Advocacy Strategies
Advocacy Plan: Where do I begin?
Having an advocacy plan is critical to success, but where should you begin? Here are some topic areas you should be including in your plan.
Building a Connective Advocacy Campaign to Move the Needle
Using Testimonials in Your Advocacy Campaign
One way to move the needle in your advocacy campaign is to highlight the human impact of your issue. By recruiting community members who have been directly affected by your issue to share their stories, you can make the seemingly arbitrary stakes of policy decisions more tangible for people.
Community Advocacy Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Advocacy
Not matter your age, you can move people to take action through community advocacy.
Here are some great community advocacy campaigns started by young people:
Non-Political Books for Politicos
10 Non-Political Books Every Politico Should Read
*Originally written by Joe Fuld and updated by Elena Veatch 4/3/18
When you get into politics, it’s hard to resist the all too common tunnel vision of focusing only on politics. But be careful – binge watching Veep or The West Wing is not going to help you run a better campaign or organization; nor will reading solely political books.
The fact is, you are running a business. And while we like to think of politics and business as totally separate realms, it’s tough to run any political operation without a Business 101 crash course. So, take a break from the latest Clinton campaign staffer or Obama aide memoir you are probably reading, and check out some of our non-political book recommendations. Below are ten non-political books that will be helpful to any politico running a campaign, a non-profit, or really any operation.
Why Do I Need Good Political Campaign Photography?
Political Campaign Photography Shoots Are Worth the Money
Good political campaign photography is a must.
Good political campaign photography is the cornerstone of a quality communications program. We’ve all seen bad political advertising. It’s a kind of bad that transcends the traditional meaning of the word. But it doesn’t have to be all European stock photos misused in Kentucky or stock photos of supposed endorsers (good grief, do NOT do this!). We can do better.
