Mission Accomplished!

It's a good day in Mrs. Bolano's Heritage Spanish class at a North Carolina high school--thanks to DonorsChoose.org and several nationwide who believed in her need for Spanish-to-Spanish dictionaries, her classroom is now equipped with the tools she needs!
http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=189127

I posted on this a while back; if any of my readers were among those to help out, ¡mil gracias!

SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 14-20

Did you know that Seattle is home to Spain Association of the Pacific Northwest? Check it out: http://www.spainassociation.org/. This is a group of Spaniards who have chosen the Seattle area as their new home + the people who love them + the people who just love all things Spanish.

They periodically hold events that may be of interest to you. I personally cannot wait for the New Cinema from Spain Festival, right up the street at the Northwest Film Forum on Capitol Hill. It will be held November 14th through 20th. In fact, on Saturday, November 15th, they are sponsoring a Gala event at which they'll show the Spanish movie "7 Billiard Tables". The event will start at 1pm and will end at 4pm. If you think you want to attend, go to their site and click on the Evite link! ¡Fácil!

Hope to see you there!

Attention SU Marketing 491 Students

I'm going to be teaching your Service Management & Marketing class this afternoon! And yes, I will make sure you know all about Hispanic marketing and its necessity, even right here in lil' ol' Seattle.

Here's a teaser of what I'll be sharing:

• what makes service marketing a challenge
• stories about some of the service-oriented brands we're working with and why they are successful with their strategies.
• ways brands can grow their positive public perception, even in tough economic times
• examples of how to market inside out for best customer retention
• and much, much more!

You'll want to be there.

Democracy Rules!

One of my neighbors is feeling like I am--proud to be an American!

NO EXPLANATION NECESSARY

The People Speak

The University of Washington worked with State Farm Insurance and tú Decides Newspaper to conduct a Hispanic market study at a recent event.

Here are some highlights:

• When local Latinos were asked about the most important issues when it comes to choosing a president, they listed economy and jobs at the top.
• As issues with greatest importance, the nation's economy, the state's economy and education led.
• When asked about whether the situation for Hispanics in Washington State was better, worse, or about the same, males and females responded significantly differently. The majority of women found it about the same (56.5%) or worse (30.4%), whereas men responded that it was about the same (38.3%) or better (30%). In general, we could say that Hispanics feel their situation here is about the same. Note that there was no significant difference in how U.S. born versus foreign-born Hispanics responded.
• Men were found to be generally much more confident about their financial situation than women, but in general Hispanics are only somewhat confident.

For more details on the study, visit the newspaper's bilingual site and look up the October 31, 2008 edition:
http://www.tudecidesmedia.com/

FOTOS: Seattle Center Day of the Dead Celebration

TAKE A LOOK! ¡ECHE UN VISTAZO!

>>Sugar skulls on display, and a beautiful altar.

>>A wall of local messages created a skull design.

>>The tapete created out of sand was just gorgeous, as was this perfect Day of the Dead couple!