change the world: tell your story
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Change the world: Tell your story
Sita Diehl: Director, Policy & State Outreach
Julie Erickson: Manager, National Education Programs
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Mental health in America
• 1 in 5 adults experience a mental health condition
• Negative stereotypes are still strongly associated with the experience of having a mental health condition
• Stigma is a barrier to treatment
• Stigma can lead to discrimination in the workplace, education, housing and healthcare
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Why share your story? We all have a story to tell.
Learning first-hand about mental health makes a difference.
• Help ourselves
• Help others
• Fight stigma
• Create change
Real stories change hearts & minds.
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Effective storytelling • Introduce yourself
• Your relationship to the issue: which hats?
• Low point
• Turning point: What helped?
• What’s going right?
• What do you hope for?
• When to have an ask
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TIP #1: Know your audience
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TIP #2: Keep it BRIEF Stick to the highlights
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TIP #3: Paint a vivid picture
HOW?
• Descriptive language
• Clear examples
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TIP #4: Emotion should MOVE, not overwhelm
HOW?
• Dial it back just enough
• Understand your limits
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TIP #5: Motivate with HOPE & RECOVERY
NOTE: If your story doesn’t have a hopeful ending, talk about what would have helped or what could help others.
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TIP #6: Know when to make an ASK
If you’re… • Advocating • Fundraising
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TIP #7: Practice, practice, practice
NOTE: Your delivery is part of your message, be sincere, confident and clear
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Your Turn! Write your story
REMEMBER… 1. Your story is always RIGHT (it’s your story)
2. Your lived experience has value and meaning
3. You don’t need to have answers
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NAMI Smarts for Advocacy • Grassroots advocacy skill-building
• Shape your powerful story to move policymakers
• 4 lessons: stand-alone or combined • Telling Your Story • Contacting Your Policymaker • Meeting Your Policymaker • Medication: Protecting Choice
• Want a Smarts Workshop? • Contact your NAMI State Organization
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NAMI In Our Own Voice
• Creates a safe space for
dialogue on mental health
• Breaks down stigma
• Empowers presenters
www.nami.org/ioov
• Furthest reaching presentation program
• Features two presenters sharing what it’s like to
live with a mental health condition