{"id":1408,"date":"2019-06-21T11:39:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2019-06-21T12:31:01","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T10:31:01","slug":"the-10-minute-library-advocate-23-find-and-use-buzzwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/2019\/06\/21\/the-10-minute-library-advocate-23-find-and-use-buzzwords\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10-Minute Library Advocate #23: Find \u2013 and Use \u2013 Buzzwords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1410\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/06\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-23.png\" alt=\"The 10-Minute Library Advocate #23: Find \u2013 and Use \u2013 Buzzwords\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/06\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-23.png 1147w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/06\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-23-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/06\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-23-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/files\/2019\/06\/10-minute-library-advocate-number-23-1024x579.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choosing the right words can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>They can help people make connections in their heads with other issues, placing libraries in a broader context.<\/p>\n<p>They can make your message seem more relevant to wider public debate.<\/p>\n<p>For example, see our \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa?s=Words+of+the+SDGs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Words of the SDGs<\/a>\u2019 series that explains some of the most used words at the United Nations!<\/p>\n<p>So for our 23<sup>rd<\/sup> 10-Minute Library Advocate Exercise, find \u2013 and use \u2013 buzzwords.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018buzzword\u2019 is a word that is fashionable at a given moment.<\/p>\n<p>Think about the words that journalists and politicians keep on using in articles and speeches.<\/p>\n<p>If over-used, a buzzword can become a clich\u00e9, so be careful!<\/p>\n<p>Share your ideas and good luck!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>See the introduction and previous posts in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/tag\/everylibrariananadvocate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10-Minute Library Advocate<\/a> series and join the discussion in social media using the #EveryLibrarianAnAdvocate hashtag!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing the right words can make a difference. They can help people make connections in their heads with other issues, placing libraries in a broader context. They can make your message seem more relevant to wider public debate. For example, see our \u2018Words of the SDGs\u2019 series that explains some of the most used words [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":810,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26646,219,32,26647],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-everylibrariananadvocate","tag-libraries","tag-library","tag-library-advocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}