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Insights
Why Do We Start with Decency?
This blog is part of a series about our Eight Core Values.
One Letter to Change the World
Insights on the power of choosing to create rather than merely react.
How an 81-year-old's Blouse Taught Me Radical Candor
Insights on caring personally while challenging directly in professional and personal interactions.
Beer, Beliefs, and Bipartisanship
Insights on the power of open conversations and finding common ground.
Join Us On the 2nd Loop
Insights on the Two Loops Model and what it means for building a just and peaceful world.
Speaking Human-First Podcast: Storytelling for Social Change
What makes a story powerful enough to inspire action or influence policy?
The Purpose of Propaganda
Insight on the importance of trustworthy information
Looking Ahead to 2026: Strategies for Bringing Americans Together
This webinar is ideal for anyone interested in actionable ways to bring Americans together.
"What Can I Do?" I'm So Glad You Asked!
This webinar is ideal for anyone who worries that we aren't doing as well as we could be as a country.
Uncomfy Podcast: An Unexpected Conversation While Stuck on a Plane (Radical Curiosity)
Are you a "plane talker?" Piper is, even when the conversation gets "uncomfy," as she shared with Julie Rose in this podcast.
Balancing Engagement & Efficiency: Navigating AI (Artificial Intelligence) in Advocacy and Social Change Communications
Is AI enhancing your advocacy and social change communication - or replacing your human connection?
Truth in the Noise: Media Literacy for Changemakers in an Age of Misinformation
In a world flooded with clickbait headlines and deliberate deception, how can we be trusted messengers grounded in sound evidence?
Beyond Red & Blue: Communicating Across Political Divides
Are you a "Blue" wondering why your messages aren't reaching more "Reds"? Learn how language and empathetic communication can transform your advocacy.
Advocacy & Social Media: Lessons from the Social Media Insights Lab on Social Media Listening
Social media listening can shape how you understand what's being said about your advocacy issues and your organization.
More than a Message: Authentic and Entertaining Stories as Tools of Connection and Change
Explore how authentic, emotionally resonant stories - especially in film, digital media, and local initiatives - can cut across cultural and political lines, even when they appear to be “just” entertainment.
Friends with Wheels: Advocacy and Policymaking
How can we address the disconnect between good policies and the people who can implement them?
Citizen Power: Advocacy in Action in Longmeadow, MA
How can a Town Meeting process ensure citizen's voices are heard and positive change results? Hear an inspiring story of people exercising their civic muscle.
The Stories We Tell: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Rewriting Our Roles
Storytelling is one of our greatest superpowers. Learn how the stories you tell - and ones you avoid - shape your advocacy, both personally and professionally.
Creating Belonging in a Fragmented World: Rethinking Values, Goals, and Language for a Functioning Society
Did you know the "social body" is impacting your advocacy - and how we build a functioning society amidst differences - real and imagined?
Advocacy in the Digital Age
How can recent reforms and Congressional modernization transform the future of advocacy and civic engagement?
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