OVERVIEW
The largest and most comprehensive conference of its kind! For 30 years, the Council's National Grassroots Conference has been the place to learn about state of the art practices. Concurrent sessions allow you to customize your learning experience. Topics to be covered range from nuts-and-bolts fundamentals to recruitment and retention of grassroots activists to conducting campaigns around the globe and in cyberspace. This conference will give you strategies and tactics to improve your grassroots communication and increase your success.
"Excellent conference! The materials and information were extremely helpful and it was a great networking opportunity. A very impressive meeting!" Vinita Voss, Manager, State Government Affairs, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2008 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
CURRICULUM DESIGNED FOR ALL INTERESTS AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS
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Advanced Strategies
Case Study: the Immigration Debate
Grassroots in Times of Upheaval
Working with Your PAC
Impacting the National Debate
Ethics, Gift Rules and Grassroots Legal
Case Study: Beyond the Blast E-mail Campaign
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Successful Tactics
Social and New Media Workshop
Effective Townhall Meetings
Grasstops Best Practices
Audio and Video in Grassroots
Working with Lobbyists
Election Year Grassroots
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New to Grassroots
Launching a Grassroots Program
Insider's Guide
Mentoring Program
Public Affairs Marketplace
Ethics, Gift Rules and Grassroots Legal
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Professional Enhancements
Grassroots Benchmarking Research
How to Manage People
The Art of Persuasion
Industry Networking Roundtables
Grassroots Challenges Roundtables
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"Great job once again! I loved the technology sessions and the real-life examples."
Kelly Nowlan, Government Relations Administrator, Constellation Energy
UNPARALLELED NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
Over 10 hours of scheduled networking events
New Roundtable Formats to facilitate idea-sharing and network-building.
Organized Events to network outside of the workshop classroom.
Interactive Workshop to give and receive professional feedback.
Resource Exchanges to give and take best practices.
"The Public Affairs Council brings together such a wide variety of practitioners - it's wonderful for networking." Susan Harvey, Director of Outreach, American Council of Life Insurers
Rikki D. Amos
Associate Director
Political Involvement Programs
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PAC/Campaign Finance 
