Advocating for Fun (and your nonprofit)

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Advocacy and YOU The Why and How of Advocacy and How to Communicate Effectively.

Advertisements

Advocacy Training December 10, :00 – 11:30 a.m.

Lobbying for Quality Patient Care Presented by: New York State Nurses Association Practice and Governmental Affairs Program.

Skills for Effective Parent Advocacy

Raising Your Voice for Children: An Advocacy Training Davida McDonald Director, State Policy NAEYC.

Health Center Advocacy 101

Voices Leadership Training Michigan's Children Advocacy in Public Policy Making Role and Function of Advocacy Organizations Strategies to Impact Policy.

Introduction to Advocacy

A N I NTRODUCTION TO A DVOCACY : T RAINING G UIDE Ritu R. Sharma Women Thrive Worldwide Ritu R. Sharma Women Thrive Worldwide.

Lobbying basics for ywcas May GLA Advocacy 5.07 overview  introduction to “advocacy” and “lobbying”  other political activities  IRS rules for.

An Advocacy Guide Women Thrive Worldwide 1 Communicating with Government Officials Women Thrive Worldwide Advocacy Tools & Resources.

Who is in the Driver’s Seat? Driving Change and Advancing Advocacy Ghida Dagher, Public Policy Associate United Way for Southeastern Michigan Scott Dzurka,

The Political Power of You You’re a Leader in Your Community, So … Tell Lansing What You Want! Effectively Communicating with State Legislators.

Welcome to the CoSA Member Web Conference March 28, 2013 To connect to the audio portion of the conference, dial , then enter conference.

Engaging Local Units in Advocacy 2014 National PTA Legislative Conference.

Advocacy 101 Government and Labor Relations Department Jason Joseph, Director Joe Minor Karyn Cunningham.

Impacting Real Change Renell Weathers Outreach Director Michigan League for Public Policy

Making a Difference Ruth Hoffman Lutheran Advocacy Ministry-NM 1701 Arroyo Chamiso Santa Fe, NM (505)

State & Federal Advocacy 101 St. Stephen’s Community Engagement Program Cathy Heying.

Getting Cancer Control Message to Policy Makers ~ Kent Hartwig Advocacy Strategies, LLC October 11, 2013.

Who Speaks for You? Advocacy in Challenging Times Jan Friese Executive Director Texas Counseling Association.

May Get Involved ! Protection and Advocacy Inc. Margaret Jakobson Managing Attorney.

Successful Practices Network Do Now ! 1.Identify 2 things you think you have done to advocate for CTE. 2.Identify one thing you think.

SBHC Advocacy Basics. 2 What is advocacy? ad·vo·ca·cy Pronunciation: 'ad-v&-k&-sE Function: noun The act of pleading or arguing in favor of something,

Building Coalitions and Putting Them to Work Perla Cavazos October 16, 2015.

Speak Up and Be Heard! Advocating for Every Child Martell and Ronda Menlove.

MISSION: B E THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE EASTERN SHORE OF M ARYLAND BY GRADUATING STUDENTS WHO ARE COLLEGE AND CAREER READY.

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Advocacy and YOU The Why and How of Advocacy and How to Communicate Effectively.

MABE’s Advocacy Toolkit A Guide to Successful Education Advocacy in Maryland.

What is Self Advocacy? Presentation adapted by the Self Advocate Coalition of Kansas from the My Voice, My Choice: A Manual for Self-Advocates curriculum.

Get politically active for animals!. What is grassroots advocacy? An organized effort by citizens to affect public policy by influencing policy-makers.

NACDD Hill Day: Legislative Visits What to Expect Mari T. Brick, MA Program Consultant, NACDD

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Advocacy and YOU RMASFAA Conference Slide 1 © NASFAA 2011.

Minnesota HomeCare Association Grassroots Involvement A Guide to Help Home Care Become More Involved In the Decision Making Process.

Advocacy Efforts in Your Community. 2 Advocacy Agenda Key Takeaways Why is this Important? Who We Are Advocacy at WHC Future at State Level In Summary.

Bob Blancato, Executive Director NANASP Advocacy Begins at Home Webinar.

® Congressional Meetings Primer Joshua Habursky Director of Advocacy Independent Community Bankers of America.

RESULTS Overview and Advocacy Training

MISSION: Be the economic engine for the eastern shore of Maryland by graduating students who are college and career ready. Contact:

Federation for Community Schools

Congressional Meetings Primer

Becoming a legislative advocate

All of us advocate every day when we try to influence other people’s decisions. The most successful advocates are those who go the extra steps. They actually.

Infectious Diseases Advocacy

Legislative Advocacy 101 This presentation was prepared by Arise Citizens’ Policy Project. It may be reproduced with acknowledgment of ACPP, Box 1188,

VOTING WITH CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND A PEDIATRICIAN’S SCHEDULE

ADVOCACY Arts North Carolina’s goal is to help you become more comfortable with advocacy before you come to Arts Day. How are we doing so far?

Nonprofit Advocacy: Rules of the Game

Leading with Action: Advocacy Workshop

WE HONOR VETERANS How to be an Advocate.

VOTING WITH CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND A PEDIATRICIAN’S SCHEDULE

Community Mapping for Engagement

Building the Action Network

State & Federal Advocacy 101

Caregiving Advocacy in Maryland

Advocacy & You Stephen Payne NJASFAA

Working with your Trustee

What is Advocacy? What is ADVOCACY DAY? What Can I Expect?

Speaking Out for All Children

Developing Relationships with your Elected Officials

State & Federal Advocacy 101

Tips to Make Capitol Hill Days a Success!

Give. Advocate. Volunteer. UWP Member Updates

United Way of Pennsylvania

Welcome! Thank You! . Welcome! Thank You! Goals for Today’s meeting Introduce CDN Assess needs in the Eastern Shore Region and what CDN can bring.

Southern New England Advocacy Conference February 24, 2019

Tips from #ArcPASelfies

All of us advocate every day when we try to influence other people’s decisions. The most successful advocates are those who go the extra steps. They actually.

Advocacy in the Human Services

Tools and Tips for Effective Advocacy

Presentation transcript:

Advocating for Fun (and your nonprofit) Bringing your (and your organization’s) public policy voice to decisionmakers

Overview Introductions Defining Advocacy Our advocacy environment Tools & Tips for making the world a better place Action Steps! What’s Next

Introductions Name Organization/Location Favorite Halloween candy

Defining Advocacy What is “advocacy”? What does it mean to be “advocates”?

Defining Advocacy Advocacy is the art (and science) of changing what is into what should be

Defining Advocacy Advocates are people who commit to changing what is into what should be

Who Can Advocate? Defining Advocacy Your clients Your staff Your board members Your volunteers Your donors YOU!

Defining Advocacy Advocates use effective tactics to influence the decision-makers who can affect change

Our Advocacy Environment Advocates use effective tactics to influence the decision-makers who can affect change

Our Advocacy Environment MCH does state-level advocacy 201 Legislators 67 Senators 134 House Members

Our Advocacy Environment MCH does state-level advocacy Governor Dayton & his administration

Tools & Tips Advocates use effective tactics to influence the decision-makers who can affect change

Who do decision-makers listen to? How can we communicate with them? Tools & Tips Who do decision-makers listen to? How can we communicate with them?

Tools & Tips Letters Email Phone Calls Rallys Marches “Days on the Hill”

Hi, my name is _____ and I'm from __(city)__. Action Steps! Call Governor Dayton 651-201-3400 or 800-657-3717 Hi, my name is _____ and I'm from __(city)__. I'm at the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless conference today and I want to encourage Governor Dayton to include a $100 per month increase in MFIP cash assistance for families striving toward economic stability in his budget.

Write to Commissioner Johnson-Piper Action Steps! Write to Commissioner Johnson-Piper Use the writing prompts Handwrite your letter! Address the envelope (but don’t seal it) Turn it in to Atom - he’ll make sure it gets delivered to the Commissioner with all the other letters!

Action Steps!

What’s Next? VOTE (& register others to vote!) Ask others to call the Governor & write a letter to Commissioner Johnson Piper “Like” and follow the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless on Facebook (www.facebook.com/mnhomelessco) Endorse the Prosperity for All agenda! Contact Atom with your advocacy questions & ideas!

atom@mnhomelesscoalition.org 612-222-5500 Atom Robinson atom@mnhomelesscoalition.org 612-222-5500