Carrie Fox is the founder and CEO of Mission Partners, a woman-owned strategic communications firm and Certified B Corporation that guides high-potential nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible corporations in realizing their greatest social impact. Since launching her first firm in 2004, she has guided hundreds of organizations around the world to lead with purpose, fueling organizations and their missions forward in new and more impactful ways. She is host of the Mission Forward podcast on TruStory FM.
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A couple of years ago, a well-known and well-loved nonprofit organization contacted our team with a bit of a problem. The organization had been sustained by a loyal following of recurring donors, but their leadership had noticed a concerning trail off in contributions. They had lost some of their most important donors and they needed to figure out why.
Master Sergeant (Ret.) Erinn Watkins joins Carrie Fox for a conversation on owning our emotions and defining our space in the universe on the cusp of Erinn’s new book, “PathfYnder: How I Use Emotional Control to Build Success and Get What I Want.”
John Trybus is a professor at Georgetown University and Director of the Center for Social Impact Communication. He sat down with Carrie Fox for a conversation on the role and power of social impact communications on the cusp of the release of her book, “More Than Words: Communications Practices for Courageous Leaders.” Our thanks to the University for offering the event to us to share with you.
This week, we offer a preview of Carrie’s new book, an excerpt from chapter one, and an invitation to explore what it means to use communication to drive change in the world.
Nicole Lynn Lewis joins Carrie this week to share her story, the story of a pregnant girl, and how that story went on to create a movement.
Shilpi Chhotray is the co-founder and executive director of People over Plastic. This week, she joins Carrie to share a story of waste colonization, social divides, and the work her team is doing to lift the intersectional stories of environmental racism.
Lisa Cron is a story coach, a teacher, a speaker, a former literary agent, and the author of many books, including “Wired for Story,” “Story Genius,” and most recently “Story or Die: how to use brain science to engage, persuade, and change minds in business and in life.” She joins Carrie this week to unpack the unparalleled power of story.
Jennifer Brandel is a co-founder of Hearken, which she’ll talk about extensively today, but she’s also behind Zebra’s Unite, Civic Exchange Chicago, Democracy SOS and WBEZ Chicago’s Curious City. She joins Carrie Fox for a conversation on approaching the most challenging problems with an open and curious perspective.
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