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When information is consistent in visual appearance, language and formatting, it is easier to understand and disseminate. It becomes instantly recognisable as the XR voice and it fits within the wider context of the movement, lending it strength. Design See th...

It can feel overwhelming for small local groups to start a Media & Messaging working group as it involves a wide range of skills that your rebels may not have. Fear not! As well as the resources in this shelf of the Toolkit, there are experienced rebels in you...

A blurb is a short description of what is happening on your livestream to get people to watch it. You need to prepare it in advance, save it on your phone (notes app, as a text message...) so when you're ready to go live, you'll only have to copy and paste it....

Technically, you only need a phone. But we're going to explain how you can make the whole experience more comfortable, especially if you're planning on livestreaming full days of action. Phone Before the action: install all the updates make sure you're logged...

Before the action Take some notes on a very small piece of paper (you don’t want to read from it, just write a few bullet points): What do you want to talk about? Have a few facts ready During the action 🔹 Introduce yourself You can start in ‘selfie mode’ (i...

Capture the action: banners, show number of people, try different points of view of the action if possible (but move slowly to avoid having a shaky image). If you are filming speeches, go to the front to film. Avoid filming the public faces (go behind them if ...

Minimum 30 minutes Go live for 30 minutes minimum. It will give people time to connect and follow the action. Most social media platforms will send out a notification to tell your followers you’re going live. But the platforms don’t like lots of consecutive st...

We recently received the following question (shortened for brevity): The XR advocacy of Citizens’ Assemblies baffles me. There was one on Climate Change in 2019 and others on Adult Social Care, Future of Scotland, National Assembly for Wales, Congestion & Air ...

Banners We have different size banners for different roads (5m, 8m typical). Place banners where traffic naturally stops (Stop signs, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings). Always have banner message facing out to the traffic that is being blocked. Banner Plac...

Different teams wear specific high-viz tabards so you can easily spot them in a crowd and find the right crew that you need. General Steward Lead Steward, coordinating a small team of Stewards Special Task Steward. Designated at an event, for example could...

There are hundreds of actions a month across the UK. Supporting and promoting every one is impossible. The UK teams also have their own strategies, messaging and comms plans, so will always be on the look out for actions that feed into that. XRUK can offer dif...

General Info: artsxr@gmail.com Art Factory assets, banners & flags: artblockers@gmail.com XR Art Blockers on Facebook

How to make a multi-message banner Did you ever wish you could change the message on your banner? This document shows how to create such a resource. How To Make A Multi-Message Banner like this: Free James Brown banner outside Bath Abbey Make the banner backd...

WhatsApp is a hugely popular messaging app with over 2 billion users. It's easy to use and the vast majority of rebels will already have it installed on their phones. Does this make it a good fit for your XR group? Security Despite being end-to-end encrypted...

Telegram is a great messaging app filled with features. In particular it has broadcast channels which can be fantastic for sharing information widely. But is it suitable for group chats? Security Although Telegram's website would have you believe otherwise,...

Mattermost is the messaging app that has been specially set up by XR for rebels to collaborate with each other. It is quite different to the other apps being discussed because it is designed to be used by teams in a workplace as well as for personal communica...

Security Signal has the best security out of all of the apps compared here. Chats are always end-to-end encrypted and you can enable disappearing messages. Furthermore, Signal is actually open-source. This means that anybody can look at Signal's source code...

Why does security matter? Given the types of actions XR does, it is essential that the authorities do not get access to rebels' personal information and private messages. This is for a number of reasons including: It could compromise the legal defences of ar...

To be successful, you need great lines of communication with your group and supporters. You should also have a set of comms channels appropriate for different audiences. This will vary from group to group, but the following is typical: An email account, so yo...

There are two types of email to think about... Email Accounts An email account for people to have two-way conversations with you. This is the equivalent of your personal email account, but for your group instead. You could use a gmail etc free email account or...