Association Advocacy Chick

JANUARY 12, 2015

June will be the 1st anniversary of Generation Advocacy. August marks the 5th birthday of Association Advocacy Chick. Uncategorized advocacy ASAE associations blog Career delp Diversity milestones' ASAE’s Diversity Executive Leadership Program otherwise known as DELP celebrates its 15th anniversary.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

However, they should consider public relations when putting together an advocacy strategy. Uncategorized advocacy associations Congress lobbying Lobbyist PR Public Relations' Will PR campaigns replace lobbying? I don’t think so. It remains an important function for many associations.

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Association Advocacy Chick

OCTOBER 16, 2013

During my organization’s annual meeting earlier this year, I did an advocacy training for some early career psychologists of color. Uncategorized advocacy training association professional lobbyists'

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Association Advocacy Chick

OCTOBER 11, 2016

I’ll even talk about advocacy from time to time. Advocacy will always be a part of me. It’s a reflection of just how much we try to fit into our daily lives. So what am I going to talk about? The short answer is yes. However, with my career expanding into executive management, it’s time to broaden my perspective.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Association Advocacy Chick continues to grow slowly, but surely. My iPad toolkit for lobbyists post was republished and circulated widely within the advocacy community. I love having Association Advocacy Chick as an outlet when I can’t express myself in 140 characters or less.

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MAY 6, 2013

My goal when I started Association Advocacy Chick was to produce fresh content at least twice a month. I have no plans to stop Association Advocacy Chick (or blogging for that matter) any time soon. You may have noticed that my blog posts have slowed down to a crawl. However, it seems like I’m lucky to get one post up per month.

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Association Advocacy Chick

JUNE 3, 2014

During a recent advocacy campaign, one of the co-founders approached congressional staff with a simple ask: bring attention to a specific issue using Twitter. While this tactic may not work for everyone and every issue, it once again demonstrates the value of social media for advocacy. Uncategorized Capitol Hill'

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Association Advocacy Chick

AUGUST 13, 2015

I started Association Advocacy Chick five years ago after ASAE in Los Angeles. Without you, there will be no Association Advocacy Chick. Literally, hundreds of people made sure that we can find our shuttles, serve us meals and set up our laptops for presentations. So where do I go from here?

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Association Advocacy Chick

DECEMBER 1, 2011

During the discussion, someone commented on the use of the words lobbying and advocacy in the news. When the story is more upbeat, advocacy and advocates are used. Government Relations, Advocacy, Lobbying. Anna’s beat is the world I live in, lobbying. Don’t believe me? The word advocate ? Yup, never mentioned.

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Association Advocacy Chick

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Looking back over 2012, I’ve done a number of presentations spanning from advocacy to middle children. Whenever I prepare for a presentation, I start by drafting notes. Notes are a great way to organize your thoughts and ensure that you stay on topic. Recently, I was asked to give remarks to student members in town for a visit.

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

However, as association lobbyists, are we using those same tools to promote our advocacy efforts to our members? . However, we need to accept that social media is now a vital part of the advocacy effort. The House and Senate have their own YouTube channels. A few are even creating their own app.

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Association Advocacy Chick

AUGUST 26, 2010

There’s a need for more programming on advocacy. Another shocker, non-GR professionals may want advocacy sessions to help them prepare for, oh I don’t know, the CAE exam! Another shocker, non-GR professionals may want advocacy sessions to help them prepare for, oh I don’t know, the CAE exam!

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Association Advocacy Chick

JANUARY 23, 2012

While grassroots advocacy has been around for a while, I do agree that the use of social media in this area is fairly new and sorely needed. According the Congressional Management Foundation, Hill offices are being overrun by constituent mail including email grassroots alerts.

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Association Advocacy Chick

JANUARY 6, 2014

I also look forward to sharing my thoughts about advocacy, DELP and other topics with you. I’ve decided to leave a lot of anger and resentment in the past and move forward. I’m excited about upcoming trips and opportunities I’ve been presented with. Thank you for reading my blog in 2013 and I hope you will continue in 2014.

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Association Advocacy Chick: What are some of the responsibilities for ASAE’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee? In August, ASAE introduced the 2015-2017 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan as well as new policies on religious diversity and accessibility.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MARCH 2, 2011

One can look at ASAE’s recent advocacy efforts with the 1099 repeal as an example of members getting involved with association advocacy. They are the content experts on particular issues and the ones who can make the best case for or against a bill. However, professional lobbying also plays an important role in associations.

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Association Advocacy Chick

APRIL 29, 2014

The internship exists because there’s very little programming that addresses public policy and advocacy in psychology doctoral programs. The interns spend one year with us learning how psychological research can be applied to public policy.

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Association Advocacy Chick

OCTOBER 29, 2010

As an association advocacy chick, I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t encourage you to vote on Tuesday November 2. I don’t care who you support. Just make sure you show up at the polls. Encourage your family and friends to do the same.

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Association Advocacy Chick

JUNE 16, 2011

What I didn’t do was anything related to advocacy. No lobbying visits, no advocacy training, no coalition meetings. I started my career as an assistant to the Government Relations Director of a small association. My job was doing his grunt work: filing, faxing, sorting mail, and answering phones. I even made coffee.

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Association Advocacy Chick

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

I’m so thrilled and honored to present my first guest blogger of Association Advocacy Chick, Shawn Boynes, CAE. Several months ago, my dear friend and colleague, Stefanie Reeves (or better known here as Association Advocacy Chick), asked me to be a guest blogger.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MARCH 21, 2014

If anything, this presents a great opportunity for Seth and the advocacy organization to continue their congressional outreach. While it would be great for members of Congress to be present at every hearing, that’s just not possible. It doesn’t mean they don’t care. Humor works. Seth Rogen is funny. Alzheimer’s is not.

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Association Advocacy Chick

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Advocacy is a great way to bring positive change. However, this maddening, super-hyper, type A career is what I chose to do and this association advocacy chick wouldn’t have it any other way. Blackberry is still king of Capitol Hill, but it’s slowly being upstaged by the iPhone and various Android devices. I love what I do.

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Association Advocacy Chick

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

When I was accepted into DELP in 2008, I was Director of Political Advocacy for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, had worked in the association community for 13 years and earned my MA in Government from Johns Hopkins University in 2002. More than a few came into the program as Executive Directors.

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Association Advocacy Chick

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

As I talked about starting and maintaining Association Advocacy Chick , many in the audience wanted to know the pros and cons of blogging. I gave stats on who’s using social networks. However, the part that generated the most interest and discussion centered around blogging. On the downside, it requires time that I may not always have.

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Your plan should include issues of importance to the association, position statements, advocacy training and of course, participation from your members among other components. For example, you cannot do public policy without some type of plan that anticipates rather than reacts to what’s going on legislatively.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MARCH 27, 2011

However, I think it’s time to open up about the other aspects of this association advocacy chick. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that I do government relations for an association, have my CAE, and a DELP scholar. So here are some fun facts about yours truly. I’m a middle child.

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Association Advocacy Chick

JANUARY 31, 2011

Recently, the Congressional Management Foundation released a survey of congressional staffers and their thoughts on advocacy. The results were quite interesting. Among the findings, the survey identified the most important factor that influences an undecided Member of Congress. No, not the lobbyist or the media.

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Association Advocacy Chick

DECEMBER 20, 2010

However, none of those things compare to the aftermath of starting Association Advocacy Chick. I traveled to Los Angeles for the first time. I went to my first Redskins game. I found a great tasting organic soymilk. Through this blog, I found a voice that had always existed, but was too afraid to come out.

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Association Advocacy Chick

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I’m always talking about the need for associations to use social media in their advocacy efforts. Recently, I had a chance to talk to Caroline Goncalves, Associate Director of Federal Advocacy in ASHA’s Capitol Hill office about how they use social media tools in their advocacy efforts.

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Association Advocacy Chick

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Once again, I’m honored to present another guest blogger to Association Advocacy Chick. He’s Aaron Wolowiec, MSA, CAE, CMP, director of education and associate partnerships for the Health Care Association of Michigan, DELP scholar, and chair of ASAE’s Young Association Executives Committee.

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Association Advocacy Chick

DECEMBER 20, 2011

To those who came across Association Advocacy Chick in 2011 either by choice or circumstance, thank you for your support. Doesn’t seem to be much going on next year anyway. As we wind down to the Holidays, I’m going to take some time to reflect, sleep, write, dream and get a facial. Without you, this blog would not exist.

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Association Advocacy Chick

AUGUST 26, 2011

On August 26, 2010, I started Association Advocacy Chick with one post and no clue what the heck I was doing. Sure, blogging seemed easy enough. But what exactly would I write about? Who was my audience? How often would I post? So many questions and hardly any answers. Yet, I created an account on WordPress and started spouting.

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Association Advocacy Chick

AUGUST 11, 2011

Outside of Ignite, my two favs were the Build and Coordinate Government Relations Advocacy and the Tips and Tricks from Association Mobile Warriors sessions. Great – Session selection. For the first time, there were more sessions I was interested in than not.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MAY 1, 2012

From a government relations perspective, are we as open as can be as far as engaging members and staff on advocacy? Being open can take many forms: decentralized cultures, structured silos, and ownership. When we pull together an action alert, are we willing to have staff from other departments look at it before it goes out?

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Association Advocacy Chick: What led each of you to apply for the Diversity Executive Leadership Program? I’d like to introduce to you a couple of the members of the Class of 2011-2013, Martha Ramirez, SPHR from the Society for Human Resources Management and Donte Shannon from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MAY 26, 2019

A week ago, Robert Smith, the commencement speaker for Morehouse College pledged to pay off the student loans of the class of 2019. Reaction has ranged from shock to elation to envy. The Washington Post even had an editorial asking if it was even fair that this generous gift was made as others struggle to pay for their education.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MAY 10, 2019

It’s been awhile. A lot has happened since my last blog post in 2016. But, through it all, I missed writing. So, on this Friday night in May 2019, I’m coming back to blogging. Welcome to Stef’s Reflective Playlist. What am I talking about now? The people who inspire me. The podcasts I’m listening to.

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