The One-Hour Activist: The 15 Most Powerful Actions You Can Take to Fight for the Issues and Candidates You Care About
by Christopher Kush
$7.95
No matter what your political persuasion, The One-Hour Activist is your guide to influencing lawmakers, candidates, and reporters. The One-Hour Activist reveals fifteen powerful, proven grassroots actions that persuade lawmakers and candidates to see things your way.
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- Learn how to distinguish your meeting requests, letters, emails and calls in the flood of communication elected officials receive.
- Understand why lawmakers crave your personal stories and how you can leverage your personal opinions in media pitches and meetings.
- Discover the powerful ways to influence candidates so you represent more than a single vote on Election Day.
- Find out to set a legislative agenda, analyze bills and follow the issues that impact your organization.
About the Author
Christopher Kush is CEO of Soapbox Consulting and has trained thousands of citizens from all over the United States to effectively influence Congress, state and local governments. He has helped design sophisticated key-contact networks, Lobby Days and grassroots training programs for many national associations, including the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Human Rights Campaign, Easter Seals, Goodwill International and United Way Worldwide. Mr. Kush is the author of three books on grassroots organizing, including Grassroots Games (ASAE, 2002) and most recently, The One-Hour Activist: The 15 Most Powerful Actions You Can Take To Fight for the Issues and Candidates You Care About (Wiley, 2004). He has appeared on National Public Radio, ABC and Fox news affiliates, C-SPAN’s “Book TV,” Sirius Satellite Radio Network, and in U.S. News & World Report and The Los Angeles Times.
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