A lobby day program is usually the signature annual event for
most government relations programs. It is an opportunity to provide
your members with valuable education and training, build critical
relationships with policymakers, and advance your agenda. Advocacy
Associates can provide assistance and support to make your event
successful in any of the following areas:
Scheduling Congressional Meetings in DC or the District
- Drafting meeting correspondence
- Scheduling and confirming appointments
- Maintaining a customized database of appointments
- Providing online access to a regularly update list of confirmed
meetings
- Providing final itineraries for participants
- On-site assistance and support during your event.
Advocacy Training
- How to prepare for a meeting (complete with role-playing and fabulous prizes!)
- Developing a personalized message
- Building better relationships with policymakers
- Working with legislators in districts and states
You can learn more about our training services (offered by Stephanie Vance, a.k.a. the "Advocacy Guru") here. All our sessions are customized to address YOUR topics!
Pre-Event Webinars
Our "What to Know Before You Go" and "What to Do After You've Been" online live and recorded training sessions help advocates prepare to be more effective than ever in the their hill meetings -- and beyond!
Material and Program Development
- Pre-event brochures
- Leave behind packets
- One-pagers
- Advocate prep materials
- Issue briefs
Customizable Lobby Fly-In Workbook
Designed to be used throughout a lobby day program, the workbook
has pockets for inserting specific information about the organization’s
asks, worksheets for developing a personal story, a map of Capitol
Hill, carbonless NCR forms for making follow-up notes (and leaving
a copy for DC staff), and an envelope for collecting business
cards. The workbooks can even be customized with your organization’s
logo. Individual, non-personalized workbooks are $15, with bulk
discounts available. For ordering information, contact
us.
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Why Advocacy Associates?
How do we know we can help? Advocacy Associates has the experienced staff, the database and resources in place and the enthusiasm for advocacy necessary to make your next lobby day the most successful ever. Consider the following:
Over 99% of participants in an Advocacy Associates coordinated lobby day had 2 or more meetings. No more unhappy members with time on their hands!
So far in 2009, we scheduled an average of 94% of the meetings requested by our clients.
We have trained over 15,000 advocates on how to get heard on the hill.
Our training services are offered by Advocacy Guru Stephanie Vance, a former Congressional Chief of Staff who spills the secrets to getting legislators to “listen up.”
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