smartMeme : Index

"SmartMeme earns its name by reinventing and reinvigorating how activism works. They go to the heart of the problem--how we imagine the world, how language and belief shape possibility, and enlarge those possibilities by reframing and rethinking. They do so beautifully, creatively, and powerfully. The right has long done this in a creepy way, with branding and smearing and building false associations, and the left was long overdue to be smarter about how it tells its side of the story when smartMeme appeared."

-Rebecca Solnit, Bestslling Author, "Hope in the Dark" and "Storming the Gates of Paradise"

[Tools/Analysis] Can the #Occupy Movement Be a Turning Point? by Doyle Canning As the Wall Street occupation continues, Boston residents are sitting in to save their homes -- and providing a lesson in how to sustain the powerful spark of the #Occupy movement.

[Training] Apply Now: 1-Day Trainings in Boston, NYC & San Francisco Story-based Strategy: Framing and Narrative for Social Change Makers - One Day trainings in Boston, New York & San Francisco. Advanced Training in Boston area April 2012. Application & more info is HERE.

[Tools/Analysis] Beautiful Trouble: Exciting publication with strategic tools, case studies, & concepts for creative action. SmartMeme contributed sections on story-based strategy, and co-branded the project with Yes Labs and Agit-Pop. Donate today and help this get published!

[READ] Tacking Into the Wind Narrative strategy for building transformative movements! Our thoughts on Egypt's cross-platform strategies, framing for systemic change, and resisting the urge to ride the draft of the right wing meme machine...