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The results are in! Vanguard's Reading List for Communicators

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Last month, we asked Vanguard staff about books that made them want to be a better communicator. Then, we asked our InSites readers to help us narrow our list to a Top 5.

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Check out those special few who made the cut, books that inspire us to do our [...]

Vanguard's Reading List for Communicators

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Remember that book? You know the one. Perhaps you first picked it up in a classroom or library, or borrowed it from a friend. It inspired you and made you want to be a better communicator. It made you reshape how you work for social change. And every communicator dedicated to social change should have [...]

#PLPR

Yesterday was a big day for Vanguard Communications! Find out more about evaluating social change, our Purple Paper™, and the PCDC Roundtable below and join our year-long conversation using [...]

@VanComm's Top Tweets from Netroots Nation

Vanguard’s team joined the nation’s top digital strategist in Providence, RI from June 7-9, 2012 for www.netrootsnation.org. Check out our #nn12 Storify for links to resources, blog posts, and digital strategies dedicated to communicating for social [...]

Live Updates from Netroots Nation: Words that Work(ed)

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Jenifer Daniels kicked off her afternoon session at Netroots Nation, “Words that Work(ed): Crafting Effective and Truthful Memes,” with some simple tips to help develop effective messages. Here are Daniels’ top ten tips to ensuring that every message you send will be well received:

Jenifer Daniels discusses effective messaging during "Words that Work(ed): Crafting Effective [...]