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EPIC Communication

Depth · what it can open○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharednone

A four-part structure for a persuasive message — Engage, Problem, Inform, Call to action — taught one step at a time, with participants drafting their own on a topic they choose as each step is explained. Built for speaking to a neighbour or running a community meeting as much as for presenting, and the facilitator circulates while people write rather than lecturing through it.

Hold with care
  • It is a persuasion structure; whether that is advocacy or pressure depends entirely on what it is pointed at

Practical

Time
75 min
Group
425 · individual, small-group
Settings
in-person
Materials
Blank paper; pens or pencils
Mechanisms
behavioral-rehearsal, creative-expression
Change scope
skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where
cleancooking.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/342-1.pdf
Availability
Open online — published at the link, free to read

Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — reachable

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Genevieve Smith & Anita Shankar — Empowered Entrepreneur Training (SEE Change)

In this directory via SEE Change Initiative (Empowered Entrepreneur/Employee Training)

status: checked · added 2026-08-29