Dig Deep

Key to developing meaningful campaigns is leveraging your gifts.  Uncovering your talent will allow you to feel your purpose move into practice.  An interview style first session allows your Fire Boss to curate which tools you may need.  This session is followed by a series of take home assessments, which are analyzed and your results are presented the second session.  

Understanding the landscape, aspects and pressure points, you will identify the possibilities during  the creation  of an individualized  power map. This allows you to determine where to concentrate your efforts and the possible payloads.  You must commit to a course of rigorous self study and come to sessions prepared for the map to contain meaning.  More intense than the initial sessions. 

Devising a few trials provides baseline information and creates confidence in your ambition.  A concept study is required for this deliverable to be generated.  A written document highlighting opportunities is shared in a short 25 minute Q&A session.  These suggestions range from very private actions to more time consuming and/or public opportunities. This allows for reflection and opportunities to refine your strategy.

Commitment is the prelude to victory.  You must be willing to dive in with your whole self at its best.  Strong heart, mind and body, a plan to work, and devotion to the. awesome task of launching and succeeding in your efforts. 

What is Advocacy?

Advocacy can mean many things, but mostly it means explaining why something matters, to you, to your family, your community or the world in an effort to change, challenge or strengthen existing policy or practices.

Why be an inner miner?

Many advocates, lobbyists, journalists, researchers, politicians, and social justice warriors are so busy fighting for their causes they forget to look inside and take care of their most precious resource.  Inner miners truly develop knowledge of themselves and what they are willing to extract and share with the world.  Making a conscious decision to give while also maintaining the integrity of their human container.  Exploring what is most important to you, your own unique self, it is exciting to share the  coal or gemstones or uranium you found there.  Leveraging your inner wisdom, endowed gifts, and refined knowledge can power and transform our world.  

Are there pre-requisites? 

Yes.  Please be prepared to share your passion. Time is short, don’t be shy in expressing your why.  Write as much as you want to tell your Fire Boss in the introductory email form, so you don’t have to “remember” everything you want to say, or use the free consultation session for doing all the explaining.  

What is a Fire Boss?

The Fire Boss will enter a mine first, to make sure it is safe for others to enter.  While not a perfect analogy, your Fire Boss is there to make sure you don’t  go in alone or unprepared.   We often get intoxicated by our own ideas and it is hard to notice loose gravel under our feet.  Your Fire Boss will point out difficulties and danger. A Fire Boss might also suggest sending out a canary (analogy again) and while it may feel like it is slowing you down, having solid information upfront is invaluable. 

What can I expect?

Our goal is to encourage advocates to take care of themselves, discover their gifts, grow their advocacy skills and knowledge of issues, and bring  their ideas and campaigns successfully to agents of change and wider audiences. Your first session with the Fire Boss will highlight the strength of your idea and support your passion.  Being clear on your self care, circumstances and timing  will allow us to dive deeper in your consultation.  Time permitting we will start to sketch out and map options for your consideration.

What does it cost?

It depends.  Our goal is to encourage advocates to take care of themselves, discover their gifts, grow their skill base, and advocate for their ideas and campaigns successfully.  Mapping your exploration may be straightforward and ideas will flourish in the free 25 minute ZOOM format with your Fire Boss.  Depending on how far along you are, this session might refine your next steps or identify skill building recommendations.  Depending on the content area,  resources may be curated, landmarks on your map may be situated, and ways to test your ideas might be generated.