Session: Communicating with Legislators: The Importance of District Office Visits


Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

3171.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral

Communicating with Legislators: The Importance of District Office Visits

To teach participants best practices in communicating and developing a relationship with legislators and their staff at the district and state levels.

Learning Objectives: Educating participants on how to best use your organization’s communication tools to help keep your legislators/staff informed on issues important to your organization. Providing participants with tips on how to set up meetings with legislators and their staff, conduct a meeting and follow-up after the meeting. Providing participants with the Do’s and Don’ts of working with district offices of federal legislators and offices of state legislators and officers. Helping participants understand the variety of methods they can use to advocate their messages to legislator and staff including the most effective communication tools (testimony, drafting legislation, press statements, position statements, letters to the editor, visits from constituents, and research information & briefings).

12:30 PM

Communicating with your Governor's office

Ann Torregrossa

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Organized by:

APHA-Goverment Relations

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