Benjamin MillerFeb 102 minCropping Your Mission: How Issue Framing Impacts Your OperationsCommunications advice often talks about the need to frame your issues in a way that resonates and reflects your audience. But the way an ...
Benjamin MillerFeb 32 minNonprofits Should Hire More Public Historians for Strategic Communications PlanningNonprofits should hire more public historians to help with strategic communications planning. What's a public historian and how can they ...
Benjamin MillerJan 202 minPlain Language Isn't Always the AnswerIf you want to reach the widest possible audience, then you need to speak as plainly as possible. That sounds pretty intuitive. After all...
Benjamin MillerJan 121 minWords are Deeds ep. 3: Communicating the Climate EmergencyThe language of "climate emergency" is increasingly around us. But does that mean the campaign is succeeding? Not necessarily. In this ep...
Benjamin MillerDec 1, 20201 minNext Level Nonprofit Video GamesIn this second episode, I speak with video games scholar Guillaume Lacombe-Kishibe about the unique communications potential of video gam...
Benjamin MillerNov 8, 20202 minWords are Deeds (1/6): Don't Just Grow... Grow Like a Tree of HeavenIn this 6-part podcast entitled "Words are Deeds", I explore ideas in the 100-Year PR Plan in greater depth sometimes with the help of fa...
Benjamin MillerNov 6, 20201 minPricing Actions Out of the MarketThe historian Quentin Skinner observes that speakers don't have to believe in their words for those words to be meaningfully restrict the...
Benjamin MillerNov 6, 20202 minWho's the Real Us? Seeking Answers in Crisis"From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe." - Talmud Our lives are filled with contradictions. You know this. I know this. The...
Benjamin MillerNov 6, 20202 minPlay for the Board not the PiecesI'll be honest with you. I'm mediocre at chess. But I do know this. When players start out they try as hard as they can to get the other ...
Benjamin MillerOct 1, 20202 minHow to Weigh Words: The 100-Year Approach to Evaluating Communications"Words should be weighed and not counted." -Yiddish Proverb How do you measure the impact of your communications? Especially when you're ...