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Greetings Innovators,

We just concluded our inaugural I2M State Team Town Halls this week in Colorado, Texas and North Carolina.

Between the three groups, we covered over 25 grassroots and PAC topics, so we definitely burned some brain cells.  As usual, I can’t wrap up the meetings without mentioning my favorite sound bites:

• Grassroots Key Contacts: “Star employee” doesn’t equal star advocate.”  Jane McAtee, Southwest Airlines.
• The Hall of Shame: “I use the ‘Hall of Shame’ method to drive grassroots recruitment. You have to publicize who is and isn’t meeting their recruitment goals.”  Chris Kemm, Colorado and Wyoming Credit Union Association , & Co-Chair, I2M 2010.
• Name Drop:  “I always tell my volunteers to ‘name drop.’ It’s important that their legislators know their advocacy title…