Hardball Lobbying for Nonprofits : Real Advocacy for Nonprofits in the New Century

This is a no-holds-barred, comprehensive, real-world guide to building political power and successfully lobbying for nonprofits in the 21st century, written by an insider who has been in the trenches as both a lobbyist and a government official. Lobbying in America has everything to do with money and elected officials' need for campaign funds. Hardball Lobbying for Nonprofits recognizes this reality, and is both a tutorial for nonprofit organizations on how to effectively advocate and lobby, and a plea for the nonprofit leaders to embrace the lobbying function as part of their job descriptions. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction: The Value of Nonprofit Lobbying to Democracy......Page 14 1 Framing the Context for a New Approach......Page 18 2 Toward a New Paradigm for Nonprofit Advocacy/Lobbying......Page 28 3 The Decision-Making Process......Page 34 4 Advocacy, Lobbying, and the Law......Page 66 5 Building an Advocacy Foundation......Page 78 6 Managing the Lobbying Effort/Organization......Page 96 7 Influencing the Decision-Making Process......Page 142 8 Postmortem......Page 214 Bibliography......Page 218 F......Page 220 M......Page 221 W......Page 222 This is a no-holds-barred, comprehensive, real-world guide to building political power and successfully lobbying for nonprofits in the 21st century, written by an insider who has been in the trenches as both a lobbyist and a government official. & nbsp; Lobbying in America has everything to do with money and elected officials' need & nbsp; for campaign funds. & nbsp; & quot;Hardball Lobbying for Nonprofits & quot; recognizes this reality, and is both a tutorial for nonprofit organizations on how to effectively advocate and lobby, and a plea for the nonprofit leaders to embrace the lobbying function as