Everyone needs health care. And everyone should have access to the care they need, regardless of their income, the color of their skin, or the language they speak. Enter the California Health Care Foundation’s Innovation Fund. ...
For more than 30 years, Community Housing Partnership provided people experiencing homelessness a home combined with support services. Research among their target audiences pointed to the need to align their name and brand story with their brand. ...
A new messaging guide for those working to support family, friends and neighbors who care for young children...
In 2017, my own approach to communications has completely changed. Having spent the last few months diving into the latest studies from cause communicators in the USA, and studying audience research about human rights around the world, I have ...
“The ocean does something to your spirit,” an African-American woman from Charlotte, North Carolina volunteered during a focus group. “You are stressed out when you are driving. You get close to the ocean, you can smell the air. There...
If America were a couple, it would seem like we are headed for divorce court. It can feel impossible to get a majority of Americans to agree on anything. Recent Pew Research Center polling shows that Americans are intensely divided...
Dr. Melanie Green studies the psychology of storytelling. Her research examines how becoming immersed in a story, known as narrative transport, can influence attitudes and change behaviors....
On many social issues, fear and empathy often yank against each other in an emotional tug of war in the minds of our target audiences. Fear has evolutionary advantages over empathy that makes it seem like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson...
When was the last time you wanted to feel sad and helpless? You're not alone. It's human nature to gravitate away from what makes us feel bad. In fact, most people avoid information that's painful, unpleasant, or uncomfortable. Scientists call...
On the Media was examining the efficacy of different social media campaigns to halt a rising tide of anti-Muslim sentiment in America and abroad – especially in light of the gruesome acts of extremists in Iraq and Syria....
