Fostering Strategies is a Social Impact Digital Communications Firm. We take digital brands to new levels. We offer digital services for organizations looking to expand their digital footprints. Whether it be social media strategy, brand and logo design, website creation, or all of the above, we can work with your organization to foster your brand’s online presence into its fullest and most unique potential.

The Violence Interrupters Guide to Social Media
The Violence Interrupters Guide to Social Media is a comprehensive course designed to empower individuals and organizations with the knowledge and skills needed to leverage social media effectively in the fight against violence and injustice. Through a series of modules, participants learn how to strategically use emerging social media platforms to raise awareness, build community, and drive action. The course covers topics such as crafting compelling content for IG and Tik Tok, utilizing storytelling to change hearts and minds, and media literacy to defuse negative trends. With practical insights and real-world examples, participants gain the tools and confidence to harness the power of social media as a tool for positive change in their communities.

Sessions will be offered multiple times throughout the year. Each session will cover all the below topics:

Don’t Make ads, Make Tik Toks: Everything you need to Succeed on Emerging Platforms

• Breakdown of the history of social media from Myspace to Tik Tok. Next is a deep dive audit of successful content creators and social impact campaigns. Closing with the media literacy skills to maneuver Tik Tok through a critical lens.
• DO’s and Don’ts for getting the right shot. Filming best practices, tripods, mics, and interview questions. Class participants are assigned video creation homework.
• A deep dive into the basics of CapCut for video editing, Chat GPT for content writing, and how to find Tik Tok trends to reach wider audiences. Class participants are assigned video creation homework.
• Time to make content. Class participants are assigned video creation homework.
• Deep dive into setting up a video shoot, recording a shoot, tools for remixing and DJing content.

Storytelling 101: Utilizing Your Story for Change

• Training on empathy titled: Empathy as Power: How Words can Impact Our Communities. Closes with a workshop on how campaigns and brands have utilized storytelling to pass bills and budgets.
• Media 101 training focused on crafting your story for narrative change. How to tell your story in 30 seconds or 30 minutes.
• An audit of content creators who have utilized their stories to create change and how we can emulate their work.
• Script writing. The science of creating successful video scripts.