CAT006 – The Tao Of MacGyver View more documents from Charles Tsai. Chapter 6 of The Creative Activist Toolkit deals with MacGyver’s approach to problem solving and why social change leaders might want to learn from his example.
CAT005: Message With Success View more documents from Charles Tsai. The fifth chapter of the Creative Activist Toolkit. This one applies teachings of Made to Stick to storytelling and social change.
CAT004: Make It Count View more documents from Charles Tsai. I’ve been itching to get this chapter completed for the Creative Activist Toolkit. It speaks to an aspect of social change that is too often neglected – outcome. People tend to focus on what they do – their program’s activities – rather than what change [...]
CAT003: Glorified Press Releases View more documents from Charles Tsai. This is the third in a series of toolkits for “creative activists.” This time, we offer just a few suggestions to youth projects that need to “get the word out” or get the media’s attention. How do you spread your message beyond writing a standard [...]
CAT002: Project Profiles View more documents from Charles Tsai. The second chapter of the Creative Activist Toolkit is now posted. This is meant to guide youth in creating a simple video to introduce their social change projects. Basically, I use a video from GOOD Magazine as a case study to show the basic ingredients of [...]
CAT001: Root Cause Analysis View more documents from Charles Tsai. This summer, I’m taking some time to work on a personal writing project – The Creative Activist Toolkit, which is designed to guide young people through the process of creating change and sharing their success. I only have one sample chapter developed so far (see [...]
Welcome to my new blog! I already blog actively for Ashoka’s Youth Venture and Global Youth Fund but I felt I needed a place to share some personal thoughts. Enjoy!
