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 …
A turtle destroying American democracy? Only cartoons can describe the beast. This collection of cartoons show how Mitch McConnell: Stacks the Supreme Court with his conservative picks Blocks benefits for working Americans but lavishes tax cuts for wealthy donors Resorts to voter suppression and gerrymandering to cling to power Attempts to gut the Affordable Care …
Good organizers build trust before asking others for their support. How? Personal storytelling. Organizers share their own personal stories to quickly establish rapport and mobilize others to support their cause. “Their story presents a specific challenge they faced, the choice they made about how to deal with the challenge, and the outcome. The story invites …
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Good fundraisers are great storytellers. Make your story vivid and help supporters fundraise better for you. PEPY teaches technical skills to rural Cambodian youth so they can break out of poverty. This blog explains how PEPY created their fundraising appeal, hold better online fund raising events and empower their supporters. How PEPY empowers Cambodian youth …
Videos get six times more traction on Facebook! Learn how to quickly and easily create videos for free with Lumen5. We created a 25 second video of Ted’s vacation in Cancun with Lumen5. The free app includes hundreds of royalty-free, professionally made videos and soundtracks for your to work with. It took less than an …
Learn about new approaches and best practices from experts in digital politics. Use the free Wakelet app to increase your online presence without any programming.
Disinformation is the new battlefield. Why fight when you can manipulate your adversary into fighting itself? Beware of fairy tales poisoned with disinformation.
The poor die when justice is sold to the highest bidder. Some stories require little description. This is one of them. How fairly is justice applied in America? Look at these recent cases and judge for yourself who was pardoned and who was executed. Take away: Storytelling matters. Use free apps like StoryMaps to raise …
