Wondering how to lobby your elected officials, cut through the noise, and rise to the top of the advocacy pile? It’s easy with these six simple steps. In the last blog post, Four Things to do Before You Lobby Your Lawmaker, you picked a communication method for conveying your ask. Read more…
Lobbying your elected officials is more than picking up the phone and leaving a message with an intern. If you want your ask to rise to the top of the advocacy pile take these four critical advocacy planning steps before you lobby your elected official. Do your homework. When I Read more…
Janus forces unions to confront head-on the problem of how to attract and retain members. While the “free rider” challenge at the heart of Janus is unique to unions, the need for clearly-defined value propositions is something membership-based organizations have been grappling with for years and unions can learn from Read more…
Grassroots Activism: Are You Pestering, Ghosting, or Relationship-Building? Grassroots Activism: How much contact is too much contact with politicians? What’s your level of grassroots activism with politicians and decision-makers? Do you call the same lawmaker every week? Do you just show up for a lobby day and then disappear from Read more…
How to have a healthy, productive conversation with your relatives.
I woke up angry today. Angry at whom or why, I wasn’t really sure. I suspected it had something to do with the election that took place a week and a half ago. Last week I was sad, afraid, and depressed. This week, I’ve felt abandoned and alone (Monday), uncertain Read more…
Length: 8 minutes and a cup of coffee Constitutional scholars, journalists, even members of his own party worry a President Donald J. Trump will overstep the bounds of due process and free speech. Democrats and some Republicans compare him to a fascist. Psychologists opine he has a personality disorder. All Read more…
Last Thursday, Cape Cod Young Professionals (CCYP) hosted its first annual YP Summit, where I was a speaker on Civic Engagement 101: How to Get Involved With Your Community. We demystified how to get involved when you don’t know where to start. The room was packed and when we asked Read more…
This past Friday I graduated from an eight month long Mentor Exchange Program hosted by CCYP. I was fortunate enough to have the mentor matchmaker himself, Peter Karlson, offer to be my guide through the first year of my new business. Peter is the entrepreneur-in-residence at the Cape Cod Chamber Read more…
This post originally appeared on Progressive Primer: http://theprogressiveprimer.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-founding-fathers-wanted-me-to-do.html We all know the first amendment provides for freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and an unencumbered press. But did you know along with your right to get mouthy on social media about a rally you’re having on the zanadu religion, you also have Read more…