Insights

Five Tips for Talking Immigration Issues

By: Julie Fisher-Rowe

Make your conversations about immigration more effective with an affirmative, values-based story.

Watch Your Mouth! Ten Phrases that Progressives Should Retire

By: Julie Fisher-Rowe

Does your language undermine social justice goals? We've got 10 ways to improve your progressive communications.

Creative Change: Grow with the Flow!

By: Betsy Theobald Richards

What do arts, creativity, and social justice have to do with each other? Betsy Richards explains The Opportunity Agenda's theory of culture and change

What You Just Said Hurts My Head

By: Julie Fisher-Rowe

Using facts before values in persuasion leads to cognitive dissonance. Julie Fisher-Rowe suggests a better approach.

More About Myths and Chickens

Research that reminds that myth busting is an ineffective communications technique

The Myth About Myth Busting

What can raising urban chickens teach progressives about communications tactics? Avoid myth busting!

Reclaiming Our Story

Reflections on the 2010 elections, and why progressives can't let politicians shape their voice

Framing and Reality TV

By: Julie Fisher-Rowe

Bad framing can undermine otherwise progressive messaging. These examples from reality TV show how framing works.

Framing and the Facts

By: Julie Fisher-Rowe

Leading with values is a smart communications strategy, and it's more powerful than facts alone

The Speech I Hope the President Will Give

Alan Jenkins offers up a dream version for an Obama State of the Union speech.