There are more people trapped in slavery today than any time in history. Marketing & Creative lead, Brittany Baker, joins Sarah to discuss the intersection of storytelling to honor the victims and drive donor action.
TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS PODCAST EPISODE
- IJM’s mission and who they help
- Stories of impact in driving audience attention and donors
- Why is human trafficking and slavery on the rise?
- IJM’s approach in telling stories that connect survivors with the people who want to help them.
- IJM Tips for navigating the balance of sharing a sensitive topic without oversharing.
- How IJM’s content team is structured to ID and create branded stories around the globe.
- Preferred video and other storytelling formats.
- How you can join Sarah to fun child trafficking rescue missions.
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VIDEO LINKS MENTIONED DURING THIS EPISODE
- Super Maarko video (the one that cinched Sarah’s support of IJM’s, mentioned at start of episode): https://vimeo.com/192525122
- Kashi’s story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrETX7fm0O8
- Ester’s story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cke80C-n8vg
- Manasi’s story that resulted in 7,000 people being rescued: https://www.ijm.org/stories/manasi?v=web-ijm-hp-banner-c6-2021
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION
International Justice Mission is a global organization with a solution to end violence. They partner with local authorities in 24 program offices in 14 countries to combat slavery, violence against women and children, and police abuse of power against people who are poor. They work all around the world to free people trapped in slavery, and protect vulnerable people from brutal violence throughout the world: land theft, sex trafficking, police abuse of power, citizenship rights abuse, sexual violence against children, and forced labor slavery.
ABOUT BRITTANY BAKER
Brittany Baker is an experienced marketing and fundraising professional. Her biggest joy comes from building a team and seeing people grow professionally. She is a fundraising, marketing and communications professional. During the last decade+ she’s built programs and teams around a mass marketing goal for international causes. Every person matters in the fight to end injustice around the world, and Brittany enjoys helping people see that.
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ABOUT PODCAST HOST, SARAH PANUS
Sarah Panus is a brand storytelling marketing strategist, Minnesota mom, and owner of Kindred Speak, LLC, a remote consultancy that helps corporations attract upper-funnel leads that drive bottom-funnel results through storytelling. Her mission is to add value to the world by humanizing brand+consumer connections. Her online courses teach content professionals inside corporations how to think like Editorial Directors to drive stronger results while enjoying their jobs more. She’s spent the last 20 years helping brands including Sleep Number, Starbucks, Nestle Waters, Christos Bridal, Game Crazy, Cone Inc, and others, speak a kindred language with their audiences, driving brand advocacy and millions in revenue and brand engagements. Learn more at www.kindredspeak.com.
