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Giving voice to powerful new ideas in the Information Age

This fourth issue of Change Agent presents a range of voices across academia and our sector who illuminate strategies, ideas, and tools you can use to elevate and advance the issues.

Editor's Note

As trust in many institutions declines, America’s appetite for information is growing. According to Nielsen, the average American adult now consumes 10 hours and 39 minutes of information and media each day. That’s up one full hour from just last year. There is a name for this phenomenon: the Information Age. How can we capitalize on this?

Sean Gibbons
Sean Gibbons
Guardian Cities
The Future of Journalism

Guardian Cities

A three-year partnership between the Rockefeller Foundation and The Guardian to cover an array of topics—from the environment, to inequality and urban renewal— through the lens of cities.

Rachel White
Carey Meyers
Rachel White, Carey Meyers
Catching the Wave
Activism

Catching the Wave

How a powerful communications strategy helped the Surfrider Foundation and a coalition of other organizations mobilize a local grassroots effort and save a rare natural resource.

Chad Nelsen
Nancy Eiring
Chad Nelsen, Nancy Eiring
The Communications Network Annual Conference

The Communications Network Annual Conference

The Communications Network annual conference is the premier global leadership gathering for foundation and nonprofit leaders committed to building a better world.

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Lifting Death's Veil
Interview

Lifting Death's Veil

Dr. Atul Gawande’s powerful documentary Being Mortal started a national conversation on death and dying. Steven Birenbaum recently spoke with him about his experiences.

Steven Birenbaum
Steven Birenbaum
Designing Br@nd Experiences
Brand Strategy

Designing Br@nd Experiences

In the digital age, how can social change brands effectively align organizational strategy with the designed experiences they create, to deliver meaningful value, deepen audience engagement, and achieve greater impact?

Matt Schwartz
Matt Schwartz
Letter From the Designers
Design

Letter From the Designers

Partnering with The Communications Network on this issue of Change Agent provided an opportunity to think more broadly about how the ideas within could reach a wider audience and engage them more deeply. Determined to make the most of it, we challenged ourselves to push the boundaries of what a traditional print publication could be.

Ryan Reynolds
Matt Schwartz
Senongo Akpem
Leah Garlock
Ryan Reynolds, Matt Schwartz, Senongo Akpem, Leah Garlock
The Power of Simple
Communications

The Power of Simple

How the Natural Resources Defense Council effectively unearthed and reframed compelling research to raise public awareness and effect policy change around food waste.

Lisa Benenson
Lisa Benenson