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Book Overview

Quote - Speaker and Meeting Organizer Resources Award-winning communicator and business leader Dawn Crawford introduces her tested and proven method for unlocking the creative power of teams in her new book “Kindly Review: The Secret to Giving and Receiving Feedback to Make Your Ideas Great.” This transformative new approach takes the sting out of feedback and unleashes each professional’s potential in creative projects. Learn how to regain control over your work processes from start to finish with empathy and efficiency. 

The Kind Review process has been tested and proven with her team and clients. It has worked to create thousands of effective products over the last 10 years. Crawford identifies eight “classic” styles of giving feedback with ways to manage up or even change your own feedback style. Find a fresh approach to leadership, jump-start your ideas and most importantly gain insight on being a kinder professional and person. 

ISBN 978-1-394-18287-9



Author Bio

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Dawn Crawford is the founder and leader of BC/DC Ideas, a creative agency that has worked with more than 100 nonprofit organizations, including the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association, to build better communications strategies and tactics. She is the creator of the Kind Review process, which has been used to build 1,000s of products over the last decade+ of her career.

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From health associations to cat shelters, Dawn Crawford has written, spoken and strategized for more than 100 bosses throughout her career. She earned her chops in 20+ years of communications leadership in various nonprofits before starting up her own consulting business, BC/DC Ideas, with her husband Brian in 2010. Through BC/DC Ideas, she has tested and proven her Kind Review process, a transformative approach unlocking the innovation and creativity in professional teams. Based in Cary, NC, Dawn spends time traveling, trying local restaurants and spending time with Brian and their daughter.

Her book, “Kindly Review: The Secret to Giving and Receiving Feedback to Make Your Ideas Great,” will be released in May 2023 under Wiley.

Full Bio
Dawn Crawford is an award-winning communicator and business leader. She launched her nonprofit communications consulting business, BC/DC Ideas with her husband Brian in 2010. Before BC/DC, she earned her chops in over 20 years of communications leadership roles for public health, healthcare and youth-focused nonprofits. Working for nonprofits is Dawn’s dream job and she loves that her full-time job makes the world a better place.

Dawn and her team work to foster an environment primed for healthy feedback and efficient results for creative environments. She helps teams focus on being collaborative, effective and most importantly, kind. Dawn works with nonprofit teams to strategize and create mission-focused content, consult organizations, plan and conduct team building workshops and more.

She will release her debut book, “Kindly Review: The Secret to Giving and Receiving Feedback to Make Your Ideas Great,” in May 2023 under Wiley. This transformative approach to feedback takes the sting out of the review process and unlocks the creative potential for professional teams. She currently works with the American Cancer Society to implement the Kind Review process with their project teams. The process has worked to create thousands of effective creative projects for over a decade.

Discussion Points

Discussion Points

  • Why is feedback personal?
  • What is the Kind Review Process?
  • What are the “classic” review styles? How do they shape how we give and receive feedback?
  • Dawn can speak on starting her own business, BC/DC Ideas and working with more than 100 bosses.
  • Where does her passion for nonprofits come from?
  • How does kind feedback make the world a better place?

Excerpts

Giving feedback feels powerful, and it is powerful. Wield that power for good. Your words matter to creators.

The values of quality and perfection are different for every culture, experience, and lifestyle. People with diverse backgrounds don’t need to get in line. Instead, we can all strive to include the full spectrum of quality evaluation in making a better product.

Our job in this world is to let an idea live.

Reviews

Kindly Review is now required reading in our coaching programs. If you work in any field where people blur personal styles and feelings with what’s best for the project – and c’mon, who doesn’t – this book is for you. Enough with the silent screaming inside, the meetings after the meeting, and that final-final-really-final-draft file names. Read this book and learn how to get feedback right from the start so you can collaborate well and get the work done without everyone secretly despising each other.
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Kivi Leroux Miller
CEO of Nonprofit Marketing Guide
We all give and receive feedback every day – from work to home to community – and there’s something for everyone in this book to help us all do both better.
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Amy Sample Ward
CEO, NTEN

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Kate Runy

CONTENT & MEDIA SPECIALIST

A passionate technical wizard, Kate thrives on managing online content, social media for communications, and development projects.  Kate is the workhorse of the team, pulling out amazing feats of content creation and management week in and week out. 

Prior to joining BC/DC Ideas, Kate coordinated website and social media content, communications, and advertising for Go Global NC and Alzheimer’s NC.

Things that make her happy: I love animals about as much as I love working for nonprofits.

Mishel Gomez Cespedes

CONTENT COORDINATOR

Mishel brings a passion for video storytelling and quippy social media content to the team.  At BC/DC Ideas, she is most likely editing video or scheduling the next moving social media post for our clients.

Her ear for storytelling is her greatest asset. Mishel has a unique ability to assemble content into a concise story that moves audiences to action.

A graduate of Wake Forest University she spent a semester in Spain and years serving her community through the campus organizations. Now, she is putting her passion for good to work.

Brian Crawford

creative director

Mix equal parts nerd and creativity and that’s Brian. A natural problem-solver, Brian’s ability to cut to the core of any problem helps guide our creative team to the correct solution without wasted time or money. It’s the core, this little nugget of truth, that helps our clients take the next step with their audiences.

Brian gets the greatest joy out of helping our clients realize and connect with their story. He is a true believer that everyone and every organization has a compelling story to tell, you just have to listen with an open heart.

Things that make him happy: Hanging out at the park with family, toddler-speak, hitting the focus pull, and good coffee.

Dawn Crawford

principal

The engine behind BC/DC Ideas, Dawn has dedicated her career to good. Dawn brings her considerable experience and expertise to helping elevate the nonprofit sector. Our team’s lead strategist, Dawn is often seen leading our IdeaStorms, penning communications plans, or checking in with clients.

Before launching BC/DC Ideas in 2010, she earned her chops in 10+ years of communications leadership roles for public health, healthcare and youth-focused nonprofits. Working for nonprofits is Dawn’s dream job, and she loves that her 40+ hours a week make the world a better place.

Things that make her happy: A glass of champagne to celebrate big wins, Basecamp, living in the South, seeing the world, and a well-formatted spreadsheet.