JB Canada PHOTO CONTEST

JB CANADA PHOTO CONTEST!

That’s right boys and girls! JB Canada is holding a contest and everyone can play! Check it out: We want to amass a collection of photos that capture the spirit and energy of JB Canada. We’re going to put all of the photos up on the NJR blog for everyone to see and the winning photographers will win sweet prizes!

The Theme!
The theme of the photo contest is Points, Lines, Shapes and Planes: Building Blocks of JB Canada. This also happens to be the theme of the upcoming Spring Board Training Forum in May. The theme is meant as a creative spark, but don’t feel limited by it! Any photos that you think represent JB in one way or another are more than welcome!

Want to submit a photo?
Each person can submit up to three photos. Simply e-mail them to njr@ca.cisv.org with a short description of the photo, and your chapter. The only catch is that they must be your own photos! The contest will be open until Alex’s birthday, May 11th!

Grand Prizes!
After the contest closes, we’ll determine the top three winning photos by popular vote! The winners will receive the sweetest prize imaginable: An article of CISV gear straight from the wardrobes of your NJRs! Woah! There will also be a prize for the CHAPTER that has the most JBers submit photos!
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2007 Spring Mini Camp, yes there's still snow on the ground here! This is our JB creating a pyramid together outside. It was really tough as there was snow on the ground, and there are quite a few of us! (Caitlyn, Calgary)

This is a photo I took at our Toronto Mini-Camp last fall. I don't really understand the points, lines, shapes, and planes thing, but there are lines on the gameboard...... (Caileigh, Toronto)

Fonts, Colours and the New Look...Check out the GUIDELINES!

Creative use of colour not only engages our audience but also reflects the kind of organization we are. Not just that, but we should be seen as colourful to match our diverse global spread. So colours can also be used to express the values of our brand.
-From the GUIDELINES for the new CISV Brand Identity

So, by now you've seen the new logo, but before you go making new JB t-shirts, check out the brand new new brand GUIDELINES. These are some seriously comprehensive details about what you can and cannot do with the new "brand idendity." ...For the record, the NJRs are officially fond of "pantone warm red." What's your favourite pantone?

Check out: http://resources.cisv.org/branding/index.html

brand identity love,
Kath & Al

Fresh New Digs

Woah! What happened ago? Just a few minutes ago the CISV logo had a cowboy and a dutch girl and some vaguely outlined countries on its globe. Now it's all round and sleek and fresh!

And what is this tagline I now see attached to the bottom? Is this thing always going to be here? What does building global friendship mean, anyway? This is all very overwhelming!

Maybe we should check out the new www.cisv.org for some answers...

Al & Kath

mid wintery mischief

While the blog may have gone in hibernation for the winter, fear not! The NJRs certainly haven't been hibernating and neither has the national executive...

In January the national executive met in Toronto for the annual mid winter meeting, a two day gathering to touch base, get some business done and warm up in the hot tub!

Mid Winter Meeting this year covered such topics as AIM 2007, Spring Board Training Forum, CISV Halifax, NBM 2007 in Waterloo, the re-branding initiative and the future of CISV Canada. Want to know more? Check out the minutes from the meeting in the members section of www.cisv.ca

Stay tuned to the blog because this bear is awake and ready from spring...did somebody say new logo...? Did somebody say something about a CISV makeover...?

Kath & Al