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PPAI & NGen: Leadership, Policy, and the Future of Our Sector

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Cara Underwood, Senior Program and Public Policy Manager, Southern California Grantmakers

This afternoon, Independent Sector brought together attendees from the Public Policy Action Institute (PPAI) and NGen Pre-Conference for the Luncheon Keynote and Conversation with a Sector Leader to hear from two of the field's greatest champions about leadership, policy, and the future of our sector.

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Advocacy 2.0: New Thinking, Not Just New Tools (Live from PPAI 2011)

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Guest post by Elizabeth Snyder, director of advocacy & public policy at the American Fraternal Alliance

My advocacy website vendor is awesome – which doesn’t matter as much when the Fraternal Alliance isn’t running an advocacy campaign and pushing members to use web forms, talking points, etc. Keeping advocates engaged and motivated to build relationships with elected officials is a constant challenge, especially at a small staff association where time and resources are limited.

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