Sean Gibbons

@SeanGibbons_

Dad, Husband, Dog walker. CEO of Grateful. Interested in too much. Curious about almost everything. Almost. he/him/his

Washington D.C.
ComNetwork.org
Joined June 2011
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    Feb 16

    Do you know someone using communications to change our world for the better? is accepting nominations for the Clarence B. Jones Impact Award now through April 20! Learn more about the award or nominate a person, team, or organization here:

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    Feb 22

    Nominations have opened for ⁦⁩ Clarence B. Jones Impact Award, which seeks to lift up and celebrate communications for good

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    Mar 14

    📢 Call for Proposals: Present at ComNet22 📢 CaseWork sessions are aimed at helping our field grow and get better by sharing your expertise and learning. Learn more and submit: Deadline: April 18.

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    Mar 15

    ComNet22 planning is underway! And we’d love your input, ideas, and good thinking on how we can make ComNet22 most useful to you. We invite you to take 5-10 minutes to share your thoughts and help us shape the program:

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    Mar 17

    Head over to and apply to become a Karel Scholar today! Join the leaders in the field of communications for good at ComNet22 Seattle October 12-14, 2022.

    Picture of people in an audience listening to a speaker. The header says "The Frank Karel Scholarship." Other text says "ComNet Seattle, WA Oct. 12-14, 2022. Apply by Friday, May 20 at 5pm EST. Head over to ComNet22.org/karels and apply to become a Karel Scholar today! Join the leaders in the field of communications for good at ComNet22 Seattle October 12-14, 2022."
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    Mar 18

    Nonprofit gets a lot of buzz and rightfully so. Do it the right way. has a ton of useful resources. (via )

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    Feb 3

    2022 Comms Trends + Learn from Sesame Street + Your Bubble is Not the Culture + Jobs — Read more here:

    Picture of Martin Luther King Jr. addressing a crowd. The text under reads: “'People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'
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    Feb 1

    From digital accessibility to image selection, people-first language, to feedback loops, has a great new toolkit to help nonprofit communicators advance racial justice.

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    Feb 2

    Knowing your audience is key to effective communication. , a key audience is human service providers. In a recent national survey, more than 900 of them shared their communication preferences. Here's what they said

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    Jan 27

    Circles are communities of practice for Network members to engage with each other across issue area, job function, or shared identities. Learn more and choose you Circle here:

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    Jan 14

    An effective communication strategy demands that you invest your available – and finite – brand resources where they can have the most clear, discernible impact. Learn more at:

    Speech bubble top right that says "BR Brand". Title reads "Resources" and the text under says "Resources are what organizations invest to achieve their goals. They include dollars (grants, programs, services) and human capital (labor, research, thought leadership). www.com-matters.org/"
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    Jan 25

    Time and again we see that organizations whose communication strategy is shaped by a multitude of opinions tend to be more precise, honed and focused at telling their story. The result: greater clarity and impact. Read more here:

    Speech bubble on the top right that says "CU Culture." The remaining text reads "Inclusive. Inclusive organizations are diverse at all levels. The decisions they make incorporate a wide range of viewpoints and perspectives, which promotes responsiveness and adaptability. www.com-matters.org"
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    Jan 26

    Five steps to building and leveraging the engine that fuels national conversation: influence. for

    Speech bubble next to text. Title says "Greater Influence, More Impact. Deployed strategically, influence can be one of the most important tools for impact, ranked right up there with the more traditional grant-based interventions philanthropy is best known for. The two work hand-in-hand: An influence approach allows foundations to both magnify the impact of their grants and use other assets (such as the expertise of staff) to advance programmatic goals—in the case of Rockefeller, our twin goals are building greater resilience and more inclusive economies. Judith Rodin & Neill Coleman"
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    Jan 22

    Up your game. Tell that great story we all want to hear. Storytelling For Good gives us insight into what makes a story good.

    Purple commsball next to text that reads "Would You Sit Next to Yourself at a Party? 'We’ve all been where I was—stuck with a stone-cold bore at dinner parties, where the most we can do is do is force a polite smile. How does it make you feel when you’re cornered by someone preaching at you or talking in deep jargon? When someone makes listening feel like work? Think about how you’d give anything to be anywhere else, and that’s how your audience feels when you bombard them with stories about your organization that aren’t well told.' Storytelling.comnetwork.org"
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    Jan 24

    Is your organization going through a leadership change or an entire overhaul of how you address issues of racism? We’ve created a list of steps + tools you can use to guide you in the process.

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    17 Dec 2021

    "We are so good at naming the harm, naming the problem, excavating the villain and the culprit, the beneficiary of our pain. And we're not as good at dreaming and seeding the future possible…” - (she/her), President & CEO,

    Carmen Rojas next to a graphic, the text says "We are so good at naming the harm, naming the problem, excavating the villain and the culprit, the beneficiary of our pain. And we're not as good at dreaming and seeding the future possible… — Dr. Carmen Rojas (she/her) President & CEO, Marguerite Casey Foundation Building Bridges and Belonging Through Comms. @TheComNetwork"
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    Jan 4

    "...we connect with other people by sharing our stories and sharing the stories of why we do the work...We can't build movement without storytelling work, without narrative work, because it is right in the center." - , founder of ,

    Tarana Burke smiling. Text says "...we connect with other people by sharing our stories and sharing the stories of why we do the work...We can't build movement without storytelling work, without narrative work, because it is right in the center. — Tarana Burke (she/her) Founder of ‘me too.’ Movement Storytelling and Modern Movements. ComNetSeattle. @TheComNetwork"
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    Jan 10

    A look at how the Center for American Progress () is using innovative communications strategies to reach the broadest possible audience. for .

    Dark blue background with speech bubble, text reads "Meeting People Where They Are. Brilliant experts can write compelling policy papers filled with breakthrough ideas to make our society better. But they can’t influence and shape the debate if no one is reading and digesting their work. This is something that John Podesta and the founders of the Center for American Progress (CAP) understood when they set out to create a new kind of think tank; they knew that to have impact, you have to be forward-thinking in your outreach and strategic about whom you are trying to influence. Daniella Gibbs Léger."
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    Jan 11

    "Understanding and engaging people is the only way forward." Nat Kendall-Taylor () from discusses lessons on modern communications from the CRT debates.

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    Jan 11

    More Common Sense, Less Ideology: Modern Communications Lessons from the Critical Race Theory Debates ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

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