Posts tagged Philanthropy Strategy
5 Questions Every Strategic Comms Team Should Ask

I have a short, cautionary tale brought to you by my early-career mistakes. Here’s what’s in it for you: 

My blunder is your happy guide to modeling a culture where asking great questions empowers everyone and makes your work better.  

Early in my career in the U.S. Senate, I got a call from another Senate office asking my boss to sign onto important legislation. 

There was just one teeny tiny problem… I didn’t know what to do next. 

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Beat Decision Fatigue With a Simple Scoring Matrix

You know those days where you just want someone to tell you where we're going to dinner? 

Sometimes, I get really tired of making decisions – partly because as busy leaders, we make decisions at work all day, every day.

We ask questions such as:

  • Should we complete this grant application? 

  • Which events should we go to? 

  • Is that conference worth it?

And sometimes, your teammates don’t agree on the answer. 

That’s why at Forthright, we use – you guessed it – a data-backed approach to make these decisions.

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