Don't Say "When Did You Stop Caring About Children?" and Other Guidance for Child Advocates
By Douglas Gould, Douglas Gould & Co.

As state budget deficits and competition for resources mount, child advocacy groups and their funders across the country face immense challenges in mobilizing support to preserve funding for basic services and structures designed to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and youth. But even as they fight the good fight, recent research suggests that many of the messages they use and the litany of data reporting on seemingly intractable problems are hurting rather than helping their efforts. Read More

Solutions Storytelling Key for Mobilizing Advocates around Children’s Issues

Together with the Topos Partnership Douglas Gould & Co. has recently completed a truly groundbreaking survey for the Child Advocacy 360 Foundation. This study gives us a wealth of guidance based on innovative research that will support communications on behalf
of children.

We know that Americans can be daunted by crisis stories about children, and research shows people are more motivated by coverage that documents solutions and results. Learn more.

The Internet Archive Scans 1M Books for Blind, Dyslexic Readers and Print Disabled People

The Internet Archive, a non-profit dedicated to offering universal access to knowledge via an online library, recently launched a program that more than doubled the number of books available to print disabled people of all ages. With more than 1 million books translated into DAISY format, the Internet Archive also launched a book donation drive to help increase their virtual bookshelves.

As part of the launch, the DG team developed a media strategy and implemented campaign to promote the new service and raise awareness about the Internet Archive’s book drive. We were responsible for getting this story covered in several hundred media and online outlets including the Washington Post, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and Education Week.

The African Burial Ground Opens a New
Visitor Center

The New York Harbor Conservancy and its partner, the National Parks of New York Harbor opened its new visitor center and announced its summer walking tours at the African Burial Ground in Manhattan. The tours begin in June. With 10 site stops, the tour concludes at the African Burial Ground Monument, where visitors are encouraged to visit the exhibition where they can learn about the lives of 17th & 18th century Africans in New York and the scholarship and activism behind the excavation and establishment of the national monument.

DG collaborated with the New York Harbor Conservancy to promote the new center and received television coverage on WCBS .