Category Archives: Government Relations
Solutions to the Social Loafing Lifestyle
In a previous post, I talked about social loafing. Now I’m going to talk about how we change the social loafing dynamic.
The Habits of Effective State Advocacy Groups
The results of the following research have been featured in many of my advocacy workshops, as well as various national and regional publications.
Supreme Court Rules in Citizens United Case
From I2M faculty member Brett Kappel at Arent Fox:
JANUARY 21, 2010 – WASHINGTON, DC – This morning in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the US Supreme Court overturned the ban on corporate and union independent expenditures in federal elections. This opinion will have a major impact on the 2010 elections. Corporations will now be able to spend their corporate treasury money to advocate the election or defeat of federal candidates.
Want to Innovate? First, You Have to Know Your Strengths
As a leader in next-level political involvement skill development, the Innovate to Motivate Conference is known for investing in expert faculty to connect you to nationally-known thought leaders.
Social Loafing
We’ve all been on a team where 20 percent of the team members do 80 percent of the work – a few board members recruit for the PAC, a couple of organizations in your coalition make the effort to mobilize their members on an important issue, or one member of your GR staff reviews and edits the department’s Web site.
