By: Sarah Hersh-Walker
We love stories. We love telling them, listening to them and writing them. Why? Stories are a fundamental part of the human experience and one of the most effective ways to communicate information. With that in mind, we’re constantly looking for ways to share stories, whether through news coverage or social media.
Do you have a story to tell? Read on for inspiration from FCP’s clients, friends and partners and how they are telling stories through op-eds, news articles, a book and social media.
A retired Bureau of Land Management employee writes in the San Bernardino Sun about why the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) is critical to the future of California’s desert. We’re inspired by his description of visiting the desert with his family as a child and how the vast beauty of this place led to his 32 year career of public service at the Department of the Interior.
Our friends at Amazon opened up their newest on campus pickup location at UC Berkeley recently. Read about this new place for students to pick up packages, watch movies and more in Berkeleyside. Joseph Greenwell, the associate vice chancellor of student affairs and the dean of students at UC Berkeley, says that the location “benefits everyone — professors on the campus, faculty and staff, as well as community members.” This opening also brought back nostalgic memories for the UC Berkeley alumni in the office!
Authors Bryan Schwartz, Jay Sand, and Sandy Carter are featured in The Jewniverse about their new book Scattered Among the Nations: Photographs and Stories of the World’s Most Isolated Jewish Communities. The book features moving stories and photos of the world’s most isolated Jewish communities and is the remarkable culmination of 16 years of collaboration between writers and photographers.
Our partners at Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority continue to innovate with using social media. Photos of stunning vistas and fun wildlife like newts are bringing local residents closer to the outdoors and garnering thousands of views and hundreds of likes, shares and comments. These images truly capture a story of what’s happening in Santa Clara Valley’s open spaces. We also appreciate the motivation and inspiration to get outdoors and explore!
We’re grateful for our continued collaboration with so many innovative clients, partners and friends and look forward to sharing more stories in the coming months.
And last, but not least, a reminder that Olive Grove and FCP will be co-presenting a 30-minute free webinar on February 29, 2016 focusing on best communications practices for a productive relationship between an executive team and its board of directors. We’re putting the extra day in February to good use! Sign up at: http://bit.ly/govcommswebinar & follow the hashtag #GovernanceComms for more information.