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Communication is a powerful force for change. But the way we communicate dictates just how significant a change we can make: in our companies, our communities, and our world. This book is designed to help you realize your own power as a communicator through a more-than-words approach grounded in courage, care, and clarity. With over twenty years as a social impact communications consultant and a leader in the B Corporation movement, Carrie Fox takes to heart the role- and responsibility- that leading communicators hold in shaping how stories are told, how narratives are shaped, and how decisions are made. In this book, you will learn: The four key communications practices of courageous leaders. How to become a communicator for change. An inclusive and equitable approach to communication. How to build trust with your key constituents. How to communicate in a way that leads to lasting and long-term positive change. With lessons and insights from some of the brightest minds in social impact communications and tools to help you practically apply these lessons to your work, More Than Words will meet you where you are in your quest to become a more authentic, inclusive, and connected communicator.

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Carrie Fox is the founder and CEO of Mission Partners, a women-owned strategic communications firm and Certified B Corporation that guides high-potential nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible corporations in realizing their greatest social impact. She has guided hundreds of organizations around the world to lead with purpose, fueling organizations and their missions forward in new and more impactful ways. Her signature approach to community informed messaging-leading with a community's strengths rather than its weaknesses-has been applied to dozens of social impact organizations, challenging stereotypes and breaking bias in the process. Carrie served as the creative visionary behind a nationwide campaign to transform the foster care system for young people aging out of care and she was the lead communications strategist behind a $10 million prize competition aimed at advancing global technology for more fuel-efficient vehicles. Her strategic communications work focuses deeply on issues of community- from social justice to sustainability, children's health, higher education, and workforce development. Carrie is a founding signatory of the #WeTheChange declaration to build business for good, and a founding member of the Purpose Collaborative, a national network of communications thought-leaders and industry experts that work together to provide impactful problem-solving in touch with the current needs of today's purpose-driven businesses. Her signature conversation series, Mission Forward, has featured Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, MacArthur Fellows, and some of the nation's most sought-after philanthropy leaders. Learn more at www.MissionForward.us and www.Mission.Partners

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