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Seeing is Believing: Visual Storytelling Best Practices

You’ve heard countless times that a picture is worth a thousand words. But how often have you actually taken that knowledge and opted for a picture instead of a paragraph to create powerful messages for your organization?

As we gear up for Netroots Nation 2013, we’re taking a closer look at some of the convention’s hottest training sessions. Today we’re interviewing Liz Banse, who’ll be leading Seeing is Believing: Visual Storytelling Best Practices.

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Introducing… the Netroots Nation 2013 training lineup!

We are excited to announce the Netroots Nation 2013 lineup! This will be our biggest training program ever, with a whopping 40 trainings led by some of the top trainers and practitioners in the progressive movement, including folks from NOI, Upworthy, Mother Jones, and more.

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Activist training at Netroots Nation 2013

It’s that time of year again! Time to start thinking about Netroots Nation 2013 and submit your training ideas. Netroots Nation 2013 will be taking place in San Jose, CA from June 20th to the 23rd. Each year we have 30 hands-on training sessions covering critical social media, new media and organizing skills.

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In case you missed Netroots Nation

The seventh annual Netroots Nation convention wrapped up a week and a half ago. The event was energizing and educational, with 30 trainings from leaders in the field (not to mention panels, keynotes and more). If you couldn’t make it in person, you can still check out the series of blog posts written by Netroots Nation trainers.

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NN12 Preview: The Sweet Science of Winning the Interwebs Through Epic Shareability

Fact: You are the worst predictor of what content will go viral in the world. Learn how to optimize your headlines and content, double your Facebook fans and increase user engagement. Steal our secret recipe to get larger shares. We’ll tell you all the counter intuitive things we learned, like why “Republican” tests better than “GOP” in headlines, why pretty design actually hurts sharing and how to leverage partnerships to get your organization on the top of the social sharing heap.

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NN12 Preview: 3 reasons to blog on national security in 2012

For too long, progressives have been on the defensive when national defense is concerned. But no longer. President Obama has one of the strongest records on national security and foreign policy of any president in recent memory. As a result, the Left is suddenly seeing national security as a winning campaign issue.

It’s time for progressives to engage security voters. This post highlights three reasons you should consider blogging on national security in 2012.

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