Citizen Action's Lobbying Lessons Citizen Action of New ...
Citizen Action's Advocacy Lessons
Citizen Action of New York – 94 Central Ave, Albany (518) 465-4600 ext 109
|What You Should Do … |What You Should Do … |
|Before You Meet |When You Meet |
|I. Ask yourself these questions: |A. Start the meeting and keep control. |
|A. Why are you meeting with the official? |1. Remember the heirarchy of demands; |
|To solidify support? |2. Don't bring up issues which the group hasn't |
|To win support for your position? |agreed on. |
|To weaken opposition? | |
| |B. Be aware of techniques officials will use to avoid your demands: |
|B. What power does the person have? What can he/she do? |1. Red herrings - bring up issues to sidetrack you; |
| |2. Passing the buck - to another level of |
|II. Prepare for the Meeting |government; |
|A. Recruit members |3. The chatterbox - doesn't allow you to get in a |
|1. From your own organization; |word; |
|2. From other groups. |4. The white rabbit - I'm running late ... |
| |5. "Trust me." - Never trust "trust me." Get |
|B. Insist on a meeting time which is good for your members, probably the evening or weekend.|specific commitments, not assurances of |
| |friendship. |
|C. Make a heirarchy of demands: What is your prime demand? | |
|What will you ask for if the answer is yes? What if the answer is no, or a waffle? Here |What You Should Do … After You Lobby |
|are some things you can ask for: | |
|1. Written support for your position; |A. Discuss the meeting - be sure you heard the same thing - and agree on |
|2. Introduce legislation; co-sponsor existing legislation; |follow up activities. |
|3. Write a letter to legislative leadership supporting position; | |
|4. Attend a press conference announcing support; |1. Assign follow up tasks; |
|5. Agree to meet again. |2. Be sure to contact everyone who participated |
| |in the meeting; |
|D. Prepare a meeting agenda, in writing, and make copies for all attending the meeting. |3. Be sure to contact the campaign coordinator. |
|Select speakers for each part of agenda. Here's a sample: | |
| |How to Advocate Without Lobbying |
|1. Who we are as a group; then individual introductions; | |
|2. Why we are here; |A checklist: |
|3. Details in support of our position; |phone calls |
|4. What we want the official to do. |letters / postcards |
| |leaflets - askng others to call/write |
|E. Hold a pre-meeting, one hour before the meeting in a private place. |set up tables - to colllect postcards, leaflet |
|1. Review the agenda; |rally/march |
|2. Be sure everyone understands the heirarchy of demands; |letters to the editor |
|3. Anticipate counter-arguments and counter-proposals; |press conferences |
|4. Talk about the psychology of the meeting: Whose meeting is it? Who represents who? Talk |talk shows |
|with someone who has met with the official previously, so you know what to expect. | |
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| |U:\CASF Training\CANY lobby lessons.doc |
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