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Unlikely Victory – Inland Congregations United for Change
For an even more in-depth look at what we do, we offer a case study of our partnership with a PICO California affiliate. This is the story of how Inland Congregations United for Change won an unlikely...
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More Than the Perfect Pitch: Connecting with the Right Reporter…Mad Lib-Style
We’ve heard it before: The death of traditional media has been greatly exaggerated. Ask nonprofit professionals how they connect with their members and audiences, and they will tell you it’s through...
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Are you an Acme or a Wawa?
Communications professionals know that jargon is a problem. We don’t want to alienate people with unfamiliar or confusing language. Jargon destroys our ability to communicate clearly and effectively,...
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A Different Kind of Wish List
I admit it. I have an online wish list, populated by items that I would like to own. Frivolous, beautiful things, mostly. Or a practical extravagance (stand mixer anyone?) that makes me seem...
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Collaboration Adds Capacity and Content
As you know, LightBox Collaborative is aiming to be even more collaborative this year. One way we are going to accomplish this is by having a different LightBox Collaborator curate our social media...
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Your Solution to Capacity Challenges: Strategy!
In our work with organizations almost every leader tells us that their primary challenge is capacity. They say something along the lines of, “we have so many ideas and so much opportunity, but we just...
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News Flash: Refugee Stories Have Happy Endings
Americans have a lot of sympathy for the refugee experience. Just the word “refugee” conjures images in our head of crowded camps and sad eyed children. But are those images accurate? And more...
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Take Charge of Your Communications with LightBox Collaborative’s 2015...
LightBox Collaborative is very proud to present our 5th Annual Editorial Calendar. This milestone year reminds us that anniversaries are a great time to reflect on the past and look toward the future....
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
To paraphrase Tina Turner, what’s love got to do with our work? Why do we do what we do? Why do we strive to make the world a better place, where people can reach their dreams and live as their...
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Building Capacity to Sustain Social Movements
LightBox Collaborative was honored to partner with Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER), to help strengthen the work of public education advocates nationwide. Following is an excerpt from a...
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New Excitement for the New Year
It’s that dreaded first week of January. We’ve taken down the tinsel, the weather is gray and it can feel like life has lost some of its glow. My Facebook feed is full of gifs of the morning struggle....
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New Tools for Conversations About Bias, Race and Change
Yesterday was the day we celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. That holiday inspires a lot of discussion about race and racism, but those are conversations that need to continue...
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What’s Better than a Bucket of Hot Wings?
Every year, the SPIN Academy trains emerging activists to use the power of communications for change. Co-Founded eighteen years ago by our own Holly Minch, we love SPIN Academy because we get to share...
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The First Question in Crisis Communications
When clients come to us asking for help with crisis communications, our response is often to talk them out of working with us. While this might not be great for business, it is smart strategy. In this...
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When the Election Ends, What Conversations Can We Start?
This election season, our country seemed to disagree about every issue except one: this campaign has been ugly, and it can’t end soon enough. Although the campaign rhetoric has likely affected you...
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Evergreen Editorial Calendar
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The holidays are in full swing, and if you are like me you love the smell of pine in the air. Evergreens are our favorite trees at the LightBox Collaborative,...
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Are you Ready for the First 100 Days?
The President-Elect seems poised to become President Trump before we know it — and the policies we have feared and fought may well come to pass. The first 100 days of a new presidency are a time of...
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The Moonlight Debacle Highlights How White People Would Benefit from the End...
Credit: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS) At this point, everyone knows that Moonlight won the Academy Award for best picture, but only after the trophy was given to a team of white...
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Messaging for More: The False Story of Scarcity
Earlier this week, Donald Trump made another in his series of misguided and cruel policy decisions when he banned transgender people from military service. One of the reasons he cited was the cost of...
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New Excitement for the New Year
It’s that dreaded first week of January. We’ve taken down the tinsel, the weather is gray and it can feel like life has lost some of its glow. My Facebook feed is full of gifs of the morning struggle....
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