💼Comms coach for activists. ℹ️Work, resources, and videos about progressive communications at http://showalkerkonno.com 📍Amsterdam, NL. He/Himhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3ltw7lipjk22qThe best Harvard Business review article I've ever seen? Side-by-side test of a 'good' strategy visualisation slide vs a 'bad' one of the same strategy. Both still pretty basic design most people could pull off in G-Slides. By João Cotter Salvado and Freek Vermeulen. via @firetail.bsky.social14 Jul 2025 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltw7lipjk22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lpo462kwbk27How to measure something as complex (and hyped) as 'narrative change'? Concise article on latest thinking: - 3 'buckets' (Culture, StratComms, Organising) & how they blend - 4 steps to start with (most only do #1 & #2) - 4 principles ("Focus on contribution > attribution") https://ssir.org/articles/entry/four-part-framework-measuring-narrative-change#21 May 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpo462kwbk27https://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3loxf4gegbc2dIn another case of "actually quite good comms by EU leadership?!" This disinformation 'factcheck' post is: ✅ Lighthearted ✅ References the lie without repeating it ✅ Ascribes motivation to the liars to help innoculate Vs future disinformation ✅ Squeezes in proactive message [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2025 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3loxf4gegbc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lkd7cyvfoc2hGreat blog for people like me and most of the orgs I work with who worry about compromised US tech services but feel: "well, even if it's not legal, at least you'd be wrong with everyone else". Along with very practical steps and Martijn's own experience this gives a lot of reassurance its possible [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkd7cyvfoc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3ljhry2obfk2tPolitics of arms-races aside, I am unequivocably in favour of EU figures using original and (you've got to hand it to VDL) baddass heavy-metal language. Is "steel porcupine" literally Freudian? Can't find any other reference. @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social https://www.freud.org.uk/collections/objects/3146/03 Mar 2025 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhry2obfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3li2ofakzoc2v151 years ago John Stuart Mill had a response to "natural = better" that works equally well for conservative anti-gender, survival-of-the-fittest arguments as it does for your in-laws' opinions on groceries & medicines. Great shout by @amandaruggeri.bsky.social https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250210-the-appeal-to-nature-fallacy-why-natural-doesnt-always-mean-better13 Feb 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2ofakzoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lhiopp6d3s2yExhibit #749 of 'making life easier for minorities eventually makes life easier for all of us': the only images anyone can 'see' today on BlueSky are the ones with Alt Text.06 Feb 2025 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhiopp6d3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lgfw7tejac2jWhy is "the world's worst humanitarian disaster" (150k dead, 11million displaced) getting even less than usual media coverage? Summary of brutally honest & practical journalist feedback for NGOs by @markgalloway.bsky.social for @bondngo.bsky.social. I'd add... https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2025/01/sudan-the-media-challenge/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Network%20News%2023%20January%202025&utm_content=Network%20News%2023%20January%202025+CID_2e82b0a14e4e7e5ec5a01af292f23a73&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=Learn%20more23 Jan 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfw7tejac2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lfwhrgihs22jSocial media firms' advertising strategy in the EU: 🇳🇱 In the Netherlands (ban on phones in school just started nationwide) Instagram's ad emphasises "strongest, in-built protection for teenage accounts" 🇪🇺 In the Brussels bubble's favourite newsletter, TikTok (despite imminent US ban) very similar17 Jan 2025 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwhrgihs22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3ld6ix3dfy22cIts become unfashionable/naive to say it, but democracy is still the 'least worst' way of protecting a revolution. A very timely study from @kbclarke.bsky.social @annemeng.bsky.social @jackpaine.bsky.social analyses 84 times a regime has been overthrown since 1900... https://osf.io/preprints/osf/bsmhp?campaign_id=30&emc=edit_int_20241212&instance_id=142073&nl=the-interpreter&regi_id=209523653&segment_id=185566&user_id=e926e61dd54d16a5012ea20c103451a113 Dec 2024 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6ix3dfy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lcnjdy7r5k2wWe can and must take back control of renewable energy, because democratic public ownership is the only way to get to where the world needs to go. And it'll be faster, fairer, greener, and cheaper for us individually on the way. Some snippets from a mini-framing investigation alongside this report ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2024 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnjdy7r5k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lbwsuwyiys2vIceland's snap election is Saturday. Predictably parties are trying an anti "vók" (woke) gambit, but LGBTI group @samtokin78.bsky.social has quickly gathered feminists and also mainstream children's rights groups like UNICEF & Save the Children in a joint statement: "We will not let this pass"...27 Nov 2024 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwsuwyiys2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lbwrfrstk22jI have the fortune/misfortune to encounter a lot of 'activism-adjacent' artists and the unsaid 2nd half of this sentence is "art is not about politics or solving problems - that would be too much more effort than just appropriating a 'political vibe' to make my art seem more topical" [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Nov 2024 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwrfrstk22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lbhizwsl5s2iCool session on something everyone says they need but don't talk enough about details: social movement + NGO collaboration. Lineup of movement researchers, @amnestyuk.bsky.social campaigners, activists and political scientists from Africa, Latin America & Europe. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsduCsrjwoHNI2x54Dyted7LT7Rn6LP6V-#/registration21 Nov 2024 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhizwsl5s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lb7znsz4kk2vSome videos about comms based on my work with activists around the world. 1): Progressives sometimes despair that right-wing populists are just better at communications. I disagree - let’s take a tour of conservative communications cock-ups to learn from their mistakes. https://youtube.com/watch?v=wQiAy34JlA4&si=orXMwjP4VrzeJF9s18 Nov 2024 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7znsz4kk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shokon.bsky.social/post/3lb2ulmctws2nI took MEA on one of my last flights out of Beirut, and I remember how much everyday conversation centred on the last remaining airlines serving Ebola-era Freetown, and post-Kony northern Uganda. Strong potential for a Le Carre-style novel in this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:ptuvhkrofjmpd4qclabatf2v/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb2ulmctws2n