Thanks Philanthroforce for sharing this article. I live under the mantra of you don’t plan to succeed, you are planning to fail. And advocacy is no different. You can get a lot of wins with just a little bit of planning. #advocacy
Do you want to improve your nonprofit's advocacy program? Philanthroforce member Seth Palmer shares tips for successful advocacy planning: https://lnkd.in/ddJi6rM6 #nonprofit #nonprofits #nonprofitleader #nonprofitleaders #nonprofitleadership #advocacy
So, I'm not giving up the #jobsearch, but I have decided to formally launch Longleaf Public Affairs. This will give me the opportunity to work with clients as they prepare for legislative sessions in 2025 and train spokespeople and advocates of the future. If I can help your organization, please don't hesitate to contact me. #publicaffairs #ncpol #advocacy #spokesperson
Today, we are happy to announce the launch of Longleaf Public Affairs, a strategic advocacy firm focused on helping clients navigate an ever-changing legislative landscape. Built on a decade and a half of experience translating engagement into action for public and private sector entities, including advising senior elected officials, nonprofit executives, and professionals on how to communicate effectively with any audience, we can help equip you to succeed in any situation. Led by Seth Palmer, an experienced public affairs and advocacy strategist, we look forward to helping you with your next advocacy project or training need. While we get our website set up, you can reach out to Seth at seth@seth-palmer.com
As someone who has dealt with anxiety for the majority of my life, I have had to address feelings of anxiety for the entirety of my professional career. It has kept quiet in some instances, but in others, it has screamed like a freshly dug Mandrake. Professional anxiety can make someone sharper and more committed to being their best. Still, it can also make them question every decision and be paranoid because of the inability to read people or assess fluid situations fully. So, how do I deal with it? To keep it simple, it takes work. In today's #mentalhealth article, I take a deep dive into what that looks like.
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In the #politicalcommunications world, errors like this happen too often to count. Small teams working long hours focused solely on getting content out the door gloss over the simple things. On at least one occasion, I have seen a candidate's name get misspelled by their own campaign (fortunately for them, it was still a draft). We all need to improve our proofreading for ourselves AND take a beat to have someone else read it. Products like Grammarly are fantastic, but the human element is still needed. My best proofreader is almost always my wife, who, nine times out of ten, could care less about the substance of what I'm writing. While her critical nature is not always welcomed when doing a household project, it has caught more errors than I have recognized. #proofreading
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This is 100% not a political post. This is a post to highlight (1) the need to double- and triple-check material before hitting “go” and (2) the panic that communicators feel when putting something out. To combine the advice from Stephanie Roberts and Jeremy Tunis: 1️⃣ Rushing to post something can result in mistakes. 2️⃣ Have someone else look at your material before it goes out. 3️⃣ In the smartphone/Internet age, everything you say or publish lasts forever, even if it’s taken down. And people wonder why communicators have such high stress levels…. When we make a mistake, hundreds if not thousands or more people see it. Can you spot the error? It was corrected in subsequent posts from the candidate, but Lesson #3 rings true here.
Thanks to everyone who has reached out following this article. It means a lot! One of my biggest goals for writing it was to show how I have structured my search. Will it keep evolving? Absolutely, but having a clear vision during this type of transition is vital. I’m Seth Palmer, an experienced public affairs and communications professional passionate about helping organizations effectively tell their stories to any audience and drive real success for them and those they serve. If your company is looking for someone like me, let me know! #WeLeadComms #commsjobs
So what do you want to do? I have been asked this question several times over the past two weeks of my #jobsearch. While I haven’t always had the most direct answer, every conversation has helped clarify what I seek in my next job. It’s still evolving, but it is doing so with the clarity gained from what I’ve done in my career and what I want to see myself doing in the next sixteen years and beyond. Here’s how I have laid out that path. I’m Seth Palmer, an experienced public affairs and communications professional passionate about helping organizations effectively tell their stories to any audience and drive real success for them and those they serve. If your company is looking for someone like me, let me know! #ReadytoWork #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #northcarolina #communicationsjobs #prjobs #publicaffairsjobs #jobs Strategic Communications Government and Regulatory Affairs Public Relations
So what do you want to do? I have been asked this question several times over the past two weeks of my #jobsearch. While I haven’t always had the most direct answer, every conversation has helped clarify what I seek in my next job. It’s still evolving, but it is doing so with the clarity gained from what I’ve done in my career and what I want to see myself doing in the next sixteen years and beyond. Here’s how I have laid out that path. I’m Seth Palmer, an experienced public affairs and communications professional passionate about helping organizations effectively tell their stories to any audience and drive real success for them and those they serve. If your company is looking for someone like me, let me know! #ReadytoWork #publicaffairs #governmentrelations #northcarolina #communicationsjobs #prjobs #publicaffairsjobs #jobs Strategic Communications Government and Regulatory Affairs Public Relations
Really great insights from Josh Cohen about how to forge lasting, not transactional relationships during a #jobsearch. I know I will apply many of these tips on my next email.
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It happens all the time. A job searcher will tell me that the person they are trying to network with at their target company isn’t responding to their email outreach. When they forward me their most recent email, what I inevitably see is a transactional approach that usually talks about their desire for a job. I get it. There’s value in being upfront and direct about your interest in working somewhere. And after hitting submit on hundreds or thousands of online applications, job seekers are primed to be thinking about the transactional nature of online applications. And for a lot of folks, the job search process introduces real anxiety about their ability to contribute, whether the firm will sponsor an employment visa, or how they are going to pay their bills this month. And yet…a transactional approach in your job search yields, at best, an ignored email and, at worst, a transactional relationship. While it may not be your intention, what the person on the other end of that email reads is: “What can you do for me as I’m navigating this challenging situation?” The answer is simple. Treat that outreach to your top prospects like they will be in your network for the next 20 years. Because you want them to be. Hopefully, we have all had the long-term mentors whose guidance, insights, and network have shaped our careers immeasurably. I know I have. And those relationships with those mentors—even early on—had a different tenor. It wasn’t about what you needed, it was about what their experience was. It wasn’t about what they could do to help you, it’s what you could do to help them. And it wasn’t about what that relationship could unlock on the first day, but what could bloom in a two-decade mentorship with careful tending. Now, you may not be able to take this approach networking at scale. But for those handful of folks that you really want to learn from, this subtle shift in your tenor will open up networking relationships like never before. You’ll benefit right away. And for the next twenty years. -- ♻️ If this helped you, please share with a friend. ♻️ Photo by Fallon Michael on Unsplash
Looking at the posts from folks recognizing #WorldMentalHealthDay made me think. Is it something that needs its own designated day? For me, mental health issues haven’t just picked a day on the calendar to raise their heads and say hello. Mental health has impacted my personal and professional life in countless seen and unseen ways over the years. I have thrived because of the heightened sensitivities it has brought in some areas but also fallen because of the impact those same strengths have on my interpersonal relationships with those I work for and with. It has made me both great and less than extraordinary in every job that I have had. But, dealing with my mental health has brought me clarity, understanding, and ultimately, acceptance for the person and professional that I am. Talking about it has helped me, especially in public settings like this. And I hope that my talking about my own challenges and progress has helped other people not to suffer in silence. So today, don’t just post a boilerplate graphic and language you grabbed from something you saw and call it a day. Take a minute and reach out to a friend to see how they are doing. Or spend some time walking around your office to say hi to your coworkers. A little can truly go a long way! Mental health might be something that we each have to address a lot of on our own, but that doesn’t mean we should be alone while we do it. #TheMoreYouKnow #MentalHealth
#PublicAffairsThoughtoftheDay In any disaster or crisis, it is, at a minimum, professional misconduct for a leader to openly promote or disseminate knowingly false information. Full stop. Honestly, it is more than that because false information's impact is catastrophic. It can and does cost people their lives. While leaders may not know every fact about an evolving situation or circumstance, the information they provide must be verified and focused on moving people forward in the best way possible. Responding later with more informed insights is always better than putting someone in harm's way or cultivating more fear than they already have just because you don't agree with the reality of the situation. #StaySafe #StayInformed
Right on! Winging it will only get you so far.