Do you have what it takes to break down technical work for broader audiences? Can you prove it? As of August 20, 2026 the Challenge has begun. It’s also now housed inside of the FreshSpectrum Discord Community. There is nothing wrong with writing thorough, dense, and highly technical reports and resources. But if you want […]
Policy Brief One Pager – FreshSpectrum Challenge 1
Welcome to the first FreshSpectrum Challenge. In this series we start with a real-world dense technical report or resource (what I call Nerd Reports). Then through a series of activities, you do the work of breaking it down. The discussion about the challenge, along with tips & tricks, are shared inside the FreshSpectrum Discord community. […]
Stop Searching for a Happy Medium
In my last post I made the claim that you should write the nerd report. After that, you can break it down for other people. So that suggests there are two types of reports, nerd reports & other people reports. But in practice, I think we really see four. Two useful types (nerd reports & […]


