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Archives for blog topic “public health”

And Now, Let’s Welcome Our Techno-Feminist-Theologian-Evaluator…

Often, it seems the entire world loves those TED talks.  We’ve even featured a few of them on “So What?” ‘cause, well, they can be incredibly interesting and insightful.

Filed in Blog Topics: Advocacy Strategies, public health

Digital Advocacy
Remember Komen’s defunding of Planned Parenthood? (Yup, it’s been a few months—ages in our speedy news cycle.) Well, this week The Chronicle of Philanthropy did a piece on Planned Parenthood’s extremely effective social media response.

Filed in Blog Topics: Reproductive Health, public health, Advocacy and Social Media, Advocacy Strategies

Big Bucks for Healthcare Reform Advocacy: Worth it?
The Atlantic Philanthropies gave the largest grant on record for an advocacy campaign—to Health Care for America Now! to help pass healthcare reform. And naturally they wanted toevaluate its effectiveness. Ben Smith of Politico writes that, “their

Filed in Blog Topics: Philanthropy, public health, APEP News, Advocacy Strategies