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Community-driven coverage and convenings
Conducting community-based engagement efforts could open new opportunities for relationships and new forms of revenue for local media.
Launching live events
Live events are an attractive platform for many local news organizations — they build brand awareness and trust, bring the community together and, of course, can be a source of revenue.
Cultivate local identity and build revenue
Examples of how newsrooms have spun up live events, products and third spaces to experiment with new sources of revenue while fostering community belonging.
Make your meetings more engaging
An agenda-planning tool developed by NEP based on the experiential learning cycle has four stages that break down ways adults connect with information and what kind of activities can support their learning.
Navigate needs by listening
By creating conditions for listening to and honoring diverse perspectives, we build a shared understanding of how institutional barriers, historical inequities and systemic biases impact our teammates in distinct ways.
Stages of team development
Encouraging people to use their voice — especially those who aren’t used to being “at the table” in meetings — is important for a developing work culture.
