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Survival Skills for Advocates

Survival Skills for Advocates. What are survival skills for advocates?. They are guidelines used successfully by other advocacy efforts. Why have survival skills for advocacy?. To be effective in promoting your cause. Survival skills for advocacy:. Accentuate the positive

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Survival Skills for Advocates

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  1. Survival Skills for Advocates

  2. What are survival skills for advocates? They are guidelines used successfully by other advocacy efforts.

  3. Why have survival skills for advocacy? To be effective in promoting your cause.

  4. Survival skills for advocacy: • Accentuate the positive • Emphasize your organization's accomplishments to the community • Plan for small wins • Present the issues as you want others to see them • Develop your own public identity

  5. Survival skills for advocacy (cont.): • Check your facts • Keep it simple • Be passionate and persistent • Be prepared to compromise • Be opportunistic and creative • Stay your course

  6. Survival skills for advocacy (cont.): • Look for the good in others • Keep your eyes on the prize • Makes issues local and relevant • Get broad based support from the start • Work within the experiences of your group members

  7. Survival skills for advocacy (cont.): • Try to work outside the experiences of your opponents • Make your opponents play by their own rules • Tie your advocacy group's efforts to related events • Enjoy yourself!

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