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[...] for these kinds of activities, too, can ensure that more advocates actually attempt them. Advocacy groups that work on the state or local level of government have a wide array of advocacy experiences [...]

[...] . “While elected officials stand off on the issues, it will be up to associations and advocacy groups to make noise, garner attention, and force some action,” Gunster said. “This class teaches [...]

[...] going on in the states — far more than in Congress — and many associations and advocacy groups should be tracking the action. State Advocacy Matters Of course, the number of [...]

[...] weekly. But more important than the numbers is what LinkedIn can do for associations and advocacy groups. As Dave Gowel, author of The Power in a Link, wrote, LinkedIn is more than just “Facebook in [...]

[...] Advocacy campaigns have relied heavily on email for more than two decades, but a recent survey shows that a [...]

[...] mentioned direct messaging specific people on Twitter whose interactions with their advocacy campaigns were important to broader public perception. Finding those people requires no fancy [...]

[...] things people like about it. It only makes sense, then, that large-volume letter writing advocacy campaigns concerning access to the Internet would be a model of how to emphasize message [...]

[...] Politics can get complicated—but your communications should be clear and simple. Sure, advocacy campaigns are created in environments entangled by policy challenges, public debate, news articles, [...]

[...] online, but I’ve struggled to find a resource where it is curated in one place for advocacy organizations. My hope is that the Digital Advocacy Institute will fill that gap and provide the [...]

[...] What’s the purpose of a website? What is it trying to accomplish? For advocacy organizations, answering these seemingly simple questions turns out to be much more difficult than [...]

[...] list. Ignoring or ineffectively using social media, however, is a big mistake for small advocacy organizations. Simply put, social media allows the little guy in issue advocacy a chance to even the [...]

[...] is National Voter Registration Day, the one-day blitz by a broad coalition of civic and advocacy organizations to reach the millions of Americans not signed up to vote in the November elections. In [...]

[...] -NY) and Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) did on stage this year at the Congressional Dinner. For advocacy professionals, the evening (particularly the after-party, hosted by CQ Roll Call) provides a unique [...]

[...] When a Montana marmot walked up and licked one of its remote cameras, advocacy professionals at Greenpeace first laughed and posted the video to YouTube. When they suddenly realized [...]

[...] term. Add in the race for the presidency in 2016 and it becomes more complex still. Advocacy professionals have long turned to CQ Roll Call for congressional news, advanced legislative tracking [...]

[...] our latest. Try Out Some Advanced Tools CQ Roll Call also has more powerful tools for advocacy professionals, which can help in a variety of ways. We offer a full suite of state and federal [...]

[...] back, “This is quite simply the best day of my life.” How does this relate to your advocacy campaign? Think about it – a video is posted, millions watch, the news media picks it up, a [...]

[...] ” We talk a lot on Connectivity about the importance of a research-driven advocacy campaign. How did your research inform the way you changed the national [...]

[...] .” But with oil prices dropping to about $50 a barrel and costs dropping at the gas pump, an advocacy campaign might not be as eminent as you might expect. We all know that the pendulum swings [...]

[...] from the event will improve the quality of participation even more. So next time you plan an advocacy campaign, think about adding a live social event to it. You’re gonna like it [...]