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Advocacy Tools: Tips

Being an effective advocate means knowing where and when to exert your influence. These tips explain how you can do "issue advocacy" in an election seasion and also offer critical information for your advocacy efforts in Congress.

Influencing Congress

Nonprofits and Elections
The Telephone Call
E-mail and the Internet
The Letter
Visiting Legislators in Their Home Districts

Expanding Your Influence

Contacting Others
Signing Up
How to Get Copies of Bills and Committee Reports
How a Bill Becomes a Law

Influencing the White House

Communicating with the White House

Other Tips

Top 10 Things Congressional Staff Hate to Hear
Producing Effective Written Materials
Calling Talk Radio
ImPRESSives Media Tip Sheets
Health Action Newsletters
Glossary of Media Terms