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Insights from Netroots Nation: Storytelling Wins the Internet

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Vanguard's Brandi Horton and Rosemari Ochoa stop for a picture with Elizabeth Warren at Netroots Nation in Rhode Island, June 2012.

We’re communicators. We all understand the value of storytelling to motivate people to take action, make change, and improve the world.

On Day 2 of Netroots Nation, storytelling was my meme. The [...]

Media That Matters Conference: Use Partnerships to Think Big

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“What don’t you know? What aren’t you good at?” asked Michelle Benham, associate producer at the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, at this morning’s Media That Matters Conference panel.

The panel’s theme, “Thinking Big,” was moderated by Pat Aufderheide and featured Benham discussing “Inside Story,” a feature film about HIV and how the virus works [...]

Stay Tuned: Live Updates from Media That Matters 2012 Conference

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Today and tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 11, InSites will be covering American University’s Center for Social Media’s Media That Matters 2012 Conference.

The conference brings together socially-engaged media makers to discuss this year’s theme, “Change for Good.”  Throughout the conference, InSites will highlight campaigns, partnerships and strategies that use creativity, innovation and communications savvy to create a lasting [...]

InSites for the Future: Opportunities for Non-Profit/Corporate Partnerships to Grow in 2012

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Source: Capital Area Food Bank of Texas

The recent economic crisis has taken a toll on the country, but Vanguard’s vice president of Account Services, Brenda Foster, looks at how it has also reignited people’s interest in charity and social good. Brenda looks at how organizations can take advantage of this trend in 2012 [...]

Communities Fuel Social Change

Social change doesn’t depend on political parties or Capitol Hill. It depends on people who passionately seek justice and communities that fight for those who can’t. [...]