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Nat Kendall-Taylor 6/25/25 Nat Kendall-Taylor 6/25/25

Everything You Know About AI Is Wrong… and Right!

The arrival of generative AI, tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, don’t just assist, they create. And this shift is forcing us to confront the untapped power and unknown future of what these tools are, what they mean, and whether we’re using them… or being used by them.

Nat Kendall-Taylor 4/3/25 Nat Kendall-Taylor 4/3/25

A note on framing in turbulent times

Matt Locke and Anjali Ramachandran 2/24/25 Matt Locke and Anjali Ramachandran 2/24/25

Want to tell better stories? The answer is not story telling, but story finding.

The Communications Network 2/12/25 The Communications Network 2/12/25

Key Job Search Strategies for Social Sector Communications Professionals: Notes from ComNetworkNY Virtual Event January 2025

Carinne Wheedan and Nat Kendall-Taylor 5/21/24 Carinne Wheedan and Nat Kendall-Taylor 5/21/24

Beyond soundbites: issue framing in election season

Brett Davidson 11/17/22 Brett Davidson 11/17/22

How can foundations and nonprofits support culture change in a divided media landscape?

Nat Kendall-Taylor 8/16/22 Nat Kendall-Taylor 8/16/22

Americans See Systems: Data Show an Opening to Advance New Thinking on Stubborn Social Issues

Nat Kendall-Taylor 1/4/22 Nat Kendall-Taylor 1/4/22

More Common Sense, Less Ideology: Modern Communications Lessons from the Critical Race Theory Debates

Khalid Smith, Dough Hattaway, and Pete Tontillo 11/23/21 Khalid Smith, Dough Hattaway, and Pete Tontillo 11/23/21

Data-Driven Messages: Using Audience Research to Find Your Winning Words

Samia Mirza and Niiobli Armah IV 11/23/21 Samia Mirza and Niiobli Armah IV 11/23/21

You Made an Equity Statement Last Year...Now What?

Lucas Johnson 11/23/21 Lucas Johnson 11/23/21

Conversations to Bridge Divides

Shauna Carey and Michelle Moore 11/23/21 Shauna Carey and Michelle Moore 11/23/21

Better Communications by Design

Rinku Sen and Rachel Weidinger 11/23/21 Rinku Sen and Rachel Weidinger 11/23/21

Narrative Organizing

Alicia Maule 11/23/21 Alicia Maule 11/23/21

Building a Digital Movement

Rickke Mananzala and Dr. Carmen Rojas 11/23/21 Rickke Mananzala and Dr. Carmen Rojas 11/23/21

Why Moral Leadership Matters

Sean Gibbons 7/1/21 Sean Gibbons 7/1/21

DEI and Communications for Good 2021 Survey

Marrianne McMullen, Emily Krone Phillips, Lenore Neier, Alison Gross, Jennifer Amdur Spitz, and Jennifer Clark 1/22/21 Marrianne McMullen, Emily Krone Phillips, Lenore Neier, Alison Gross, Jennifer Amdur Spitz, and Jennifer Clark 1/22/21

Disseminating Research: Getting Critical Findings Into the Right Hands

Carroll Bogert, Nikhil Swaminathan, David Brotherton, and James Burnett 1/22/21 Carroll Bogert, Nikhil Swaminathan, David Brotherton, and James Burnett 1/22/21