Now that I feel more settled in Washington, DC, I hope to post more regularly, starting with this update. I’ve begun working on what should have been the first toolkit, the one that ties together all the toolkits. But I needed to work on the individual chapters to get a sense of how they will [...]
I semi-officially unveiled the Creative Activist Toolkit today with an interview on Change.org. Technically we’re still in “beta” but it’s good to test the waters with our initial chapters. It’s already getting a good response but I look forward to additional feedback in the weeks ahead. Youth can offer so much in terms of great [...]
CAT008a: Pitch Template – Keynote View more presentations from Charles Tsai. A companion chapter to Perfect Your Pitch (Chapter 7), this one offers a template that you can use to create a funding pitch for your social change project. It’s also available in PowerPoint format.
CAT007: Perfect Your Pitch View more documents from Charles Tsai. If you ever have to present your project to funders, this chapter on how to “perfect your pitch” may come in handy.
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 [...]
