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What does it mean?
Words and communication can visualize and create transformative change.
In plain terms
Words can help you envision and build a better world.
What can you take from it?
Communication has the power to shape reality and inspire change.

Where it applies

  • activism
  • teaching
  • strategic planning

Putting it to work

  • articulate vision
  • inspire others
  • use rhetoric effectively

Questions to consider

  • What vision do your words support?
  • How do you use language to lead?

Another view

Words alone rarely achieve change without action.

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