Tools and Guides

Interested in putting values-based messages and programs into action in your organization? Use these free resources to amplify and evolve the ways in which you engage your audiences in the experiences that matter most.

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Create meaningful messages
Create meaningful messages

Get inspired with language and messaging ideas that help communicate how your offerings tap in to the values and benefits of connecting through creativity.

Tell your story
Tell your story

Learn to identify the images and anecdotes that show how you help people connect and experience growth, voice, wellbeing, and happiness.

Program for connection
Program for connection

Design and update interactive and participatory programs that create connection.

Become a trainer
Become a trainer

Access presentations, scripts, and facts sheets to help you share the goals, research, and message recommendations from Creating Connection.

Break the ice
Break the ice

Help your event participants connect with one another using some Creating Connection-inspired conversation starters.

Not sure where to begin?

Here are some easy ways to dig in to the Creating Connection tools and resources:

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About this Initiative
About this Initiative

A fact sheet to help you talk to peers and others in your organization about Creating Connection

Research Summary
Research Summary

Key points from our report, "Creating Connection: Research Findings and Proposed Message Framework to Build Public Will for Arts and Culture.

Message Framework
Message Framework

Quick access to the messages that help align arts, culture, and creativity with existing public values.

Research Webinar
Research Webinar

Learn what motivates people to participate in creative experiences and what it means for your messaging and programming in this recorded webinar.

Get help from the team

Interested in applying the concepts but need more guidance before you dive in? Have a specific question about your organization? Curious about bringing a workshop or training in your community? Contact the Creating Connection team.

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