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Communicating for the Greater Good with Jeremy Podolski
How can storytelling and meaningful relationships drive positive change in communities? Jeremy Podolski, director of public relations and editorial strategy for the Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF), explores communicating for the greater good and how building relationships and pursuing equity are woven into this.
Tune in to this powerful episode as Podolski shares best practices for telling stories and listening to stories, as well as how GMF and Milwaukee’s Ex Fabula give him an incredible platform to do both.
Episode Highlights:
05:22 - There's no formula and that's a good thing. I don't know that any one person is an expert on how to build a relationship. I would say that my approach is to just really try to personalize the interactions that I have. Thinking about every opportunity we have to come in contact with someone new or to reconnect with someone that we already know to some degree, being really intentional about making sure that it's not a transactional interaction, but that there's meaning behind it.
09:57 - It's really hard to understate the importance of equity. It really reflects the values that someone holds, and also just the aspirations for our community and the potential that's there. There's really so much to gain from our community advancing equity, racial equity, economic equity, or social equity.
17:48 - We're drawn as listeners to things that tug at us emotionally or that we might hear that triggers a memory for us, or speaks to something that we have an interest. So, as a communicator, do your best to try to predict what those things are, and try to give people something that they feel inspired to listen to or read or dig into in some way.
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