We’re about to enter a period of opportunity to have a lot of influence over our Members of Congress. They'll be home in their districts/states twice in the next seven weeks for “district work periods” to connect with their constituents. You should expect to be seeing quite a bit of them in late April and then again in late May.

These district work periods represent a significant opportunity for nonprofit leaders to engage substantially with your Members of Congress, and to drive home the absolutely critical messages around the impact that the administration's actions are having right now, at home in the district, in the state, on their constituents’ lives.

It's also an opportunity to tell our Members of Congress what we expect to do about that! It's a great time to be communicating with them about both pieces at once. And there's no better place to do that than at home, on the ground, where there's an opportunity for them to see the actual impact for themselves. And we as nonprofit leaders have a key role to play in helping them make that connection.

In this episode, we share:

• Exact timing of the next two district work periods for Congress (House and Senate)
• The two most valuable strategies for engaging Members of Congress while they’re back home
• The three different types of town halls and how to make the best strategic use of each of them
• Specific messaging strategies that work best for town halls
• How to get on your Member of Congress’ schedule to visit your program while they’re home
• The key elements of a high-impact program visit
• How design a program visit that deeply engages your Member of Congress

As you participate in town halls and bring Members of Congress to your program for high-impact engagement, I would love to hear how that's worked out for you, and what kinds of key messages you were able to drive home using each of those two strategies.

And if you've got a story you're particularly proud of, I'd love to have you on the show so we can amplify that and help other nonprofit leaders see how leaders are leveraging these opportunities to really make a huge impact!

Reach out to me on the podcast website or on LinkedIn and share your wins!

Links:

Episode 31: How to Get Maximum Results from a Decisionmaker’s Visit to Your Program

Moveon.org

Indivisible.org