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The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations
This resource was designed to help readers decide whether to lobby and then put plans in place to make it work. It will also reinvigorate experienced organizations and lobbyists with new ways to approach lobbying. This guide will help readers: - Understand their nonprofit's role in shaping state and local public policy.
- Discover how lobbying can help fulfill their organization's mission, service and program goals.
- Set up systems in their organization to support lobbying.
- Learn how to initiate, support, or defeat bills.
- Develop skills to make their lobbying efforts effective.
- Build and mobilize supporters of their efforts.
- Influence the government to support their policy positions.
- Use the media to build support for their positions.
- Comply with federal and state regulations.
(226 pp.)
http://www.mncn.org/lobbying_book.htm
Publication Year: 2002
Publisher Minnesota Council of Nonprofits 2700 University Ave, West Suite 20 Saint Paul, mn 55114-1059 Phone: 651-642-1904 Website: http://www.mncn.org/index.htmEmail: mkavner@mncn.org
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