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Edible shade tunnels and room for rivers: Messaging nature-based solutions

People love nature-based solutions–but they aren’t always familiar with terms like bioswales or beaver dam analogs, so we need to paint pictures with words and emphasize the benefits rather than the technical details.

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Digital Detox: Equip your team for healthy online engagement

Recap of the Water Hub training on practical strategies to foster positive engagement and combat online negativity.

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Water infrastructure art: hand under flowing faucet, green streets, river restoration, urban gardening.

Celebrating water progress: new Just Infrastructure campaign

The Water Hub’s Just Infrastructure campaign celebrates the impact federal water funding is having in communities and ecosystems across the country.

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Fifth National Climate Assessment water toplines

The Water Hub’s topline summary of water impacts for the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

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Frame, Tone, Messenger: How we can adapt communications to reach different audiences

Recap of our training on how we can modify the frame, tone, and messenger of our communications to reach different audiences.

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The future is accessible: Inclusive communications and digital best practices

Takeaways from the Water Hub’s Digital Accessibility Guide and River Network’s new Inclusive Communications Guide including accessible website and graphic design, ethical storytelling practices, SEO as an accessibility tool, and more.

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From ivory tower to real world: Collaborating with influencers to drive policy awareness

How to generate excitement and awareness for water and climate policy issues by partnering with social media influencers and content creators.

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How to use the power of images to enhance your organization’s storytelling

Learn photo and video tips including general principles and technical guidelines to help strengthen your visual storytelling skills.

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Memes and GIFs and graphics, oh my! 5 creative ways to tell your story.

How to reach different audiences using content like GIFs and memes and get creative with culture.

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Learning how to tell your organization’s story

Telling your organization’s story: A discussion on how to get noticed, be heard, and elevate your story as an organization.

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Water words that connect: A discussion about water language that is accessible, inclusive, and emotionally resonant.

Continuing the conversation on water words

Briget Arndell recaps a recent Water Hub workshop that discussed the the impact and importance of using water words that connect.

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Time to break out the podium?

Recap of our latest workshop on the key elements of planning a successful press event.

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4 artists and organizers on equitable engagement in climate, water & movement work

Strategies from four artists and organizers on equitable engagement in climate & movement work.

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Round up: 4 artists and organizers inspiring the water and climate movement

Four artists and organizers whose work give insight into how to work equitably with creators and inspire change. 

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Control your narrative = shaping public perception and dismantling dominant narratives

Coverage of Covid-19 crisis and police brutality made 2021 a stand-out year for climate coverage, however, the problematic trend of whose voices are featured in climate coverage still exists.

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IPCC water messaging: workers install a rain garden in Portland, Oregon.

Climate-water talking points for IPCC’s global climate report

Talking points for use around the February 28 IPCC report, to help elevate water in the climate conversation, and make the case for climate-smart water projects like green infrastructure.

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Twitter Tips: 2021 Themes and KPIs for the Water Movement

Spotting themes and data trends on Water Twitter in 2021.

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Tips: Mastering the art of interview basics

The Water Hub covers media interview tips including the elements of a compelling message, what to do before, during, and after, and the formula to answer tough questions while staying on message.

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Communicating at the water-climate nexus

Communicating at the Water-Climate Nexus lays out the latest research and best practices to communicate at the intersection of water, climate, and justice!

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5 tips to walk the talk on ethical imagery

Survival Media Agency and Resource Media join the Water Hub for an “Ask Me Anything” discussion about how to create and source images ethically as cause communicators.

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