

ula

rIt

alic

sma

ll c

aps

Bol

dBo

ld It

alic

Re

gu

lar

Italic

Ext

ra B

old

Ext

ra B

old

Ita

lic

Regular

Italic

Bold

Bol

d I

tali

cTr

ilog

y S

an

s

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1.1

5

BA

SIC

EL

EM

EN

TS

BR

AN

D A

RC

HIT

EC

TU

RE

In t

ext

Wh

en w

riti

ng fo

r ou

r ow

n p

ubli

cati

ons,

web

site

an

d pr

ess

rele

ases

, or p

rovi

din

g co

py fo

r oth

er

orga

nis

atio

ns,

we

refe

r to

Gly

ndeb

ourn

e Tou

r 201

2 an

d G

lynd

ebou

rne F

esti

val 2

012,

usi

ng a

n in

ital

ca

pita

l let

ter f

or e

ach

wor

d. W

e al

way

s in

clud

e th

e ye

ar, f

ollo

win

g th

e de

scri

ptor

. Fo

r bre

vity

, aft

er t

he

firs

t usa

ge in

an

art

icle

we

dro

p th

e n

ame

Gly

nde

bou

rne,

an

d w

rite

sim

ply

Tour

201

2 or

Fes

tiva

l 201

2.

ON

E C

OM

PA

NY

, ON

E B

RA

ND

We

are

a la

rge

com

pany

invo

lved

in m

any

dif

fere

nt k

inds

of a

ctiv

itie

s, a

nd

we

stri

ve to

ac

hie

ve t

he

sam

e h

igh

sta

nda

rds

in e

very

thin

g w

e do

. We

wan

t to

emph

asis

e th

at G

lyn

debo

urn

e is

on

e u

nif

ied

orga

nis

atio

n, s

o w

e co

mm

un

icat

e w

ith

on

e cl

ear b

ran

d.

The

only

exc

epti

on is

wh

en w

e n

eed

to h

elp

aud

ien

ces

dif

fere

ntia

te b

etw

een

th

e To

ur a

nd

the

Fest

ival

. We

hav

e a

con

sist

ent w

ay o

f tre

atin

g th

e de

scri

ptor

s fo

r th

ese

two

acti

viti

es –

not

sep

arat

e n

ames

or l

ogot

ypes

, bu

t a w

ay o

f wri

ting

.

Usi

ng a

des

crip

tor

wit

h t

he

logo

type

The

desc

ript

or is

set

in E

nig

ma

Smal

l Cap

s, w

ith

al

ign

ing

num

eral

s. U

se 2

0% c

har

acte

r tra

ckin

g an

d ra

nge

to t

he

righ

t edg

e of

th

e lo

goty

pe.

Its

prop

orti

on to

th

e lo

goty

pe a

nd

the

lin

e sp

acin

g ar

e sh

own

in t

he

exam

ples

as

“X.”

fest

iva

l 20

12x x x

tou

r 2

012

x x x

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1.1

6

BA

SIC

EL

EM

EN

TS

IM

AG

E S

TY

LE

Th

ere

is m

uch

mor

e to

Gly

nde

bour

ne t

han

w

hat

app

ears

on

our

stag

esB

eyon

d pr

oduc

tion

ph

otos

, ou

r ph

otog

raph

ic

imag

es s

hou

ld e

xpre

ss o

ur p

erso

nal

ity,

an

d th

e ap

proa

ch w

e ta

ke to

ou

r com

mu

nic

atio

ns:

wor

ds

and

imag

es t

hat

dem

onst

rate

ou

r abi

lity

to m

ake

an im

pact

– t

ran

sfor

min

g a

stor

y, a

per

son

, an

ex

peri

ence

, an

exp

ecta

tion

– a

nd

our i

mag

ery

shou

ld s

uppo

rt t

hes

e st

orie

s.

Ba

sic

imag

e pr

inci

ples

obse

rvat

iona

lca

ptu

ring

real

pla

ces

and

situ

atio

ns,

wh

eth

er o

n

stag

e, b

acks

tage

or w

ay o

ff s

tage

.

hum

an in

tere

stre

flec

ting

an

asp

ect o

f th

e w

hol

e G

lyn

debo

urn

e ex

peri

ence

th

at o

ur a

udie

nce

s ca

n re

late

to:

arti

sts

and

staf

f at w

ork

or a

t pla

y; a

udie

nce

m

embe

rs a

t Gly

nde

bou

rne

even

ts; t

he

tool

s an

d eq

uip

men

t, m

ater

ials

an

d en

viro

nm

ents

th

at

hel

p de

live

r ou

r pro

ject

s; t

he

buil

din

gs a

nd

grou

nds

at G

lyn

debo

urn

e…

show

ing

impa

ct…

bu

t alw

ays

enga

ged

wit

h o

r des

crib

ing

wh

at

mak

es G

lyn

debo

urn

e ex

cept

ion

al. W

e ca

n s

how

th

e bi

g pi

ctu

re a

nd

the

smal

l det

ails

, bu

t im

ages

sh

ould

refl

ect h

ow w

e ar

e ou

t of t

he o

rdin

ary.

IMA

GE

ST

YL

EIm

ages

are

cru

cial

to o

ur c

omm

un

icat

ion

s.

Wh

eth

er y

ou a

re c

hoo

sing

imag

es fr

om o

ur

cata

logu

e of

pro

duct

ion

ph

otos

an

d ar

chiv

es,

or c

omm

issi

onin

g n

ew im

ages

, we

wan

t ou

r co

mm

un

icat

ion

s to

feel

exc

itin

g to

peo

ple,

bu

ild

ing

anti

cipa

tion

for a

n o

ut o

f the

ord

inar

y G

lyn

debo

urn

e ex

peri

ence

.

Gly

ndeb

ourn

e im

ages

are

:

• ex

pert

inv

enti

ve, s

tyli

sh•

unde

rsta

ted

sin

cere

, con

vin

cing

• re

laxe

d re

al li

fe•

cosm

opol

itan

int

ern

atio

nal

• or

igin

al s

urp

risi

ng, u

nex

pect

ed

no

t clic

hés

no

t for

ced

no

t pos

ed o

r set

-up

no

t “co

ncep

tual

not c

ompo

site

s or c

olla

ges

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1.1

7

BA

SIC

EL

EM

EN

TS

IM

AG

E S

TY

LE

Fig.

1] T

he

clos

e cr

oppi

ng o

f th

is im

age

enga

ges

the

view

er, d

raw

ing

him

in w

ith

an

obs

erva

tion

th

at is

bot

h in

vent

ive

and

un

expe

cted

.

Fig.

2] T

he

vant

age

poin

t of t

his

aud

ien

ce

mem

ber l

ost i

n t

hou

ght m

akes

th

is im

age

un

ders

tate

d an

d su

rpri

sing

.

Fig.

3] T

his

clo

se u

p sh

ows

an a

spec

t of r

eal l

ife

Gly

nde

bou

rne.

Th

e or

igin

al d

etai

led

pers

pect

ive

mak

es it

sty

lish

an

d av

oids

bec

omin

g a

clic

hé.

fig

.1

fig

.2

fig

.3

SA

MP

LE

GLY

ND

EB

OU

RN

E IM

AG

ES

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WO

RD

S A

ND

IMA

GE

SE

xpre

ssin

g ou

t of

th

e or

dina

ry

To h

elp

expl

ain

the

prin

cipl

es o

f the

bra

nd s

tyle

, be

low

are

thre

e ex

ampl

es o

f a p

ossi

ble

leafl

et

prom

otin

g Fe

stiv

al ti

cket

sale

s. T

he sa

me

imag

e co

mbi

ned

wit

h di

ffere

nt w

ords

subt

ly ch

ange

s th

e m

eani

ng.

1.1

8

BA

SIC

EL

EM

EN

TS

IM

AG

E S

TY

LE

Exa

mpl

e 3

Un

de

rsta

ted

an

d s

op

his

tica

ted

,

this

exa

mp

le m

ake

s a

n im

pa

ct

by

en

ga

gin

g t

he

re

ad

er’

s

inte

llig

en

ce; r

ely

ing

on

ou

r

stro

ng

na

me

re

cog

nit

ion

an

d

we

ll-k

no

wn

ga

rde

ns,

th

is b

uild

s

an

tici

pa

tio

n b

y n

ot

giv

ing

to

o

mu

ch a

wa

y. I

t’s

a c

on

fid

en

t

exp

ress

ion

of

out o

f the

ord

inar

y.

Exa

mpl

e 1

Th

is m

ay

se

em

ap

pro

pri

ate

,

bu

t is

to

o li

tera

l an

d n

ot

surp

risi

ng

: ve

ry o

rdin

ary

.

Exa

mpl

e 2

Th

is e

xam

ple

is t

ryin

g t

oo

ha

rd.

Alt

ho

ug

h t

em

pti

ng

, it

ma

kes

an

un

rea

listi

c d

em

an

d o

n t

he

rea

de

r a

nd

se

em

s to

pro

mis

e

an

ou

t o

f th

is w

orl

d e

xpe

rie

nce

.

Exa

mp

le 1

Exa

mp

le 2

Exa

mp

le 3

fest

iva

l 20

1221

May

–28 A

ugus

t

Com

e ea

rly

and

enjo

y th

e ga

rden

s

fest

iva

l 20

1221

May

–28 A

ugus

tfe

stiv

al

2012

21 M

ay–2

8 Aug

ust

Leav

e yo

ur

wor

ld b

ehin

dBo

x offi

ce

now

ope

n

fest

iva

l 20

1221

May

–28 A

ugus

t

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GE

TT

ING

IT R

IGH

T•

The

logo

type

app

ears

on

ever

ythi

ng.

• U

se th

e po

siti

ve (b

lack

) ver

sion

of t

he

logo

type

on

a lig

ht co

lour

, the

neg

ativ

e (w

hite

) ve

rsio

n on

a d

ark

colo

ur. [

See fi

g. 1]

• D

on’t

stre

tch

or d

isto

rt th

e lo

goty

pe in

any

w

ay. A

lway

s use

the

mas

ter a

rtw

ork

files

from

th

e Co

mm

unic

atio

ns te

am. [

See fi

g. 2]

Don

’t ad

d w

ords

to th

e lo

goty

pe, l

ike

fest

ival

, to

ur o

r ope

ra. [

See fi

g. 3]

• N

ever

cha

nge

the

scal

e or

colo

ur o

f any

par

t of

the

logo

type

, or a

lter t

he sp

acin

g of

cha

ract

ers

wit

hin

the

logo

type

. [Se

e fig.

4]

• N

ever

dis

play

the

logo

type

at a

n an

gle.

It

alw

ays a

ppea

rs in

the

hori

zont

al p

osit

ion.

[S

ee fi

g. 5]

• Th

e cr

est a

lway

s app

ears

wit

h th

e lo

goty

pe

over

lapp

ing.

The

cre

st a

lway

s ble

eds o

ff or

wra

ps

arou

nd a

n ed

ge. [

See fi

g. 6]

• Ba

ckgr

ound

colo

ur b

lend

s are

par

t of o

ur

visu

al s

tyle

. [Se

e fig.

6]•

You

can

use

the

logo

type

ove

r a p

hoto

grap

hic

back

grou

nd, b

ut y

ou n

eed

to m

ake

sure

its c

lear

. O

nly

use

the

logo

type

on

back

grou

nd im

ages

th

at p

rovi

de su

ffici

ent c

ontr

ast a

nd a

n ev

en to

ne.

[See

fig.

7]•

Don

’t us

e th

e lo

goty

pe o

n an

y ba

ckgr

ound

im

age

or g

raph

ic th

at m

akes

it u

ncle

ar.

[See

fig.

8]•

Nev

er u

se im

ages

that

are

clic

hés o

r tha

t re

info

rce

out-

of-d

ate

perc

epti

ons o

f ope

ra o

r G

lynd

ebou

rne.

[See

fig.

9]

1.1

9

BA

SIC

EL

EM

EN

TS

GE

TT

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The

mor

e co

nsi

sten

t ou

r ton

e of

voi

ce is

, th

e m

ore

like

ly it

is t

hat

ou

r aud

ien

ces

wil

l rec

ogn

ise

and

un

ders

tan

d w

hat

mak

es u

s ou

t of t

he o

rdin

ary.

A c

onsi

sten

t ton

e of

voi

ce a

lso

has

fin

anci

al a

nd

fun

ctio

nal

ben

efit

s, a

s it

redu

ces

the

nee

d fo

r in

terv

enti

ons

and

edit

ing.

Wh

ere

do w

e us

e ou

r to

ne o

f vo

ice?

We

use

it e

very

wh

ere

and

ever

y ti

me

we

com

mu

nic

ate:

• m

arke

ting

mat

eria

ls•

med

ia re

lati

ons

• on

-lin

e an

d d

igit

al –

incl

udin

g em

ail,

bl

ogs

and

the

web

site

• co

rpor

ate

com

mu

nic

atio

ns

such

as

annu

al

re

port

s •

inte

rnal

com

mu

nic

atio

ns,

HR

com

mu

nic

atio

ns

and

job

ads

• si

gnag

e

Wh

at is

our

ton

e of

voi

ce b

ase

d on

?O

ur t

one

of v

oice

is d

eriv

ed fr

om, a

nd

insp

ired

by,

o u

r bra

nd

plat

form

. [se

e dia

gram

on

pg. 1

.5]

The

big

idea

at t

he

hea

rt o

f ou

r bra

nd

is

OU

T O

F T

HE

OR

DIN

AR

YTh

is s

hou

ld a

lway

s be

ou

r sta

rtin

g po

int.

Eve

ry

tim

e w

e co

mm

un

icat

e, w

e sh

ould

ask

ou

rsel

ves

‘doe

s th

is e

xpre

ss w

hat

is o

ut o

f th

e or

din

ary

abou

t us?

We

wou

ldn’

t use

th

e ex

act w

ords

‘ou

t of t

he

ord

inar

y’ in

ou

r com

mu

nic

atio

ns.

Inst

ead,

we’

d u

se t

he

idea

of o

ut o

f th

e or

din

ary

to c

onve

y ou

r po

int o

f vie

w. S

o, fo

r in

stan

ce, w

e w

ould

n’t s

ay:

The D

VD

of t

he 2

009

Fest

ival

pro

duct

ion

of P

urce

ll’s

‘Fai

ry Q

ueen

’ cap

ture

s on

film

a p

erfo

rman

ce th

at is

tr

uly

out o

f the

ord

inar

y.

Inst

ead,

we’

d u

se o

ur b

ran

d’s

big

idea

as

a sp

ring

boar

d fo

r th

e im

agin

atio

n:

From

the m

omen

t a R

esto

rati

on d

raw

ing

room

tr

ansf

orm

s int

o an

ench

ante

d w

ood,

the D

VD

of t

he

2009

Fes

tiva

l pro

duct

ion

of P

urce

ll’s ‘

Fair

y Q

ueen

’ ta

kes y

ou o

n a

diso

rien

tati

ng jo

urne

y of

love

lorn

pai

n an

d m

agic

.

WH

AT

IS A

TO

NE

OF

VO

ICE

?A

ton

e of

voi

ce is

th

e w

ay in

wh

ich

we

wri

te a

nd

spea

k; w

hat

we

say

and

how

we

say

it. W

e u

se it

fo

r eve

ryon

e w

e n

eed

to c

omm

un

icat

e w

ith

:

• au

die

nce

s•

supp

orte

rs•

the

pres

s•

part

ner

org

anis

atio

ns

• ea

ch o

ther

Wh

oeve

r we’

re s

peak

ing

to, w

e sh

ould

alw

ays

sou

nd

like

Gly

nde

bou

rne.

How

ever

, hav

ing

a si

ngle

ton

e of

voi

ce d

oesn

’t m

ean

bla

nd

un

ifor

mit

y. It

’s a

spr

ingb

oard

not

a

stra

ight

jack

et.

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AS

IC E

LE

ME

NT

S T

ON

E O

F V

OIC

E

TO

NE

OF

VO

ICE

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2.2

B

AS

IC E

LE

ME

NT

S T

ON

E O

F V

OIC

E

Bei

ng

unde

rsta

ted

mea

ns

we

don

’t te

ll ov

er-c

ompl

icat

ed s

tori

es:

Aft

er th

e war

, Joh

n Ch

rist

ie’s

thou

ghts

retu

rned

to

the h

opes

he’

d ha

d si

nce 1

932

of la

unch

ing

an ‘E

nglis

h Ba

yreu

th’.

In 19

52, h

e inv

ited

Wag

ner’s

gra

ndso

ns,

Wie

dlan

d an

d W

olfg

ang,

to th

e Fes

tiva

l, bu

t the

y w

ere

unab

le to

com

e. H

owev

er, t

he fo

llow

ing

year

thei

r si

ster

Fri

edla

nd ca

me t

o Su

ssex

to d

iscu

ss p

ossi

bilit

ies,

bu

t aga

in n

othi

ng ca

me o

f thi

s.

Inst

ead,

we

iden

tify

the

nu

b of

the

stor

y, a

nd

sim

ply

tell

it (u

sin

g th

e fi

rst p

erso

n p

lura

l – w

e,

our,

us

– to

en

gage

ou

r au

dien

ces)

:

This

yea

r’s p

erfo

rman

ces o

f Die

Mei

ster

sing

er v

on

Nür

nber

g fin

ally

mak

e rea

l our

68-

yea

r am

biti

on o

f br

ingi

ng W

agne

r to

Gly

ndeb

ourn

e.

Bei

ng

rela

xed

mea

ns

we

avoi

d so

un

din

g st

iff

and

over

-for

mal

:

Wou

ld p

atro

ns k

indl

y re

frai

n fr

om le

avin

g lit

ter o

n th

e mai

n la

wn.

Tha

nk y

ou.

Inst

ead,

we’

re p

olit

e, d

irec

t an

d co

nci

se:

Plea

se ta

ke a

way

you

r lit

ter

Bei

ng

cosm

opol

itan

mea

ns

we

alw

ays

emph

asis

eth

e gl

obal

nat

ure

of o

ur w

ork:

Firs

t see

n on

the T

our i

n 20

00, D

avid

McV

icar

’s

prod

ucti

on, c

ondu

cted

by

Gly

ndeb

ourn

e on

Tour

’s

Mus

ic D

irec

tor J

akub

Hru

�a, s

tars

Bra

zilia

n te

nor

Ata

lla A

yan

and

Am

eric

an so

pran

o Ke

ri A

lkem

a.

Fin

ally

, we’

re o

rigi

nal,

so w

e av

oid

a fo

rmu

laic

ap

proa

ch, s

uch

as:

Beco

me a

n A

ssoc

iate

Mem

ber

and

be p

art o

f the

futu

re o

f Gly

ndeb

ourn

e.A

ssoc

iate

Mem

bers

secu

re a

pla

ce o

n th

e wai

ting

list

fo

r Fes

tiva

l Soc

iety

mem

bers

hip

and

rece

ive p

rior

ity

book

ing

imm

edia

tely

aft

er o

ur M

embe

rs.

Inst

ead,

we

use

the

mag

ic o

f ope

ra to

en

tice

ou

r au

dien

ces

(an

d, if

pos

sibl

e, th

eir o

wn

voi

ces

to

expr

ess

it):

— ‘P

eter

Qui

nt a

t the

win

dow

, cal

ling

to th

e chi

ldre

n’—

‘Cle

opat

ra ca

ptiv

atin

g G

uilio

Ces

are’

— ‘T

he P

rese

ntat

ion

of th

e Ros

e… a

nd th

e sta

bbin

g

of S

carp

ia!’

Wha

teve

r ope

ra m

eans

to y

ou, o

ur A

ssoc

iate

Mem

bers

m

ean

ever

ythi

ng to

us.

On

ce w

e’ve

beg

uile

d ou

r pot

enti

al A

ssoc

iate

M

embe

rs, w

e ca

n th

en g

o in

to d

etai

l of w

hat

M

embe

rsh

ip e

nta

ils.

How

do

we

mak

e ou

r to

ne o

f vo

ice

‘out

of

the

ordi

nary

’?Ev

ery

tim

e w

e co

mm

un

icat

e, w

e sh

ould

ask

ou

rsel

ves

‘is o

ur t

one

of v

oice

exp

ress

ing

our

dist

inct

per

son

alit

y?’

EX

PE

RT

UN

DE

RS

TAT

ED

RE

LA

XE

DC

OS

MO

PO

LIT

AN

OR

IGIN

AL

Bei

ng

expe

rt m

ean

s w

e do

n’t

hid

e be

hin

d ja

rgon

:

A fu

ll po

rtfo

lio o

f rob

ust i

niti

ativ

es to

und

erpi

n th

e po

licy

of su

stai

nabi

lity

is n

ow in

pla

ce a

nd w

ill b

e rol

led

out i

n an

on-

goin

g pr

ogra

mm

e thr

ough

the c

urre

nt

finan

cial

yea

r.

Inst

ead,

we

hav

e th

e co

nfi

den

ce to

use

con

cise

an

d st

raig

htf

orw

ard

lan

guag

e, a

lway

s ex

pres

sed

in th

e ac

tive

rath

er th

e pa

ssiv

e vo

ice:

We’

ll be

intr

oduc

ing

our n

ew su

stai

nabi

lity

init

iati

ves

thro

ugho

ut 2

011-

12.

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2.3

B

AS

IC E

LE

ME

NT

S T

ON

E O

F V

OIC

E

1 M

ake

an im

pres

sion

Ever

y co

mm

un

icat

ion

is a

n o

ppor

tun

ity

to m

ake

an im

med

iate

an

d vi

vid

impr

essi

on. F

or in

stan

ce,

we

can

gra

b th

e at

tent

ion

of a

pre

ss re

leas

e re

ader

fr

om t

he

star

t:

Rus

alka

sing

ing

her S

ong

to th

e Moo

n at

the B

rixt

on

Ritz

y. D

on G

iova

nni b

eing

dra

gged

to h

ell i

n A

dela

ide,

So

uth

Aus

tral

ia –

and

New

Yor

kers

dri

nkin

g in

L’el

isir

d’

amor

e in

the d

ark

of C

entr

al P

ark.

Ope

ra cr

eate

d in

Ea

st S

usse

x, E

ngla

nd, n

ow h

as th

e pot

enti

al fo

r rea

l gl

obal

reac

h.

Hav

ing

intr

igue

d th

e re

ader

, we

can

th

en e

xpan

d on

th

e th

eme:

In b

ring

ing

its p

rodu

ctio

ns to

cine

mas

wor

ldw

ide,

G

lynd

ebou

rne i

s tra

nsfo

rmin

g th

e ope

ra ex

peri

ence

an

d he

lpin

g a

new

art

form

emer

ge.

and

fin

ally

, we

intr

oduc

e th

e ba

sic

info

rmat

ion

th

e pi

ece

nee

ds to

con

vey:

In p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

City

Scr

een/

Pict

ureh

ouse

Ci

nem

as, G

lynd

ebou

rne i

s off

erin

g liv

e and

pr

e-re

cord

ed sc

reen

ings

to in

tern

atio

nal a

udie

nces

, fo

r onl

y £1

5.

Wh

en s

truc

turi

ng a

ny c

omm

un

icat

ion

, th

ink

of

a py

ram

id: t

he

mos

t ent

icin

g in

form

atio

n fi

rst;

fo

llow

ed b

y a

broa

der b

ase

of d

etai

l.

If t

he

mat

eria

l you

’re w

orki

ng w

ith

doe

sn’t

co

ntai

n a

ny li

vely

det

ail,

appr

oach

th

e pi

ece

as

a jo

urn

alis

t wou

ld, a

nd

do s

ome

rese

arch

. For

in

stan

ce, i

f you

r sou

rce

mat

eria

l is

rath

er b

asic

:

Phot

Ope

rati

ve ex

plor

es th

e pos

sibl

e lin

ks b

etw

een

two

dist

inct

art

form

s to

crea

te a

wor

k th

at fi

nds i

n th

ese

conn

ecti

ons a

new

mea

ns o

f exp

ress

ion.

take

ten

min

ute

s to

spe

ak to

th

e pe

ople

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r th

e w

ork

and

fin

d ou

t th

e ki

nd

of

deta

ils

that

wil

l eng

age

and

impr

ess

a po

tent

ial

aud

ien

ce. A

sk w

hat

th

e ‘n

ew m

ean

s of

ex

pres

sion

’ are

, how

long

doe

s th

e pi

ece

last

, why

is

it c

alle

d Ph

otO

pera

tive

? If

pos

sibl

e, g

et a

quo

te

from

th

e cr

eato

rs –

an

d le

ad w

ith

it.

‘Pho

tOpe

rati

ve is

whe

re g

host

s rub

shou

lder

s wit

h th

e liv

ing,

whe

re th

e mun

dane

co-e

xist

s wit

h th

e fa

ntas

tica

l.’ –

Dav

id C

hand

ler,

Dire

ctor

, Pho

tow

orks

.

Phot

Ope

rati

ve p

rese

nts t

he n

ight

ly ex

hila

rati

on o

f pe

rfor

man

ce a

long

side

the d

aily

gri

nd o

f pra

ctic

e, th

e m

agic

of o

nsta

ge il

lusi

on a

nd th

e mec

hani

cs th

at d

rive

it

bac

ksta

ge.

Use

wh

at y

our s

ourc

e te

lls

you

– t

hei

r det

aile

d kn

owle

dge

and

enth

usi

asm

wil

l bri

ng t

he

com

mu

nic

atio

n to

life

.

4 T

HIN

GS

T

O K

EE

P IN

MIN

D

‘Don

’t w

rite

bec

ause

you

feel

yo

u h

ave

to s

ay s

omet

hin

g.

Wri

te b

ecau

se y

ou h

ave

som

eth

ing

to s

ay.’

–f.

sc

ot

t f

itzg

er

al

d

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We

can

aff

ord

to h

ave

con

fide

nce

in t

he

wor

ld-c

lass

qu

alit

y of

ou

r pro

duct

ion

s –

so w

e do

n’t h

ave

to fa

ll b

ack

on t

ired

, ‘hy

pe’ w

ords

suc

h

as fa

ntas

tic,

exci

ting

an

d po

wer

ful (

wh

ich

any

way

h

ave

less

impa

ct t

he

mor

e w

e u

se t

hem

).

Rat

her

th

an te

llin

g a

teac

her

th

at:

Ope

ra is

the p

erfe

ct a

rt fo

rm fo

r stu

dent

s to

enco

unte

r m

usic

, dra

ma,

des

ign

and

thea

tre c

raft

s – th

e res

ult o

f w

hich

is ex

cept

iona

lly p

ower

ful.

inst

ead,

we

show

why

th

e ar

t for

m is

pow

erfu

l:

Ope

ra is

whe

re p

reci

sion

mee

ts p

assi

on, w

here

cr

aft m

eets

insp

irati

on, w

here

tech

niqu

e mee

ts

tran

sfor

mat

ion.

and

then

we

can

ass

ure

th

e te

ach

er t

hat

th

is is

th

e pr

ogra

mm

e to

ch

oose

bec

ause

it c

over

s so

m

any

subj

ects

:

It’s

the o

nly

art f

orm

that

has

it a

ll: m

usic

, dra

ma,

m

ovem

ent,

lite

ratu

re, p

erfo

rman

ce, d

esig

n an

d th

eatr

e.

Usi

ng q

uote

s is

a p

ersu

asiv

e w

ay to

sh

ow t

hat

ou

r w

ork

is e

xper

t an

d or

igin

al (f

or in

stan

ce),

rath

er

than

tell

ing

our a

udie

nce

s th

at w

e ar

e. T

o m

ake

the

opti

mu

m im

pact

, we

shou

ld k

eep

quot

es

shor

t an

d to

th

e po

int:

“Str

ange

ly m

ovin

g, d

eepl

y w

eird

and

hau

ntin

gly

beau

tifu

l.” —

The

Dai

ly T

eleg

raph

, 200

9

Avo

id q

uote

s th

at s

oun

d st

ilte

d an

d in

auth

enti

c:

“The

opp

ortu

nity

to st

udy

and

draw

on

a w

ide r

ange

of

dis

cipl

ines

pro

ved

inva

luab

le d

urin

g th

e pup

il’s

GCS

E co

urse

.”

Inst

ead,

use

quo

tes

wh

ich

are

rela

xed

and

nat

ura

l:

“The

stud

ents

’ foc

us –

and

thei

r ent

husi

asm

for a

ll th

at w

as g

oing

on

arou

nd th

em –

wer

e out

stan

ding

.”

In a

mor

e fo

rmal

con

text

, suc

h a

s th

e A

nnu

al

Rep

ort,

we

can

con

vey

our e

xper

tise

(bu

t sti

ll

sou

nd

orig

inal

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avoi

din

g va

gue

clai

ms

such

as:

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culp

ture

exhi

biti

on w

as b

oth

popu

lar a

nd

crit

ical

ly a

ccla

imed

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ead

give

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res,

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ked

by a

con

cise

, en

gagi

ng q

uote

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culp

ture

s, d

escr

ibed

by

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veni

ng S

tand

ard

as

“mon

umen

tal y

et m

inut

ely

deta

iled”

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ract

ed a

n av

erag

e of 7

0% o

f the

aud

ienc

e for

each

per

form

ance

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how

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’t t

ell

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mor

e pe

rsu

asiv

e to

coa

x a

resp

onse

from

an

au

die

nce

rath

er t

han

tell

ing

them

how

to

resp

ond.

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inst

ead

of s

ayin

g:

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ndeb

ourn

e is c

omm

itte

d to

an

ener

gy-s

avin

g pr

ogra

mm

e whi

ch re

flec

ts G

lynd

ebou

rne’s

long

-ter

m

desi

re to

ult

imat

ely

beco

me c

arbo

n ne

utra

l.

we

cou

ld ta

ke a

mor

e or

igin

al a

ppro

ach

to

intr

oduc

e ou

r com

mit

men

t:

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ring

ing

oper

a to

the c

ount

rysi

de, w

e’re

det

erm

ined

no

t to

take

too

muc

h ou

t of i

t.

then

sh

ow a

real

exa

mpl

e an

d de

mon

stra

te t

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resu

lt in

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ay t

hat

reso

nat

es w

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r aud

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ces:

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toile

t flu

sh h

as b

een

adju

sted

to sa

ve fo

ur li

tres

of

wat

er. I

n a

year

, tha

t’s th

e equ

ival

ent o

f a q

uart

er

of o

ur la

ke!

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AS

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rsel

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ind

also

hel

ps u

s de

cide

wh

at o

rder

to p

rese

nt

info

rmat

ion

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inst

ance

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ou

r new

slet

ter,

inst

ead

of o

pen

ing

a pi

ece

on t

he

New

Gen

erat

ion

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nd

wit

h s

omet

hin

g th

e re

ader

alr

eady

kn

ows:

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und

guar

ante

es G

lynd

ebou

rne’s

obj

ecti

ves

of b

uild

ing

on o

ur a

rtis

tic h

erit

age.

we

can

imm

edia

tely

cap

ture

inte

rest

by

open

ing

wit

h a

ch

alle

ngin

g st

atem

ent w

hic

h m

akes

cle

ar

wh

at t

he

arti

cle

is a

bout

:

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e don

’t bu

ild a

nex

t gen

erat

ion

audi

ence

as

com

mit

ted

as o

ur cu

rren

t Mem

bers

, the

n th

e Fun

d w

ill h

ave f

aile

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id P

icka

rd, G

ener

al D

irect

or

4 A

lway

s co

nsid

er o

ur k

ey

pe

rson

alit

y w

ords

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ot e

very

pie

ce o

f com

mu

nic

atio

n c

an b

e si

mu

ltan

eou

sly

expe

rt, u

nde

rsta

ted,

rela

xed,

co

smop

olit

an a

nd

orig

inal

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we

nee

d to

dec

ide

wh

ich

per

son

alit

y tr

aits

are

mos

t rel

evan

t to

a pa

rtic

ula

r pie

ce o

f com

mu

nic

atio

n.

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nst

ance

:

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PE

RT

does

an

edu

cati

on le

afle

t mak

e cl

ear h

ow o

pera

’s

rang

e of

dis

cipl

ines

is p

erti

nen

t to

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syll

abu

s? U

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mar

keti

ng c

omm

un

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ion

coa

x a

reac

tion

by

usi

ng p

ersu

asiv

e, re

son

ant l

angu

age?

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cat

erin

g in

form

atio

n p

olit

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d w

elco

min

g,

rath

er t

han

sti

ff a

nd

form

al?

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SM

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es a

pre

ss re

leas

e fe

el re

leva

nt to

loca

l, n

atio

nal

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d in

tern

atio

nal

med

ia?

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IGIN

AL

does

a n

ewsl

ette

r art

icle

take

a s

urp

risi

ng

pers

pect

ive

on a

sub

ject

?

3 T

hink

you

rsel

f in

to t

he r

eade

r’s

min

dTh

e m

ost e

ffec

tive

way

to e

nsu

re t

hat

a

com

mu

nic

atio

n is

hav

ing

impa

ct is

to a

sk

ours

elve

s ‘w

ho

is t

his

aim

ed a

t an

d is

it s

peak

ing

d

irec

tly

to t

hem

?’ F

or in

stan

ce, i

s th

e re

ader

ship

of

ou

r pro

gram

me

book

like

ly to

resp

ond

to, o

r ev

en u

nde

rsta

nd,

th

is k

ind

of la

ngu

age?

:

Gly

ndeb

ourn

e is c

omm

itte

d to

inve

stin

g in

its

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty

to cr

eate

new

cont

ent,

bui

ld a

va

luab

le a

rchi

ve a

nd g

ener

ate n

ew st

ream

s of i

ncom

e.

Expr

essi

ons

such

as

‘inte

llec

tual

pro

pert

y’, ‘

new

co

nten

t’ a

nd

‘inco

me

stre

ams’

bel

ong

to a

n

inte

rnal

lang

uag

e w

hic

h is

rele

vant

on

ly to

us.

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ur r

eade

rs a

re n

ot in

tere

sted

in o

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ish

to

incr

ease

inco

me,

bu

t th

ey a

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tere

sted

in w

hat

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ts a

re a

vail

able

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easu

re o

nly

has v

alue

whe

n it

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ared

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ever

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rele

asin

g ne

w g

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rom

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arc

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Gly

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ges f

rom

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to R

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stiv

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AS

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LE

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ON

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2.6

B

AS

IC E

LE

ME

NT

S T

ON

E O

F V

OIC

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rite

. Re-

wri

te. R

ead

it o

ut lo

ud.

Wh

en y

ou’v

e w

ritt

en s

omet

hin

g, re

ad it

ou

t lou

d –

it’s

th

e pe

rfec

t way

to e

nsu

re t

hat

it m

akes

se

nse

an

d so

un

ds n

atu

ral.

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doe

sn’t

im

med

iate

ly f

low

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away

an

d do

som

eth

ing

else

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e ri

ght w

ords

wil

l com

e if

you

let t

hem

ta

ke a

litt

le lo

nger

.

2 K

eep

it s

impl

e. A

void

jarg

on.

Avo

id lo

ng a

nd

com

plex

sen

ten

ces.

Try

to k

eep

to o

ne

idea

per

sen

ten

ce. A

par

agra

ph s

hou

ld

expr

ess

a si

ngle

th

eme.

Avo

id u

sing

jarg

on a

nd

abbr

evia

tion

s an

d al

way

s ex

plai

n a

n a

cron

ym

the

firs

t tim

e yo

u u

se it

. 3

Avo

id b

ad g

ram

mar

. Spe

ll ch

eck.

Obv

iou

s bu

t ver

y im

port

ant:

acc

ura

cy is

ess

enti

al

to re

flec

t ou

r rep

uta

tion

as

an o

rgan

isat

ion

of

expe

rts.

4 T

est

run

your

wor

k. D

oes

it m

ake

sens

e?B

efor

e ‘g

oing

to p

ress

’, al

way

s ch

eck

you

r fac

ts

and

then

sh

are

you

r cop

y w

ith

a c

olle

ague

. Wh

en

retu

rnin

g th

e fa

vou

r, if

you

read

som

eth

ing

you

do

n’t u

nde

rsta

nd,

ask

th

e pe

rson

wh

o w

rote

it to

ex

plai

n it

to y

ou. T

hen

get

th

em to

wri

te d

own

w

hat

th

ey ju

st s

aid!

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roof

rea

d ev

eryt

hin

gA

lway

s as

k so

meo

ne

to p

roof

-rea

d w

hat

you

’ve

wri

tten

– fe

w o

f us

are

infa

llib

le.

Res

olve

inco

nsi

sten

cies

by

refe

rrin

g to

The

G

uard

ian

Styl

e Gui

de, w

hic

h is

ou

r agr

eed

styl

e gu

ide,

ava

ilab

le o

n t

he

intr

anet

. You

’ll fi

nd

answ

ers

to q

uest

ion

s re

gard

ing

spel

ling

, pu

nct

uat

ion

, gra

mm

ar, s

ynta

x –

and

a gr

eat d

eal

mor

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set o

ut e

xhau

stiv

ely

from

A to

Z.

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OLD

EN

RU

LES

F

OR

WR

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EN

C

OM

MU

NIC

AT

ION

S

‘The

firs

t dra

ft o

f any

thin

g is

s**

t.’–

er

ne

st h

em

min

gw

ay

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1 D

igit

al c

onte

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not

th

e sa

me

as p

rint

ed

cont

ent.

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ple

read

it d

iffe

rent

ly –

th

ey s

can

it –

so

we

hav

e to

wri

te it

dif

fere

ntly

. Div

ide

it in

to

smal

l chu

nks

wit

h s

ubh

ead

ings

. Use

bu

llet

po

ints

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larg

e am

ount

s of

text

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sh

ort,

in

trod

ucto

ry p

arag

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s, w

ith

a c

lick

th

roug

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bi

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chu

nks

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o m

uch

scr

olli

ng –

don

’t

cut a

nd

past

e la

rge

amou

nts

of te

xt fr

om o

ther

do

cum

ents

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ake

them

ava

ilab

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s do

wn

load

s.

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angu

age

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t its

mos

t pow

erfu

l wh

en

we

use

it e

con

omic

ally

– a

nd

that

’s d

oubl

y tr

ue

on-l

ine.

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te in

tabl

oid-

size

pac

kage

s u

sing

a

max

imu

m o

f abo

ut 2

5 w

ords

per

sen

ten

ce, a

co

uple

of s

ente

nce

s pe

r par

agra

ph, f

our t

o si

x w

ords

per

hea

dli

ne

and

subh

ead

ing.

2.7

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AS

IC E

LE

ME

NT

S T

ON

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F V

OIC

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egib

ility

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s h

ard

to re

ad o

ff a

scr

een

it’s

at l

east

25%

slo

wer

th

an re

adin

g pr

int.

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p yo

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bold

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ital

icis

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and

capi

tals

. Nev

er u

se u

nde

rlin

ing

to h

igh

ligh

t – it

w

ill m

ake

the

text

look

hyp

erli

nke

d an

d co

nfu

se

you

r rea

der.

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earc

hab

ility

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te to

be

fou

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side

r w

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wor

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eopl

e w

ould

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gle

to fi

nd

you

r pi

ece

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d u

se t

hem

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t don

’t o

veru

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he

sam

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rase

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peti

tion

is d

eade

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g.

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his

lett

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long

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han

usu

al;

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en’t

had

tim

e to

mak

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sho

rter

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ma

rk

tw

ain

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hop

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ativ

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ctiv

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all o

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mal

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urr

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esm

on

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ut

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LP!

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3.3

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ity.

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3.5

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