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...
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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...A Seven Factor Checklist for Advocacy Decisions
With so many critical issues to work on, how do you decide where to allocate your limited time and resources? This is a perennial question for...
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...Policy and Political Organizations Are Often Poorly Run. Here Are Three Reasons Why
Horror stories abound of poorly managed think tanks, political offices, and advocacy nonprofits. While I don’t have hard evidence that management at these organizations is systematically...
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