Your Guide to Making a Difference and Changing the World

Move the Message
Your Guide to Making a Difference and Changing the World
by Josephine Bellaccomo

Published by Lantern Books
July, 2004
ISBN: 1-59056-029-9
$20.00
7 x 9 ¼" - 384 Pages - Paperback

Many of us - without the money to contract special media consultants or expensive public relations firms - want to create change in the world, but find communicating our vision difficult, whether our audience is one individual, small groups, large audiences, or the media.

Take action and empower others to act with this strategic approach. Target your message to the appropriate power holders. Design and pitch a compelling, persuasive presentation with visual impact. Field questions and comments to energize your audience to take action and move the message to others. With confidence, negotiate for progressive outcomes, construct captivating soundbites to the media, deflect personal attacks, and take the message to the streets to get winning results.

In Move the Message, author Josephine Bellaccomo delivers a step-by-step process, complete with tips, tactics, strategies, examples and exercises, to ensure that your message is focused, powerful and unstoppable.

Whether the difference you want to make is local or global, Move the Message is an essential guide for activists and concerned individuals working to create lasting change, and is sure to become a classic in the field.

Josephine Bellaccomo Activist Josephine Bellaccomo is a communications specialist with a master's degree from New York University. She has been a communications coach and consultant for over ten years.

"Josephine's training was one of the best I've ever attended! Her dynamic personality, effective communication tips, and passion for the subject make the training a must for any activist. I guarantee that if you use her methods, you'll see immediate results in your advocacy work."
-Sangeeta Kumar, M.Ed., Education Coordinator, PETA

"Josephine Bellaccomo offers assured and professional advice on all types of effective presentation. Josephine's workshops supply a host of tips and practical suggestions that will make you the best advocate for your organization or message. She works with you where you are and takes you effortlessly to where you need to be."
- Martin Rowe, Director of Publishing at Lantern Books and Vice-President of Booklight Inc.

"Anyone working for social change and who recognizes the importance of effective public communications owes it to themselves and their causes to go through Josephine's training."
- Patrick Kwan, Nonprofit Public Relations Specialist


Feedback on Move Your Message Communication Workshop

It was wonderful! She is inspiring and a fabulous model for "moving the message" just as I would hope to "move it." I know I will keep both her methodology and her sample presentations in mind as I pursue my own efforts on behalf of animals. (Indeed, I purchased her book to help ensure that I do so.)

Thanks for sponsoring this!
Debora M. Bresch, Esq.,
Legislative Liaison, ASPCA

Josephine's workshop was great. She was very knowledgeable and made us all feel comfortable. I learned some skills that I will definitely take with me on my journey of speaking up for the animals. I'm glad I took the course.
Robyn Moore

I was very pleased with the workshop and found Josephine's way of teaching and explain things very helpful. She showed us how to discover in just few minutes of talking our strengths and weaknesses and then we were able to be more in control of our conversation. Thank you very much for organizing this event.
Fortuna Valentino