This is a case study of how a WordPress blog changed the world.
In 2014 a group of citizens from neighborhoods surrounding a 21-acre forest in suburban Atlanta formed an alliance to save the forest from development. A WordPress blog (http://briarlakecommunityforest.org) was a key strategic component of their successful advocacy effort that resulted in the creation of Briarlake Forest Park. The blog form afforded an ideal way to present timely messages that moved the advocacy effort forward – it allowed for both in-depth analysis and instantaneous communication to an audience of at least 1,500 concerned neighbors.
This talk will highlight key posts in the blog, explaining how presenting this information at this particular time in this particular way made an impact within the county government that ultimately resulted in the decision to save the forest.