Reframing poverty: 8 ways to Open Minds
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This document provides 8 ways to reframe poverty and open public minds to solving poverty issues. It begins by explaining the importance of framing and cultural models in shaping public sentiment. It then outlines the following strategies: 1) Understand cultural models of poverty; 2) Focus on poverty rather than benefits or the economy as the issue; 3) Connect with values like compassion to shift thinking; 4) Use credible messengers aligned with the audience; 5) Employ metaphors that shift thinking; 6) Use examples and stories rather than just data; 7) Position benefits as a solution rather than the problem; 8) Tell compelling stories. The overall aim is to strategically frame poverty issues in a way that engages the public and g
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Reframing poverty: 8 ways to Open Minds
- 1. ReframingPoverty 8WaystoOpenMinds January, 2018 Nat Kendall-Taylor, PhD Chief Executive Officer
- 2. Why Think About Framing? How Can We Reframe Poverty?
- 3. Because Sustained Social Change Requires Culture Change
- 4. “ “Public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.” Abraham Lincoln
- 5. I’ll tell you what’s the greatest power under heaven, and that is public opinion - the ruling belief in society about what is right and what is wrong, what is honourable and what is shameful. That’s the steam that is to work the engines. George Eliot
- 8. Because You Have a Problem
- 9. You Say...They Think AAA BBB PublicExpert/Advocate
- 10. John F. Kennedy, Yale University Commencement June 11, 1962 The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.
- 11. Because Understanding is Frame Dependent
- 14. Why Think About Framing? How Can We Reframe Poverty?
- 15. 8Ways to Open Minds and Engage the Public in Solving Poverty More than 20,000 UK Respondents
- 17. Cultural Models of... Poverty in the UK The Game is Rigged Economic Naturalism FATALISM Poverty Romanticism NOSTALGIA Spectrum of Self-Determination Opportunity Structures CONTEXT AND STRUCTURE Non-Negotiable Needs Post Poverty CRITERIA Self-Makingness Culture of Poverty RESPONSIBILITY Government Responsibility SOLUTIONS Nothing Tighten Benefits Provide Core/Basic Support Education Post Poverty Self-Makingness Poverty Romanticism Economic Naturalism The Game is Rigged Culture of Poverty Opportunity Structures Spectrum of Self-Determination Non-Negotiable Needs Government Responsibility
- 22. Compassion/Justice In our society, we believe in showing compassion towards others, and protecting each other from harm. Yet, right now, many live in poverty. We share a moral and social responsibility to ensure that everyone in our country has a decent standard of living. Strategic way to redirect: Moves thinking towards: • Salience/Importance • Social Responsibility • Self Makingness • Culture of Poverty • Poverty Romanticism • Social Responsibility • Protect/Help Others • It’s Not Right that Some Can’t Realize Opportunity/Potential Key components:
- 23. Words thatWork “simply not acceptable" “we won’t stand by and let this happen in our society/ country” “we won't stand for that” “not on my watch” “out of order” “we’re not ok with this” “it’s just not right” “we need to put this right” “morally wrong” “our sense of decency” “our society’s principles” “In our society we believe in doing the right thing. We look out for each other. We provide public services for everyone – especially those who are in greatest need.” “whatever happens, as a society we are in this together” Measured Strident
- 25. Credible Identity aligned w/ message Novel Not financially vested Aligned with audience identity Thinking About Messengers
- 28. Restricts & Restrains Our economy is locking people in poverty. Low paid, unstable jobs mean more and more families can’t put food on the table. With economy driving up the cost of living, many are caught in a daily struggle to make ends meet, unable to think about a different future. It is hard to break free from the constraints our economy places on people. Redirect away from: Move thinking towards: • What Surrounds Us, Shapes Us • Spectrum of Self-Determination • Social/Public Responsibility • Self Makingness • Culture of Poverty
- 29. Restricts & Restrains Our economy is locking people in poverty. Low paid, unstable jobs mean more and more families can’t put food on the table. With economy driving up the cost of living, many are caught in a daily struggle to make ends meet, unable to think about a different future. It is hard to break free from the constraints our economy places on people. Currents Our economy creates powerful currents like low wages and rising living costs that can pull people into poverty. And sometimes things happen that threaten to pull us under, like losing a job, coping with a disability, or leaving our home to get out of an abusive relationship. We need a benefits system that anchors people so they don’t get pulled into the current and pushed into poverty.
- 31. Redesign the Economy The economy we have today was designed—it is the result of a set of decisions that were made about our society’s priorities and resources. Just as it was designed, we can redesign it so that it works for everyone. Redirect away from: Move thinking towards: • Agency/Efficacy • Design/Redesign • Pragmatism—System That Should Meet Our Needs • Economic Naturalism • Fatalism
- 33. CanPovertyExemplarsInfluence PublicThinking? The use of food banks has risen by almost a third over the last three years. This is the result of our society investing less and less in making sure everyone’s needs are met. By privatising social housing, cutting benefits, and failing to ensure that people can get stable, good-paying jobs, we have left more and more people in need. More than a million households living in private rented accommodation are at risk of becoming homeless. This is the result of our society investing less and less in the broad- based supports that make sure everyone’s needs are met. By privatising social housing, cutting benefits, and failing to ensure that people can get stable, good-paying jobs, we have left more and more people in need.
- 34. Framed with Data There are currently 3.7 million children living in poverty in the UK. That’s over a quarter of all children. 1.7 million of these children are living in severe poverty. In the UK 63% of children living in poverty are in a family where someone works. More and more children are becoming homeless or living in temporary housing – numbers have risen by a third since 2014. Families around the country are feeling the impact of poverty. Reframed with Issue Exemplar
- 36. Framing Benefits 1. Highlight ways that allpeople rely on social services 3. Provide examples of services; position welfare as oneof these essential services 2. Show everyday nature of this use/reliance
- 37. #8 Tell a Story
- 38. Understand what you’re up against Set the right issue: poverty Connect with values to shift thinking: compassion + justice 1 2 3 Messenger matter: credible, aligned, novel Provide a mental image that sticks: restricts & restrains, currents, design/redesign Show don’t tell: the power of examples: foodbanks/housing 4 5 6 Position benefits as solution 7 Tell a story 8 AVOID ADVANCE £
- 39. “ Richard Rorty A talent for speaking differently, rather than arguing well, is the chief instrument of cultural change.