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GO BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS Exposure Photo Essays Printed Publications Exposure is a tool to create beautiful photo narratives. It’s also a community of passionate photographers and storytellers. Exposure is a great place to tell your story using images and some words to go with your photos. The tool helps to turn a pile of photos into a story. Sometimes just a few words can make all the difference. Printed publications can showcase knowledge and research, or promote contributions and achievements made by the projects. We should communicate in language that is concise and easy to understand. This requires plain words, simpler sentences and well-structured analysis. Compelling human interest stories about how our projects are changing the lives of ordinary people around the world in a positive and sustainable way helps communicate results better. Exposure encourages a narrative-driven approach to sharing photos. Once you sign up, you are presented with an ultra-minimal workflow for dragging and dropping your images into sets or full-width spreads, separated by blocks of text where you can enter titles and descriptions of what’s going on. The layout is seductively straightforward, with very few customization options. Resources for Publications •• Writing for UNDP: From the UNDP Communications Toolkit, this link details comprehensive guidance for ‘Writing for UNDP’ •• UNDP Story Telling Guidelines: This 2-page document details how to write a compelling story and details key points to remember when writing the story. •• Web Story Guidelines: From the UNDP Office of Communications, this document guides you through the process of writing a web story. •• UNDP Style Guide: The UNDP Style Guide is intended to offer guidance on grammar, spelling and punctuation to ensure clarity and consistency in UNDP publications. •• Exposure Photo Essays •• UNDP Photo Essays Examples: Additional useful links: •• From the Field to the Table •• UNDP Brand Manual 2013: This manual give detailed instructions on how to use the UNDP logo and tagline. •• 20,000 Mangroves Strong Examples (above and below) of photo essays created in Exposure. (Below) An example of a printed publication by UNDP CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BULLETIN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BULLETIN UNDP CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BULLETIN UNDP A Quarterly Update of Activities United Nations Development Programme ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ 16 GENERATING CONTENT ON CCAF NATIONAL PROJECTS: GUIDANCE FOR CAPTURING AND CREATING STORIES, PHOTOS, AND FILMS GENERATING CONTENT ON CCAF NATIONAL PROJECTS: GUIDANCE FOR CAPTURING AND CREATING STORIES, PHOTOS, AND FILMS 17