The best Harvard Business review article I've ever seen? Side-by-side test of a 'good' strategy visualisation slide vs a 'bad' one of the same strategy. Both still pretty basic design most people could pull off in G-Slides. By João Cotter Salvado and Freek Vermeulen. via @firetail.bsky.social

How to measure something as complex (and hyped) as 'narrative change'? Concise article on latest thinking: - 3 'buckets' (Culture, StratComms, Organising) & how they blend - 4 steps to start with (most only do #1 & #2) - 4 principles ("Focus on contribution > attribution") ssir.org/articles/ent...

How to Measure Narrative Change (SSIR)

Organizations committed to social change through storytelling can use this four-part framework to design and evaluate their narrative strategies.

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In another case of "actually quite good comms by EU leadership?!" This disinformation 'factcheck' post is: ✅ Lighthearted ✅ References the lie without repeating it ✅ Ascribes motivation to the liars to help innoculate Vs future disinformation ✅ Squeezes in proactive message

Sho Walker-Konno@shokon.bsky.social · last yr.

Politics of arms-races aside, I am unequivocably in favour of EU figures using original and (you've got to hand it to VDL) baddass heavy-metal language. Is "steel porcupine" literally Freudian? Can't find any other reference. @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social www.freud.org.uk/collections/...

Great blog for people like me and most of the orgs I work with who worry about compromised US tech services but feel: "well, even if it's not legal, at least you'd be wrong with everyone else". Along with very practical steps and Martijn's own experience this gives a lot of reassurance its possible

Martijn Hols@martijnhols.nl · last yr.

In my last article I briefly mentioned a preference for European services. To elaborate, I posted the article: martijnhols.nl/blog/moving-... It's a bit off-topic for my blog. After the upcoming "hug of death" article, I'll circle back to front-end/React based stuff.

Politics of arms-races aside, I am unequivocably in favour of EU figures using original and (you've got to hand it to VDL) baddass heavy-metal language. Is "steel porcupine" literally Freudian? Can't find any other reference. @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social www.freud.org.uk/collections/...

151 years ago John Stuart Mill had a response to "natural = better" that works equally well for conservative anti-gender, survival-of-the-fittest arguments as it does for your in-laws' opinions on groceries & medicines. Great shout by @amandaruggeri.bsky.social www.bbc.com/future/artic...

A few years ago, we worked with NEON, @350.org, and a bunch of grassroots groups across the UK on Framing Climate Justice. We wanted to work out how to communicate about climate change in ways that would lead to wide-scale action, and stay grounded in racial justice values framingclimatejustice.org

Home | Framing Climate Justice

A 12-month project bringing together organisers from across the climate movement to tell the stories that matter, and strengthen our movement in the fight for justice.

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Exhibit #749 of 'making life easier for minorities eventually makes life easier for all of us': the only images anyone can 'see' today on BlueSky are the ones with Alt Text.

Why is "the world's worst humanitarian disaster" (150k dead, 11million displaced) getting even less than usual media coverage? Summary of brutally honest & practical journalist feedback for NGOs by @markgalloway.bsky.social for @bondngo.bsky.social. I'd add... www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/01...

Sudan – the media challenge | Bond

Earlier this week, the International Broadcasting Trust (IBT) hosted a discussion between journalists and charity directors with the aim of increasing media coverage of Sudan. IBT Director, Mark Gallo...

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A Dutch court today ruled that Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s government must ramp up efforts to cut nitrogen pollution in protected nature areas, handing Greenpeace Netherlands a significant legal win.

Dutch government ordered to cut nitrogen pollution — or face €10M fine

Greenpeace’s victory means that PM Dick Schoof must achieve emission-reduction targets by 2030 or face the penalty.

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👏 Fantastic BBC Wales documentary tonight following a brave undercover journalist infiltrating the vile Patriotic Alternative group. Also includes a shout-out for @hopenothate.org.uk from a PA activist who lost his job at HMRC after we exposed his violent racism: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

"The old world is dying & the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters" Gramsci more relevant than ever! I developed a power mapping tool based on Gramscian hegemony with academic & activist colleagues. We could see neoliberal democracy coming apart / losing its hold...

Social media firms' advertising strategy in the EU: 🇳🇱 In the Netherlands (ban on phones in school just started nationwide) Instagram's ad emphasises "strongest, in-built protection for teenage accounts" 🇪🇺 In the Brussels bubble's favourite newsletter, TikTok (despite imminent US ban) very similar

Its become unfashionable/naive to say it, but democracy is still the 'least worst' way of protecting a revolution. A very timely study from @kbclarke.bsky.social @annemeng.bsky.social @jackpaine.bsky.social analyses 84 times a regime has been overthrown since 1900... osf.io/preprints/os...

This is a great shame, particularly given disruptive climate protests generate support for more moderate groups. shorturl.at/SJOoE

How disruptive climate protests can benefit the broader climate movement - Nature Sustainability

Our study provides real-world evidence that disruptive climate protests can increase support for more moderate climate organizations, referred to as a positive radical flank effect. A widely publicize...

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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 2y ago

British police arrest environmental protesters at nearly three times the global average rate, research has found, revealing the country as a world leader in the legal crackdown on climate activism. Story by @damien.gayle.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We can and must take back control of renewable energy, because democratic public ownership is the only way to get to where the world needs to go. And it'll be faster, fairer, greener, and cheaper for us individually on the way. Some snippets from a mini-framing investigation alongside this report ⬇️

Transnational Institute@tninstitute.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨NEW REPORT reveals why public energy is the key to ending fossil fuel dependency and building a just, renewable future. www.tni.org/en/publicati...

Iceland's snap election is Saturday. Predictably parties are trying an anti "vók" (woke) gambit, but LGBTI group @samtokin78.bsky.social has quickly gathered feminists and also mainstream children's rights groups like UNICEF & Save the Children in a joint statement: "We will not let this pass"...

I have the fortune/misfortune to encounter a lot of 'activism-adjacent' artists and the unsaid 2nd half of this sentence is "art is not about politics or solving problems - that would be too much more effort than just appropriating a 'political vibe' to make my art seem more topical"

Lindsay Bacher@lindsayinmpls.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is enraging, like a ball of heat in the middle of my chest. What the everloving fuck. Give that man a portion of the sale, what the fuck is wrong with you www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/n...

Cool session on something everyone says they need but don't talk enough about details: social movement + NGO collaboration. Lineup of movement researchers, @amnestyuk.bsky.social campaigners, activists and political scientists from Africa, Latin America & Europe. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Some videos about comms based on my work with activists around the world. 1): Progressives sometimes despair that right-wing populists are just better at communications. I disagree - let’s take a tour of conservative communications cock-ups to learn from their mistakes. youtube.com/watch?v=wQiA...

I took MEA on one of my last flights out of Beirut, and I remember how much everyday conversation centred on the last remaining airlines serving Ebola-era Freetown, and post-Kony northern Uganda. Strong potential for a Le Carre-style novel in this.

Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · 2y ago

Great piece on Lebanon’s airline. The only time I flew them the in-flight film was about their history, with happy old pilots reminiscing: “We bought some new planes! We were so proud! Then they were bombed/hijacked/stolen. So we bought some new planes! Then, believe it or not…” on.ft.com/4fuLbjK