hope-based communicators
There is a growing community of people ready to help you apply hope-based communications in different contexts and with different skill sets. Please feel free to reach out to any of these independent, certified hope-based communicators to learn more.
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Fotis Filippou
Strategist, facilitator, trainer, coach
I help organisations and activists build campaigns that win hearts and minds. I use participatory approaches to design and lead strategies for social justice and organisational change. Languages: English, Spanish, Greek.
Gesine Schmidt-Schmiedbauer
Communication strategist, trainer
I help organizations and purpose-led companies develop and roll out strategies for campaign communications, narrative change, branding and capacity building. Languages: German, English.
Kristin Dannevig
Communications strategist, copywriter, trainer
I lead progressive communications projects and help purpose-driven organisations develop strategies, creative concepts, narratives and storytelling. Languages: English, Norwegian, Spanish.
Mika Ortega
Communication management and training
I am communication manager at WiseOwl, a strategy firm specializing in communication for social change. I co-host the Give A Hoot podcast, the first crowd-funded podcast about communication in the Philippines.
Oya Arriola
Communication strategy and training
I am the principal consultant at WiseOwl, a strategy firm specialising in communication for social change. Based in the Philippines, I work with activists and advocates to to move people to action on social issues
Vanja Pantic
Impact strategist, trainer, facilitator
I help organizations, governments, and changemakers meaningfully connect with the communities they serve via communications, narrative change, and stakeholder engagement strategies. Languages: English, Bosnian, Turkish.
Philip Doyle
Communication and campaigning strategist, trainer
I consult with organizations and purpose-led companies on communication, campaigns and engagement strategies. Accompanies leadership teams and trains advocates and activists around the world. Languages: English, German
Natika Kantaria
Communication Strategist, Campaigner, Trainer
I campaign in the field of human rights, rule of law and democracy with a focus on the Eastern Partnership countries. Languages: English, Russian, Georgian.
Melinda Zsolt
Strategic Communications
I tell stories that bring closer the otherwise abstract concept of energy transition, climate change and renewables. Languages: Hungarian, English, Hebrew.
Thomas Coombes
Founder, human rights strategist, communications trainer
I help civil society groups develop practical narrative change strategies. Languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Italian.
Yana Buhrer Tavanier
Creative campaigning, visual framing, trainings, talks
As founder and director of Fine Acts, I design and implement creative campaigns on various human rights & environmental issues. I lead trainings on visual framing, creative campaigning, playtivism. Languages: English, Bulgarian
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Jandira Queiroz
Trainer, facilitator, and creative strategist
I work with companies and organizations to align their strategies with people-centered and human rights-based frameworks of impact. Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish.
Kerem Çiftçioğlu
Communication strategist, trainer, facilitator
I help NGOs build communication and campaign strategies in a way that triggers curiosity and creative reflection. Languages: Turkish, English
Svetla Baeva
Campaigner & comms strategist, trainer
I design and unroll creative campaigns to inspire change, and lead creative campaigning & comms trainings for activists. Languages: English, Bulgarian.
Juhi Sohani
Communication & change strategist, trainer
I work with organizations to co-design and integrate decolonial approaches to sharing stories and changing systems. Languages: English, French, Urdu, Gujarati
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Michael Braithwaite
Impact strategist, facilitator, values-based trainer
I work with companies and organizations to align their social and sustainability impact strategies and workplace policies with people- and climate-first approaches. Languages: English
Liba Beyer
Campaigns & Strategic Communications
With 20 years of mission-driven experience, I develop impactful, measurable, and scalable human rights campaigns that integrate public engagement with advocacy, brand, fundraising and audience growth.
Stephen Steim
Executive director, NMAP
I help communities and civil society groups grow new narratives using research, co-creation and visual storytelling. I lead trainings on narrative change, film production and editing, framing, and values-based communications. Languages: English.
Camila Chaudron
Facilitator, strategist, communicator