Hughes and Associates offers a full range of training services that can be customized to best fit your needs. From a three-hour seminar on the basics of advocacy and how government works to a 10-week course designed to empower you to identify core issues, analyze root causes of these issues, and help you work collaboratively towards long term solutions, we are ready to work with you.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Basic civics/history
- The basics of advocacy
- Building an advocacy plan
- Grassroots advocacy
- Motivating your board
- How local and state government works
- How to effectively communicate with elected officials and their staff
- Building relationships before you need them
- Best practices for presentation of materials
- How to best follow up on requests
- How to build a constituency
- When is it appropriate to seek help from a lobbyist and how to hire one
- Impart our practical knowledge and anecdotes from over 40 years in the industry
“The only thing new in this world is the history that you don’t know.” - Harry S. Truman
