Training The Council offers more than 75 annual learning opportunities in a variety of formats, including conferences/workshops, teleconferences/webinars and customized group seminars. Members can take advantage of registration fee discounts and participate in free, members-only educational events.

 

Individualized Counseling The Council's professional staff provides members with information, research and expert contacts on a wide variety of public affairs subjects. We can answer questions, review documents, share best practices and help connect you with peers who have faced similar challenges.
 

Legal Guidance Included in your membership is the opportunity get answers to your toughest questions about the legal dos and don'ts of campaign finance, lobbying and PACs from one of America's top election lawyers.

Council BlogPublic affairs is the most important corporate function that nobody understands. Public Affairs Council President Doug Pinkham tries to make sense of it for members in his weekly blog, "Public Affairs Perspective."

Guest Speakers for Your Meetings Our experienced professionals are available for customized presentations to your employees or association members, including PAC boards, grassroots key contacts, association conferences and corporate leadership teams.

Networking The Council offers a number of opportunities for members to network with fellow public affairs professionals at leading corporations, associations and consulting firms.

Mentoring Mentor others in the public affairs community. Share your expertise with them. And share theirs.

Resource Center  Browse our Areas of Expertise (top left side of website) and find critical information and resources on best practices in the field.

Management and Strategy Consultation The experts in our Consulting Services division help you measure your operation against top public affairs programs and ensure that yours is a best practices department.

Benchmarking and Research We plan, organize and conduct original benchmarking projects, identifying benchmarking topics, proposing a peer group of potential project partners, defining deliverables, developing data collection tools and delivering valid findings.

Free Events In additiion to its other services, the Council offers members a variety of free in-person and virtual events.

News You Can Use Keep up on trends in the field through Impact, the Council's award-winning monthly newsletter, the president's blog and frequent website news postings.

Publication Discounts As a member, you've already earned significant discounts on our books, surveys and reports. Some of them, including our Public Affairs Management Report series titles and software satisfaction survey, are even free!

Web Site Think of this as your 24-hour key to a wealth of members-only information and resources. Each individual at a member organization may have their own individual username and password. To obtain log-in information, click here.

Job Postings Have a job opening at your organization? Post your announcement free of charge on our popular job postings page.

Social Media Access our exclusive online networking group via LinkedIn, our fan page on Facebook and our news feed on Twitter. We also can advise you on best practices for using social media for the public affairs function.
 

Orientation Sessions Interested in learning how to get the most out of your membership? Join us for a complimentary membership orientation luncheon at the Council's office or participate in a session via teleconference.

Public Affairs Marketplace Find just the right consultant or vendor here.

Sponsorships Public affairs professionals who attend the Council’s conferences influence purchasing decisions at the nation’s largest corporations and associations. We offer sponsorship opportunities and vendor fairs at several of our major conferences.