NPAction Update
Vol 4, Issue 7
April 7, 2006

Welcome to the NPAction Update. In This Issue:

Featured Article: How to Educate Public Officials About Your Issues

• Showcase: Using Face-to-Face Meetings to Educate Legislators: N2N of Massachusetts
• Tips for Planning Briefings for Legislators

*Featured Article*
How to Educate Public Officials About Your Issues
When organizing an advocacy campaign to change public policy, tactics such as phone calls to elected representatives, letters to the editor, and other forms of public education are all important. However, sometimes the most effective tool for change is a face-to-face meeting with legislators. Such meetings provide an opportunity to educate elected officials about issues important to your organization and to ask for their support.

There are two ways for nonprofits to organize such briefings - by arranging meetings with individual legislators and by holding briefings where groups of legislators and staff can learn more about your issues. Read more for strategies on successful communication with elected officials, including special tips for preparing a Capitol Hill briefing:

• Showcase: Using Face-to-Face Meetings to Educate Legislators: N2N of Massachusetts
• Tips for Planning Briefings for Legislators

*"Steal This Code": Put NPAction on Your Site*

NPAction invites organizations to share our tools on their websites. Just copy the HTML code from our site, and you're ready to go (but when you steal the code, just let us know!).

"Steal the Code" today
http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/600/1/1988

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