The Fundamentals of Grassroots Lobbying
By Drew McKissick
When you are working to try to influence elected officials there is a long list of things that you can do, but there is a shorter list of basic grassroots lobbying principles that you should keep in mind in order to be more effective. Here’s a checklist… Identify Your Targets Before you start storming barricades,…
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Mobilizing Conservatives for Action
By Drew McKissick
An old Chinese proverb says that “To know and not to do is not to know”. The whole point of identifying and informing conservatives politically is so that they can ultimately have an impact on something they care about. It’s one thing to get people riled up about something, but it’s another (more effective) thing…
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Leveraging the Benefits of Local Grassroots Lobbying
By Drew McKissick
A critical element of successful grassroots lobbying is knowing how to leverage your strengths. If you do, your chances of success are much higher. Part of that involves knowing where to focus. There is a tendency in American politics to focus too much of our time and attention on federal elected officials. Granted, the folks…
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Effective Online Organization Tips for Conservatives
By Drew McKissick
Whatever your issue, campaign or quest to just speak out and make a difference, if it’s important enough for you to organize or participate “off-line”, then you need to get active “on-line” as well. Here’s a quick review of some of the most fundamental online organization tips: Create a “Home-Base” Use a website or blog…
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Four tips for conservative online organization
By Drew McKissick
Whether everyone in politics realizes it yet or not (still “not” for many people), online organization is not only here to stay, but it represents the quickest, most impactful and cost effective form of political organization. And when it comes to organizing and campaigning on the Internet – (and before you get down in the…
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More on the importance of precinct organization
By Drew McKissick
So, why is precinct organization so important? As I’ve said before, the old “all politics is local” truism is pretty much true because politics is all about people – and “local” is where the people are. In other words, that’s where the (potential) power is. But since successful politics requires organization, that’s where precincts come…
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Three points on importance of political organization in churches
By Drew McKissick
As I have mentioned before, it’s hard to imagine conservatives being more successful at the ballot box without being joined by even MORE conservatives at the ballot box. That means that in order to win, we have to do more to identify, educate and mobilize others who think like we do. And to make the…
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Organizing Churches with Church Contacts
By Drew McKissick
So, what are church contacts? A church contact is someone who serves as a point of contact between their church and outside conservative political groups and activity. They can help distribute critical and timely information, such as non-partisan voter guides, legislative alerts, legislative scorecards, leadership training, as well as other seasonal political information. By initiating…
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Five Tools for Conservative Grassroots Organization
By Drew McKissick
Grassroots organizing is no different than pretty much anything else in life. If you’re serious about doing anything, you need to make sure you have the right tools to get the job done. Here’s a handy list of five of the most basic tools you should have at your disposal if you’re going to try…
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Organizing precincts with precinct captains
By Drew McKissick
As I have mentioned before, the best way to impact politics is to organize at the precinct level. And the best way to organize is to put someone in charge. When it comes to organizing in precincts, that means “precinct captains”. So what is a precinct captain? Put simply, a precinct captain is someone who…
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