Category Archives: Influencing Legislators & Politicians
The Most Successful Get Out the Vote Program Tactics
Alan Gerber and Donald Green’s book, Get Out the Vote, is a rigorous, research-based approach to validating various voter registration and GOTV (Get Out the Vote) drives. The authors conducted their experiments over several years in federal midterm elections, state and municipal elections, the 2000 presidential election, and various nonpartisan voter mobilization efforts.
Who Is Most Responsive to Get Out the Vote Programs?
Frequent voters are most responsive to GOTV (Get Out the Vote) requests. This is a critical finding for organizations with ballot issues and elections in non-presidential election years.
Communicating with Congress: Myth vs. Reality
Brad Fitch joined CMF in 2001 as Deputy Director. In addition to assisting in the management of CMF, Brad conducts consulting sessions with congressional offices, leads training programs, and coordinates press inquiries. In addition, he was the managing editor of the 108th edition of Setting Course. Prior to joining CMF, Brad worked on Capitol Hill for 12 years in various capacities including: House Press Secretary, House Committee Communications Director, Senate Communications Director, and House Chief of Staff.
How to Avoid the Tripping Point During Your Advocate Hill and State House Visits: Part Two
Utilizing the Science of Influence – For Advocates and Professional Lobbyists
There are scores of tools in the influence toolbox, and the savvy agent knows how to use the right tool for a particular client and situation. That said, we’ve noticed that there are some tools that work particularly well for political advocacy across a range of situations. Among them are trust building, proximity, metaphor, and narrative.
The Influence Tactics of Fortune’s “Power 25”
Background
It is our interest in excellent government relations programs and “best in class” organizations that inspired our second research project with Fortune magazine’s “Power 25.” The first project focused on how they recruit, retain, and motivate their most productive grassroots advocates.