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Becoming a Better Advocate for Local Approaches to Regional Development
2013 NADO Annual Training ConferenceAugust 27, 2013
NADO’sMISSION
To strengthen local governments, communities, and economies through the regional strategies, partnerships, and solutions of the nation’s regional development organizations.
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• Getting Involved in Advocacy-Why Does it Matter?
• What NADO Members Bring to the Table
• Tools for Relationship Building• How NADO Can Help• Working Together• Communicating with Congress• Getting Involved at the State and
Local Level• 2014 Washington Policy
Conference
Presentation
OVERVIEW
Advocacy:
Why does it
matter?
• Lasting Impacts of Federal Policies and Spending Decisions
• Devolution of Authority to the State and Local Level
What NADO
Members
Provide
• Expertise
• Network of Intergovernmental Partnerships
• A Practitioner’s Perspective
How NADO Can
Help
New Project: Legislative Geospatial Mapping Initiative
• Allows NADO Members to votes by their member of Congress on key issues, Congressional staff members, and contact information
• Displays NADO Members overlaid with Congressional District(s)
How NADO Can
Help
Congressional Partnership Awards-2014
NADO News and NADO Pro
Coalition Building in Washington
Working Together
The NADO National Team
The Interface Initiative: Phase 1• Leadership,
Appropriators, Transportation Committees
Member Engagement on Policy Development• Transportation,
Brownfields, Workforce
Communicating with Congress
Knowing What to Ask For:
• Introducing or Cosponsoring Legislation
• Signing on to Dear Colleague Letters
• Specific Votes on Bills or Amendments in Committee or on the Floor
• Support for Federal Grant Applications
Methods of Communica
tion
Personal Visits• How to Prepare• What to Expect
Personal Letters
Importance of Saying “Thank You”
Contact When There is No Ask
The State
and Local Level
• Importance of State and Local Decision Making
• State Associations
• Local Coalition Building
2014 NADO Washington Policy Conference“NADO on the Hill”
March 24 – 26 |Marriott Crystal GatewayArlington, VA