Communications Office Hours: Bring Us What’s Stuck

​About the session

​Got a communications question you can’t shake?

​A pitch that makes perfect sense inside your organization but somehow falls flat when you explain it to anyone else?

​An annual report draft you’ve stared at for so long you can no longer tell what it says?

​A campaign idea that is almost there?

​Or maybe you just need someone outside your organization to look at what you’re doing and ask a useful question.

​Drop in and talk it through with communications consultant Babita Patel.

​This is an informal communications clinic for anyone who wants a little practical help during a very busy week.

​Bring something real you are working on: a story you are struggling to tell, a media pitch, a campaign idea, a messaging problem, a draft, a communications strategy question, or simply the vague feeling that what you are saying is not quite landing.

​There is no presentation and no agenda.

​Just grab a seat, grab a coffee, and talk it through with Babita.

​Sometimes the most useful conversation at UNGA is not another big discussion about the future of the sector.

​Sometimes it is twenty minutes with someone who can help you figure out the sentence you have been rewriting for three weeks.

​What to expect

​A relaxed drop-in space with Babita Patel for practical communications problem-solving.

​Come for a quick question or stay for a longer conversation. Bring a draft if you have one, talk through an idea that is still forming, or simply come say hello and compare notes about storytelling, messaging, media pitching, campaigns, and communications.

​No preparation required. No polished pitch expected.

​Who this is for

​Anyone working in climate, development, philanthropy, social impact, advocacy, or a mission-driven organization who has a communications challenge they would benefit from talking through with someone else.

​What you will get out of it

• ​A fresh pair of eyes on something you are actually working on

• ​Practical ideas for sharpening a story, pitch, message, campaign, or piece of content

• ​Space to untangle a communications problem without turning it into another meeting

• ​A different kind of connection during UNGA: informal, useful, and focused on whatever you need help with that day

​Featuring

• ​Babita Patel, Communications Consultant