CEISLER PERSPECTIVES

Coping With the Megaphone Screamers

A handful of loud agitators can derail your organization. Senior VP Kirk Dorn offers sage advice for staying on track while addressing your most irrational critics. Activism is a great American tradition. When groups have legitimate arguments on issues like

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Getting Your Message Out—Effectively—On Zoom

Ceisler Media Senior VP Kirk Dorn explains how virtual town halls & news conferences can prove more efficient than in-person events One positive development emerging from the pandemic—at least from the standpoint of many businesses and organizations—is the Zoom news

Always Listen to ‘NIMBYs’ to Gain Their Respect

VP Brian Dries explains how our project strategies include taking into account the views of people impacted by the plan—especially the “not in my backyard” opponents. It’s common to find words of wisdom worth quoting from those in our own

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Helping Kids by Keeping Moms in the Workforce

Future Works Alliance PHL knows that improving the lives of children starts with supporting working mothers, writes Ceisler’s Alison Burdo. Nurture the roots of the tree and its fruit will blossom. In other words, if you want to improve the

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Stepping Up To Stop Child Abuse in Philadelphia

Ceisler’s Shannon McLaughlin explains how the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance protects the city’s children – and how you can help. Everyone who works with Philadelphia Children’s Alliance will tell you that abuse can happen anywhere. In 2020, the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance

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It’s Hard To Learn Anything On an Empty Stomach

Ceisler Special Projects Director Larry Miller lauds a Cheyney U program giving food, supplies—and hope—to disadvantaged students. When I look at children, I’m always acutely aware that I’m staring at the future. I have three daughters, one biological and two