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Public Charities Can Lobby
Guidelines for 501(c)(3) organizations who wish to lobby. View document...
Lobbying Guidelines for Public Charities
About Advocacy: Guidelines for nonprofit advocacy. View Resources...
Everyday Advocacy
Strategies for Nonprofit Engagement in the Legislative Process. Takes readers through getting started, provides examples of nonprofits that successfully used public policy engagement, and presents...
Learn the State Legislative Process
This Legislative Primer will serve to demystify the steps that lead to the passage of new laws and funding measures. Strong conservation laws and programs are adopted largely as a result of...
How to Enhance Your Effectiveness as an Advocate
This presentation was given at the 2017 Mass Land Conservation Conference. Advocacy Presentation...
Toolkit for Communicating Benefits of Conservation to Municipal Leaders
Have you ever wanted better data to convince your local leaders of the importance of protecting land...
Conservation Campaign Toolkit
The toolkit was created to assist citizens in creating and running a political campaign to win public financing for land and water conservation. View Toolkit...
Community Preservation Act Summary
An overview of the Community Preservation Act. See overview...
Language of Conservation 2013
How to Communicate Effectively to Build Support for Conservation. Based on extensive qualitative research and a representative national survey of American voters commissioned by The Nature...
Lobbying Rules in Massachusetts
Understanding the new Massachusetts Lobbying Rules that went into effect January 1, 2010...