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The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Patrice Tanaka of Joyful Planet
These are tough times. With so much hate, division and fear in our society and the continued impacts of the health, racial justice and...
Ben Finzel
May 26, 20225 min read


"LGBTQ Rights on the Line: The Role of Communicators Advocating for Equality" Event Preview
Celebrating, honoring and acknowledging Pride Month is more important this year than ever (and it should be celebrated all year, not just...
Ben Finzel
May 19, 20225 min read


The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Lionel Johnson of Pacific Pension & Investment Institute
The role of institutional investors in climate change mitigation is not always well understood, despite a great deal of attention being...
Ben Finzel
Apr 26, 20225 min read


The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Erin Burns of Carbon180
Substantively and effectively addressing climate change is a multi-layered challenge. We need to reduce and eventually eliminate...
Ben Finzel
Mar 31, 20226 min read

Thoughts and Thanks On Becoming A Nationally-Ranked Public Affairs Firm
The NCAA Tournament rankings aren’t the only national rankings making news this month (although we are certainly excited to see Texas...
Ben Finzel
Mar 15, 20222 min read

The Common Sense Colloquy Year Four in Review – My Favorite Comments from our Participants
The Common Sense Colloquy requires a good deal of effort, but the opportunity to share the insight and perspective of the smart people we...
Ben Finzel
Mar 11, 20226 min read

The Common Sense Colloquy Year Four in Review – “The Best Advice I’ve Given Others”
Every year at this time for the past three years, we have highlighted the best of the best from our Common Sense Colloquy series: key...
Ben Finzel
Mar 9, 20226 min read

The Common Sense Colloquy Year Four in Review – “The Best Advice I’ve Received”
Four years ago, I had an idea for a series of Q&As with interesting energy and environment leaders. In February 2018, I posted the first...
Ben Finzel
Mar 7, 20225 min read


The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Jessica Lovering of Good Energy Collective
Energy policy is now also climate policy. Decisions about what types of energy sources to build for the future are now inextricably...
Ben Finzel
Feb 18, 20223 min read


The Common Sense Colloquy: Q&A with Bob Keefe of E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs)
Climate change touches everyone, everywhere. As we saw with extreme weather events last year that were likely influenced by a changing...
Ben Finzel
Jan 31, 20226 min read