Crisis strikes when you least expect it. Organizations and leaders find themselves at a loss for words, their teams scrambling to deliver a perfect message
“Community.” “Those impacted.” “Centering the lived experiences of *insert group here*.” As co-conspirators in the progressive ecosystem, we share this culture of language, parroting ubiquitous words that—when used persistently over long periods of time—lose their saliency and power. This happens often. At DTC, we’ve often found ourselves in meetings with clients, trying to dig out…
DTC supported Washington CAN with organizational communications and political strategy, filling staff capacity and building an infrastructure that a new hire could leverage right away
I’ll be the first to say, as an organizer turned consultant, I burned out in my last role. If there was a bingo card for the various tasks that led up to voter engagement events, time spent in the VAN, and end-of-year leadership summits