Interview: Mike Hutchinson, New Oakland School Board Member & Education Justice Activist

I had the honor and pleasure to interview incoming Oakland Board of Education Commissioner Mike Hutchinson on his nine years of organizing for community control of Oakland's schools, his recent electoral victory and flipping Oakland's school board.

Melissa Daar CarvajalJanuary 6, 2021

Nine Communications Principles to Motivate Covid-19 Vaccinations (and other actions)

How do we address people's fears about the Covid-19 vaccination? A recently produced Guide to Covid-19 Communications shares principles that apply to motivating folks to vaccinate as well as to other communications.

Melissa Daar CarvajalDecember 15, 2020

5 Ways that HCD Can Improve A Social Impact Strategy

After Rogers Family Foundation’s Dana Wellhausen and Bonnie Look participated in MDC Network’s “Human Centered Design for Social Impact Communicators,” they incorporated HCD into their place-based foundation’s strategic approach. Here are five ways they found how it could lift their social change practice.

Melissa Daar CarvajalMarch 3, 2019

A Communicator's Short Guide to Creating a Social Impact Pitch Deck

As organizations move into the realm of creating projects pitched to social impact investors, communicators must craft pitches calibrated to the investment community, a significantly different audience than our usual one.

Strategic Communications, Branding & IdentityMelissa Daar CarvajalAugust 27, 2018