Storytelling for Advocacy
Want to Make a Difference? Don't Just Tell Your Story.
Being an advocate and sharing your personal stories publicly to create change requires you to embrace your role as a persuasive speaker. Here’s why.
5 Self-care Tips for Advocates Telling Their Personal Stories
Speaking out frequently as a public advocate for a cause that you hold dear is rewarding, empowering ... and it can be exhausting.
What’s the 6-Word Reason at the Heart of Your Advocacy? Here's Katie's.
If someone were to ask you, “Why are you an advocate?” how would you answer them—in just six words?
5 tips for managing your emotions when telling your personal story
What if my emotions get the better of me when I'm telling my story?
Why "Pointing to the Positive" Can be Tough
"Pointing to the positive" is one of The 5 Qualities of Well-Told Advocacy Story and it serves as one of the most important foundations of the Living Proof Advocacy approach.
Advocate Feature: Gayathri Ramprasad for Mental Health
Beginning in her late adolescence, Gayathri began to experience bouts of extreme anxiety and depression.
Advocate Feature: Lawrence Stallworth III for HIV/AIDS Awareness
Since speaking publicly in local high schools about his HIV-positive status only a few months after his diagnosis at age seventeen, Lawrence Stallworth II has addressed college students, doctors, and legislators, the United Nations and the United States Conference on AIDS.
Guest Post: Ethics and Advocacy Performance
A guest post from Jen Tuder, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota.
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