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Mission Partners Receives 2023 Real Leaders Impact Award

Mission Partners is thrilled to announce that we have been recognized as a 2023 Real Leaders Impact Award recipient. As a women-owned social impact and strategic communications firm and small business committed to prioritizing people, planet,…

Agency News, Leadership Insights

Mission Partners Announces Employee Ownership Team, New Creative Director

January 6, 2023 This week marks year seven for Mission Partners, and what a special seven it’s been. I launched Mission Partners after more than a decade of leading a boutique communications firm called C.Fox Communications and felt…

Finding The Words

Still Going.

Dear Friends, 50 weeks ago, I set out on a special project called Finding the Words, a weekly writing assignment to capture some of the lessons that have powered my life and work over the past 20 years. Sometimes the stories were deeply…

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Finding The Words

Did That Go OK?

Have you ever had one of those moments, maybe after a big presentation or an important conversation with a loved one when you’ve wondered, “did that go OK?”The desire to be heard, understood, and maybe even remembered. We all want that…

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Finding The Words

Come Closer.

I was 16 years old when I first experienced the power of narrative change.It was coming on Christmas, and I was working in my very first internship at a public relations firm in the suburbs of northern New Jersey. That winter, I had been tasked…

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Finding The Words

Find Your Core.

Every year around this time, the demand for fitness memberships skyrocket. And for good reason: the start of a new calendar year brings with it renewed commitments to our personal health and wellbeing. Finally, I’m going to get that core I’ve…

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Finding The Words

Offline.

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott A couple years back, I wrote a blog called Out of Office, about the all-too common struggle of disconnecting from technology.…

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Finding The Words

Breaking News.

This morning, we awoke to breaking news: New details from yesterday’s missile strike. An historic lunar mission has begun. And a presidential bid has been announced. News is breaking—everywhere. And unless you completely…

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Finding The Words

Brace for Impact.

You’ve just woken up to a buzzing cellphone. Just as you reach to silence it, you notice that dozens of text messages have come in while you slept.Brace yourself: your organization is in an active crisis, and you’re going to need to guide…

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Finding The Words

You Decide.

When I was young, I loved the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. Each book in the set presented readers with a unique set of pathways that—based on your own choices as a reader—would determine the main character's actions and the plot's…

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