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Advocacy Training Module Coalitions : Building and Joining By Name, Title, Department

Advocacy Training Module Coalitions : Building and Joining By Name, Title, Department Presentation Date. What is a Coalition? An organization of organizations that is actively working on an issue campaign!. Types of Coalitions. Formal Issue Informal. Advantages of Working Together.

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Advocacy Training Module Coalitions : Building and Joining By Name, Title, Department

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  1. Advocacy Training Module Coalitions: Building and Joining By Name, Title, Department Presentation Date

  2. What is a Coalition? An organization of organizations that is actively working on an issue campaign!

  3. Types of Coalitions • Formal • Issue • Informal

  4. Advantages of Working Together • Increase power. • Able to win something that couldn’t be won alone. • Increase resources – staff, money, members. • Broaden the scope of work.

  5. Guidelines for Coalition Building • Choose a unifying issue. • Not the road to diversity. • Don’t change your values or mission. • Understand each groups self interest. • Respect each groups internal process. • Agree to disagree.

  6. Guidelines for Coalition Building • Play to the center with tactics. • Recognize that contributions vary. • Structure decision making carefully. • Urge stable and senior representation at meetings. • Distribute credit fairly. • If there are staff they should be neutral.

  7. Guidelines for Joining Coalitions • Know what you want to get out of it. • Know the coalition members and background. • Get clear expectations. • Maintain an independent program. • Evaluate your role carefully.

  8. For more information contact: Name, Title, Department (800) 307-4PTA (4782) info@pta.orgPTA.org

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