In the wake of racial justice protests last summer, many businesses, nonprofits, and universities sought ways to address racial inequality in their organizations. Among the most...
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What Should White Organizational Leaders Do In Response to Racist Violence?
Since the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests for racial justice, one of the many experiences I’ve reflected on is my response as an...
Continue reading...Stuck at Home? (No Kids?) Try These Tips For More Focused Work
As Americans hunkered down during the initial wave of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, envious Twitter users noted how many of history’s great works were created while on...
Continue reading...How Advocacy Orgs Can Adapt to the COVID Crisis
As the COVID-19 pandemic reshapes life around the world this spring, advocacy organizations have had to shift dramatically to respond to the new reality. On one...
Continue reading...When Hiring, Advocacy Organizations Focus Too Much on Subject-Matter Knowledge
A position just opened up on your policy team for an analyst to lead your health care work. The hiring manager drafts a job description highlighting...
Continue reading...10 Ways to Grow Your Team’s Advocacy Skills (Part 1 of 2)
Note: This is the first part in a two-part series cataloguing professional development ideas for advocacy professionals. Part 1 will focus on external opportunities, while Part...
Continue reading...How to Streamline Your Approval Processes
Have you ever watched a press release meander through approvals for so long that by the time everyone has signed off, the document is no longer...
Continue reading...Decision Paralysis Wastes Time And Money. Here’s How to Avoid it.
Making decisions is a core part of a manager’s role, and in a knowledge-based organization core to everyone’s role. For advocacy organizations the choices vary widely...
Continue reading...How to Set Goals for Policy Advocacy
Setting goals for policy change may be one of the most difficult parts of working in an advocacy organization. If you’re like many policy, advocacy, or...
Continue reading...Is your organization siloed? Of course it is. The better question is how?
You’ve heard this before. Someone speaks up in a meeting, lamenting the fact that the organization is siloed and uncoordinated, and that we need to work...
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