How to communicate issues without writing reportsUsing infographics and social media to get your point across

About Us Presenters

Sarah Forrest Jill WestfallPolicy Coordinator – Communications &Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Operations

Coordinator

Voices for Children in Nebraska Founded in 1987 Statewide, multi-issue child advocacy

How we got here Staff interest, knowing we needed to move in this

direction

Transition from a founding executive director to new executive director with a passion for graphics and visualization

Where we were

48 pages long

(We’ll spare you the click through…)

Where we are now

Where we are

How do you do it? Writing/Content Process

Figure out what you want to say first! Let data drive the graphic (if you’re illustrating data).

Graphic software

A few easy, inexpensive tools Word, Publisher, PowerPoint

Infogr.am

Piktochart.com

For the more advanced users:

Adobe Creative Suite –

Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

Lessons learned in using new media to advance policy change: Keep it short Be specific Let need drive the tool, not the other way

around Don’t write something to have a long shelf life The internet is amazing!

Update and republish materials as needed on the cheap

Policy and communications are on the same team

Contact usSarah Forrest

sforrest@voicesforchildren.com

(402) 597-3100 x109

Jill Westfall

jwestfall@voicesforchildren.com

(402) 597-3100 x`106

http://voicesforchildren.com