Are you using video to support your advocacy work? Interested in how you can use video to create change -- and also save time, money and resources as you do?
Great, because the fine folks at WITNESS are excited to share a new resource that incorporates 20 years of experience on strategic advocacy, storytelling, videomaking and distribution that they have developed through partnering with over 250 groups in 80 countries, and training thousands of advocates and groups in how to use video to create change.
WITNESS’ new Video Advocacy Planning Toolkit, is a free, interactive, step-by-step training resource that has 35 instructional videos, a wide range of video advocacy examples and essential questions to help you develop a strategic video advocacy plan.
WITNESS is excited to share it with you, and please let them know what you think -> http://VideoPlan.WITNESS.org
Who Should Use the Toolkit?
Anyone who wants to strategically plan how to effectively use video for advocacy, following the same methodology that WITNESS has used with thousands of activists around the world, should visit http://VideoPlan.WITNESS.org
Can You Help Them? They Need Your Feedback!
WITNESS is reaching out to you as a key thinker and advocate. They need your feedback on this alpha version of the Toolkit so they can better support human rights advocates using and wanting to use video to create change.
They hope you will explore the Toolkit, let them know what you think of it, and also share the Toolkit with your allies -- particularly those using or interested in using video to support their advocacy work.
How to Get Started
Step 1: Visit http://VideoPlan.WITNESS.org
Step 2: Create an account and explore the site; start your own Video Advocacy Plan
Step 3: Let WITNESS know what you think of the Toolkit - what do you like, not like and what would you like to see in the Toolkit that is not there?
Hey, Would You Like a Free Camera?
WITNESS will be giving away free Flip Video Cameras to some of the first Toolkit users and providers of in-depth feedback - see more information on the WITNESS blog [http://blog.witness.org/2011/
Your help and insights are essential to ensure that the Toolkit is as useful as it can be, and WITNESS looks forward to hearing from you!
