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Practical video lessons for creating trustworthy content, using technology for public good, and staying safe online.

How to create content

4 lessons

Plan, write, verify, produce, and grow useful content people can trust.

Scriptwriting

A beginner-friendly structure for turning an idea into a clear video script with a strong opening, useful main points, and a call to action.

Audience retention

Learn how pacing, open questions, and a clear story flow can hold attention without misleading viewers or hiding the point.

Storytelling

Six practical storytelling techniques for making educational, civic, and advocacy content easier to follow and remember.

Short-form video

A compact breakdown of the visual, audio, narrative, and structural elements that make short-form videos understandable and engaging.

Civic tech, open source, hacktivism, and movement content

6 lessons

Use technology, open collaboration, and public-interest storytelling to support civic action.

Philippine civic tech

A Philippine interview about how BetterGovPH volunteers built public-interest digital tools to improve access to government information and participation.

Civic tech movements

Civic technology leaders reflect on what the field has learned, where it has fallen short, and how public-interest technology can better serve communities.

Open source

A panel on open-source collaboration, artificial intelligence, sustainability, and the trade-offs involved in building technology for public services.

Civic participation

An academic introduction to civic technology and the role digital tools can play in democratic participation and government improvement.

Grassroots civic tech

A Filipino student explains a grassroots transparency website that helps residents examine public flood-control projects.

Open-source skills

A practical introduction to Git, the collaboration tool commonly used to contribute to open-source civic projects and document changes.

AI, cybersecurity, NVE, online child safety, scams, and other emerging topics

8 lessons

Understand emerging technology and help communities respond to digital risks safely.

AI literacy

An accessible introduction to artificial intelligence, what people mean by intelligence, and how computer systems approach different kinds of tasks.

Practical AI

A practical overview of generative AI and how to approach common workplace tasks while checking the quality of its output.

Cybersecurity

Four high-impact habits for protecting accounts and devices: recognizing phishing, using strong passwords, enabling MFA, and installing updates.

Account security

A concise explanation of how multifactor authentication adds another barrier when a password is stolen.

Nihilistic Violence Extremism

A prevention-focused warning about nihilistic violent extremist networks that target and coerce minors online, with signs adults and communities should recognize.

Online child safety

Prevention guidance for families and communities on recognizing online exploitation risks and keeping conversations with young people open.

Scam prevention

Learn common warning signs such as impersonation, manufactured urgency, unusual payment demands, and requests to keep a transaction secret.

Philippine scam prevention

A Filipino news report on steps being strengthened by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to address financial scams.