EPISODE 02 SUMMARY - HEATHER DAHL AND CHASE CUNNINGHAM
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We talk with Heather Dahl and Chase Cunningham, co-founders of The Cynja, a comic series created with the aim of “[engaging] children… To teach them how to make smart choices [when they encounter the internet], practice online security, and enable privacy protection as they practice cyber security in their digital lives.” Heather and Chase bring a variety of work experience to the area of cyber security awareness and education and seek to bring a fresh, entertaining perspective to an otherwise drab communications M.O.
In this episode, Bruce, Heather, and Chase discuss how creativity, emotion, and excitement are necessary ingredients in cyber security awareness/education materials, especially if the aim of those materials is to elicit engagement and behaviour change from an audience. In the same vein, they also discuss the power that lies within communication efforts that take into consideration the way a certain group of people speaks and engages with their world.
