📚STORYTELLING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE🌱 a digital & communications newsletter for modern activism Welcome back! 👋🏼 Congratulations to everyone who survived Giving Tuesday! Have you taken a moment to celebrate? 🥳 No, really? Have you celebrated the hard work you’ve put …
Regenerative Comms Tips | Grow Your Email List
Advocacy work is hectic. Most communicators wear too many hats and don’t have enough time. I established this newsletter because I saw the need for actionable advice that organizations can pick up and use in their work. Regenerative comms tips …
Healthy (Social) Media Practices During Conflict
The reaction to the unfolding Israel-Gaza crisis shows we are in for a stormy political future without many social media guardrails. Reflections and tips about staying resilient on social media as a person with a heart during times of crisis.
Email Strategy | the Champion of a Holistic Communications Strategy
A few weeks ago, I had the most joyful Friday afternoon with Brit Holmes as we dove into the world of email, automation, and its impact on nonprofits! Having worked with over 30 nonprofits, Brit Holmes has seen all the …
Collaborate & Amplify Your Message | A Social Media Amplification Toolkit
Social media is a struggle these days. What used to work, no longer does. Sometimes we just need to ask for a little help from our friends! This month, our free toolkit will help you amplify and be heard on social media.
What Can Organizations Do with an Uncertain Social Media Future?
It’s not secret that social media is going through turbulent times. Non-profits and campaigns can plan for uncertainty with these communications strategies.
Can Email Planning be Strategic and Story-based?
Imagine you’re email program is so organized you save 30 minutes a day. Imagine never creating another email report from scratch again. Imagine spending more time writing than in Action Network. Imagine your internal approval process actually takes 2 days. Imagine your team has time …
Strategies to Avoid Urgency Culture in Advocacy Work
🤓 Bite-Sized Knurd: Working in nonprofits can take its toll sometimes. But if our goals are to dismantle harmful systems and cultivate new ones, we must begin that work within ourselves and our organizations. That’s why Knurdology has developed templates and …
Big Data’s Limits: Data is the Skeleton to Humanize Your Target Audience
🤓 Bite-Sized Knurd: Marketing’s over-reliance on data has made it easy to forget the real-life humans behind your target audience. It’s time for a paradigm shift in how we develop strategies across all sectors, especially in non-profit and political spaces, to create …
Reforming Sexual Harassment & Assault in the California Legislature
A Statement from the Founders of SHIP We continue to advocate and speak up for those impacted by sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation in the CA legislature by amplifying survivors’ lived experiences. We believe that the WCU must operate as …