One of the biggest frustrations that I hear from Nonprofit leaders is that much too often for comfort, decisionmakers fail to recognize or value our expertise. And when that happens, they're not listening to us in the same wa...
Here’s an uncomfortable truth: Money and policy decisionmakers do not care about your services. This uncomfortable truth is a source of frustration for so many Nonprofit leaders, and it doesn't have to be. But we have to und...
The potential for massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP moved one step closer to reality when the Senate voted its version of the big ugly bill out of committee. The good news is there are still quite a few hurdles to clear befor...
I have a really important question I want to ask you. How satisfied are you, really, with the advocacy results that you're currently getting? Chances are, you're frustrated with at least one of the money or policy decision ma...
I was on the road working with a client last week. And the CEO there asked me the most awesome question that I was super excited to answer. The minute we had the conversation, I knew it was one that we needed to have on the p...
When you're in a conversation with a decisionmaker and it's not going the way you want, they're not engaging, they're not leaning in, or they're not getting what you need them to get. You can tell there's some kind of disconn...
