Shaping Debates and Decisions: Meet David Shorr

Send us Fan MailIn this episode, advocate, evaluator, city councilman, and recently new podcast host, David Shorr joins me on Community Possibilities.  We met through our mutual colleague and friend, Kathleen Sullivan. Kathleen has the distinction of being my most popular episode to date. There is a lot of interest in advocacy, and David knows advocacy like few others.   In this episode we talk about:·        How does an issue become a decision?  ·        How do community leaders and community-based organizations move an issue and set it up for a decision(s) that lead to change.·        How the advocacy game is played and what is the "inside game" is, versus the "outside game” and how these are related to change.·        His experience on the inside as an elected, local-level decision maker. What can community members and leaders do to advance issues they care about in their communities.Website: David Shorr -- Policy Advocate & Evaluator - HomeDavid's Podcast: The Battles We Pick Kathleen Sullivan's episode on Community Possibilites .Link to the article by David and Kathleen with great examples of community level change: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A16759255-9fa2-3fcc-90de-482e45a1f2d0  David Shorr has built his AdvocacyCraft Consulting practice drawing on decades of shaping debate and decision making in varied policy arenas—from high-level diplomacy and presidential politics to local land use. Before launching his practice, David was a Hewlett Foundation consulting program officer responsible for the wind-down of its Nuclear Security Initiative. David is keenly interested in issues at the nexus of political decision making and technical practicalities, which he explores in his new podcast "The Battles We Pick." He has served as a decisionmaker himself since his 2016 election to city council in his Central Wisconsin community. For over thirty years David advocated on foreign policy issues in senior roles with Stanley Center for Peace & Security, Human Rights First, ReLike what you heard? Please like and share wherever you get your podcasts!Connect with Ann: Community Evaluation Solutions  How Ann  can help:·        Support the evaluation capacity of your coalition or community-based organization.·        Help you create a strategic plan that doesn’t stress you and your group out, doesn’t take all year to design, and is actionable.·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.·        Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.·        Speak at your conference or event.Have a question or want to know more? Book a call with Ann .Be sure and check out our updated resource page! Let us know what was helpful.   Music by Zach Price: [email protected]