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1 Amanda Swenson, Pfizer Inc November 16, 2012
The National Association of Business Political Action Committees 2012 NABPAC POST-ELECTION CONFERENCE Trailblazer Amanda Swenson, Pfizer Inc November 16, 2012

2 Lay of the land ~100,000 Colleagues worldwide 23,863 PAC eligible
4,001 PAC Members $2.6M for 2012 Election Cycle 16.77% Companywide Participation NY based headquarters ~5,700 PAC eligible in the field – sales ~2,380 PAC Members in the field ~10 Large sites around the US Some recent challenges: Downsizing and reorganizing through out the company T&E budgets reduced Large meetings are now broken up into a lot of smaller meetings THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 2

3 Campaign Text Our CEO agreed to let the PAC raffle off dinner with him and his wife in NYC. If you joined the PAC or increased your current contribution by Election Day, you were automatically entered into the raffle. Launched Sept 12 to avoid Summer holiday time and grab onto the excitement around the upcoming elections. Used this as a tool for all our solicitations after Sept 12…POA in Vegas, cascading contest in various states/regions, cascaded the message via PAC Ambassadors, Site Captains, and other senior leaders We promoted several low-dollar optiongs - $20.12 onetime, $2.12 recurring, $100 onetime, $5 recurring, $12 recurring THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 3

4 Results PAC Participation: 14% to 16.77% New PAC Members: 523
Increased Contributions: 159 Onetime Contributions: $10K New Contributions for the cycle: $135K We were blown away by the results! Within the first 24 hours we gained over 200 new PAC members THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 4

5 Surprises Popular CEO! – almost 80% email open rate
Current PAC members actually gave more $ Even with low $$ options, people gave more Senior leader interest/excitement THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 5

6 Challenges Managing momentum/energy “Frankenstorm” Conducting a raffle
Managing momentum – this was a good problem to have, but we had to make sure senior leaders and colleagues stayed compliant With a deadline you can’t move – the Election Day – AND a hurricane sweep through an area with a high concentration of colleagues, the final push was difficult Actually conducting the raffle THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 6

7 What’s Next Dinner has been schedule for January
Launch similar raffles with other senior leaders Foster our new members so they keep giving Both winners and their guest will dine in NYC with our CEO next January We are going to start talking to other popular senior leaders about launching another raffle with them – hopefully 3 more in 2013 We had about 350 one-time contributors – so now we need to retain them and convert them to recurring payroll or to re-up THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 7

8 You HAVE TO have senior leadership
Lessons Learned #1 You HAVE TO have senior leadership supporting your PAC! If your senior leaders don’t support the PAC financially or verbally, then it’s impossible to get that energy to trickle down However, be sure to use that momentum to push peer to peer When our CEO became CEO, he was CEO & President, so we honored him with his own giving level…maxed out level called “President’s Cabinet” He also has asked that all his direct reports make time to come to DC to do hill visits…he himself has done several, along with going to fundraisers supported by the PAC…he sees firsthand that a strong DC presence and a strong PAC DOES matter. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 8

9 325 7th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004
Thank You Amanda Swenson Pfizer PAC 325 7th Street, NW Washington, DC (202) E: THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES | 9


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