Article with Soufiane El Amrani in Impact, magazine published by the Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota, USA. This issue was dedicated to plain language.
Tag: communication
Move
On the contrary: Move move move! Move people emotionally so our messaging registers.“No one ever made a decision because of a number. They need a story.” — Daniel Kahneman Move people to action.That’s the way change will happen.(We need to know what that action is.) Move.The world changes and we need to change with it.Always […]
How do you build inclusion?
Lecture at West University of Timisoara for social work and psychology students, October 2025. How do you build inclusion? Through support to a person to have a place to live, things to do and people to see.In other words through social roles and relationships. But most people in institutions don’t have anything resembling a ‘normal’ […]
Brussels Bubble Snorecard
Brussels Z’s.You’re gonna catch them all 💤 😂
Radical can do
It started yesterday as a late night joke. It works in the morning (and always). Actually, it started about two years ago. While we were at a conference in Copenhagen, Theresa Shearer FRSE urged me to go see Kim Scott talk about her book and the practice of Radical Candor. One of many good recommendations […]
On fruits of labour
Earlier this week I was in a workshop to learn, share, discuss disability rights and policies in the EU, with special attention to deinstitutionalisation. The message I brought was quite simple: Policies matter, and they have direct impact on people. It can take (scratch that – it takes) many years.It can be hard to see.(And […]
Writing
I wrote 19 football articles the past half year. I have 3 things I learned through it, useful in my work. And yours, if you’re in anything that involves telling people about your work. 1. Commitment After game 1, I decided to write about every game I’d be in. 19 games later, that’s what I […]
“How to change things when change is hard”
Hey Milan, would you recommend any books on deinstitutionalisation, I was asked recently. And sure enough, I shared some reading I find useful and interesting. But I didn’t mention the two books that I consider the most important, and use almost daily in my work. Neither of them is about deinstitutionalisation. But both are. Take […]
Hey Milan: What do you think works in advocacy and communication?
I’ve been talking with some organisations looking to improve their communication and strategies promoting deinstitutionalisation and community-based support over the past couple of months. Asked about my experience in what works and what doesn’t, there are 3 ideas behind what we try to do and I think works. Maybe you’d be interested to hear about […]
In conversation with… Podcasts on Inclusion Europe Radio
To tell about different stories, experiences, and perspectives on the work we are doing on Inclusion Europe. That is, broadly ;-), the aim of a new podcast series we started in April 2022 at Inclusion Europe Radio. The conversations are hosted by Soufiane El Amrani and me (sometimes, I go it alone). Listen to the […]