Resources & Case Studies

Resources & Case Studies

The Field Guide has drawn extensively from impact case studies and we highly recommend you also get inspired and empowered. Stand on the shoulders of others! Of course we also recommend that you watch as many of the full films as possible so you can put together the creative potential with the impact strategy. We are also always looking to include great new examples so please email us your suggestions.

Audience Funnel

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Audiences

You must understand where your audience is to be able to bring them to where you need them to be. How do they feel about your issue? What do they kno…

Audience Funnel

Impact campaign budget template

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Budgets

guidance in developing a campaign budget

Impact campaign budget template

Screenings Request Form Template

Survey
Distribution

designed to help facilitate a community screening campaign

Screenings Request Form Template

Partnership Tracker Template

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Partnerships

support for relationship management

Partnership Tracker Template

American Promise/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

changing the future for young black men in the US education system

American Promise/Case Study

Using the Stages of Team Development

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Team Building

five stages of team development

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DocPoint Film Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

DocPoint Film Festival

Nonfiction Core Application Checklist

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Funding

field-wide effort to standardize a set of questions that are used in non-fiction funding, fiscal sponsor, or artist support opportunities

Nonfiction Core Application Checklist

Narrative Strategies for Belonging

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

This digital library offers a curated collection of resources for anyone interested in narrative strategy as a tool for fostering a healthy pluralist…

Narrative Strategies for Belonging

Hot Docs

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Partnerships

impact-friendly documentary film festival

Hot Docs

Manual for Urban Projection

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Distribution

resource guide for people projecting images in public places

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Impact Dynamics Chart

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

The Doc Society has identified five “impact dynamics,” broad categories of the types of change to which you can expect to contribute.

Impact Dynamics Chart