48: Standing Up as a Business Leader with Roger Rickard

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are happy to be speaking to Roger Rickard today. Roger is an icon of advocacy in our industry. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Roger talks about what we can do as business owners, in terms of advocacy, particularly in these challenging times and also over the long term. </span></p> <p><strong>Roger Rickard’s bio</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roger Rickard is the Founder and President of Voices in Advocacy® and author of</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/3q4Y9us" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">7 Actions of Highly Effective Advocates</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. He has more than 30 years of experience as an advocacy professional, speaker, trainer, consultant, and author. As a recognized expert in advocacy engagement and grassroots activation, Roger works with a wide cross-section of organizations from diverse industries. His vibrant personality and a good sense of humor make for engaging and interactive programming that is packaged and delivered in an easy to understand, easy to apply format combining his education, experience, and enthusiasm to drive advocacy success.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Roger is a proud Penn State Nittany Lion and confessed political junky having received his education in Political Science. He has been an advocate for citizen involvement since the age of 13. Elected three times to public office as a young man, served as a state legislative staff member, and has worked on many political campaigns from his very own clear up to presidential campaigns. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His work spans a cross-section of local, regional, national, and international organizations. He has served in numerous industry associations’ leadership roles, is a recipient of several international industry awards, and is a member of Meeting Professional International’s prestigious</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Community