11 million Americans suffer from lead poisoning. Millions of people consume drinking water from lead pipes and the agency said tighter standards would improve IQ scores in children and reduce high blood pressure and heart disease in adults. Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan. The Environmental Protection …
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Stories make us feel good. Empathize with characters. Powerful, stories rooted in culture change something deeply within us. Stories that appeals to emotions mobilize more people than ones with just facts and figures. But how do you do that in practice? The Center For Cultural Power explains how to do it right. The Center engages …
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Trying to keep track of the indictment charges, conspirators and fake electors? Keeping track of a plot of the coup to overthrow American democracy is hard. The 45 page indictment against is a good roadmap. This interactive, multimedia guide tries to make it easier to understand with a visual guide that includes text, images, audio …
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Visual stories are engaging, persuasive and dominate social media. Smart activists use visual storytelling with images, GIFs and videos to engage viewers and drive engagement. Wakelet is a free visual storytelling app that’s ideal for activists. The app is easy to use and lets you communicate visual content in different formats: images, PDFs, cartoons, GIFs …
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What makes for a compelling purpose-driven story? Learn how in this podcast with Allen Carroll. Allen is a master storyteller. He worked at National Geographic for 27 years where he spearheaded special projects featuring biodiversity, conservation, and indigenous cultures. Allen now leads the esri team that develops storytelling apps that enable thousands of users to …
Who ends up paying the price of gun lobby political donations? “6 Adults, 3 Children Injured In Shooting Near Beach In Hollywood, Florida” – HuffPo“Florida lawmakers hand DeSantis political win on guns” – Politico“The various ways people can access guns without a background check” – Click Orlando“Gun rights groups set new lobbying spending record” – …
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How can organizers create powerful videos in minutes for free? Lumen5. Organizers face specific challenges in creating persuasive videos:– Rapid response: Videos have to be created quickly to mobilize people around an issue– Ease of use: Volunteers and staff with no experience in making videos should be able to learn how to do so quickly– …
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Choose the right app to tell your story by considering your audience, the message and your desired outcome. There is no one size fits all in storytelling. Start with your objective, audience and message. Audience profile? How much time do they have for your message? What level of detail is needed? Will they read your …
Tell your story better with pictures. Use free apps to design persuasive images, GIFs and videos. See how other campaigns apply these apps to inspire people to act. This blog is rich with images and light on words to illustrate the point. Here are the top 16 free apps for social activists and change: DeSantistan …
Use the right storytelling app to inform and persuade more people to take action. How do you choose which app to choose? Does your message involve where things are? Relationships between people? Money flow? A lot of information? Will it be shared verbally? Will you be using animation? Use this guide to choose the app …
