Civic Engagement Member Network

Join us for a deeper dive into the presentation highlighted at our recent Statewide Summit on Philanthropy. We will introduce the concepts again for anyone who missed the intro at the Summit, so do join us.

 You’re already doing the work of helping your communities thrive. Now let’s make sure you can talk about it in a way that builds buy-in and trust across your community and with your elected officials. This workshop will help you use stories and data to communicate the value of philanthropy and charitable giving. It builds on research from “Philanthropy’s New Voice,” the largest study of narratives in philanthropy, which examined what types of stories are more likely to build trust, what policymakers want to know from foundations, and how to describe the work foundations do clearly and transparently.

Featured Speakers

Ann Christiano 

Ann Christiano is a leading expert in public interest communications, a growing discipline that uses science-driven strategic communications and storytelling to advance positive social change. She writes and speaks frequently about strategic communication of social movements and the social science about how people feel and react to polarizing issues. Ann is the director and founder of the Center for Public Interest Communications and a clinical professor in the Department of Public Relations in the College of Journalism and Communications, and the co-author of the book Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers.

Nicole Bronzan

Nicole Bronzan brings journalistic roots and an advocate's passion to her role as the Council's vice president of communications and content. Most recently she was a senior communications officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, working to ensure that everyone has a fair and just opportunity for health. Previously she led communications at ProPublica, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom; Freedom to Marry, helping to secure marriage equality; and the Legal Action Center, working to fight discrimination and restore opportunity for people with arrest and conviction records, substance use disorders, and HIV or AIDS. Before her work in communications, she held various news editing roles, most recently as assistant Metro editor at The New York Times.

Registration 

Member - Complimentary