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Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story

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Educating Decision Makers 
and Telling Our Story is a basic presentation about citizen advocacy. Includes: Advocacy Lessons from
 6 year old Pirates & Princesses... How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want! from the Advocacy Guru, Stephanie Vance.

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Page 1: Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story

Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story

Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story

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Why Should we get involved?

Why Should we get involved?

If not now, when? If not you, who?

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Page 4: Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story

“...speak with conviction.”“...speak with conviction.”

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Page 6: Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story

“...it’s much easier than

changing a diaper.”

“...it’s much easier than

changing a diaper.”

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Staying Up to Date & Taking Action

Staying Up to Date & Taking Action

PCA-WV facilitates the Legislative

Action Team for Children & Families

Weekly meetings during Regular

Session

Legislative Action Alerts

Online legislative action center -

CAPWIZ

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Legislative Action Center

Legislative Action Center

http://www.capwiz.com/preventchildabusewv/http://www.capwiz.com/preventchildabusewv/

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Page 10: Educating Decision Makers and Telling Our Story

“We gotta get creative about

who we’re goin’ after...

where we’re goin’ after ‘em...

and how we’re goin’ after

‘em.”

“We gotta get creative about

who we’re goin’ after...

where we’re goin’ after ‘em...

and how we’re goin’ after

‘em.”

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Steps to success...Steps to success...

Get organized

Get educated

Develop an effective message

Communicate with your

representative

Set up a face-to-face meeting

Make “the Ask”

Keep the momentum going

Get organized

Get educated

Develop an effective message

Communicate with your

representative

Set up a face-to-face meeting

Make “the Ask”

Keep the momentum going

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A Winning Team@ the Meeting

A Winning Team@ the Meeting

An “influential” / Board member

Program Executive (You)

Person with the story

An “influential” / Board member

Program Executive (You)

Person with the story

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Advocacy Lessons from6 year old Pirates & Princesses...

Advocacy Lessons from6 year old Pirates & Princesses...

How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!

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How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!

How to “Trick” Legislators Into Giving You What You Want!

From Stephanie Vance, The Advocacy Guru

Be adorable

Stand out from the crowd

Develop an effective message

Don’t be greedy - Be thankful 

Don’t threaten

Maintain reputation for having the

“Good Stuff”

People give more to friends and

family

Be adorable

Stand out from the crowd

Develop an effective message

Don’t be greedy - Be thankful 

Don’t threaten

Maintain reputation for having the

“Good Stuff”

People give more to friends and

family

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A snow flake is one of nature’s most fragile things...

A snow flake is one of nature’s most fragile things...

But look at what they can do when they stick together!But look at what they can do when they stick together!

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FOR MORE INFORMATION:FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Jim McKay

State Coordinator

Prevent Child Abuse WV

http://www.preventchildabusewv.org

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @TEAM4WVChildren

http://slideshare.net/PCAWV

Jim McKay

State Coordinator

Prevent Child Abuse WV

http://www.preventchildabusewv.org

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @TEAM4WVChildren

http://slideshare.net/PCAWV