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Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story is a basic presentation about citizen advocacy. Includes: Advocacy Lessons from 6 year old Pirates & Princesses... How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want! from the Advocacy Guru, Stephanie Vance.
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Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story
Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story
Why Should we get involved?
Why Should we get involved?
If not now, when? If not you, who?
“...speak with conviction.”“...speak with conviction.”
“...it’s much easier than
changing a diaper.”
“...it’s much easier than
changing a diaper.”
Staying Up to Date & Taking Action
Staying Up to Date & Taking Action
PCA-WV facilitates the Legislative
Action Team for Children & Families
Weekly meetings during Regular
Session
Legislative Action Alerts
Online legislative action center -
CAPWIZ
Legislative Action Center
Legislative Action Center
http://www.capwiz.com/preventchildabusewv/http://www.capwiz.com/preventchildabusewv/
“We gotta get creative about
who we’re goin’ after...
where we’re goin’ after ‘em...
and how we’re goin’ after
‘em.”
“We gotta get creative about
who we’re goin’ after...
where we’re goin’ after ‘em...
and how we’re goin’ after
‘em.”
Steps to success...Steps to success...
Get organized
Get educated
Develop an effective message
Communicate with your
representative
Set up a face-to-face meeting
Make “the Ask”
Keep the momentum going
Get organized
Get educated
Develop an effective message
Communicate with your
representative
Set up a face-to-face meeting
Make “the Ask”
Keep the momentum going
A Winning Team@ the Meeting
A Winning Team@ the Meeting
An “influential” / Board member
Program Executive (You)
Person with the story
An “influential” / Board member
Program Executive (You)
Person with the story
Advocacy Lessons from6 year old Pirates & Princesses...
Advocacy Lessons from6 year old Pirates & Princesses...
How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!
How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!
How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!
From Stephanie Vance, The Advocacy Guru
Be adorable
Stand out from the crowd
Develop an effective message
Don’t be greedy - Be thankful
Don’t threaten
Maintain reputation for having the
“Good Stuff”
People give more to friends and
family
Be adorable
Stand out from the crowd
Develop an effective message
Don’t be greedy - Be thankful
Don’t threaten
Maintain reputation for having the
“Good Stuff”
People give more to friends and
family
A snow flake is one of nature’s most fragile things...
A snow flake is one of nature’s most fragile things...
But look at what they can do when they stick together!But look at what they can do when they stick together!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jim McKay
State Coordinator
Prevent Child Abuse WV
http://www.preventchildabusewv.org
Email: jim@teamwv.org
Twitter: @TEAM4WVChildren
http://slideshare.net/PCAWV
Jim McKay
State Coordinator
Prevent Child Abuse WV
http://www.preventchildabusewv.org
Email: jim@teamwv.org
Twitter: @TEAM4WVChildren
http://slideshare.net/PCAWV
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