Description

Monthly Advocacy Call on which Mark R. Mills, Mills Strategic Communications, Inc., will discuss successful advocacy strategies and messaging for chamber professionals.

About our Speaker: 

Developer and trainer of collaborative and customized leadership engagement and communications seminars and programs whose graduates turned civic, public and influence-leaders have collectively impacted the lives of nearly 36 million people.

Mark R. Mills has spent a career working with leaders in business, politics and public affairs who have a desire to expand their impact, influence and voice in the public arena for the common good and pursue and promote the conditions for prosperous and vibrant communities.

Since 2008, Mark has collaborated with business, civic and professional organizations, as well as independent teams of business leaders, in diverse mid-size and large markets — Orlando, San Diego, and the nation of Belize, among others — to develop and deliver customized leadership engagement and communications training that “builds the bench” of future civic, public or influence-leaders who discover how to confidently transition into their leadership moment prepared and positioned to succeed and make a difference.

The lives of nearly 36 million people have been impacted by graduates of these engagement programs, including those who have gone on to serve as elected leaders and appointees to influential government boards and commissions at the local and state levels.

His career experience includes serving as a public relations strategist, developer and teacher of leadership communications and public-speaking seminars on the power of impact-based messaging, nearly a decade as communications director and media spokesperson for United States Senator Connie Mack of Florida (retired) and, for a brief period, deputy staff director and staff director of a Senate leadership office, which Mack chaired.

He has also worked as a messaging strategist and top aide on numerous political campaigns, including developing a unique messaging strategy for a successful referendum campaign in Florida (64% approval) that made state history and has yet to be replicated (as of 2024).