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The struggling economy. War on terrorism. Energy challenges. Supreme Court nominations. Midterm elections. There’s a lot on the policy plate for the White House, Congress and federal agencies. With so much happening in the District and the constantly churning political news cycle, it can be pretty difficult for policy communicators to stay up-to-date and informed [...] May 12th, 2010 | Tags: advocacy, Chris Cillizza, communication, Congress, D.C., Daily Beast, Daily Kos, Digg.com, federal government, news cycle, Policy Communications, political news, Politico, politics, PostPolitics, public relations, RealClearPolitics, RSS feed, RSS feed reader, Stateline.org, The Fix, The Washington Post, Townhall.com, Washington, White House | Categories: Media Relations, Policy Communications
Leave a comment | Share: I love watching TED videos. They always feature interesting guest speakers from different industries and professions who share innovative ideas and discuss unusual topics. Recently, TED released a video from CD Baby founder and entrepreneur Derek Sivers‘ talk in February. His brief lecture centered on the leadership lessons we could learn from the video of [...] April 19th, 2010 | Tags: advocacy, Alliance Building, call to action, coalition building, Congress, Derek Sivers, influential marketing blog, legislation, Obama, partnership, policy change, Policy Communications, policy movement, policy reform, policy revolution, policymakers, PR, public relations, rohit bhargava, social media optimization, TED | Categories: Alliance Building, Policy Communications, Strategic Planning
Leave a comment | Share: This month, Senators Kerry, Lieberman and Graham will be releasing a new version of the climate change bill. This will be the third iteration of the climate change legislation – the most reviewed version being the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA) – to enter committee review in the U.S. Senate in the [...] March 12th, 2010 | Tags: ACES, advocacy, bill, CapitolAdvantage, CEJAPA, Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest, climate bill, climate change, CLPI, Congress, feed readers, Google Alerts, Google Reader, grassroots advocacy, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry, legislation, Library of Congress, Lindsey Graham, lobbying, Media Relations, news alerts, non-profit lobbying, OpenCongress, policy, Policy Communications, RSS feed readers, RSS feeds, THOMAS, Yahoo Alerts | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications, Strategic Planning
3 comments | Share: Personally, one of my least favorite school activities as a student was report card day. While I often knew in advance what the report card would say, I was always anxious about my parents’ reaction. Knowledge may be power, but I think we can all admit that sometimes there are things we wish our parents [...] February 25th, 2010 | Tags: Alliance Building, anti-poverty, Congress, Congressional scorecard, environment, Environment America, Environment Washington, equality, house of representatives, Human Rights Campaign, lawmakers, legislation, media, media outreach, Media Relations, message exposure, Policy Communications, PR, report card, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, United States Senate, voting record | Categories: Alliance Building, Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications
Leave a comment | Share: Before leaving for winter recess in December, U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) released the 2010 legislative calendar. While there weren’t any surprises, the calendar does provide a hint on how to get the attention of Congress this year: think local. As is typical for an election year, the legislative schedule is shorter [...] January 13th, 2010 | Tags: 2010, advocacy, calendar, Capitol Hill, Congress, election, grassroots, house of representatives, legislation, local, Policy Communications, politics, public relations, senate, Steny Hoyer, Washington DC | Categories: Event Planning, Media Relations, Policy Communications, Strategic Planning
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