2016 AOL Kids Activity Guide - Take Our Daughters and Sons to

2016
TAKE YOUR CHILD
TO WORK DAY
#AOLGivesBack
CONTENTS
Color the numbers.
Welcome
Create Your
Dream Job
AOL Offices
Participating
Making
History
Word
Jumble
Get To Know
AOL’s Brands
Simplify Your
Knowledge
Survey
Color the AOL wordmark.
WELCOME!
Have you ever wondered where exactly your mom or dad go when you
say goodbye in the morning? They come here! We think it’s a pretty great
place to work, and we hope you enjoy your day in the office with us.
Today, we want you to learn more about your parent’s job and
about all of the cool things we do here. Thank you for visiting us.
Now let’s have a great day!
AOL OFFICES PARTICIPATING
Can you find the AOL office that you’re in right now? Color it in!
Ashburn
Atlanta
Baltimore
Beverly Hills
Boston
Burlington
London
Chicago
Denver
Detroit
Dulles
New York
Playa Vista
San Mateo
San Francisco
Seattle
Tel Aviv
Toronto
Washington, DC
United
Kingdom
Israel
WORD JUMBLE
See if you can unscramble these words!
1. BELOMI
2. ETAM
3. UNF
4. OVIED
5. RUUCELT
6. DOEC
7. BOAGLL
8. NEOP
9. FGANINUMEL
10. SURTT
11. VROIMPE
ANSWERS 1. mobile 2. team 3. fun 4. video 5. culture
6. code 7. global 8. open 9. meaningful 10. trust 11. improve
SIMPLIFY YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Ask your mom or dad what he or she does. Then explain the job in your own words.
CREATE YOUR DREAM JOB
What would you do if you worked here? Show us!
MAKING HISTORY
Start up! AOL is born as
Quantum Computer Services.
Ping! Instant Messenger
launches and “You’ve got mail”
alert debuts.
500,000+ members!
AOL merges with Time
Warner to become the world’s
largest media company.
Internet bubble pops.
Global membership hits
34.6 million.
Verizon acquires AOL
for $4.4 billion.
AOL wins an Emmy Award.
1 million members!
AOL.com launches.
AOL goes global, launching
in Germany, France, UK
& Canada.
5 million members!
America Online, Inc. officially
becomes AOL LLC.
AOL spins off from Time
Warner; Tim Armstrong
takes up the reins of
AOL as CEO.
Running man icon
sprints into being.
AOL Buddy List joins The
Smithsonian’s permanent
collection.
The film “You’ve Got Mail”
premieres.
2 Emmy Award
nominations for original
series: “The Future Starts
Here” and “Park Bench with
Steve Buscemi.” Strongest
revenue growth in a decade,
TechCrunch steals the show
on HBO’s “Silicon Valley.”
AOL buys The Huffington Post.
What should we do next
in 2016… and beyond?
GET TO KNOW AOL’S BRANDS
Well, just some of them! Match the icon to the brand!
News, reviews and everything about cars
All the stories about today’s biggest stars
Information about gadgets, games and science
One of the most trusted names in news
Share personalized and custom pictures,
videos, live streams and GIFs
A collection of stories from incredible women
Maps to help you get where you’re going
Find out where movies are playing and buy tickets
SURVEY
Thank you for coming to work today! We’d love to know what you thought
about the day’s activities so we can make things even better next year.
On a scale from 1 (worst) to 5 (best), how would you rate the day?
1
2
3
4
WORST
Which activity was your favorite, and why?
What would you like to do next year?
Would you recommend the day to a friend or classmate?
Anything else you want us to know?
5
BEST