Foundation For A Better Life

Podcast #54 — Aired February 19, 2015 People are basically good, sometimes they just need a reminder. That’s the thought behind The Foundation for a Better Life and their campaign to share positive values all over the world. Our guest this week on BetterWorldians Radio is Gary Dixon, President of The Foundation for a Better Life. Double dribble rom. He’ll discuss how Values.com uses television, radio, billboards, and more to spread inspirational messages to people everywhere as a contribution toward promoting good values, good role models, and a better life. President, The Foundation for a Better LifeGary Dixon is the President of The Foundation for a Better Life. He formerly served as vice president of Bonneville Communications where he directed the creative development of many successful campaigns, including Homefront, Major League Baseball, Children’s Miracle Network and the American Cancer Society.

He has also been a speaker at regional and national advertising conferences for the American Advertising Federation and a keynote speaker for various events. Gary has a master’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University and a bachelor’s in broadcasting from Texas Tech University. Raymond HansellThis week on BetterWorldians Radio were talking with Gary Dixon from The Foundation for a Better Life. The Foundation for a Better Life promotes positive values through the media. Their Public Service Announcements, based on values such as hope, honesty, encouragement and generosity, are currently being seen on television and billboards all over the world. The Foundation makes posters and DVDs available to thousands of schools each year at absolutely no charge.

It offers these messages in an effort to promote good values, good role models and a better life.Gary Dixon serves as the President of The Foundation for a Better Life.

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PSAs — Public Service Announcements — put a different twist on the commercial advertising messages typically analyzed in classes about media literacy. Find over two dozen PSAs at this site, where you can view segments on caring for the less fortunate, being a good neighbor, or taking the time to teach a skill. An excellent resource for teaching media literacy to 21st century learners. Possible applications: examining how messages are constructed; thinking critically about the values being promulgated; as a starting-off place for developing student-created PSAs. Language Arts teachers will find the PSAs excellent discussion-motivatorw as well as springboards for writing, either expository or creative.Foundation for a Better Life. Audio. High School Middle SchoolJudy O'Neill.